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FBI Honors Interns
Program
10-Week Summer Program Offers Working Introduction to the FBI
The FBI selected about 700 new honors interns from a pool of 15,000
applicants. The interns will be assigned to work at FBI Headquarters,
the Bureau’s research and laboratory facilities at Quantico, Virginia,
and in each of the FBI’s 56 field offices around the country.
Hundreds of college students and recent graduates raised their right
hands today and took an oath promising to support and defend the U.S.
Constitution, thus beginning a 10-week summer internship with the
FBI—and possibly a lifelong career in public service.
The FBI’s highly competitive Honors Internship Program, established
more than three decades ago, attracted a record 15,000 applicants this
year. From that pool of talented young people, only about 700 new
interns were selected, along with 300 returning interns, all of whom
will be assigned to work at FBI Headquarters, the Bureau’s research and
laboratory facilities at Quantico, Virginia, and in each of the FBI’s
56 field offices around the country.
The interns will be exposed to just about every aspect of the Bureau’s
law enforcement and national security mission, working alongside
agents, intelligence analysts, cyber experts, scientists, linguists,
and other professional staff.
“The record number of applicants this year shows the extraordinary
interest that young people have in the FBI’s work and its mission,”
said Jacqueline Maguire, acting assistant director of the Office of
Public Affairs. “It’s clear that the FBI is an employer of choice for
college students and recent graduates.”
For some of this year’s interns, joining the FBI represents a lifelong
dream. Bailey, a rising junior at the University of Northern Iowa, said
her sights have been set on the FBI “for years.”
“I decided FBI, go big or go home,” said the biochemistry major, who
will spend her summer working in the FBI Laboratory at Quantico. She
hopes one day to become a special agent so she can help protect people.
“I think that would be a great career path for me.”
Other interns are curious about getting an insider’s look at the
organization to see if the Bureau might be a good career fit. Eric, a
student at the University of Virginia pursuing a degree in global
studies and security and justice, with a concentration in
counterterrorism and criminology, will be working in the Bureau’s
Operational Technology Division.
His godfather is an FBI employee, and Eric respects the values he
embodies and the work he does. The Honors Internship Program, he said,
will give him and the other interns a chance “to figure out if the FBI
is right for us and if we’re right for the FBI.”
For more information about internships and careers at the FBI, visit
FBI Jobs.
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