Investigation Question

[FlyNavy]

Originally Posted by Barbazu

I did my interview today. It took 2.5 hours, but wasn't nearly as bad as I expected. However, she said this was a Tier 3 clearance. I have no idea what that means. She said they wouldn't interview my references for a while. She did say that she saw no reason that I would have any problems getting the clearance I need for a school. Any idea what all that means? Haha

Tier 3 covers anyone needing TS, DOE "Q", or SCI access.

It covers all the general stuff involved in 1 and 2 (automated records checks, verifying shit like your birthday, etc), as well as checking records on your family (citizenship, criminal records, etc), local law enforcement checks, a face to face interview with the applicant, stuff like that.

None of this stuff you're gonna ever need to know unless you do some SSO work (which I did).
Really as long as they didn't bring up anything they thought was disqualifying (they would have told you if they did) then you should be fine and have nothing to worry about.

As with any clearance investigation I always tell everyone, always be 100% honest. Though that should be a given if you're getting into this career field.

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CTT1

[Barbazu]

I was honest about everything. In fact, I was very honest about one thing in particular them after divulging everything she pulled out a paper that she had where she had already discovered everything I told her. It was both relieving and scary as hell at the same time. But it was really a minor thing. She said it was the worst thing they found, but it wasn't bad at all. It had to do with prior employment and the nature of my departure from the job.