
Originally Posted by
KatyBoleyn
Nope.
TS clearance is just so they can see if you can be compromised. If you're fairly open to them, they'll start asking you things like "what would happen if your family found out". If you act like you don't care, then its not something anyone can hold over you. Be prepared for this line of questioning though.
They'll also probably grill you on finances and credit history and why you did that kind of work. "I had debts and wanted to pay them off with honest work." is a decent answer. People in deep financial trouble (history of spending beyond their means or piling up debt) are easily compromised and they want to see that you have it under control.
In all they're looking at your overall integrity, not what you actually did. Patterns of irresponsible or illegal behavior mainly. Simply having "skeletons" that everyone has is not a big deal, its how you resolve them.
It would be a very different interview though if you were to have a spokesperson job or one in the public eye, but most bureaucratic positions don't fall under that.
For non-governmental work, its entirely their discretion what qualifies under moral character.
Hubby's brief camming history didn't show up for his teaching license or his nursing license. It also wasn't a thing for our background check for ACH licensing for the bank system. If it wasn't illegal, they don't care, at least for the license.
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