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Position Title: Student Trainee (Program Analyst/Data Analytics)
Agency: Office of Personnel Management
Announcement Number: 23-DMB-12136927-IN Opens in new window
Open Period: Monday, September 25, 2023 to Monday, October 2, 2023

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1. Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?

A. No, I do not claim Veterans' Preference

B. 0-point Sole Survivorship Preference (SSP)

C. 5-point preference based on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces (TP)

D. 10-point preference for non-compensable disability or Purple Heart (XP)

E. 10-point preference based on a compensable service connected disability of at least 10% but less than 30% (CP)

F. 10 point preference based on widow/widower or parent of a deceased veteran, or spouse or parent of a disabled veteran (XP)

G. 10-point preference based on a compensable service connected disability of 30% or more (CPS)

2. Are you currently a student who has been accepted for enrollment or are enrolled at least half-time in an accredited high school, college, professional, technical, vocational, or trade school pursuing a qualifying degree or certificate?

To verify your eligibility, you must provide proof of current student status. Note: you must remain enrolled in the degree or certificate program to be eligible for this Internship.

For more information, review USAJOBS Student and Recent Graduate resources.

A. Yes

B. No

1. Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position.

1. To be eligible for this position, you must currently be a student accepted for enrollment or currently enrolled and seeking a degree in a qualifying education institution, on a full or half-time basis. Select the response that best describes your eligibility. You must provide supporting documentation to support your answer.

A. Yes, I am a student accepted for enrollment or currently enrolled and seeking a degree in a qualifying education institution, on a full or half-time basis.

B. No, I am not a student accepted for enrollment or not currently enrolled and seeking a degree in a qualifying education institution.

2. Selective Placement Factor requirement: One year of experience using R, SPSS, Stata, SQL or Python.

A. Yes, I have one year of experience using R, SPSS, Stata, SQL or Python for analysis and/or visualization of data sets.

B. No, I do not meet the selective placement factor requirement.

3. Please select the response below that best describes your qualifications for the GS-07 Student Trainee (Program Analyst/Data Analytics) position.

A. I have completed one (1) full academic year of graduate level education. (An academic year of graduate education is based on normal course loads for a full year of study in the graduate program. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours or 27 quarter hours is considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement).

B. I am eligible under the Superior Academic Achievement provision. NOTE: Superior Academic Achievement means you are in the upper one-third of the graduating class; or a have a GPA of 3.0 or higher out of 4.0, as recorded on an official transcript, or based on courses completed during final 2 years of curriculum; or a GPA of 3.5 or higher out of 4.0, based on average of required courses completed in major or required courses in major completed during the final 2 years of curriculum.

C. I have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience (1) assisting in cleaning, analyzing, and visualizing data; and (2) assisting with the creation of dashboards or presentations to report on data.

D. My education and experience is not reflected in the above statements.

4. Please select the response below that best describes your qualifications for the GS-09 Student Trainee (Program Analyst/Data Analytics) position.

A. I have completed two (2) academic years of graduate level education, or a master’s degree or equivalent graduate degree.

B. I have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience (1) cleaning and analyzing data or using data visualization software; and (2) creating dashboards or presentations to report on data.

C. I have less than the two (2) academic years of graduate education in "A" and less than the experience in "B," but I have a combination of the type of education in "A" and type of experience in "B" totaling 100% of the required qualifications. To determine the combination, compute experience as a percentage of experience in "B"; compute education as a percentage of education in "A"; add the 2 percentages. Total percentages must equal at least 100%. Only graduate education exceeding 1 year (i.e., 18 semester hours) may be combined with experience.

D. My education and experience is not reflected in the above statements.

5. Will you be completing your degree or certificate requirements before December 2024?

A. Yes, I will be completing my degree or certificate requirements before December 2024.

B. No, I will be completing my degree or certificate requirements on or after December 2024.

Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).

6. Will you have one academic year (Spring 2024 and Fall 2024 semesters) remaining for completion of your current degree or certificate?

A. Yes

B. No

7. What is your anticipated completion date for your degree coursework?

8. What is your current declared academic Major?

9. Please take this opportunity to review your ratings to ensure their accuracy. By agreeing to the statement below, you are confirming that you: 1) understand this warning; 2) have reviewed your responses to this questionnaire for accuracy, and; 3) verify that your responses accurately describe your current level of experience and capability.

A. Response Value Yes, I verify that all of my responses to this questionnaire are true and accurate. I accept that if my supporting documentation (required documents) and/or later steps in the selection process do not support one or more of my responses to the questionnaire that my application may be rated lower and/or I may be removed from further consideration.

B. No, I do not accept this agreement and I no longer wish to be considered for this position.

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