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Assistant United States Attorney/Border District Surge – Term
Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys · Plano, Texas and 5 more · Closes in 4 days

1 Check you can apply
2 Resume and documents
3 Apply on USAJOBS
4 After you apply

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1 Check you can apply You are here

Who can apply: The public.

This job is open to the public, but only U.S. citizens and nationals may apply. Nationals are people who owe allegiance to the United States but are not citizens.

Education: Applicants must have a J.D. degree, which is a law school degree.

Licenses and certifications:

Active member of a bar in any U.S. jurisdiction (a state or federal group that licenses lawyers)

Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.

2 Resume and documents

Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Resume of no more than two pages; longer resumes are ineligible Job history with title, employer contact, start and end dates (month, day, year), hours per week, duties, and accomplishments Online occupational questionnaire, completed during the online application DD-214 or other proof if you claim veterans' preference SF-15 form if you claim 10-point veterans' preference SF-50 and a statement if you are a current or former political appointee

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 4 days (November 9, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.

How they rate you: An attorney interview panel reviews qualified applicants and recommends who to interview. You complete an online occupational questionnaire, which takes about 20 minutes. Missing required information or a resume over two pages can make you ineligible.

Apply on USAJOBS ↗

4 After you apply

In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.

For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.

If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Keep your resume to two pages or less, or you will be deemed ineligible.
Include the month, day, and year for every job start and end date.
If you claim veterans' preference, mark it in the questionnaire and upload your DD-214 or SF-15 supporting documents.

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