U.S. Customs and Border Protection interviews FAQs
Border Patrol Agent applicants have rated the interview process at U.S. Customs and Border Protection with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 77% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Border Patrol Agent roles take an average of 180 days to get hired, when considering 14 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at U.S. Customs and Border Protection overall takes an average of 150 days.
Common stages of the interview process at U.S. Customs and Border Protection as a Border Patrol Agent according to 14 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 19%
Background check: 16%
Skills test: 16%
Drug test: 14%
Personality test: 14%
Presentation: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
One on one interview: 5%
Other: 3%
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I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Edinburg, TX)
Interview
You arrive at your interview time and sit in the waiting room with many others. You're all called back and shown the basic process and given some instruction. You wait along for your name to be called before being called in to a 3 person panel.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most important questions are situational and require long open ended responses.
I interviewed at U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Interview
Common sense scenario situations. Always reference official documentation and you'll be fine. Say you would not do anything that even seems to be borderline unethical to you. Go by those two rules at everys scenario they throw at you.
I interviewed at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Atlanta, GA)
Interview
Very formal and thorough interview . They understood the nervousness that I as a applicant was dealing with and did there best to make me feel comfortable and make the interview process flow through smoothly.
I applied online. I interviewed at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Atlanta, GA) in Mar 2023
Interview
Scenario based interview. Listen to what exactly is described and do not add to it. Describe step by step how to would approach the situation. Interviewers were approachable and nice however do take it seriously and dress business casual attire.