It seems like this administration's "brain trust" spends every day figuring out what blatantly illegal and/or unconstitutional things they want Trump to do that week. Now it's trying to make sure anyone hired for a government desk clerk or janitor's job is a Trump supporter:
"Essay questions about government efficiency and President Donald Trump’s executive orders will soon be included in federal job applications, the Office of Personnel Management announced Thursday, adding new requirements for civil service job seekers that could gauge their political leanings.
The questions will apply to applications for positions GS-05 and above, a federal pay grade with annual rates as low as $34,454, according to data from the Office of Personnel Management.
Four essay questions will be added with a limit of 200 words per answer, with applicants required to certify that they did not use a consultant or artificial intelligence for their answers."
"3. How would you help advance the President’s Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired."
Of course, asking about political preferences in Federal hiring is illegal, but hey how can we make sure our government truck drivers are "patriotic" Americans if they won't tell us how great Trump's Executive Orders are?
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Might as well say the posts are barred to everyone except pro-Trump Republicans. In an interview, all the applicants are asked the same question ...
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/federal-job-seekers-quizzed-trump-203851150.html
But Trump is also reshaping the US government’s workforce in other ways, overhauling the civil service system by giving him power to directly hire and fire as many as 50,000 jobs previously reserved for career federal employees.
“What we’ve seen is an overwhelming effort to cow the workforce and frankly ensure that there’s a loyalty to the president of the day more than anything else,” said Max Stier, president of the Partnership for Public Service, a nonpartisan group focused on improving the federal workforce.
Asking the new questions is “deeply problematic,” he said.
“Bluntly, it’s an almost partisan and ideological overlay without understanding the responsibilities they’re hiring for.” For example, there’s no reason why a dental hygienist at the Department of Veterans Affairs should have an understanding of Trump’s executive orders, Stier said.
Beyond the content of the questions, Stier said adding four essay questions to an already burdensome federal hiring process can only make it more difficult for the government to hire the best workers, calling it “a recipe for dysfunction.”
But OPM says the questions aren’t much different from those any employer would ask to make sure that a prospective employee fits with company culture.
“It is a best practice in hiring to ask all applicants the same questions,” said OPM spokeswoman McLaurine Pinover. “The answers can then be evaluated by the hiring manager and agency leadership to evaluate whether the candidate would be a good fit for the role.”