Hate it

Getting sloppy recon.

So I'm about to enter college this spring, and I'm interested in working for the FBI in either forensics or as a special agent.

I did some research, and found out that forensics jobs in the FBI are not what I'm interested in as I want to work in analyzing evidence, dna, and stuff like that.

Later, I found out I would really, REALLY like to become a special agent because that'd be pretty cool, I think. (The motivation to get that job is somewhat childish, but that doesn't mean I'm not serious).

Anywho, the reason I'm posting this is to see if anybody could give me some advice on what I should study in college, and what my plan should be to be a more appealing applicant by the time I do apply. I did some research, and found out there's an FBI Honors Internship Program, so I'll try and get in that whenever I actually start college. I'm also in decent shape, but there's always room for improvement, and I plan to serve in the Air Force reserves if it will help me get a job for the FBI.

What should I do? What should I major in, and what can I do to give me an advantage?

Please help, I'm kinda panicking but yeah, thanks for reading.

I took the test and thought I performed really well on the logical reasoning and pattern recognition parts of the test. But I still failed. So I’m wondering if I failed because of the subjective “personality” questions. Is there a pass/no pass criteria for answering those as well?

Everyone should look into the ruby ridge case.

UD to FBI

Hey guys, 24yo M, currently USSS UD 1.5yrs on while planning on staying longer but preparing for an 1811. I’m aware that there are many other 1811 positions that I could go for but the FBI is my number one pick.

Currently have two B.S degrees. One in Clinical Psych and the other in CJ. Also a minor in Intelligence & National Security with certificates in Behavioral Forensics and Crim Profiling. I’m interested in going for my master’s and would like to see what you guys think about the current plan I’ve come up with and also some help on what I should potentially get my Masters in.

UD offers Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training and is something i’m going to be doing once the campaign year is over. It’s not much but it’s something i’m definitely interested in doing anyways. I think this training would sort of tie in my psychology bachelors somewhat as i’d have the training to along with the experience i’ve already gathered on UD.

UD also offers an accelerated EMT certification and is also something i’m really interested in doing. Still debating on what to get my Masters in but i’m thinking a hard science or something else in STEM.

I’m in no rush since i’m 24 and have heard the FBI generally recruits older individuals with more life experience but obviously I want to start planning now. Do you guys think this experience and training would help out getting into the FBI in particular or if I should take a completely different route?

I posted this on the 1811 page a few weeks ago and got some pretty good advice. Was curious of anyone else had something to add.

if one never heard back after undergoing bg check for a 3 l agency, would applying for this agency 1 year later have any chance of success, or will disqualification for prev application be a major disadvantage

I interviewed for the OST position about a week ago and I’m seeing some people on here talking about “passing” the interview. How do I find out if I passed the interview/ how long would it take for them to let me know? They told me it would take 2-3 weeks to hear back from them so is this when I would find out??

I have read the qualifications/ expectations on their website but am seeking more information if any of you have any experience. Thank you!

For example putting it under a table

Bored and wanting to learn more about the absolute maddening level of investigation work they've done. Anyone have any interesting cases of note be it from the 20th century or 21st?

Edit: I get the sense that a lot of people for obvious reasons don't like the FBI.

Recently a company I’ve hired over charging me with investigations does anyone I know who I can contact or call or email about this company cause they aren’t in the US and entirely convincing but we did audio recordings and stuff but haven’t gotten what we paid for with only a hyper link with to tracker the scammer please someone anyone I’m desperate

Sorry, I am just not American, so I genuinely don’t know. I tried googling it, but the answer was super foggy, so I am asking you, folks.

Hi all, I’m 19 and in college still looking for a career. I’ve gained some interest in criminal justice/criminal psychology recently and was curious about the path to take for this. I would like to avoid police academy or any sort of academy, which is why I was looking at a consultant position. I don’t know much about this field, besides that I know it exists pretty much haha. Also if you had other recommendations outside of the FBI, that would also be helpful. I’m open to any and all answers/questions.

How often do agents go into a situation with backup being 10 minutes behind but two or 3 agents proceed anyway like in tv ?

Hello. I’m in a bind. My fingerprints are not readable. I’ve tried 4 times at 3 places. 1 was a specialist. Ink, inkless scan, digital scan. No luck.

I’ve hydrated, used Corn Huskers, even tried hot sauce on my tips as recommended by an FBI agent. No luck.

I need a background check for a visa and FBI said they’d only issue a formal rejection letter due to print quality and can’t run a check by name only. Is there any way I can pay for this service through a third party? Any suggestions are welcome.

Hi. I’m currently an Intel Analyst in the Army, and have 2-3 years on my contract only. I wanted to know if my TS/SCI would transfer to the FBI? Would it make my process faster? How about my poly? Thanks

Most of these post are asking for info on joining the FBI or related to qualifying. Are these bots, trols, or valid???

Hello hello people. I just want to seek some guidance on trying to work towards working for the FBI at some point. So, I’m an 18 year old Male. I’m employed by my County Government right now as a 911 Dispatcher. I’ve had thoughts on working my way up but I feel like that wouldn’t be practical in a sense. When I say work my way up, I mean going from a county job to a state job to the “somehow” federal job in the FBI. But I feel that working here for a while and performing well, all working towards getting my degree with the in-state tuition and tuition assistance offered by my job, it’ll definitely boost me easily. On top of this, it’ll be exponentially cheaper to do so. My plan is to attend Community College and then transfer to a 4 year university near me once I’ve completed my Associates. As I said, it’ll be exponentially cheaper with in-state tuition, the tuition assistance, and the fact that I won’t be paying for an entire 4 years. However, I’m still unsure on what I’d want to major in. I do have a some selected areas that I’ve taken note of myself, but I can’t decide and would like to know alongside anything else what majors you believe would work best. My primary focuses are Emergency Management, Emergency Medicine, Communications, Cybersecurity, and Criminal Justice.

I know this isn’t an official FBI resource but I’m sure people here are very knowledgeable and I’m just looking to gain some more knowledge/criticism for the journey I plan on making. Any info/assistance would be helpful, please and thank you.

(Note: I live in MARYLAND which can/will help with answers)

(Note x2: The title was meant to say “Career,” but it cut off, typed this all up on my phone during break)

Ok so i just posted about surveillance specialist and now im wondering about the investigative role. What is the main difference between the 2 roles? What would i be doing as an investigative role? and again i would wanna be in the CI division so what would it look like. Also just from a former one how was your experience with it and what did you end up doing after?

Hello i’m a sophomore in highschool and really interested in being in fbi. I always liked watching people covertly and like physical surveillance. I wanna join as a surveillance specialist but still have a lot of questions. I specifically wanna do CI. First how competitive is thai position? Do i have any promotion and what jobs could this help me get that’s also in fbi. How do i apply for counterintelligence surveillance or do i have to have experience in normal surveillance. Also anyone who has done this i just would like to hear a broad explanation of the job and tips. Thank you

Many get trained by the FBI and then go work in the private sector. Do you know how costly it is to hire and train?

Are We the People behaving ethically when we use training academy and then behave like 20 years olds chasing a bigger paycheck that gets taxed more anyway and lets you potentially get away with drug use?

Can FBI hire older Americans who know themselves, been through private corporate work already and are done using not approved drugs? Use reliable and valid mental and physical evaluations and have ongoing mental and physical health benefits.

Have you ever gotten a response from an FBI tip? Is it possible that they are all or mostly being rerouted prior to getting anywhere?

I am talking about online things only.

I have submitted a tip online to the fbi, tips.fbi.gov/home because someone shared, without my consent, an explicit image and I am a minor. I needed the FBI to take down the content so I submitted a tip for distribution of cp.
However I don't know if I screwed up typing the correct email address or it's normal, but I didn't receive any automatic followup

Honestly I did nothing wrong but sometimes I feel like somebody's watching me.

Hi Everyone,

This is a bit of a weird one, but for reasons I'm not sure I want to disclose just yet I fear I am being stalked by someone living in a foreign nation. They seem to have found out my phone number, legal name, and address, etc after we had a bit of a fight over Discord a few months back. I left their Discord citing that they had made me feel unsafe, but they have continued to escalated things and continued harassing me. It now seems they are making this an IRL problem as I was getting phone calls from the country they live in, until I emailed them saying if I found out it was them I'd contact the authorities. I received no more calls from their country after that.

I want to be clear we are both over 18 and American citizens. This other person however is living in a foreign country on a Visa. I submitted a report to the FBI as I assumed they handled thing internationally, but have not heard from them for about 2 weeks and can't reach anyone over their phone line. Should I go to local law enforcement instead or try to contact authorities in their country.

I'm sorry if this is inappropriate to post here, but this whole thing has me very shaken and not sure where this person's emotionally unstable mind will lead them to next.

Thank you for any help!

Hi, I'm interested in joining the FBI in a few years, but when I was underage as a teen, I watched pornography. I'm wondering if this would disqualify me from joining the FBI?

Hi guys! Not sure if anyone else has experienced this but I submitted an IC3 complaint about 6 months ago and still haven't heard back :( Does this mean no one is ever going to look into what happened to me? And is there anything I can do to get an agent to pick up my case?

I have heard that there are jobs for forensic accounting or investigating financial crimes. How does a recent college graduate get into this field?