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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a hiring manager at a federal agency.  I would say that it all depends.

Yes, USAJOBs can be difficult, but I always found that it often because you have so many applicants who aren't even remotely qualified.  They can be screened out, but it takes time.

I recently had a GS13 position with extremely specific KSAs and criteria, open for a week.  I had over 450 applicants.  Only 6 met the criteria and were referred to me.  (I actually didn't believe Personnel at first and asked to see all the applicants' materials.  They were right.) USAJOBS makes it super-easy for people to apply blindly and you have to wade through all of it.  I had a GS5 position that had over 1000 applicants and since the KSAs could be met by a variety of experience, it took a while.  In those cases, it took at least 6-8 weeks to schedule initial interviews.

But for a GS15 with a reasonable number of applicants who all came really close to the criteria, I was able to get to them in two weeks.

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