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Interview Preference Plus 5% — Doubling at Just 10% Disability

Every public department gives veterans and surviving spouses a preference before the interview stage. On scored applications the advantage is 5% — and 10% for a veteran with a service-connected disability of ten percent or more, one of the lowest disabled-tier gates anywhere.

Verified August 20, 2026

What this benefit is

Every public department gives veterans and surviving spouses a preference before the interview stage. On scored applications the advantage is 5% — and 10% for a veteran with a service-connected disability of ten percent or more, one of the lowest disabled-tier gates anywhere.

Who is entitled to it

  • You are a veteran — or a surviving spouse, whom the statute treats identically.
  • You are applying in this state.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

  1. 1Claim veteran or surviving-spouse status with the application — the preference attaches before the interview process in every public department.
  2. 2On a numerically scored application the advantage is 5% over any nonveteran — and 10% if your service-connected disability is ten percent or more. No high rating is needed for the doubled tier.
  3. 3Where the department uses no scoring, the statute still requires an advantage that "reasonably approximates" the scored one — the preference does not vanish with the scoresheet.
  4. 4Age or impairment that does not materially incapacitate cannot disqualify you, and disabled veterans are preferred over able-bodied veterans in terms.
Form
Public employment application with veteran or surviving-spouse status claimed
File with
The hiring public department
Documents you will need
dd214 · va benefit summary letter
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
Worth knowingA neighbouring section, §19-14-111, lets PRIVATE employers grant hiring and promotion preference to veterans, disabled veterans' spouses and surviving spouses, and declares the preference not a discriminatory practice — a safe harbour worth naming when a private employer hesitates. For that section, "disabled veteran" means a compensable permanent and total service-connected disability.

Sources

Why only one source type: The statute itself, read from the legislature's compiled Title 19, states the interview preference, both percentage tiers and the no-scoring rule.

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