Upon initial interview (now ten years ago), a woman in front of me came out crying (entered room by herself; I wasn't there).
They asked me about "were you sponsored by a foreign state" - some questions are more severe than SF85P/SF86 (sensitive and TS), but others are kind of dopey and asked by people who aren't IC.
End of the day - they ask questions to "keep our borders safe."
That is all.

My husband is at 64 days waiting on conditional approval for his renewal....still waiting. He applied on 3/16.

Still waiting ...
 

Applied/paid: 3/6/19
Status: Pending
US Cit, natural born

Coming up on three months waiting time soon. Shouldn't be anything unusual in my record. And this is just a renewal.

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Wow. Reading all these posts, I'm feeling super lucky. I applied for renewal about 2 weeks ago. The very next thing I heard about it was 12 days later, when my new card arrived in the mail. I was shocked how fast it was (and a little confused, because the letter didn't even say anything about being approved. It just said "here's your new card"). I checked online, and it turns out I was approved 7 days after applying. 7 days for approval, 5 more for card creation and shipping. Not bad.

I read in an earlier post that particular algorithms may account for delays. In two days my application will be at 11 weeks. I plan to call and ask them to open a ticket to find out what possibly could be causing this delay. I was approved the 1st time in 3 weeks.
Since I do not travel internationally as frequently as I used to, I decided to apply for PreCheck which is more compatible with my current travel planning.

If GE is not a deal breaker for you, get PreCheck and use Mobile Passport. At this point, if I get approved- great; if I don't it's not the end of the world.

You can have two KTN numbers- discovered that the GE KTN # does not work on the PreCheck website so I applied as a new applicant and have an interview in 2 weeks. By the way, the TSA customer service telephone staff are very helpful

Finally- received approval today- 10 weeks and 6 day wait

My timeline for renewing an expired GE.
March 6 - renewal submitted
May 22 - approved for renewal without interview

Although I gained a year by applying after expiration, it wasn't worth all the TSA PRE lines I missed. If you have a crystal ball for travel plans, act accordingly.

I also applied for renewal on March 6 and was approved at the end of the day on May 21st
No interview requested

No one knows why some renewals are processed quickly and others seem to drag on. Glad I didn't need to expedite the matter

Applied for renewal around 4/20. wife applied a week later. Went on vacation at the end of the month. New cards in our mail pile when we returned on May 19. Obviously no interview was needed. We didn't receive any emails during the process either.

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Interesting. I received two SSSS while my renewal was pending. Had never happened before.