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True. Higher degrees are preferred especially those relating to accounting/finance, CompSci/IT, or Law.</p>
<p>Being able to be fluent in a foreign language is also important. I believe Arabic, Farsi, Chinese, etc. are in demand right now.</p>
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Not true. They will teach you how to use this at the FBI Academy. You do not need to know this before then. In fact, it may be a liability if you do because you may learn “bad habits.”
Experience as a commissioned officer in the US military is definitely valued and so is previous law-enforcement experience.</p>
<p>The FBI website states exactly what they are looking for:</p>
<p>You need to enter under one of these programs.
[Federal</a> Bureau of Investigation](<a href=“http://www.fbijobs.gov/1111.asp]Federal”>http://www.fbijobs.gov/1111.asp)</p>
<p>Once you are able to do that you need to hit as many of these critical skills as possible:
[Federal</a> Bureau of Investigation](<a href=“http://www.fbijobs.gov/1112.asp]Federal”>http://www.fbijobs.gov/1112.asp)</p>
<p>And then you have to play a waiting game because the hiring process takes a while.</p>