What kind of Security Clearance Would i Expect with a Internship?

Question

Hey I have an interview for an internship with this company that has a federal site. The job description says "This position requires onsite work at restricted federal government facilities and as a result, U.S. Citizenship is a requirement of the job." I would be a business/systems(operations) Engineering Intern for them. I was just wondering what kind of security clearance I would expect to get? confidential? or Secret? thanks again for any insight.

Answer 1

You might or might not be processed for a security clearance - for an internship if it's just a few months, probably would not, since by the time you got it, your job would be nearing an end. Many secure sites have areas where people without clearances can be in - and they probably have a lot of work for you to do that isn't classified.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Sadly after 9/11, the processing end of the folks who do security clearances didn't grow as much even though everyone at a gov't facility needed to get cleared. The backlog for those employees is five years.

You will fill out paperwork, you will be probably escorted everywhere, you will have an interim clearance (can be inside bldg.).

Answer 4

The level of clearance would depend on the work you are doing and the level of information/material you have access to. All federal employees (U.S) have criminal history checks run at time of their hiring but that is not a security clearance. A secret celarance takes more time to complete and a TS takes even more time. If you are a short term intern I doubt you would be given a TS unless you are in a high demand position.