A 334-page listing of presidentially appointed jobs can be found in the Plum Book . Your interview starts when you pick up the phone to hear that you've been selected as a candidate.
Some employers screen out potential interviewers by what they hear on the phone.
When you've sent out a resume, always answer your phone in a friendly, professional manner. You'd be surprised how different it might look. In California's Silicon Valley, an increasing number of workers do not have traditional, full-time 9 to 5 jobs. One out of three Silicon Valley workers works non-traditionally. The 40-hour work week has all but disappeared in the opposite direction.