trbon8r
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That's a little surprising trbon8r, we did our background stuff first, had the background interview and the detectives investigated us while we completed the other steps. I had my conditional offer before I'd ever had my health physical.
Yeah I guess the process varies more than I thought from one agency to the next. Once our background was complete the only thing left was a home interview, where the primary background investigator comes to your house to talk to you and your spouse. At that point you pretty much know you are a phone call away from a job offer.
They gave me a conditional offer too after passing the written test and the first oral interview. With my agency the offer letter was pretty much a joke. Basically the letter stated the offer of employment was contingent upon passing a panel interview, poly, medical, background investigation, and home visit. That's a lot of hurdles that you still have to clear after receiving an "offer" letter.
I'm really surprised to hear that it is common for departments to expend the resources for a background investigation so early on in the hiring process.