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From what I heard about the timing of Q classes, they start a new class essentially every other month. So January, March, May, July, September, and then nothing until January again because of the time off needed for the holidays. This past fall they added an October class, so obviously this schedule isn't set in stone is likely amended based on the hiring needs of the Bureau.

If others have better intel, please feel free to correct me, but this is what I heard from others in the hiring process during a few minutes of down time following our interviews last spring, so it seems to be a pretty widespread understanding of the timing of our future training.

Silly question- how formal is the PSI? Not planning on wearing torn jeans and dirty sneakers or a suit. Just curious how casual I can get away with.

I wore a suit/tie for both PSI and poly (both were the same day).

Just got word that an investigator stopped by my most recent employer... So things are still moving along. No update on my applicant profile, still shows the same processing date.

My employment situation has drastically changed, however. Just got a new job which means joining the FBI would result in a 66%+ paycut (before it would have been a 5% raise) and I definitely want to be assigned to a large(ish) city like DC, SF, NYC, LA, Seattle (aka high COL). More factors to consider now..

This is exciting to hear that people are already getting notice of being in the March class! I also interviewed in Arizona and had my poly in September. So fingers crossed! But 6 months is definitely on the short side from many other timelines I've seen.

Yes my background was very short. My investigator called on early September for information, my previous jobs were interviewed in other cities that following week by a second investigator, and by the first week of October he was at my current job, which he said he would do last. For what it’s worth, I’ve lived and worked in a few cities and moved apartments just about every year. I found out I passed background when I was invited to the March class. He contacted me almost every day in September and after interviewing my current job in October, no contact. So I assume I’ve actually been done for quite some time.

Praying for the May class!

My processing date changed on 1/25..! Not sure what to make of it. I've been snooping around and it seems like the reason for it changing differs from person to person. Can anyone weigh in on what happened once their processing date changed while they were in the security component?

It definitely wasn't. Because under this new specialized experience I would qualify for GS9 for sure. I wonder if they will take that into account on a final offer? Also looks like the lowest pay for a GS7 went up a bit too. Anyone with a final offer care to say whether their final was exactly what their conditional offer was?

I'm sorry that happened, and I know that stings...hopefully you didn't quit your day job. "Out of the ordinary" for you is likely very different then "out of the ordinary" for the FBI. Perhaps you've had too many speeding tickets? Perhaps a former employer said you were a lousy employee? Perhaps they believe that you either drink too much, or used to drink too much? Perhaps you have an unusual fascination with spy movies that concerns them? Who knows, and more importantly, who cares? Don't dwell on it. Seriously - do not dwell on it. Be glad that you went through the experience and learned a lot about yourself in the process.

And you didn't fail the polygraph. If you failed the polygraph, then they'd send you a letter very shortly thereafter that would outright tell you that you failed the polygraph and were banned for life from FBI employment.

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My portal had an update today but I’m still in the “investigation in process” classification. Anybody else get an update? Any idea what this could mean?