Post by privateatty on Jul 5, 2010 14:47:16 GMT -5
I thought y'all needed some diversion and so let's see who likes which candidate and why:
Candidate A, let’s call him Johnny, is a vet. He lost a leg in Iraq as he was a reservist. A veteran trial litigator, he has done a lot of personal injury and some SSDI and work comp work. He is very successful. Unbeknowst to the buzz at the local ODAR office, the constant traveling is causing him stump pain and he longs to be an ALJ to avoid narcotic meds (no one knows why he would give up the big bucks). He is brash and unpredictable. He is brilliant in Court and at ODAR and if anyone can win a close case he can. But he has annoyed the HOCALJ with his penchant for litigating a bit too vociferously. Johnny has stellar references and his interview went well as one RCALJ was a Vietnam vet and the other, a female HOCALJ, well, her heart went out to him. When OMNI called the HOCALJ, the slight hemming and made for a negative mark. OPM Score (10 pt. vet): 85.37
Candidate B, Susie, is a 15 year veteran of ODAR, a SA. She has never been in a Court as she only worked for two years in a Wills and Trusts department at a big firm before she came to ODAR. She is painfully introverted, the opposite of Johnny. She has few friends, not for want of trying. She is a steady performer, but not the highest producer by any means. She does know the law though and is known in her large city Office as the person to go to with a difficult question. Her reputation at the Office though is a bit tarnished as she has never stuck up for anyone whom she has worked with. Unbekownst to anyone, she is at risk for serious depression and takes medication. Her interviewers’ only serious reservation was her inability to take a strong position and look anyone in the eye. OPM score: 60.04
Candidate C, let’s call him Roger, is an AA at ODAR. He came to them after two trying years in a PI firm doing insurance defense. He is living in deep fear that the OMNI investigator will find out his terrible secret that former Partner Bob will be found and spill the beans—that he badly blew a production of documents request and caused a multi-million settlement that might have otherwise been settled for pennies on the dollar—causing his departure. He, of course, did not list Partner Bob as a reference and thinks that the other two partners are “on board” as they profess to be. Roger is considered to be the rising star at his large Office, humble and reserved yet tons of fun after work. He picked up SSDI law very fast and writes more decisions than anyone. He is very rarely reversed and even works “after ours” if asked. He is charming, handsome and a ladies’ man. OPM score: 58.45
Candidate D, let’s call him Bill. Bill is a SSA OGC veteran and few people know where he was before that. He is a supervisor and anyone who has worked under him despises him. He is petty, venal and has been known to wait years to enact revenge upon a slight long forgotten by the offender. His greatest satisfaction of late was scuttling the chances of two recent candidates for the job, both of whom thought he was telling the truth when he said he would give them stellar references (they had to list him in any event). He has gotten excellent performance reviews as he has done well in both USDC and CA cases. He is obsequious to his superiors—a real “brown-noser” and phony to everyone. He is a sharp dresser and his office is spot-less. His secret is that he likes young prostitutes and has been known to bring them home and is terrified that an investigator might talk to one of his neighbors whom, he knows, will not help him due to a number of incidents over the years. He is in debt and cannot move due to a penchant for things he cannot afford. His ace in the whole is that he has helped the RCALJ and his wife in a number of personal matters and they think he is the perfect candidate. The interviewers both disliked him but didn’t know why exactly. OPM score: 72.49
Candidate A, let’s call him Johnny, is a vet. He lost a leg in Iraq as he was a reservist. A veteran trial litigator, he has done a lot of personal injury and some SSDI and work comp work. He is very successful. Unbeknowst to the buzz at the local ODAR office, the constant traveling is causing him stump pain and he longs to be an ALJ to avoid narcotic meds (no one knows why he would give up the big bucks). He is brash and unpredictable. He is brilliant in Court and at ODAR and if anyone can win a close case he can. But he has annoyed the HOCALJ with his penchant for litigating a bit too vociferously. Johnny has stellar references and his interview went well as one RCALJ was a Vietnam vet and the other, a female HOCALJ, well, her heart went out to him. When OMNI called the HOCALJ, the slight hemming and made for a negative mark. OPM Score (10 pt. vet): 85.37
Candidate B, Susie, is a 15 year veteran of ODAR, a SA. She has never been in a Court as she only worked for two years in a Wills and Trusts department at a big firm before she came to ODAR. She is painfully introverted, the opposite of Johnny. She has few friends, not for want of trying. She is a steady performer, but not the highest producer by any means. She does know the law though and is known in her large city Office as the person to go to with a difficult question. Her reputation at the Office though is a bit tarnished as she has never stuck up for anyone whom she has worked with. Unbekownst to anyone, she is at risk for serious depression and takes medication. Her interviewers’ only serious reservation was her inability to take a strong position and look anyone in the eye. OPM score: 60.04
Candidate C, let’s call him Roger, is an AA at ODAR. He came to them after two trying years in a PI firm doing insurance defense. He is living in deep fear that the OMNI investigator will find out his terrible secret that former Partner Bob will be found and spill the beans—that he badly blew a production of documents request and caused a multi-million settlement that might have otherwise been settled for pennies on the dollar—causing his departure. He, of course, did not list Partner Bob as a reference and thinks that the other two partners are “on board” as they profess to be. Roger is considered to be the rising star at his large Office, humble and reserved yet tons of fun after work. He picked up SSDI law very fast and writes more decisions than anyone. He is very rarely reversed and even works “after ours” if asked. He is charming, handsome and a ladies’ man. OPM score: 58.45
Candidate D, let’s call him Bill. Bill is a SSA OGC veteran and few people know where he was before that. He is a supervisor and anyone who has worked under him despises him. He is petty, venal and has been known to wait years to enact revenge upon a slight long forgotten by the offender. His greatest satisfaction of late was scuttling the chances of two recent candidates for the job, both of whom thought he was telling the truth when he said he would give them stellar references (they had to list him in any event). He has gotten excellent performance reviews as he has done well in both USDC and CA cases. He is obsequious to his superiors—a real “brown-noser” and phony to everyone. He is a sharp dresser and his office is spot-less. His secret is that he likes young prostitutes and has been known to bring them home and is terrified that an investigator might talk to one of his neighbors whom, he knows, will not help him due to a number of incidents over the years. He is in debt and cannot move due to a penchant for things he cannot afford. His ace in the whole is that he has helped the RCALJ and his wife in a number of personal matters and they think he is the perfect candidate. The interviewers both disliked him but didn’t know why exactly. OPM score: 72.49
