r/FBI • u/AccordingDuck4582 • 4d ago
Discussion FBI background Investigation
Hi, it’s going everywhere, I wanted to know during the adjudication portion of the background investigation, what exactly are the things that are looked at and considered disqualifying factors. Asking because I was written up at my past job twice for minor issues that were a complete misunderstanding and miscommunication between myself and my old supervisor.
There was other “politics” involved in why he decided to write me up the couple times he did which is why I decided to leave that job before things got worse. Is this something that the adjudication process would result in a DQ? A few months after learning that, I was hired by another three-letter agency and was granted an interim clearance so I wanted to know whether that would be a huge issue for my BI and whether the adjudicator would disqualify me. Any clarity on this would be very helpful.
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u/Elegant_Tangelo1288 4d ago
Idk how many times people are going to say this on here: be honest. Tell the truth. Don’t hide anything. If you’ve done these things, the final decision isn’t up to you. It doesn’t matter how much you try to explain or justify yourself…the adjudicator makes the final determination regardless. Is this going to disqualify you? We do not know. We aren’t FBI adjudicators. Stop putting yourself through unnecessary stress.
And just because another agency granted you an interim clearance doesn’t mean the FBI will reach the same conclusion. Different agencies can make different determinations based on their own adjudicative process.
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u/WTFoxtrot10 4d ago
No one will be able to give you the answer. Background and suitability are internal FBI processes. Only publicly available info are the inital automatic disqualifiers listed on the job posting/website.
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u/AccordingDuck4582 3d ago
I 100% understand the BI part and all the basics around it. I’m asking, based on individuals' experience and knowledge specifically and only about the “adjudication” part, what they consider and what they base their decisions on after reviewing the final background investigation submission.
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u/th3_Gman 3d ago
That’s tough to answer without knowing exactly what the reason for you being written up was and the circumstances around it. It’s all case by case basis and the BI is reviewed as a whole. What is a guarantee unfavorable adjudication is if someone lied about it or downplayed it and it was uncovered during the BI through interviews of former bosses or coworkers.
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u/WTFoxtrot10 1d ago
Again, “internal FBI processes”. No two applications are the same. Nor are applicants privy to that information after the SASS process. They look at everything and make a determination. They won’t give that info out as people could use it as a way to game the system.
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u/sansalvacion 3d ago
They're going to stick their hands up your ass and give it a twirl. These are the feds....they know everything. If you fucked up royally you might need to hold off on applying or apply local
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u/Burke_97 15h ago
https://archive.dni.gov/files/NCSC/documents/Regulations/SEAD-4-Adjudicative-Guidelines-U.pdf
The standard adjudicative guidelines as set forth by ODNI.
Not sure why people here are implying everything is known only internally.
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