mi5

[shortylilly]

Hi, I was wondering whether anyone could tell me whether they have applied for Mi5 (either as a desk officer / admin assistant post) and how difficult it was during their interviews/assessments etc.

Would you say it is like applying for any other job...just more stages to get successfully get through, or would you say it is very difficult overall.

I am a recent graduate who really wants to work for Mi5 but am a little apprehensive to apply to them as I have never sat a formal interview in my life and I am not sure whether having an Mi5 interview as a first is a sensible move.

Thank you in advance!!!

[lady_p_gold]

Yes I did .. and then if you are successful in the written application they ask you up to London for a test. This test is very intense and you are in a room with about 30 people and the test is things like "if a fly is flying between two railway stations and one train is going at 30 mph and the other is going at 15 mph" you get the drift, and then various sections of shapes and sentences etc. I made the mistake of going out the night before in London and drinking way too much and I just went to pieces in the exam and obviously never got the job !!!!!!

[*ALFIE*]

well, once you join, could you let us know who killed Diana ? thanks and good luck

[annavc]

Not done it myself but know someone who has and who was successful at admin assistant level (she had no degree). Basic process is application form - long and complicated so give yourself plenty of time to fill it in. If you get to the next stage (bearing in mind they have hundreds of applicants for every post), you will be asked to take a test - you'll have to go to a venue to sit this (its basically a series of aptitude tests) - if you get through that stage you will then be called for an interview which I imagine is basically like any other job interview - if you get past that there may be a second interview although this probably depends on what level you are applying for. If you are ultimately successful, before a formal offer of employement they will carry out detailed security checks on you - police interviewing your neighbours etc.

I know that all sounds horrendous but you should definitely go for it. Loads of people apply so the odds of you being successul may not seem good but bear in mind they have to appoint someone and you could well be that someone.

The whole process is likely to take at least 6 months so I'd suggest applying for lots of other things too and in that way get some interview practice in before you're called for an interview with MI5. It will probably take 3-4 months before you get called for an interview.

Anyway, go for it and good luck. :-)

[Ethel]

Apply:

https://www.mi5careers.gov.uk/job.aspx?jobid=44

[Ethel]

Don't know why the link did not work:

https://www.mi5careers.gov.uk/job.aspx?jobid=1

In the mean time you could apply for vacancies to get the feel for filling in application forms and attending interviews.