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Case Officer
Central Intelligence Agency · Washington, District of Columbia · Closes in 95 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public, Federal employees - Competitive service, Federal employees - Excepted service.
This job is open to the public and to current federal employees. You must be a U.S. citizen, national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Dual-national U.S. citizens are also eligible.
Education: You need a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. Applicants within one year of earning a four-year degree will be considered. Any major is accepted. Foreign degrees are accepted only if an accredited firm confirms they match a U.S. bachelor's or master's degree.
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.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 95 days (January 31, 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: You will be rated on how well you meet the listed qualifications. Missing required information may make you ineligible or lower your overall rating. A CIA recruiter may contact you if your qualifications meet the agency's needs.
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, a security clearance (Sensitive Compartmented Information), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Express interest at cia.gov/careers for up to four jobs, then submit your resume in MyLINK.
- Submit your resume while you are physically in the U.S. or a U.S. territory.
- If you use a foreign degree, get the credential evaluation before you apply.
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