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Post by skyview on Apr 14, 2016 13:22:57 GMT -5
I haven't received "the call" yet but so happy for those of you who have! Good luck at your interviews!
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Post by 71stretch on Apr 14, 2016 13:23:12 GMT -5
Thanks for the clarification. I have read previous threads on the board that indicated if you made a cert you were in the high three for at least one location. Ultimately it doesn't matter if you get hired. Something else, however, to obsess over while we wait for certs. Because there is a lot of duplication of names on the certs for the various cities, it's not as simple as top three for a given city is all that make the cert. There have to be some extra names of people who would theoretically be reachable after people with higher scores are considered and "struck" or hired for another city. That's why the order in which each slot is filled, and which slots end up not getting filled, can make a big difference.
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Post by christina on Apr 14, 2016 13:23:36 GMT -5
hope you get one soon!
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Post by hopeitsme on Apr 14, 2016 14:02:15 GMT -5
If we don't get THE CALL are we out of luck for the classes that are coming up? June,midsummer and fall? Or will there be more calls for interviews during the summer ?
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Post by Gaidin on Apr 14, 2016 14:06:36 GMT -5
If we don't get THE CALL are we out of luck for the classes that are coming up? June,midsummer and fall? Or will there be more calls for interviews during the summer ? Almost certainly there will be more calls and interviews.
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Post by gary on Apr 14, 2016 14:22:18 GMT -5
If we don't get THE CALL are we out of luck for the classes that are coming up? June,midsummer and fall? Or will there be more calls for interviews during the summer ? We expect the final class of this FY to begin in their HOs on 9/19. There will very likely/almost surely be more interviews for that class, and those interviews will be during the summer. There is a class projected to start in HOs on 7/25. It is an open question whether the 5/2 through 5/13 interviews will include everyone reachable for that class as well as for the 6/27 class. So it is possible they may do more interviews for the July class, but by no means a sure thing.
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Post by gary on Apr 14, 2016 14:28:27 GMT -5
I still think they're going to schedule more interviews for the 5/2-13 interviewing period.
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Post by february on Apr 14, 2016 16:02:49 GMT -5
Anyone with a high-ish NOR and large-ish GAL who hasn't been called? Trying to gauge how likely it is that there are still calls to be made.
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Post by christina on Apr 14, 2016 16:08:05 GMT -5
define highish nor...
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Post by roggenbier on Apr 14, 2016 16:09:27 GMT -5
No 70 or lower called?
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Post by beenlurking on Apr 14, 2016 16:09:31 GMT -5
I agree with Gaidin and Gary, there have to be more calls for interviews coming. If we compare the "on the current register NOR poll" with the posts on this thread and then juxtapose with an 81 city cert, there must be more coming.
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Post by christina on Apr 14, 2016 16:11:10 GMT -5
i only know of one person under 70 called and they were bilingual. they posted on the board about getting call for first week. there may have been others but i would have to go through recent comments to check this.
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Post by rusty on Apr 14, 2016 16:32:22 GMT -5
In the detergents aisle of Sam's Club at 12:30 eastern time today, I received my call on my non-smart phone (caller id stopped working a couple of years ago). Interview week of May 2.
I apologize to the board for most of my previous whining.
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Post by ba on Apr 14, 2016 16:35:04 GMT -5
If we don't get THE CALL are we out of luck for the classes that are coming up? June,midsummer and fall? Or will there be more calls for interviews during the summer ? Almost certainly there will be more calls and interviews. And 81 is a lot, but hardly every location with vacancies or in need.
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Post by anotherfed on Apr 14, 2016 16:42:11 GMT -5
In the detergents aisle of Sam's Club at 12:30 eastern time today, I received my call on my non-smart phone (caller id stopped working a couple of years ago). Interview week of May 2. I apologize to the board for most of my previous whining. That's convenient. While you're there, pick up some milk and TP please. Congratulations! Don't forget to grab the booze for the interview.
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Post by gary on Apr 14, 2016 16:47:25 GMT -5
In the poll, there are 38 votes for interviews the week of 5/2 and 10 votes for interviews the week of 5/9. I don't think SSA would schedule two weeks of interviews and have there be 3.8 times as many in the first week as there are in the second week. I still expect more interviews to be scheduled.
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Post by cafeta on Apr 14, 2016 16:56:04 GMT -5
Yay cafeta! I am happy to report that I have also been scheduled to interview!! So I get to "suit up" in early May and have a little chat in FC. Hopefully tomorrow is the day for the cert email. Anxious to learn the city/cities I might be lucky enough to call home! Thanks JI, and congratulations to you as well! I've been in the pool, and the in route home to get my wife to a meeting, so FINALLY I am back on the board. Forgot to say the date, or did I, anyway, May 11 for me....coincidentally an historic date for me trata ive alias madre note of for the last 30 plus years, so taking this in a karmic zen sort of way! Edit: weird, I have no idea what "trata ive alias madre" means, now I'm speaking in tongues! I'm way more excited than I originally thought!
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Post by cafeta on Apr 14, 2016 16:59:54 GMT -5
In the poll, there are 38 votes for interviews the week of 5/2 and 10 votes for interviews the week of 5/9. I don't think SSA would schedule two weeks of interviews and have there be 3.8 times as many in the first week as there are in the second week. I still expect more interviews to be scheduled. Just voting now!
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Post by rusty on Apr 14, 2016 17:01:31 GMT -5
Only half-jokingly, I'm wondering if ODAR might think someone who takes the time to rank all 81 cities (or anywhere close to such a high number) is too OCD to handle an ALJ's high-volume, decide-quickly-and-move-on workload. Maybe that is the REAL purpose of the ranking spreadsheet - to get bad fits for ODAR a way to unwittingly out themselves? So just to be safe, anyone with the urge to rank every last city should probably follow mamaru's advice and Gaidin's plan! I don't think SSA will wonder about your ranking all 81 cities. Your fretting over what they'll think of you for ranking them all is another matter. I know it has been said that the ranking is next to useless, but as to ranking all versus some, one point could be very important to me if they gave it any regard. I would be most grateful if they gave equal or more measure to the locations I give the lowest rank rather than those I rank as my favorites. I can handle living most anywhere, but being placed in a location with extremely high cost of living and difficulty in locating accommodations frightens me and if I rank them all, those will be placed at the bottom.
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Post by bee on Apr 14, 2016 17:06:22 GMT -5
Ok, you can't make this up! I am at a waterpark with my children for a few days; it's spring break. I fall asleep using my phone as a radio, with headphones in place. I awake to find my phone's battery dead. I plug it in right away because my son stayed in another room with a friend's family also staying here and wanted to see if any crises arose. I find one voice message, listed as urgent (but they all seem to do that). Because my phone was dead when it came in, there is no missed call listed (read: no area code). I call in and hear a very pleasant voice saying "Hi, this is [very nice person] with SSA, and you are on the OPM list............" GOT THE CALL! Unbelievable! I had let go of any notion ( well, most notion) of receiving a call as after lots of thought, reduced my GAL to three locations (see above re kids, family). Have an NOR in the low 70s. I am stunned. I know it's not the ultimate answer but, well, it IS a necessary step that I thought the limited GAL would obstruct. Oh, and quite ecstatic as well! Kids want me to go down to the pool soon (it's check out day), but somehow I am feeling a bit distracted! congrats! Your posts gives me a glimmer of hope!
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