CFPB attorney

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Anonymous wrote:NP here. I'm an attorney considering the CFPB too and am interested in the question a few people have asked but no one has answered - is it family friendly? How much travel is there, what are the hours like, etc.?

Depends on the Office. Which are you considering?

Office of Law and Policy, General Law.

This is a very good place to work.

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many areas are very family friendly.
Flexible hours (core of 10-3), choose the others around that.
Ability to work 9 long days every 2 weeks, with one day off.
Large amounts of sick leave.
Travel is heavy in pockets of the Bureau.
Enforcement travel is varied depending on specific cases and how they progress.
So far, on site daycare has been a positive (may be changing due to building rennovations).
Liberal telework (2 days virtually guaranteed for those who want it, with exceptions based on specific positions).
As with most jobs, the real key to "family friendly" is your supervisor and their supervisor. Most make it easy for those with familes, some resist but are getting told they should not resist.

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Those of you who work there and have gotten hired through USAjobs - how long after submitting your resume did you hear back from them?

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I seriously don't understand agencies who think that attorneys, who deal with privileged/confidential information, and who need to have private conversations/phone calls, don't need their own offices. My job at DOJ drives me crazy sometimes, but even our interns have private offices!

Sort of off topic, but I am in DOJ civil and we just had a big meeting about how GSA has determined that our offices are too big, and that our next lease will involve smaller offices. I don't really think they are big at all.

Eff GSA. We just renewed our lease and we're moving to cubes that are 2/3 the size of previous cubes. No managers will have offices and there will be only one conference room per floor (3!). We have no idea what we will do about meetings. Or how to discuss things with your boss? GSA gets to telework so their offices don't matter. We aren't allowed to telework.

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Does anyone know anything about the Regulations' office? Is it family friendly in terms of hours and/or telework? Is travel a necessity?

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Has anyone interviewed recently for an attorney position at CFPB? Any tips or insight about the interview would be appreciated. What kinds of questions do they ask?

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PP -- there are several different offices/sections that hire attorneys, and each manages its own interviewing. Which office?

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Anyone work for CFPB Enforcement in DC? Know if they have started to interview people yet?

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone work for CFPB Enforcement in DC? Know if they have started to interview people yet?

I do. The interviews haven't started but the interviewees have been selected.

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Have they notified all the interviewees already?

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To the earlier question about Regulations, travel is pretty rare and telework is allowed two days a week.

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Anyone know if interviews for CFPB Reg attorneys have started? Any calls made yet to applicants?

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What about employment attorneys? This position closed on December 5. Anyone being interviewed?

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone work for CFPB Enforcement in DC? Know if they have started to interview people yet?

I do. The interviews haven't started but the interviewees have been selected.

Do you know how many people are typically called in for an interview for atty positions? Is it just a few or is it 10 or more?

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Can anyone provide some insight on the interviews for enforcement attorneys? Are they general get-to-know-you interviews without much substance (e.g., asking why you want to work there and about things on your resume), or are they more in depth (e.g., testing knowledge of the law or how you would handle specific factual situations)?