The training you need to become an FBI employee depends on the type of job you are applying for.
Staff jobs
If you are applying for an administrative job, then you can train by getting a typing certificate, and having superior organizational skills.
If you are applying for a computer position, then you can get your applicable computer certifications.
If you want to work on forensics, then get the applicable training in fingerprinting.
Check online for workshops and training available at your local community college.
Agent jobs
If you are apply for a job as an agent you must be 23 years old at the time of your appointment. You must also be younger than 37, unless you qualify for an age waiver available to veterans.
Agents will be required to be physically fit and will need to be able to do physical training, while they are at Quantico. To pass the test, trainees must achieve a minimum cumulative score of 12 points with at least one point in each of four areas: sit-ups in one minute; timed 300-meter sprint, push-ups and timed 1.5-mile run.
Trainees must also need to be able to learn how to shoot a firearm, and take memory and intelligence tests. You can prepare by training at a gym or running several miles a day and going to a shooting range and practicing.
Joining an airsoft team can be a great way to get in shape and learn new skills to prepare you.
If you are ex military, you will find the requirements and training at the FBI to be similar.
TESTING
If you are required to take an examination before you are accepting, there are some tricks that can help your score.
Listen carefully to the directions that your Testor will give you before you begin your test, and follow them to a tee. If the Testor says to only do 30 questions and there is 60 on the page, then only go to number 30.
Also, know what will count against your scoring. In some cases a test is scored by how many questions you get right, but not on how many questions you do. This way you can pace yourself and skip around the whole test and only answer the questions you know the answer to and avoid the ones you are not sure off.
If the test is scored by how many questions you answer and not by how many your get right, then you can pace yourself accordingly.
Make sure you know that distinction, and if the Testor does not say, then ask.
New agent training is 20 weeks long and includes 850 hours of instruction, along with hours upon hours of studying for tests. Trainees must score 85 percent or better on their exams. Study alone or study in a group, but do study. Completely immersing yourself into studying will assure your success.
Plus if you are #1 in your class you get to pick the field office they you want to work at. Everyone else is generally assigned.
