1. Customs and Border Protections include 'integrity' in its core values. Talk about a time that you acted with integrity.
2. Do you have a role model or mentor?
3. Customs and Border Protection agents safeguard our borders. How will your expertise, character, and dedication to our mission be of benefit to our agency?
4. Are you willing to consent to the rigorous medical testing required to join the Customs and Border Protection roster?
5. Working for Customs and Border Protection can be exceedingly stressful. How will you cope with this intensity on and off the job?
6. How do you deal with uncomfortable situations?
7. Customs and Border Protection does not tolerate violence or harassment in the workplace. How often do you lose your temper or fail to control your emotions?
8. All CBP employees must maintain high standards of honesty, integrity, and character to gain and maintain the trust of the public. How will you exude this commitment in every interaction with the public?
9. Have you carefully reviewed the CBP Standards of Conduct? Are there any points of ethical conduct and responsibilities you feel unable to fulfill?
10. Why are you choosing a career with Customs and Border Protection? Talk about your most significant motivating factors.
11. Customs and Border Protection agents are on the front lines of guarding the country against illegal activity. How will you meet the mental demands of this job?
12. What have you done to train and prepare yourself for a role with Customs and Border Protection?
13. Customs and Border Protection has land, air, and marine monitoring capabilities. Which division interests you most? Explain why.
14. Customs and Border Protection considers the use of prohibited substances a severe matter. Have you ever used, possessed, sold, or distributed illegal drugs?
15. Have you ever committed a crime, participated in any illegal activity, or maintained inappropriate criminal affiliation by association?
16. Customs and Border Protection has a robust Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan designed to create an inclusive and engaged workforce. How do you plan to support these efforts?
17. You are on the job and a member of the public calls you a racial slur or derogatory term. What do you do?
18. Customs and Border Protection offers a diverse workplace community. How have you adapted to serve others of different cultures?
19. Walk us through your post-secondary education and how the knowledge you gained will benefit your career with CBP.
20. We want to hire employees with a keen interest in public protection and law enforcement. How do you stay up to date on current events that may impact Customs and Border Protection?
21. Besides border agents, CBP employs forensic scientists, international trade specialists, public affairs officers, and other specialists. Talk to us about the unique skills you will bring to our agency.
22. What do you consider the toughest aspect of this job?
23. Have you worked in an environment that demanded a high level of adherence to routine?
24. We have rules for everything here. Tell me about the time you found it difficult to follow the rules.
25. How familiar are you with international trade laws and regulations?
26. We are looking for CBP agents that are bi-lingual in English and Spanish. Do you have any special linguistic skills to mention?
27. Customs and Border Protection maintains a profoundly stringent hiring process. Why should we hire you?
28. Certain employee conduct, on and off duty, may be subject to disciplinary action. What actions do you understand to be impermissible?
29. What is your availability?
30. What do you know about the Customs and Border Protection Ethos?
31. What do you know about the history of Customs and Border Protection?
32. What is a 'pandemic,' and what part do you believe Customs and Border Protection plays in such an event?
33. Talk about the ways you demonstrate leadership qualities even when you are not in a leadership role.
34. On a typical day, Customs and Border Protection seizes thousands of pounds of illegal drugs and makes hundreds of apprehensions. How will you best support your colleagues while managing a perpetually heavy workload?
35. Every CBP employee is required to disclose misconduct immediately. How would you approach reporting the actions of others?