IRS interview questions
Updated May 27, 2026Difficulty
Easy
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 5%OtherOther
- 4%In PersonIn Person
- 4%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 1%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 1%RecruiterRecruiter
- 0%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
Interview search
452 interviews
IRS interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at IRS as 68.5% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Collections Agent and Compliance Officer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Collections Representative and Clerical roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at IRS takes an average of 75 days when considering 448 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Agent had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Revenue Analyst roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 360 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at IRS according to 448 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 20%
Group panel interview: 18%
Skills test: 14%
Phone interview: 12%
Drug test: 9%
One on one interview: 7%
Presentation: 7%
Personality test: 5%
Other: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
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