Articles tagged “Background investigation”

The 'subject interview' for a security clearance is not a job interview. It is a 60–120 minute sit-down with a federal background investigator who has already read your SF-86 and pulled your records. Here is what they ask, what they are looking for, and how to handle the questions that catch people off guard.

The SF-86 is the 136-page questionnaire that every federal clearance candidate fills out. Here is what each major section actually asks for, the lookback periods you must remember, and the answers that quietly torpedo applications.