# Initial Secret, No Interview

**URL:** <https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/initial-secret-no-interview/4563>\
**Category:** SECURITY CLEARANCE Q&A\
**Created:** [August 28, 2018, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/initial-secret-no-interview/4563 "2018-08-28T09:27:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jcb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@jcb](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/jcb)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/initial-secret-no-interview/4563/1 "2018-08-28T09:27:23Z")

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Hi all,

I’ve been asking around at work (along with my FSO) but I’m getting mixed answers so I figured I’d try here.

I sent my SF86 for my first secret clearance in April, 2018. My interim was denied. I called OPM via the FOIA hotline and asked for the status and they informed me the investigation closed on August 13, 2018 and sent to DOD CAF for adjudication.

Is it normal to not be interviewed after being denied a interim and being sent straight to adjudication? No criminal history, minor dings in my credit report from a few years ago, but nothing delinquent. Never done drugs and anything else out of the ordinary.

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**Author:** ![EdFarmerIII](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/edfarmeriii/32/122_2.png) [@EdFarmerIII](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/EdFarmerIII)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/initial-secret-no-interview/4563/2 "2018-08-28T13:37:49Z")

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Yes, it is not unusual.

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**Author:** ![jcb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@jcb](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/jcb)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/initial-secret-no-interview/4563/3 "2018-08-28T15:14:01Z")

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Does that actually mean anything though? My FSO told me I would be contacted for an interview at the very least to go over my SF86.

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**Author:** ![EdFarmerIII](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/edfarmeriii/32/122_2.png) [@EdFarmerIII](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/EdFarmerIII)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/initial-secret-no-interview/4563/4 "2018-08-28T16:42:39Z")

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jcb . . . Your FSO, or someone else from your company may contact you to go over your SF86. That doesn’t mean that an investigator will. Many clearances are granted without a subject interview. It really just depends on what is on your SF-86 and what turns up.

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**Author:** ![datesnotrecalled](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@datesnotrecalled](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/datesnotrecalled)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/initial-secret-no-interview/4563/5 "2018-08-28T16:53:44Z")

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Interviews are not routine for secret.