I ' m surprised that Zoro isn ' t included in the book of monsters . <| sep |> You can ' t change your government in your claim post . <| sep |> Might pick her back up then . The AS slow was never really a huge issue for me . I just gave up on her completely when she stopped hopping . Time to bring her back . <| sep |> I just stopped in to say hey to another plant person I am a botanist working for the federal government . I started in technical lab positions , now I ' m in programpolicy . All good info here . It ' s also important to consider that even if you are not the candidate chosen , there is a possibility that they may establish a pool of qualified candidates , and sometimes a pool of partially qualified candidates . From that first pool , they would choose the most ' appropriate ' candidate which may include soft skills such as personal suitability how would they work in the team etc . Once upon a time they used eligibility lists , whomever placed first was offered the job , and soft skills were not really the deciding factor . You could be applying to something like an EG 04 position , but let ' s say you do not ' place first ' even though that ' s not really how it ' s done any longer . In this example , their first choice candidate gets staffed not you . A year goes by , first person goes on matpat leave , or someone else goes on temp leave or permanently leaves the same organization you might be considered for it also . The partially qualified candidates process is not one used often , unless they have lower level eg . EG 03 , 02 positions available , or a shorter term where you are not required to meet all conditions . Best of luck fellow plant friend !