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I don’t think I’ve written about this before, but applying for federal jobs can be a bit of a nightmare. There are so many different systems with different requirements, and not only can application requirements be different between agencies, but also between job levels, and sometimes seemingly for the sheer joy of it. This is one of the more entertaining examples of the questions that one is asked when filling out these applications (I came across it this afternoon):

An actual screen capture from "applicationmanager.gov".

UPDATE: Oh, and it gets better. Later in that same application:

Later in the same application...

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