Anonymous wrote:OP here. it's because I had a typo on one of my employment dates (said I started in 2019 rather than 2009). Apparently they can't clarify that over the phone. So we had to go over entire application for two hours.

So do they eat lots of Dippin Dots in the future?

Anonymous wrote:I had to do an in person interview for HHS public trust clearance. Seriously. It was a complete waste of 3 hours.

Me too.

OP here. it's because I had a typo on one of my employment dates (said I started in 2019 rather than 2009). Apparently they can't clarify that over the phone. So we had to go over entire application for two hours.

Normal, I think. I wouldn't stress. FWIW, my TS interviews usually consist of them re-asking me things that were on the forms, or pointing out clerical errors (ie, I think I had listed an incorrect date for graduation; they wanted to know why I was living in a different state for a year before I graduated).

My husband had a bunch of foreign contacts/travel that I thought might trigger questions, but the questions were always along the lines of how well I knew those individuals or whether I went on the trips. (Not at all, and only once).

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Anonymous wrote:My public trust in-person consisted mostly of them re-asking the questions i had already answered in writing.

Me too.

New poster but same here for me. Not sure how they decide who to interview! For my Secret clearance as a contractor I was not interviewed but that was pre-9/11 and I have heard that is no longer the norm. 10 years later when I got a public trust clearance for a Federal job I was also not interviewed. When it was time to renew my public trust I just happened to also be going on a detail to another Agency for a year, that time they did finally interview me.

I've never had one or anyone talk to me for colleagues secret clearances. Dod agencies though.