Special Agent Tomlinson Interview Questions
Interview Project
Dale Acree
Kaplan University
CJ100-04
February 19, 2011
In summary of my project to interview a professional in the criminal justice field, I chose to interview Special Agent Craig Tomlinson with the FBI. Special Agent Tomlinson has been in the FBI for 14 years and was a police officer for 13 years before that. He also served on his department’s S.W.A.T. team while he was a police officer. The reason why he decided to be a FBI agent is just simply that he wanted “to step it up” and go further with his career. Special Agent Tomlinson has three degree's, all of them in criminology. The reason why I thought he would be a perfect person to interview is because my goal is to be a FBI agent after I graduate and …show more content…
Do you have any background in the military? “No I don’t, no military” 4. Does everyone that wants to be in the FBI have to go to Quantico, Virginia for training? “Yes, for 21 weeks. After you are there for six weeks then they will let you know where you will be placed” 5. Did you have any say in where you where assigned? “No, I’m originally from Florida. My wife and I never even heard of waterloo, Iowa until I was assigned here. She had never even seen snow!” 6. How would someone that wants to be a FBI agent know if they could be one? “Well you have to have a four year degree, and three years at a single job, it could be at Wal-Mart or a gas station, it doesn’t matter as long as its three years. It also helped if you know a foreign language, there are (FBI) offices all over the world so knowing a foreign language could help you get to a different country even. I mean it takes $75,000 to hire a new agent, so the FBI won’t hire just anybody.
7. What is it like being an agent? “It is a very rewarding career. I look forward to coming to work everyday. When you are an agent you have to work 10 hours a day and twice a year you have mandatory legal training. You get your own desk and you get to take out all the big bad
Dale Acree
Kaplan University
CJ100-04
February 19, 2011
In summary of my project to interview a professional in the criminal justice field, I chose to interview Special Agent Craig Tomlinson with the FBI. Special Agent Tomlinson has been in the FBI for 14 years and was a police officer for 13 years before that. He also served on his department’s S.W.A.T. team while he was a police officer. The reason why he decided to be a FBI agent is just simply that he wanted “to step it up” and go further with his career. Special Agent Tomlinson has three degree's, all of them in criminology. The reason why I thought he would be a perfect person to interview is because my goal is to be a FBI agent after I graduate and …show more content…
Do you have any background in the military? “No I don’t, no military” 4. Does everyone that wants to be in the FBI have to go to Quantico, Virginia for training? “Yes, for 21 weeks. After you are there for six weeks then they will let you know where you will be placed” 5. Did you have any say in where you where assigned? “No, I’m originally from Florida. My wife and I never even heard of waterloo, Iowa until I was assigned here. She had never even seen snow!” 6. How would someone that wants to be a FBI agent know if they could be one? “Well you have to have a four year degree, and three years at a single job, it could be at Wal-Mart or a gas station, it doesn’t matter as long as its three years. It also helped if you know a foreign language, there are (FBI) offices all over the world so knowing a foreign language could help you get to a different country even. I mean it takes $75,000 to hire a new agent, so the FBI won’t hire just anybody.
7. What is it like being an agent? “It is a very rewarding career. I look forward to coming to work everyday. When you are an agent you have to work 10 hours a day and twice a year you have mandatory legal training. You get your own desk and you get to take out all the big bad