- I'm sorry but there is no
(bleep)
way that these Secret Service people know all this
(bleep)
(suspenseful music)
- I don't know anything about the Secret Service.
I assume it's something kind of like Scandal.
- Their essential job is to guard
the president of the United States,
other authorities in government.
And I mean I feel like they've done a pretty good job
like no one's gotten like shot or anything like that.
- I feel like I'm pretty good with details.
I'm a very visual learner so I'm really good
with seeing things and picking up details
from what I'm looking at.
I also feel like I have color vision.
That might not help me today but maybe it will.
- Preparation guide special agent entrance exam, oh boy.
- Section five, detail observation.
- In this section applicants are presented
with a series of photographs.
- These photographs depict images that may be seen
when working in the special agent job.
- For example, a photograph may depict a rope line
or a city street during a surveillance operation.
- After viewing the photographs applicants
answer a series of questions unrelated to the photographs.
- Then applicants answer a series of questions
about what appeared in the photographs.
- But they are not permitted to view the photographs
while answering these questions.
- [Adriana] There are people at a meeting.
There is intense discussion.
- They're all staring at one guy.
Maybe he's the guy that's talking.
Maybe he just said something really weird
and they're all like what the
(bleep) Jerry?
- In the middle of the table there are mints.
- Two men, three women.
Three of the women are wearing gray.
The seats are gray.
- Everyone's wearing a suit jacket except one guy.
He's only wearing a button down shirt
so I don't know what his deal is.
Maybe he hates his job.
- [Adriana] Paperclips, pen and pencil,
two books, telephone.
- [Nick] He has on an under shirt which is cool,
you know if you don't want to get sweaty
and have it bleak through.
(suspenseful music)
- You are to determine how many sections
if any contain an error.
The errors may be errors in grammar, punctuation,
capitalization, spelling, or the formation of plurals.
Oh boy, I better do well on this because I do copy editing.
- There's two errors, partnership is one word
and you're is not you're it's your.
- You're is wrong 'cause it's like you are
but it should be the possessive.
There are two errors in the first one.
- Yes! Okay.
- Got 'em.
- He opened the cases file,
well it already looks weird.
- Noted several inconsistency, that should be plural.
- And made changes.
- So, two.
- One error.
God (bleep)
- Oh, that plural.
(bleep)
(suspenseful music)
- [Adriana] Sample photograph questions.
- So coming back to this photograph is kind of hard.
- So far I don't feel great.
Uh.
(giggles)
- C?
(bleep)
- D, a pencil?
Yes! Okay.
- It's very possible there was a stack of paperclips there
but I couldn't quite tell what it was so I just ignored it.
I'm going to say a stack of paperclips.
Ugh.
- What color was the coffee mug on the table?
(gasps) (bleep)
It was black and white.
Oh boy, somebody's going to get killed on my watch.
- How many chairs are visible in the picture?
Oh dang, there were a bunch of chairs.
So there were five people, right.
And then there was one chair next to that one lady
that wasn't being used.
So there's six.
But then I think there were two more in the back
so I'm going to say D, 8, 8 chairs.
Ah.
- Which of the following appeared in the picture?
A blank flip chart, yeah.
An exit sign, no.
A blue notebook, no.
A woman in a black suit jacket, no.
Okay, so it's A.
Sick.
- What was the color of the tie worn by the man?
Was it red?
Yes!
That was a lot of fun.
(laughs)
And I'm kind of proud of myself.
I think I did really well.
- The language quiz part really threw me off.
I started to get really into grammar
and getting that test right and I started losing
the details that I had remembered.
- Actually it was hard.
I'm not going to lie.
I actually give them mad props 'cause how do they memorize
all of those things around them at all times?
- I don't think I could have a career
in the Secret Service but I could have a career
in doing detail observation quizzes.
- They wanted a lot of details that I just did not think
were important but I guess when you're in the Secret Service
all details are important.
Maybe that red pen comes back to haunt you later.
I don't know.
- [Nick] I have a hard time watching TV and seeing
what's going on while I'm watching The Real Housewives.
I'm on my phone, I'm on my laptop and I'm watching
Real Housewives so why am I watching
three different screens?
I don't know.
I'm a millennial I guess.