I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at US Navy (Philadelphia, PA) in Nov 2012
Interview
The Interview was several stages. It included a lot of meet and greets with a recruiter followed by an in depth medical evaluation and lots of paper work and testing. I kid you not when I say my contract was thicker then a phone book.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There was not a single difficult question. What made it daunting was just the sheer volume of questions many repeating.
Easy straight to the point. If you are interested in joining the navy make sure you score good on your asvab. The recruiter will keep stressing that on you. Good luck
Wonderful process from start to finish. The recruiter was thorough in every aspect of the onboarding process. Would highly recommend to anyone looking for an opportunity to change their life and make their family proud.
I applied in-person. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at US Navy (Great Lakes, IL)
Interview
I tend to think the interview process was a bit more aggressive than I would have hoped for. I'm not too sure they were happy I was there. I don't think they even offered me a soda.
Seaman applicants have rated the interview process at US Navy with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Seaman roles take an average of 38 days to get hired, when considering 14 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at US Navy overall takes an average of 69 days.
Common stages of the interview process at US Navy as a Seaman according to 14 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 16%
Background check: 16%
Personality test: 16%
Drug test: 16%
IQ intelligence test: 12%
Skills test: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Group panel interview: 4%
Other: 4%
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