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07NOV2022 INTEL BOARD

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Nil

Member
cjd131 said:
One more question: has anyone here on the civilian side done an interview?
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Negative.

Don't know if it's different for prior service, in-service, and civilians though. Would be curious to see if other people here have any different experience.
 
FormerRecruitingGuru

FormerRecruitingGuru

Making Recruiting Great Again
cjd131 said:
One more question: has anyone here on the civilian side done an interview? I have seen a lot of older posts (>10 years mostly) talking about tracking down Intel Os for interviews, but my recruiter didn't even mention that as a possibility to me and I haven't seen anything about it recently or in the program authorizations. Is that still an option if you are looking to burnish a packet?

EDIT: distinct from LORs
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It can both help and hurt you depending on how you do in the interview. It's not a requirement for civilian OCS applicants.
 
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exNavyOffRec

Well-Known Member
Nil said:
Thanks. Did a bit of digging and found a high OAR score for SWO to be above 50.

Would you please share the magic 'high OAR' for intel @FormerRecruitingGuru ?
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In most cases OAR will track with GPA, so a person with a high GPA will tend to have a high OAR and low GPA a low OAR, a high OAR won't make up for a low GPA, but a high GPA will definitely over ride a low OAR, that is why I say don't worry about OAR.
 
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exNavyOffRec

Well-Known Member
cjd131 said:
Is a 3.5 roughly what gets people picked up, or is it more of a bare minimum? The program authorization says 3.0 is the threshold but everything I've seen here seems to indicate that a GPA that low is a nonstarter. However I have seem some contradictory posts about whether a 3.5 would be "great" or just adequate.

Also, do they look at the competitiveness of the school? As in, would a 3.5 from Harvard be treated the same as a 3.5 from any other school?
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It is just the average, there will some higher and some lower. The higher from 3.5 probably the better off you are, the lower from 3.5 would be the opposite.
 
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cjd131

Active Member
FormerRecruitingGuru said:
It's not a requirement
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Sorry to bother again, but is it at least a possibility? Really what I am wondering is, if I were to start running around trying to line up an interview with a current Intel O, it would come off as "wow he's really motivated and wants this" or "wow he's a moron"
 
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exNavyOffRec

Well-Known Member
cjd131 said:
Sorry to bother again, but is it at least a possibility? Really what I am wondering is, if I were to start running around trying to line up an interview with a current Intel O, it would come off as "wow he's really motivated and wants this" or "wow he's a moron"
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Unless you have know the person for a significant amount of time and they have seen you perform it won't mean anything, almost anyone can make a good impression for 30 minutes, and the board members know this.
 
Michael_J_Caboose

Michael_J_Caboose

Squadron N2/N6
cjd131 said:
Sorry to bother again, but is it at least a possibility? Really what I am wondering is, if I were to start running around trying to line up an interview with a current Intel O, it would come off as "wow he's really motivated and wants this" or "wow he's a moron"
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I did this, but I was an active Marine and wanted it just in case. My CO and peers had close contacts at the academy and were able to vouch for me and get interviews set up. None of the civilian selects from my board did it. Like ExnavyOffRec said, it's worthless for most people.
 
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