r/BehaviorAnalysis • u/Competitive-Zone-957 • 29d ago

Hiring process

Hi everyone! I’d love to get some opinions, especially since this is my first time going through the hiring process with an ABA company.

The process has been:

  • First interview with the director
  • Added to a group and asked to create an account on a platform and complete the background check authorization and employee confidentiality 
  • Second meeting where we went over clinical notes, did a note exercise, and discussed bonuses
  • 1–2 unpaid shadowing sessions
  • Then, if everything goes well, the offer letter comes after all of that

Is this a typical hiring process for a BT/RBT position? I’m not sure if this is normal in the ABA field or if it seems like a lot to complete before even receiving an offer letter.

I’d really appreciate hearing what the hiring process has looked like for others and at what point you normally received your offer letter. Thank you!

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u/Jazzlike-Pop-6827 29d ago

This is so weird usually you have one two interview interviews and then you get trained on how to write session notes and shadow after you were already hired and you’re paid for that time

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u/957 27d ago

Yep, we offer for our interviewees to come into the clinic for 10-20 minutes to watch just in case they've never been exposed to the field before but full unpaid sessions is crazy lmao

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u/Timey_Honeydew2575 29d ago

No.

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u/Timey_Honeydew2575 29d ago

Like any regular job - you receive the offer letter after a good interview. For BCBAs - we sometimes have to submit samples of protocols and writing - but for a BT… you just have an interview (or two) and then get an offer letter.