[mikester]

Run of the mill government job interviews are so structured that they can't look for the best person for the job - they have to ask a prescribed set of questions to ensure that the affirmative action requirements are met.

If you're smart, engaging, self starting and generally FANTASTIC it doesn't matter.

What they are really doing is holding your resume up to the light over the 'job description' and so long as they match up you'll get an interview where they will do the verbal equivalent of the same thing. Your personality, drive and worth ethic really have nothing to do with the interview.

I gave up on regular government work within a couple of years - I'm a capitalist not a bump on a log.