They even went door-to-door on my parents’ street (and I imagine the street I grew up on for 21 years) asking the neighbors about me. The FBI visited everyone listed on the application and asked them about me and my character. I also had to include a list of all of my clients at the time. The application has you list every address you have ever lived at and name one person who can attest to your having lived there for each address. Having passed the language tests and polygraph, they will then begin conducting your background check. If you are an upstanding citizen you will have nothing to worry about from the polygraph or drug tests. As a contract linguist, the folks in Cleveland decided I didn’t need to take it, but I was more than willing to. You may also have to submit to a drug test, especially if you are offered a language specialist position. I was so mentally exhausted after the polygraph that I took a 1-hour nap when I got home. They ask you about anything you may have omitted on the application and questions that might preclude your employment by the Bureau and about your character. The polygraph is mentally and emotionally grueling. Once you have passed the battery of language tests, you will then have to pass the polygraph and an audiometer (hearing) test. If you are fluent I can guarantee that you won’t notice when the interviewers raise the linguistic register and will find the phone interview quite enjoyable. The interviewers rate you based on the linguistic content of your responses and not on your knowledge of the subject matter. The telephone interview tests your listening and speaking comprehension in the foreign language. If you have passed the written test you will be invited back for a 20-to-50-minute telephone interview. Most of those who take it (70 or 80%) fail this test. The first part is a written test with multiple choice questions testing reading and listening comprehension and then the translation of several texts. The linguist test is a battery of tests that includes oral and written comprehension as well as translation ability from the foreign language into English.
If you want to work for the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a linguist, you need to be aware that it will take at least a year for the background check after you have completed the 12-page application and passed the testing process. The openings are largely due to attrition and a wave of retirements. Officials say this is the agency’s largest job posting since just after the Sept. It also has openings for more than 2,000 support staff. It needs to fill 850 special agent positions. The FBI has launched one of its biggest hiring blitzes ever. Wanted by the FBI: Employees JanuPosted by Jill in Random musings, Translation Sites.
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