Attachment 6: Sample Case File Questionnaire - Investigator Services

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Sample File Questionnaire Instructions
This questionnaire is designed to show an example of your investigatory writing skills. Please put your name in the box at the top of the page (required). Please open the Sample Case File, to access the EEO Basics Packet (pages 2-34) and the Sample Case (pages 35-121). Please read through those items first, and then proceed with the base file instructions below.

You are provided a sample EEO case file to read and answer the questionnaire below based on what is provided in the file. Please read each question or statement carefully and provide your response in narrative form where requested. Please be sure to answer briefly, but thoroughly. Some responses will require more than one answer. Grammar, punctuation, and attention to detail (names, dates, etc.) are also important in this assessment. Please save your document with the following file name: YourLastName YourFirstName Questionnaire

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1. Identify the Formal File Date:

2. Where can you find the Formal File date? (List 2 locations) 1.
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3. Identify the Initial Contact with EEO Office Date:
4. Where can you find the Initial contact with EEO date? (Multiple locations, name 2) 1.
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5. Identify the Full Name of the Complainant.
6. Does the Complainant have a representative?
If so, what is their Full Name and Title?
7. What Management Official(s) does the Complainant allege is responsible? Provide their Full Name(s) and Job Title(s).
8. What are the Theory/Theories of Discrimination of the accepted claims?

9. What are the accepted Purviews/Bases?

10. What are the accepted issues/claims for this case?

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11. Briefly summarize the Complainant’s version of what happened for the first claim only. This should include all the pertinent details that should be present in an actual investigative summary report.

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12. Briefly summarize the Management Official’s version of what happened for the first claim only. This should include all the pertinent details that would be present in an actual investigative summary report.

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13. What was the non-discriminatory business-like reason for management’s action for the first claim?

14. Were any comparators named for the first claim by either the Complainant or the management official(s)? If so, list who they are, what their purviews/bases are and a brief