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Post by Mercury2015 on Nov 11, 2015 21:44:15 GMT -5
There are first round interviews next week in Falls Church. As a part of the process, they mail you a packet of forms which must be "typed or legibly handwritten." The forms include conditions of work, transfer, and travel, notice on clearances, references, employment contacts, release for information, and a location preference sheet. Time to see if my old typewriter works...
Good luck to others out there!
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Post by jafo on Nov 12, 2015 7:59:25 GMT -5
There are first round interviews next week in Falls Church. Great news for you, not so great for me as I think the interviews for the cities I applied for have already taken place. It has appeared to me that they have been grouping the interviewees for specific locations - not sure if anyone else has an opinion on this. I don't think they have been contacting individuals on a random basis but rather systematically to allow a close comparison of applicants that have applied for similar cities. May I ask how many cities you applied for and what parts of the country they were located? Best of luck during your 1st interview.
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Post by Mercury2015 on Nov 12, 2015 21:33:06 GMT -5
Thank you. I applied for only one location in the midwest. I know of a couple of others who are interviewing next week for this location as well.
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Post by jessejames on Nov 14, 2015 10:21:08 GMT -5
The deadline for sending in an application for the pending positions in 55 cities expires on November 21. Based on past practice, what is the realistic time frame to get a response for a possible interview?
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Post by jafo on Nov 14, 2015 13:45:05 GMT -5
The deadline for sending in an application for the pending positions in 55 cities expires on November 21. Based on past practice, what is the realistic time frame to get a response for a possible interview? For some, the past round took over a year from application to first interview.
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Post by jessejames on Nov 14, 2015 16:55:02 GMT -5
No wonder there is a shortage of IJ's. However, I guess funding has had something to do with it too. I would imagine after the recent Paris attacks some greater attention will be paid to this area.
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Post by larry27 on Nov 15, 2015 12:34:07 GMT -5
I just wanted to put in my 2 cents. I interviewed - first round- in May 2015 and haven't heard a thing since. So I am re-applying. Got to be in it to win it. At that interview, I was told by the panel of IJs that they hire 2 types of people, those with tons of immigration law experience (and from what I've seen as a practitioner of 20 years, mostly all government counsel + those with judge experience. If you want to compare and contrast the ALJ at SSA with an IJ- ALJ is kind of easy street compared. They want you to handle 500 cases a year, but some of those are no-shows, you can schedule your own cases, and telework after one year. At Immigration Court, you hear cases 5 days a week and the stakes are a lot higher for the individuals in front of you. But an IJ deals with lots of interesting legal issues, so I guess it depends on what one's interests are. Good luck to us all !!
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Post by ba on Nov 15, 2015 13:54:13 GMT -5
I just wanted to put in my 2 cents. I interviewed - first round- in May 2015 and haven't heard a thing since. So I am re-applying. Got to be in it to win it. At that interview, I was told by the panel of IJs that they hire 2 types of people, those with tons of immigration law experience (and from what I've seen as a practitioner of 20 years, mostly all government counsel + those with judge experience. If you want to compare and contrast the ALJ at SSA with an IJ- ALJ is kind of easy street compared. They want you to handle 500 cases a year, but some of those are no-shows, you can schedule your own cases, and telework after one year. At Immigration Court, you hear cases 5 days a week and the stakes are a lot higher for the individuals in front of you. But an IJ deals with lots of interesting legal issues, so I guess it depends on what one's interests are. Good luck to us all !! Um...I had multiple cases this week that, if granted, would each have involved around $1M in lifetime taxpayer-paid benefits, assuming the claimant reaches retirement age. "Stakes" are in the eye of the beholder.
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Post by ijq on Nov 15, 2015 23:36:28 GMT -5
There are some individuals appearing in immigration court who face imprisonment or even death if returned to their country of origin. Others face a lifetime of poverty and hopelessness. Whether ALJ,IJ, or any other J, the stakes can be quite high for the persons appearing before you. Always remember that.
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Post by casualobserver on Nov 18, 2015 14:14:23 GMT -5
Thank you. I applied for only one location in the midwest. I know of a couple of others who are interviewing next week for this location as well. Any chance you can tell us what city you think this interview is for?
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Post by jafo on Nov 20, 2015 9:41:47 GMT -5
The person I'm familiar with applied for several courts but felt the interview was for a position in the Northeast (non-detention center).
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Post by wacokid on Nov 22, 2015 2:22:50 GMT -5
I just wanted to put in my 2 cents. I interviewed - first round- in May 2015 and haven't heard a thing since. So I am re-applying. Got to be in it to win it. At that interview, I was told by the panel of IJs that they hire 2 types of people, those with tons of immigration law experience (and from what I've seen as a practitioner of 20 years, mostly all government counsel + those with judge experience. If you want to compare and contrast the ALJ at SSA with an IJ- ALJ is kind of easy street compared. They want you to handle 500 cases a year, but some of those are no-shows, you can schedule your own cases, and telework after one year. At Immigration Court, you hear cases 5 days a week and the stakes are a lot higher for the individuals in front of you. But an IJ deals with lots of interesting legal issues, so I guess it depends on what one's interests are. Good luck to us all !! Very similar here. I had a first round interview in April 2015 and haven't heard anything since. I reapplied this go-around and added some locations.
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Post by Mercury2015 on Nov 22, 2015 11:42:41 GMT -5
I heard they received over 10,000 applications for the 2014 posting. Many of those are duplicates as some applied for multiple locations. Still an impressive number. Curious then why they are posting again while they are still interviewing from the first.
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Post by wacokid on Nov 22, 2015 12:52:40 GMT -5
I heard they received over 10,000 applications for the 2014 posting. Many of those are duplicates as some applied for multiple locations. Still an impressive number. Curious then why they are posting again while they are still interviewing from the first. If 10,000 (let's say) was the total number, then I'd be surprised if the number of unique applicants was more than 1,500. That would put the average number of locations per applicant at 6.67. Moreover, the turn-around for the application (then and now) was fairly quick given the amount of required items, particularly having at least 3 letters of recommendation. I would guess there were a lot of incomplete applications.
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Post by robespierre on Nov 22, 2015 14:49:51 GMT -5
Well, it's a total Hail Mary, but I applied. Three cities. You never know.
Status went to "Complete" almost immediately after submitting online.
Anyone else? Let's keep in touch about it. Good luck to all.
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Post by jafo on Nov 22, 2015 15:09:23 GMT -5
If 10,000 (let's say) was the total number, then I'd be surprised if the number of unique applicants was more than 1,500. That would put the average number of locations per applicant at 6.67. Moreover, the turn-around for the application (then and now) was fairly quick given the amount of required items, particularly having at least 3 letters of recommendation. I would guess there were a lot of incomplete applications. Not sure I totally agree with your math. I think that most ICE Asst. Chief Counsels only applied for the court they are assigned to or maybe added one or two more cities. This group, while probably not the majority of applicants, has had a high rate of success compared to other non-ICE attorneys. No matter what the math is, a boatload of lawyers have applied for a small number of openings. Good luck to all of us that have taken the first step in this process.
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Post by futurealj on Nov 23, 2015 10:21:44 GMT -5
Well, it's a total Hail Mary, but I applied. Three cities. You never know. Status went to "Complete" almost immediately after submitting online. Anyone else? Let's keep in touch about it. Good luck to all. Hail Mary over here too...Good Luck! :-)
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Post by zebra51 on Nov 23, 2015 11:11:11 GMT -5
I put in some applications for the last batch and this batch.
Curious things I noted different in this announcement: 1) With this batch the HR point of of contact was the same individual for all announcements with an OPM email address for the HR contact. With the last batch the HR point of contact was three different individuals with hiring agency email addresses. 2) With this batch all applications changed to completed immediately. No pending HR review like last batch. 3) With this batch Feds and Former Feds were required to submit most recent SF-50 and Eval. Those were not asked for in the last batch.
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Post by robespierre on Nov 23, 2015 12:04:45 GMT -5
Good luck Future and Zebra. Zebra, do you attach any significance to the changes you mentioned?
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Post by Gaidin on Nov 23, 2015 12:42:50 GMT -5
I put in some applications for the last batch and this batch. Curious things I noted different in this announcement: 1) With this batch the HR point of of contact was the same individual for all announcements with an OPM email address for the HR contact. With the last batch the HR point of contact was three different individuals with hiring agency email addresses. 2) With this batch all applications changed to completed immediately. No pending HR review like last batch. 3) With this batch Feds and Former Feds were required to submit most recent SF-50 and Eval. Those were not asked for in the last batch. Good to see you on here Z51.
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