What type of person will the National Clandestine Service hire?

What type of person will the National Clandestine Service hire?

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...

The National Clandestine Service, which is what I was a part of and it's also known as the Directive of Operations, will hire someone who is a real go-getter who likes to take risks, who likes to live overseas, who has a great deal of social skills, because 80 to 90 percent of recruiting foreign spies is making them trust you, making them like you and socializing with them. So it's very important you're a part of the Clandestine Service that you have the ability to walk into a cocktail party, or to go to a trade show and not be shy and be able to walk up to people and introduce yourself sometimes using a cover story. So you're introducing yourself as someone who you're not and be able to kind of play that role. In some ways it's a lot like being an actor or actress and in some ways it's a lot like being a salesperson.