hello, I am employed at a gs12 level and I guess have cleared an initial t1 naci background check. My concerns are two: At a job about 5 years ago I failed a probationary period of several months. I was specifically told in the final interview I was not “fired” but had failed to successfully complete the probationary period. I asked about that during the interview. I was also specifically told I could reapply to the state organization after a waiting period (of i think about 30 days). On the of306 I denied I have ever been fired because that is what the job told me. Might this be an issue? I don’t know what HR would say, I wouldn’t think they could say “terminated” but I don’t know.
Will the denial of any firing be an issue?
Will failing the probationary position be an issue?
If you weren’t fired for terminated for any type of misconduct make that very clear. You were not hired permanently or kept on after a probationary period for whatever reason. It’s a pretty common situation. Make that clear to anyone who asks you about it. Many organizations hire on this way because their year to year budgets are unpredictable and they don’t know if they can afford people. It’s definitely also a way to try out employees and see if they "fit " the organizational culture and get rid of those who don’t, for good or bad reasons.
I would mark no and then explain in the comment section just in case the HR dept says you were fired so it doesn’t appear as if you were hiding the information.