r/ROTC • u/Natural_Tailor3262 • 2d ago
Accessions/OML/Branching Branch interviews
What time does branch interviews close, my car flooded and fucked my computer and now I’m waiting on my friend to bring hers, I have majority of them Done I j need to do two more of my top 5 .
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u/MainPlankton9612 2d ago
As a young officer about to take commandI have some advice for you:
Never wait until the last second to do something. If you're asking how many hours you have instead of days to meet a deadline, you've clearly fucked up.
Learn from the consequences that might come from missing your branch interviews and grow from it.
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u/Natural_Tailor3262 2d ago
You’re absolutely spot on! But My original comment didn’t mention waiting, and I have a very packed personal schedule. I’ve already interviewed the other 15 to get ready for the ones that really matter. As you can see, something unexpected happened that made it hard for me to finish the last two. Thanks anyway!
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u/tripseung 1d ago
You've interviewed for 15 branches you didn't want and saved the one that you actually wanted for this late in the process?
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u/Unhappy_Speaker_4542 1d ago
Idk could be his program making them do all of them. Mine would make everyone, even guard/reserve, do three and show that they did three. It was ridiculous since guard def don’t need them and reserve probably still don’t need them so all it did was gum up the system.
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u/FinnsterWithnumbers 2d ago
I'm always bamboozled by how many people save important ones for right before the deadline. Several branches do rolling reviews, and I feel its common knowledge that the sooner your interview is reviewed, the better.
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u/ExodusLegion_ God’s Dumbest LT 1d ago
Concur. I did my interview for MI literally a week after interviews opened for my YG, and still got an MP.
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u/FinnsterWithnumbers 1d ago
Yeah I did my cyber interview before camp entirely and I’m pretty sure it’s a big reason I got my MP. Doing branches late which do 2nd interviews practically DQs you entirely.
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u/AbleAd8854 Hopefully Escaping TRADOC 1d ago
I asked when they did branch day stuff at my school and they told me it’s better to do it early as you stand out more instead of blending in with the thousands of cadets cramming did mine right before CST
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u/SawbackBayonet 15h ago
I did MI the night before they closed and got an MP despite being a bottom third cadet. Truly do not believe timing matters too much.
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u/Natural_Tailor3262 1d ago
Yall are insane 😂 I’ve been working on this all month, making sure I did good at least. Can you reverse my car being flooded with my electronics in it?
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u/Jealous_Quantity4618 1d ago
5 minimum is what is is usually recommended and noting like waiting to the last minute so it must not be that important for you
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u/Natural_Tailor3262 1d ago
Where does it say I’ve waited ?? I’ve said I did 15 I need two more, my computer got flooded!
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u/pendragonbob 12castlesArecool 1d ago
The interviews have been open for roughly the last 3 months. So you waited ~3 months to do them now when they could have been done in June or July
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u/Natural_Tailor3262 1d ago
Do you know when I went to advanced camp? No, Do you know when my school starts? No again right?
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u/pendragonbob 12castlesArecool 1d ago
I don't care when you went to camp or when your school starts/ends.
The interviews were open for roughly 3 months, and you had plenty of information to be able to do interviews before camp.
If you have enough time to post on reddit, then you also have enough time to run to a local library or neighbor's house; however, you are just sitting at home waiting on a friend, so it must not be that dire
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u/Natural_Tailor3262 1d ago
:) It’s a great idea for every cadet to do interviews after finishing advanced camp AND it’s highly pushed at my school. I graduated on August 16th 9th reg, and my school starts on August 17th, so I can vouch for the importance of doing what I needed to do! And for your information I was able to complete those TWO interviews late last night haha you need to get a grip! Thanks tho ❤️❤️
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u/Then-Leather-2475 14h ago
Since no one seems to have answered your actual question - interview window closed yesterday, 31 August.
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u/Financial_Ad4584 2d ago
Tmr