Anyone fancy a job at MI5?

rojash | 22:40 Tue 17th Jan 2012 | Society & Culture

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Wasn't sure where to post this.
There's an online test here, to ascertain your suitability for intelligence work:

https://www.mi5.gov.u...rs/showjob.aspx?id=80

I took the test an was told:
"Your responses suggest that your approach may be well suited to the role of an Intelligence Officer in the Security Service. We encourage you to go ahead and apply."

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Postdog

got fed up waiting for it to load. Is that part of the test?

DTCwordfan

there is also an MI5 link onto Answerbank and folk who have chatted about the test here are automatically disbarred

Try the Russians, N Koreans or Iranians, I suspect that they are not eavesdropping......

by the way, a restart seemed to solve the No MI5 Files issue - thanks...

HowardKennitby

I had a quick run through. It seems to be very London-centric. There's a surprise.

sandyRoe

They're looking for people in their branch in Holywood, Co. Down.

squarebear

I got the same as you rojash but yes the load time was a bit long.

DTCwordfan

reminds me of this joke:

Paddy goes to join the MI5 and is going through his interview very well the interviewer says to him....

"OK Paddy just one more task and one more question before we accept you"

He then handed Paddy some semtex explosives and a detonator and told him he had to leave, blow something up then come back to the office.

Paddy disapeared out of the door and sure enough 10 minutes later the interviewer hears BOOM somewhere outside his office.

Another 5 minutes and a second BOOM......

Paddy returns to the office looking all smug.

Interviewer : "Ok you have completed that now for the final question, how many letters are there in the alphabet?"

Paddy: "Dere's 21"

Interviewer : No think about that again for a second

Paddy is adamant

Paddy: I told ye dere's 21

Interviewer : Actually there are 26 letters in the alphabet

Paddy: Oh no dere's not I just blew up B&Q and MFI

B00

I'd be utterly useless. I got as far as Q3 and then give up- sorry!

mccfluff

i got bored before taking the test

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pdust

i was gonna try it but saw the comments about it taking too long so didnt bother, immediately after i got an email from an unknown sender saying 'thank bleep for that' and it self destructed.

rojash

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"Hope your not intending to apply rojash as they ask you to be discreet!"
I suspect that with my history of sex'n'drugs'n'rock'n'roll they might not want me anyway.

CreamSoda

I heard an ad on the radio about being a surveillance officer, I quite fancied it until I thought about sitting on a bench in the snow and rain and needing the loo:)

NOX

Ironically I got the same as you- awful tempted to apply...not.

jomifl

I'm afraid boredom set in when it began to feel like a cross between team building and an induction course. The correct answers are so bleedin' obvious that one wonders if MI5 weren't playing some silly game.