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The interviewer wants to see if you did your research on the FBI before your interview. The FBI's website lists the mission and vision of the FBI, its priorities, core values, motto, budget, locations, and history. Study the website, as your interviewers may ask you about the information found there. The FBI's priorities are:
-Protect the U.S. from terrorist attack
-Protect the U.S. against foreign intelligence, espionage, and cyber operations
-Combat significant cybercriminal activity
-Combat public corruption at all levels
-Protect civil rights
-Combat transnational criminal enterprises
-Combat significant white-collar crime
-Combat significant violent crime
Choose three of the listed priorities to use in your response.

Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
Avoid being unprepared to answer this question. If you cannot list three of the eight priorities, the interviewer will assume you did not do extensive research on the FBI before your interview and pay attention to detail. The primary responsibility of FBI Intelligence Analysts is to gather, analyze, and disseminate information. If you did not do this before your interview, the interview panel would question your ability to perform the job adequately.

Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
"The FBI has a list of eight priorities on its website. The first three priorities are to protect the U.S. from terrorist attacks, protect the U.S. against foreign intelligence, espionage, and cyber operations, and combat significant cybercriminal activity."

Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
"Three priorities of the FBI are to combat public corruption at all levels, combat significant violent crime, and to protect Americans' civil rights."

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