I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cowlitz County (Washington) (Kelso, WA) in Oct 2016
Interview
The same written questions were posed to every applicant. A few of the questions had no bearing on the job and were obviously for assessing personality. These seemed to have been taken from 'clip art'. The supervisor was > 10 min late. Even so, I completed the interview on time.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
An example of the personality type questions: If you could get rid of one of the fifty states, which one would it be and why?