This Interactive Online Test Shows If You've Got What It Takes To Be A Spy

By Dave Basner

June 24, 2019

It's not easy to find good spies, but the Australian Secret Intelligence Service has figured out a unique way to recruit some strong applicants. 

The country's equivalent of the CIA launched an online interactive test that uses a series of exercises to assess if someone will make a good spy.

Among the tasks in the test are recognizing a pattern, picking faces out from a crowd, remembering information and paying close attention to detail. 

If you pass, you're given a code to use in your application for the job. If you do get that far, while you might be excited, part of the job of a spy is discretion, so it's probably best to not post the news on social media.

Try the test for yourself here.

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