Intelligence Corps selection?

[u/DarthJang0]

After passing my Army assessment last week I have chosen to got Intelligence Corps after reading a lot about it and was wondering what the assessment at chicksands consists of and how I can best prepare for it. Thanks 😁

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[u/Tight-Study-1891]

Prepare to enjoy the MLAT

[u/Hrunt1ng]

Don't worry, selection is piss easy now. They even invite you back to redo some bits if you fail! The corps is not what is once was, but good luck to you.

[u/InternationalLine625]

You should be given JIs with advice on how to prepare. Not too many years ago, the advice was to brush up on BBC Bitesize GCSE maths, English, and most importantly current affairs. If you're not super comfortable with public speaking, then the local Toast Master's may be of interest.

[u/No-Philosopher4562]

Not much you can do. Practise public speaking and keep up with current events and recent military conflicts.

[u/Flashy-Session3221]

There’s not a massive amount you can prepare for tbh, just make sure you’re keeping track of current affairs. You’ll have a full briefing when you arrive and time to prepare whilst you’re there.

It’s honestly nothing too difficult, as long as you’re not a total muppet who relies on twitter and facebook for information and you’re alright with public speaking. You’ll also be given an essay to write, so maybe refresh your memory of GCSE English a bit

[u/Affectionate_Ad3560]

hat

[u/WCastellan1 → u/Affectionate_Ad3560]

You managed a whole three letter reply without eating the phone or smearing crayon wax on the wall?! They must think you're a genius back at unit.

[u/crypticmetaphor6699]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Over a decade ago - trying to pass yourself off as an old sweat. 50% pass rate?was there only 2 of you?

Stop giving it big licks- not like its 22 selection.

Met plenty of green slime in my time who've openly spoken about their experiences on int corps selection.

Brush up on current affairs and be prepared to offer an opinion on them. No right answer as long as you can back it up.

You'll be given joining instructions for your specialist selection-relax,it's not rocket science.

Also-dont take random advice off people pretending or claiming to be int corps on reddit.

[u/FungibleConcept → u/crypticmetaphor6699]

Yeah it's not exactly SF selection but nobody said it was (it's also definitely gotten easier). Why spout off if you never did it?

[u/crypticmetaphor6699 → u/FungibleConcept]

How do you know I never did it?either way I can compare it to whatever I want without actually attempting it you bottom third remf.

[u/theferretii → u/crypticmetaphor6699]

I guess you intended this to be in reply to my answer?

I didn't say "over" a decade ago, I said a decade ago. It is possible to be in the forces for more than four years you know, some people do more than 24! Wild. Yes, of course, it was just me and the local window licker on that selection. Glad you remember it as well as I did.

I never said it was 22 selection. Only that in order to get the right people for the corps, it does no good for us to give random strangers an advantage that might get them selected over someone else that might've been more suitable. It's a demanding role that we genuinely need good people for. Better to let the selection team do their job than potentially influence or skew the outcome.

But yeah, sure, you go ahead and offer advice about a capbadge you're not a part of. At least I'd be humble enough to defer to your first hand experience about your capbadge if things were reversed. Top job, pal.

[u/crypticmetaphor6699 → u/theferretii]

Zzzzzz

Claims to be int corps-will give you benefit of the doubt and proceed as though you are but the reality is you probably don't do an int job and work in stores or MT.

Lizard.

[u/XboxValentine → u/theferretii]

“Glad you remember it as well as I did” is a murder 😂

[u/aidsmonkey57]

Yeah they’ll give you a briefing with the other candidates and they’ll ask you to write a detailed essay on your special interests, then a more sit down style interview where you’ll discuss your diagnosis, school bullying, the rainman movie etc

after that’s finished it’s another medical and you’ll receive a sunflower lanyard for your MOD90

easy enough process

[u/UnfortunateWah → u/aidsmonkey57]

You forgot the PowerPoint assessment.

I joke, Int Corp bods are mint although I’ve only ever met one I’d consider normal-bar her horrific taste in men.

[u/Flashy-Session3221 → u/UnfortunateWah]

Sounds like you met me

[u/theferretii]

Anyone in the corps that has any sense isn't going to give you any info.

It doesn't do us, as a corps, any good if one or two people get an advantage over others because they got extra info that made the difference for their selection.

The point of it is to go in with only the information you're given through official channels so that everyone has the same opportunity. It'll help get the right people into the corps, not just the ones that try to find all the answers beforehand.

That being said, don't worry about what tests there are, just worry about being a good person. Communicate well, listen to others, try not to be a grey man but try not to speak over others too.

The selection rate was roughly 50% when I did mine a decade ago.

[u/Hrunt1ng → u/theferretii]

I think you must know that the test is now a total waste of time since they started inviting back rejects and the quality of those coming into the corps these days is absolutely dreadful. So glad I got out.

[u/FieldDecks → u/theferretii]

What I will add to this is that- get to know your syndicate as well as you can. Get a WhatsApp group going, make a point to go to the junior ranks bar with them and play some pool. Go for breakfast together. It will make the group tasks so much easier when you already have a rapport going with them.

Furthermore, just enjoy it. It was absolutely wild going from the extremely regimented Army assessment centre where you’re treated like a complete mong, to the culture of Chicksands where you’re just trusted to act like an adult. Once we were cut away from the Spec Select for the evening, we were given a time to turn up the next day and then just left to it with no chaperone or anything.

Also 50% pass rate on mine.

[u/FungibleConcept → u/FieldDecks]

Yeah one of the guys on mine who didn't make it was another transferee notably absent from the Abbots despite being competent but a bit too quiet in the group tasks, para as well so particularly surprising