In a new effort to recruit students, the CIA visited Virginia Tech’s campus on Thursday and invited students to partake in an online problem-solving exercise.
A new recruiting initiative by the CIA tasked Virginia Tech students to participate in online puzzles and in a simulation that aimed to disarm a bomb in space before it blew up in an effort to reach out to tech students interested in possibly working for the CIA in the future.
Tom, a CIA employee who didn’t give his last name for security purposes, told the Roanoke Times, “It’s an effort to get people who may be interested in this and give them an opportunity to get their feet wet and interact with us.”
Overall, 50 students participated in the CIA’s online puzzle, which they solved in nearly 24 hours.
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