What is it like to be an FBI agent?
It's hell; first you have to decide what suit to wear and what tie goes with what pair of shoes. Then there is the challenge of getting checked out on the newest Xerox machines, and let's not forget the constant threat of paper cuts and staple wounds. I know you are a Marine, but are you sure you're up to this level of risk? Paper cuts tale a long time to heal; maybe you should think about it ... carefully.
What is it like to be an FBI analyst?
I worked on a couple of Task Forces where we utilized Intell Analysts from the FBI, military and other agencies. The job is what it implies, you are there to locate information, analyze it, and disseminate it. However, there are investigators and supervisors in the mix to review the findings. You pretty much spend your day in front of a computer. The worst part that I observed was when analysts are called upon to take the information and make charts to organize the information in some sort of timeline. Within the federal system you can be well paid for your services, but expect to work harder than many of the agents. Good luck
What is it like to be an FBI agent?
I was an FBI Agent for 5 years in San Francisco. I worked counterterrorism.Every day was different. I conducted high-speed surveillances, search warrants, conducted arrests, processed evidence. I even took a case to federal court with a federal prosecutor - and we won! Many cases don't go to trial, though, because they are so airtight- the defense usually settles. Some people decide to take their chances.One word of caution: there is a lot of paperwork. They don't show that kind of stuff on TV or in the movies. But it is a job that is definitely worth it! You will work with some of the most amazing people on the planet and help keep our country safe.
How you do you become FBI agent?
How does someone get a job at the FBI? What’s required: you need to be age 23-37, have a bachelor’s degree, maybe a post-grad degree; you need to have had some kind of career and excelled at it. You need 2 or 3 years of full-time employment, life experience. You must be extremely responsible; we are incredibly autonomous. Management skills: if you can supervise a bunch of other people you can certainly run yourself. Also language skills are useful: I speak Spanish fluently. We hire only a tiny percentage of applicants. The year I started, they hired 400 out of 58,000 applicants.
What's it like to be an FBI informant?
I went to the FBI to provide evidence regarding a RICO case. Organized crime involving a foreign entity based in China, involving federal tax fraud, state tax fraud, consumer fraud, EPA violations, CPSC violations, DOT violations, DMV violations, state/municipal violations across the US, import customs fraud, motor vehicle fraud, threats of violence, human smuggling, you name it.Talked for hours with three different law firms who examined everything, asked me lots of questions, and agreed it was a legitimate RICO case. This included one lawyer who was a former federal prosecutor (the guy who won the recent case against Volkswagen). They all urged me to contact the FBI.When I got to the FBI field office in Dallas, the guard was playing candy crush on his phone. I had to argue with them, that I wasn’t just some random person wasting their time and that I wanted to make a statement. They just wanted me to go away. Eventually they put me in a little room, and some guy came in. I started to explain myself, and he cut me off and accused me of just making everything up. Clearly I was exaggerating and didn’t know what I was talking about. He never even looked at any of the documented evidence I had, including financial records, memos, falsified records and their rough drafts. Didn’t even accept the documents to review them later. Told me if there is an actual crime taking place, the FBI is on the case. Thanks for your concern!Made me realize that the FBI isn’t very competent or professional. I’ll never forget the one guy who was behind all this illegal activity, laughing and bragging about how he’ll never get caught because the government agents are too lazy to do their jobs. He sends in falsified paperwork and is convinced nobody will ever read them and actually check to see if the information is true. After going to the FBI, I decided he was probably right about that.The amazing thing is that the main guy (a foreign national) has already been convicted of defrauding the government twice, at both the state and federal level. No idea how he avoided deportation. Unfortunately, the FBI didn’t even talk to me long enough to understand that I wasn’t making an allegation of fraud against some innocent citizen, but against someone that has already been hauled into court for such behavior in the past.
What does it feel like to be hunted by the FBI?
Although the FBI was contacting my neighbors and friends, they were not really hunting for me. I was serving in the military and had to come home on emergency leave since one of my parents had passed away. During the wake, while I was greeting visitors inside the funeral home, one of them told me that the FBI had come to his home asking questions about me. Although he only had good things to report about me, he did want to know what kind of trouble I was in. He left after I told him that I don’t remember ever breaking any laws. That is when I started to get worried. In fact, I was so confused and scared that I was afraid to walk out of the funeral home thinking agents were waiting outside to handcuff and arrest me. Since there was still more visitation time, I remained inside as I searched through my memory trying to figure out why the FBI is asking about me.Well, I never did get arrested and I finally figured it out. Some months before I left on emergency leave, my commander wanted to assign me a new classified duty that required a higher security clearance than what I had. So it turns out the FBI was conducting a routine BI (Background Investigation). I figured this out after I realized that all the people who were interviewed were the references I listed on my application to become a Navy officer.Wow! That was a relief.UPDATE - Apparently the Background Investigation of me went well because my military security clearance upgrade was approved.
What kind of questions should I ask the FBI agent I have an informative interview with?
I have an informative interview with an FBI agent that my career adviser from the college I graduated from set up for me. I am looking into possibly wanting to become a FBI police officer. I have general questions I would like to ask but I don't want to ask just a couple of questions and that be it. I would like to ask a couple more smart questions but I'm drawing a blank. Any suggestions?
FBI special agent, Is the job fun?
What is it like being a special agent? What is a so-called average day like, i know on the website it says there is no average day but what do they do? How much of the Job is desk work and field work? Im new at this information so as much as you can provide would be beneficial for my future prospects in regards to jobs.