I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at US Navy (Chicago, IL) in Jan 2013
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boot camp is where you end up going to, if you can find it inside you to make it through boot camp then guess what. you got the job, that is all you need to know.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at US Navy (San Diego, CA) in Oct 2016
Interview
Your first classes opinion of you even though they are never around to see what's going on and that same can be said about whoever the chief is. The officers for the most part are terrible and don't know what's going on so it's pointless to talk to them. No one takes responsibility for anything so nothing ever gets fixed.