US Forest Service interview questions
Updated Jan 14, 2026Difficulty
Easy
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 5%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 3%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 3%In PersonIn Person
- 1%RecruiterRecruiter
Interview search
114 interviews
US Forest Service interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at US Forest Service as 70.1% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Program Specialist and Soil Scientist rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Administrative Support and Dispatcher roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at US Forest Service takes an average of 52 days when considering 109 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 Administrative Support had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas GIS Specialist roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at US Forest Service according to 109 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 28%
Group panel interview: 17%
Background check: 15%
Drug test: 11%
Skills test: 10%
One on one interview: 9%
Personality test: 4%
Presentation: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 2%
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