Corrections Officer applicants have rated the interview process at Travis County Sheriff with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 37.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Corrections Officer roles take an average of 67 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Travis County Sheriff overall takes an average of 70 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Travis County Sheriff as a Corrections Officer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 21%
Drug test: 14%
Personality test: 14%
One on one interview: 14%
Group panel interview: 14%
IQ intelligence test: 14%
Skills test: 7%
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I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Travis County Sheriff (Austin, TX)
Interview
Board style interview with a panel of 5-6 supervisors. The present a question and you have to answer. You cannot get any explanation of the question, only the question repeated.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if you were in a certain type of situation?
Standard questions. Fast and put together well. Heard back pretty fast after initial rounds went through. Background check took the longest. No hard questions but did dive a bit into what my duties were day to day and how I handle certain critical situations.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain your background and why you want to be in law enforcement.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Travis County Sheriff (Austin, TX) in Jan 2019
Interview
Submit application, wait for an email back to setup physical test and if you pass you get to interview. They go off of your personal history packet. If you have any negative issues dont apply. The officer interviewing was was looking out i to the hallway 50% of the time the other 50% had his eyes closed and was seemingly asleep.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basically just asked about you and any issues on the PHS.