Does my recruiter have to set these interviews up or can I start contacting local Navy bases?
Also, do they just need the Interviewer's Appraisal Sheet? Or this there another form they need to fill out? Will they give it back to me or need to mail it into my OR?
1.) They just need the appraisal sheet. I don't quite know how BDCP works though. Mine scanned and e-mailed theirs directly to my OR which was good because he had to do a couple corrections.
2.) I found one of my Officer Interviews on this site actually after I posted in my community of interest asking for contacts.
I chose to travel to Norfolk since I had friends there and this was where my Officer was. She set up another interview within the community for me which was extremely helpful. For my other community of interest, I found a site online that was for Officers in the Hampton Rds area to do get togethers and share ideas. The president of that organization put me through to a Capt who agreed to interview with me.
3.) If you sit and think for a minute and ask "the google" you can come up with a lot of ways to make contacts. My recruiter preferred I did this on my own because he was super busy. I'm sure yours would also feel the same but if you want to ask, no harm in that.
4.) I did interviews because this was my second time applying. I was told the reason NOT TO DO IT the first time was to give me something to apply with that would be a big change to my package and allow me to submit under the 6 month mark if I was not selected first attempt.
If you have more questions about this pm me I'd be happy to help.