(boy does it sound both scary & ‘sad’ when you say that) interviewing Scientists & Engineers, sitting in on the assessment of a whole load of potential Close Protection Officers has been illuminating to say the least. Learnt a stack of new stuff about the role & deployment issues on the ground, as well as what life is like in the British Forces, Danish Army & French Foreign Legion plus the associated subtleties of experience these bring! For example, did you know the Danish army is Unionised and pays overtime? - that didn't go down well with 'our boys'.
So instead of getting embroiled & asking about geolocation or data mining techniques, I sat & observed whilst the candidates were questioned about dealing with hostile situations & presented with typical scenarios. Worryingly some of the responses were so off-mark they’d have put their team and client in significant danger hence quite quickly took themselves out of further consideration, others though demonstrated they could easily make the transition so we've got a few new potential recruits lined up & ready to vet.
Catching up on some phone calls later I was informed we were having problems recruiting enough local nationals in one of the Middle Eastern countries...apparently there are medical issues including a number of cases of Syphilis...can't say dealing with that's been something which has cropped up in my career to date !?!
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