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pearljamknicks
03-09-2006, 01:40 PM
Quick question...I've been reading some posts pertaining to panel interviews and I was wondering why agencies give individuals a conditional offer despite knowing they do not have LE experience. Eventually after the panel interview is completed the individual finds out that he/she was denied because they do not have the LE experience. I know that it is not completely impossible that an individual out of college can obtain a special agent job. It just seems like a waste of time on the part of the individual and the agency. My question...why give them a conditional offer in the first place?
pearljamknicks
03-09-2006, 01:52 PM
Also this question just came to me and would be beneficial to individuals just out of college. If amazingly a person just out of college happens to get the call for a panel interview for a Federal LE agency, but they have no LE experience...how should one approach the interview? I know in a lot of the other threads they talk about being yourself and just being honest. But individuals like myslef are already behind the 8 ball...any suggestions.
Airforcop
03-09-2006, 08:39 PM
I think we all have wondered what the hell some people are thinking during the testing process and why agencies do or don't do certain things in the process. I recall reading on here that a conditional job offer is needed by some agencies in order to complete certain more detailed steps in the hiring process. I forget which steps these are and know they would differ from agency to agency seeing in my experience with differenet agencies I have been given the conditional offer at different stages in the process.
ledab74
03-09-2006, 09:11 PM
My question...why give them a conditional offer in the first place?

The answer is, because they have to in order to protect themsleves from lawsuits. The purpose of the "conditional job offer" is to allow someone who might be disabled, but otherwise qualified to get offered the job *BEFORE* the medical, psych, etc portions of the testing process. This way it doesn't seem like you are being DQ'd for a disability.