December 05, 2003

First person account of a NSA recruitment interview (via Slashdot)
posted by Gyan 20 years ago
  • Sorry, forgot to mention that it's a PDF file.
  • My favorite polygraph question that some I know had to go through. "The [government agency] doesn't hire liers, so here is your next question. Have you ever lied?"
  • *brushes white-out over "liers". blows gently. re-types "liars"*
  • To become an NSA employee, one must follow a process that can be as involved as the most invasive medical procedure ending in
  • I second that Mickey. The only plus side to working for the NSA for me (besides what I'm sure are kick-ass medical benefits) is that my parents live two exits up from the NSA on the BWI Parkway.
  • I've always wanted to go through that process, if for nothing else, just to see if I could "make it." Now I begin to think that is foolish talk. Great story, thanks for the link!
  • Coolest Post of the Week! Like f8xmulder notes, I too wanted to go through the whole process, just to see if 1) they'd take me or 2) I could fool them into thinking I was within the parameters of normalcy. BUT, if they give you the stampof approval, and you become this CoolSecretAgent-yPerson, you CAN'T TELL ANYBODY!
  • I promise you, they are waaaay ahead of you.
  • I read how nervous he was about taking the polygraph, and unbeknownst to him, all of his behaviors followed the patterns of people who have tried to beat the machine. Oops. By the way, it has always been my theory that results of personality tests are calculated by looking a little bit at the results of the test and looking heavily at your reaction to answering 567 insanely stupid questions about your personality.
  • You never know, this whole thing might be part of my recruitment to the NSA. Of, of course K.R.E.A.P., which really wouldn't make much sense, unless one was going for the irony card. Which is possible.
  • /slits BearGuy's throat.
  • mmm blood! this is where it starts getting good, right?