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Become an Intelligence Officer
Selection Process
When you apply to become an Intelligence Officer, you are making a decision that could change your life.
As part of the selection process, you may be required to provide a significant amount of personal information.
This information is required to enable you to obtain Top Secret security clearance. Being honest in your
application is critical; we verify all information that you provide to us.
As every stage in the selection process is completed, your application will be assessed in comparison with
others. The stages of the Intelligence Officer selection process are as follows:
- Assessment of Your Application for Employment: Your potential to become an Intelligence Officer is
initially based on a review of your Application for Employment.
- Information Session: Candidates found to have potential will be invited to an information session
focussing on the mandate and role of CSIS, the duties of an Intelligence Officer, hiring criteria, and
conditions of employment.
- Suitability Interview: A limited number of applicants will be invited for an interview, giving you an
opportunity to expand on your motivation and interest in CSIS and, more specifically the Intelligence Officer
category. The interview will give CSIS an opportunity to assess your overall suitability in relation to the
Intelligence Officer requirements.
- Psychological Assessment: A CSIS psychologist will interpret a set of well-established psychometric
tests and, through an interview, will assess your aptitudes and suitability.
- Second Language Assessment: If you are bilingual, you will be required to undergo an assessment of
the second official language. If you are not bilingual, you will be assessed on your ability to learn the
second official language, and training will be given to successful candidates.
- National Assessment Panel: An in-depth interview will explore your motivation, your knowledge of
CSIS, and your general suitability for employment as an Intelligence Officer.
- Security Clearance: This process includes an extensive background investigation involving interviews
with your references, verification of all personal information, criminal record name checks, and where
necessary, verifying information outside of Canada. A security interview, polygraph testing, fingerprinting,
and the submission of a financial statement are designed to assess your reliability as it relates to your
loyalty.
- Executive Committee: An interview by a CSIS executive will evaluate your overall suitability for a
career as an Intelligence Officer.
- Final Assessment: A final review of all applicants is completed based on the results of the
recruiting process. The purpose of this stage is to determine which candidates most closely match the
Intelligence Officer requirements.
As you can imagine, getting through all these stages can take quite a long time—typically between six months
to one year. These steps are necessary to ensure that we hire the most suitable candidates to tackle the unique
challenges that lie ahead.
Find out whether you should
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