257: FBI Special Agent Hiring and Training Update

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2022

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

Special Agent Cerena Coughlin, an FBI Applicant Coordinator and recruiter for the Philadelphia Division and first office agent Special Agent Cassandra Winkel, update us on all phases of the FBI special agent hiring process and the training program at the FBI Academy.
This is part 1 of this recruitment episode. Also check out Part 2 – Episode 258: Listener Q & A – FBI Special Agent and Intelligence Analyst Positions, where SAs Coughlin and Winkel provide detailed answers to listener questions. SA Coughlin has served with the FBI for 21 years. SA Winkel is a recent FBI Academy graduate.

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Episode 257: Audio Timestamps

00:06:10 - Qualifications

00:10:05 - Start at FBIjobs.gov

00:12:03 - Phase 1 Testing

00:13:12 - Meet and Greet

00:22:12 - Physical Fitness Test

00:31:37 - Phase 2 Written Test and Interview

00:38:50 - SF-86 Background Investigation

00:40:10 - Polygraph and Drug Policy

00:46:25 - Fitness Test Prior to Report Date

00:48:25 - Firearms Policy

00:49:57 - Mobility/Transfer Agreement

00:54:55 - Beware of Unofficial Resources

00:57:07 - Salary

01:00:55 - Office of Preference Transfers

01:04:09 - FBI Academy Curriculum

01:07:43 - SOS and IA Position (Detour)

01:14:16 - Backgrounds of New Agent Trainees

01:16:06 - Typical Day at the Academy

01:17:35 - Firearms

01:20:26 - Physical Fitness Test

01:24:57 - Academic Tests

01:27:31 - Training Timeframe and Curriculum Changes

01:29:59 - Atmosphere and Dorm Life

01:32:22 - Field Office Assignments

01:41:09 - When and Why They Joined the FBI

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 257 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:13.1	I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does through
0:19.4	my award-winning books blog and podcast case reviews with former colleagues.
0:25.6	In this episode, we get to speak to Special Agent Serena Coglin, an FBI applicant coordinator
0:33.6	and recruiter for the Philadelphia Division and Special Agent Cassandra Winkel, a Philadelphia
0:40.7	first office agent and recent Quantico graduate.
0:44.9	They take us through all phases of the FBI Special Agent hiring process and the training
0:51.9	program at the FBI Academy.
0:55.0	This is part one of a two-part recruitment episode.
0:59.2	So make sure you also check out part two where Special Agent's Coglin and Winkel provide
1:05.9	detailed answers to listener questions.
1:09.7	During this interview, they cover more than 20 topics.
1:13.5	To make it easier for you to review each area covered, I've listed in the show notes
1:18.9	on my website JerryWillians.com audio timestamps.
1:24.2	There's a link for the show notes in your podcast app's description of this episode.
1:29.9	Special Agent Serena Coglin has been with the FBI for 21 years.
1:34.5	She was a member of the Los Angeles innocent images save team where she investigated cases
1:40.7	involving the sexual exploitation of children.
1:44.3	She was later assigned to counter-terrorism squads in the Los Angeles and Baltimore divisions.
1:50.9	On the Philadelphia division before being assigned as the FBI recruiter, she was on a cyber
1:57.1	crime squad.
1:59.2	Special Agent Cassandra Winkel began her career with the FBI in 2017 as a staff operation
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