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Supervisory Police Officer-Sergeant
U.S. Mint · Fort Knox, Kentucky · Closes in 13 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, Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).

Open to U.S. citizens and U.S. nationals. The announcement also lists career transition candidates (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) and status candidates under announcement 26-MINT-13057525.

Experience: You need one year of specialized experience at the TR-8/GS-7 level. This means law enforcement work involving laws and regulations, police operations, maintaining order, protecting life and property, and investigating crimes. Experience can come from public, private, or volunteer work, and your resume must list the employer, job title, dates, and supervisor contact information.

Education: This job has no education requirement.

Licenses and certifications:

Valid state motor vehicle operator's license at appointment or within 90 days, kept valid while in the position

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 two pages or less with month, year, and hours worked for each job Answers to the online vacancy questions Veterans' preference documents, as listed in the applicant guide, if you claim it CTAP or ICTAP documents, if you are a displaced or surplus federal employee Transcripts, if appropriate FLETC training documentation (recommended) Most recent performance appraisal (recommended) List of awards, without copies (recommended)

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 13 days (November 16, 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: Your resume, online questions, and documents are reviewed first, and subject matter experts check your qualifications. Top candidates take a virtual structured interview on Microsoft Teams and are rated Superior, Good, or Acceptable. Your rating can be lowered if your online answers are not backed up by your resume, and insufficient resume evidence can lead to a not qualified result.

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 (Secret), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

List the month, year, and hours worked for each job on your resume, along with supervisor contact information, or the experience may not count.
Keep your resume to two pages, because longer resumes are removed from consideration.
Be ready for a virtual structured interview on Microsoft Teams about past experience or hypothetical situations.

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