# Stay Within the Scope of What Questions are Asking for on the SF-86

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Background investigators can tell you they hate it when they are interviewing someone who has listed information way beyond what the scope of the questions are asking for on the Questionnaire for National Security Positions (SF-86). That is because the investigator has to cover all of the information listed by the applicant, even if it…