The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Caltrans (San Diego, CA) in Jan 2009
Interview
The hiring process started off with an online self-assessment to pre rank yourself. If you ranked high enough for an interview you are contacted to set up a time.
The interview process was 2 parts; written and oral. The written part of the interview was 20 minutes and it was a scenario that you had to talk about the environmental process of a proposed project. The oral portion of the interview was a 3 person panel interview where different questions were asked about yourself, experience and education.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Please name all acronyms that you know in the environmental field and explain what they are for.
Very extensive and very comprehensive interview. There is a writing section and a panel interview. It does take a while to get a call for an interview. Definitely need to study for this interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself including scenarios and how you would resolve them as an environmental planner.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Caltrans in Sept 2021
Interview
Had 2 interviews. 1st was over zoom then the second was in person. Very relaxed and casual interview. Great people to talk to. First interview was more thought based and second interview was more about who you are.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Caltrans (Fresno, CA) in Feb 2022
Interview
Webex interview with a panel of three senior environmental planners at Caltrans. They all seemed to be very serious prior to the interview, so I felt a bit intimidated. After the interview was complete they opened up a bit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Why do you want to work for Caltrans?
2. What is the duty statement?
3. There is a project that has the possibility to have significant impacts, what type of studies or environmental documentation will you prepare?
4. There is a project getting stalled by someone involved, how do you try to approach facilitating the project?
