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APPLICATION FORM QUESTIONS

This section allows you to view and print off all the questions that you'll find in the online application form, so you can see at a glance what information you'll need to gather before you start filling it in.

The generic questions are listed first. You will have to answer these to apply for the vast majority of roles at SIS.

After that, you'll find the competency questions. These differ from role to role. You'll find the competency questions for Operational Officer, Administration, Language Specialist and Technology roles here.

NB - YOU CANNOT FILL IN THE APPLICATION FORM IN THIS PART OF OUR WEBSITE. TO APPLY ONLINE, GO TO THE APPLY page.

Title (e.g. Mr, Mrs, Ms)
Forenames (including middle names)
Surname
Home Phone No.
Work Phone No.
Mobile Phone No.
Permanent Residential Address Line 1
Address Line 2
Town/City
Country (e.g. UK)
Postcode/Zip
All other surnames used inc former married name(s)
Place of birth
Current Salary (in numbers) (£)
Salary Sought (in numbers) (£)
Where did you hear about this vacancy?

Please provide the date that you have been at your current address from. The date should be in the following format 12/08/2003. Please provide no other information in this field apart from the required date.

If you have been at your current address for less than 6 months, please provide your previous address, including dates from and to you that resided at the address.

If your correspondence address is different from your permanent home address please provide address details here.

Please enter the names of schools, colleges and/or universities you have attended.

Secondary Education (School/Sixth Form)

Higher Education (College/University)

Postgraduate Education

Please input all the exams you have taken from GCSE upwards and the grades you were awarded, including fails and resits. For non-UK qualifications please give the original results, not the UK equivalents.

You will be required to provide certificates to verify your education qualifications at a later stage.

To add qualifications, please choose the appropriate level and click 'Add Qualification'. The order that you enter your qualifications is not important, but you must ensure that you detail all of the exams you have sat and the grades you were awarded.

For any qualifications you have yet to complete, please enter them here along with your expected result(s).

Please give details of any vocational qualifications obtained since the end of your full time education with dates:

Please give details of your IT skills and competency.

Please give details of any other achievements and the dates they were achieved (e.g. positions of responsibility, prizes, awards, sports etc).

Please give full details of significant employment, starting with your current/most recent employer. Indicate whether it was full-time, part-time, vacation work or an industrial placement and provide details of specific responsibilities, experience and knowledge gained.

Please enter the name and address of your present employer. Please enter NA if not applicable.

What is your notice period?

Please provide any periods of unemployment of 3 months or more giving the address of the relevant benefit office. Where work was obtained through an employment agency the name and address of the agency and the dates given only need to be given.

Please enter details of your main spoken language and other language skills you have.

If you speak any other languages, please indicate what they are and your proficiency?

What is your present nationality e.g. British?

Have you ever possessed any other nationality or citizenship?

If naturalised or registered as a British Citizen, please state the number and the date of certificate. Please enter 'N/A' if not applicable

For how many of the last 10 years have you lived in the UK?

Please state the nationality of both your mother and your father

We require your date of birth in order to carry out the necessary security checks to allow you to attend interview (if applicable). This information does not form part of the recruitment process. Please enter your date of birth below (for example) 12.02.1978.

Have you previously applied to SIS? If so, please state the job you applied for and the date of application. If no, please enter N/A.

Should your application to the organisation be unsuccessful, would you like your details to be passed to other Government departments?

Identification - Please provide your National Insurance number in the following format ( for example) JK 56 25 00 E.

Identification - If you have a passport, it is important that you provide a number as it will help to process your application more quickly. Please provide your number in the following format (for example) 123456789. If you do not have a current passport, please leave this question blank.

Do you hold a full driving licence? Please state whether your licence is full or provisional and list any endorsements. Please note that should you be applying for the role of Operational Officer, a full driving licence is a mandatory requirement.

Criminal Convictions - please state NONE or give details of all criminal convictions, including spent , unspent and juvenile convictions.

Medical Conditions - please state NONE or give details with dates for any medical condition or serious accident which currently or in the past required hospital in-patient treatment

Psychological Conditions - please state NONE or give details with dates for any psychological conditions you have suffered from which has required counselling or medical intervention, including clinical depression

Please give details of foreign travel undertaken in the last 10 years. Please include the year you went there, the period of time spent there and the purpose of travel.

Ethnic Group
Gender
Disability
The Disability Discrimination Act (1995) defines a disabled person as someone with a 'physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his/her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. Do you consider yourself to have such a disability?
Marital Status
Please give details of any disability. We will verify by asking for relevant validation / documentation.
Please give details of any special arrangements you might require during the selection process
Please specify your marital status if different from one of the options available above
Please give dates of any marriages/civil partnerships or divorces.

Explain why you are interested in the role of Linguist and your expectations as to what a Linguist career in this organisation may offer?

Describe a situation, preferably outside of formal education, where you had to understand and interpret information from a variety of sources, draw conclusions and make an informed decision/recommendation.
What approach did you adopt and why? How satisfied were you with the outcome?
Would you make any changes to your approach next time?

Describe a situation, outside of formal education, where you have joined a new group. How did you build rapport and integrate with the group? Did this require you to adapt your style/approach and if so how? How would you describe your impact on the group?

This is your opportunity to tell us about yourself, the role the languages have played in your life and your language related plans for the future. Describe the impact of your knowledge of languages on your life to date. How would you like to see this develop?

Motivation

Explain why you are interested in a technical role in this organisation?

Where does your interest in technology stem from?

Describe a situation where you worked as part of a team to achieve an objective. What specific role did you play and how did you ensure you worked effectively with others?

Describe a time when you felt under pressure, either a result of another individual or the situation. What techniques did you use to ensure you remained effective?

Describe a time when you demonstrated flexibility in response to competing demands. How did you approach this situation and what did you learn from the experience?

What attracts you to have a career in intelligence and why do you think you would be suited to it?

What do you see as the major intelligence priorities for SIS in the next 5 years?

Give an example of a time when you had to respond to an unexpected change in your environment or circumstances and describe how you coped with that change.

Describe a complex task or project, preferably outside if formal education, where you had to understand and interpret information from a variety of sources, draw conclusions and make an informed decision or recommendation.

Building Instrumental Relationships

Give a specific example of where you have convinced someone (preferably not a friend or a member of your family) to do something that they would not have done without your intervention and comment on how you achieved this.

Working with others

Give an example of a team in which you take, or have taken part. Describe the role you played and how you co-operated with other members of the team.

Motivation

Please describe your understanding of the role you have applied for. Why are you specifically interested in working in an administrative role? What skills do you have which make you suitable for this role?

Describe a time when you had to spend a significant amount of time engaged in routine work. How did you ensure you remained motivated? What was the outcome?

Delivering results

Describe a time when you had to complete a piece of work to a high standard and within a certain timeframe. How did you plan and organise your workload? How did you ensure your work was of the required quality? What was the outcome?

Working with others

Describe a time when you worked as part of a team to achieve a common goal. What was your contribution to the team and how did this impact on the team's effectiveness? How did you ensure you worked well with the other team members? What was the outcome?

Resilience

Describe a time when you had to work under pressure. How did you manage to stay calm and positive? What techniques did you use to ensure you remained effective? What was the outcome?