Do all new hires at the CIA go through the same training?

Do all new hires at the CIA go through the same training?

Lindsay Moran (Former CIA Spy) gives expert video advice on: Do the departments inside the CIA hire certain types of people?; What type of person will the National Clandestine Service hire?; What type of person will the Directorate of Intelligence hire? and more...

Not all new hires at the CIA go through the same training. There is training that is very specific to the Directorate of Operations or the spies, just as there is training that is very specific for people who are going to be analysts. Everybody has a different kind of training. When you first join the CIA you are all put together for a general orientation, and that enables you to meet other people in the different directorates. Usually, the people that you become closest to, the people that you work with on a day-to-day basis and associate with, are going to be within your directorate. It will also be the people with whom you have gone through training with, because training in itself is an incredibly bonding experience, particularly for the people who go through the spy training.