Drawing on students from a wide range of academic backgrounds, the DA involves interns in support areas like finance, human resources, journalism, graphic arts, and photography. But the CIA is legendary for allowing employees to change jobs. If interns find their assignments unrewarding, chances are they will have the opportunity to switch jobs or offices. It will go to great lengths to make sure its employees are working at full capacity. Working at an organization as clandestine and famous as the CIA is a mixed blessing.
Interns have to get used to the fact that the nature of their work is almost always secret.
But just being at the CIA is a kick. The atmosphere at the CIA is like no other. Employees are fiercely loyal to the agency. There's a feeling here that we're all in this together. We all depend on each other. . . .