Germany's BND spy agency recruits at gaming convention for intelligence roles
The German intelligence service sets up a booth at Gamescom to attract gamers with specific skills for agency positions.
What to know
- Germany's BND intelligence agency is recruiting at Gamescom, the world's largest gaming convention, to identify candidates with specific skills.
- The recruitment targets non-field positions including IT roles, not exclusively operatives.
- The agency seeks people with problem-solving and strategic capabilities that gaming can develop, alongside other qualifications.
The BND is legitimately recruiting for specific skills gamers possess, including non-field roles like IT.
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“They might just be probing for the specific set of skills that can be acquired by gaming AND whatever other necessary to be an agent.”
Felix-LMFAO · Reddit ↗
“They're literally recruiting (well I guess we could go into a nitpick war on the meaning or interpretation of the word). Recruiting as in advertising the job with information material and answering questions they can answer about it.”
Central-Dispatch, Reddit commenter · Reddit
Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) German intelligence agency
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What people are saying 4 voices from 1 site · verbatim
- Aug 25
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Who says they don't try to get whoever is appropriate? They might just be probing for the specific set of skills that can be acquired by gaming AND whatever other necessary to be an agent. Just another option or whatever. Considering the importance of intelligence for countries, I see the point of thinking creatively searching for people. It…
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I guess by loose definition you'd still be an intelligence agent. Just not a field agent. IDK.
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Not everyone there is a field agent. They recruit for IT etc. Also gamers aren't necessarily their own species. Anyone can be a gamer. (I get it was probably a joke. Probably)
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*glances at the title* German spy agency is recruiting gamers to become special agents They're literally recruiting (well I guess we could go into a nitpick war on the meaning or interpretation of the word). Recruiting as in advertising the job with information material and answering questions they can answer about it. Each year I go by these (and…