MI6 is now recruiting (no would-be Bonds need apply)

Before you apply, however, you may want to put down that bottle of Mouthon Rothschild. The Eton-educated, caviar-guzzling 007 isn’t quite what the UK intelligence service is looking for. The agency is looking to buck England’s long tradition of elitism by reaching out to the working class, stressing that an Oxford education is far less important than “emotional intelligence” and that social interaction, empathy, and self-awareness are more important skills for the job than sexual prowess, downhill skiing, and jumping speedboats over things.

MI6’s operations mostly involve their agents getting close to foreign nationals who may have access to sensitive information, and the job rarely involves rappelling into a volcano fortress or dodging bladed bowler hats. So when you’re on that job interview, choose your witticisms carefully, they may be your last. You know, before the interview ends.

(via Buzzfeed)