Your steps to apply

Investigation and Inquiries Specialist
Lackland AFB, Texas · Closes tomorrow

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.

The job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Veterans' preference applies to eligible veterans who submit proof.

Experience: Your resume must show experience at the quality level needed for this job, which the announcement says is equal to GS-13 level work. It must show knowledge of complex inspection, investigation, or compliance work and of Inspector General programs. The announcement does not state a number of years. Experience can come from military service, private sector work, or another government agency.

Education: This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

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, font at least 10 point, with your full name Resume must show hours worked per week and dates (month/year to month/year) Online application questionnaire Copy of your most recent SF-50 if you are or were a federal employee Proof of veterans' preference eligibility if you claim it Optional: recent performance appraisals and awards from the last 3 years if you are a current federal employee

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes tomorrow (November 4, 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 your application package, which includes your resume, questionnaire, and any required documents. If your documents do not support your questionnaire answers, you may be rated 'not qualified' or 'insufficient information' and removed from consideration.

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, a security clearance (Sensitive Compartmented Information), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Your resume must list hours per week and month/year dates for each job, or it may be marked insufficient.
Make sure your questionnaire answers match what your resume and documents say.
Keep your resume to two pages and leave out photos and personal details such as age or religion.

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