Customer Reviews

Special Agent FBI (Career Examination Series)

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This is not really a book, so much as a bunch of pamphlets put together. The chapters seem to be completely independent of each other, resulting information being repeated 3-4 times and some information being completely contrary to information provided in other chapters. The book claims to offer test prep, but the test prep offered is for the old Phase 1 test, the FBI has a new phase one test it is completely different. The authors also seem to believe the readers are not very smart, giving explanations to ideas and concepts that are completely common sense. The quality of the book is also very poor as writing on the pages isn't straight, like the pages were copied or scanned by hand, one page at a time. Very disappointing, Amazon should drop this book from their product line because the quality is very poor, the information is outdated, and the material isn't original, photo copies of handouts and pamphlets. This book is of no use for someone trying to study for the phase 1 test.

I took the FBI Exam this morning 3/27/2001. This book was a very good aid in studying. The practice tests were very helpful study aids prior to the actual exam.

I took the FBI written exam recently, and this book helped me understand the TYPE of questions involved. I don't think I would've passed the written tests without the aid of this book.

Great stuff!

This book provides practice exams to prepare you for all parts of the phase I test. This is basically the only book of its kind. I haven't yet studied for the phase II portion, but the parts I skimmed seemed more than adequate.

There are many practice exams in this book, scattered among other filler material, but only a few will really prepare you for the real thing. This would be a good supplement to better test preps such as the GRE/MCAT or other Civil Service Exam math prep books. Some of the materials are completely irrelevant to the FBI and appear to just be a compilation of other occupational exams that were photocopied and bound in some guys basement in the mid 80's. I was successful in the real exam but would only use portions of this book as a part of one's study routine.

I took the FBI Entrance Exam and passed. If I hadn't already taken the TEA exam and had some math and reasoning experience I would have failed. This book did not help at all for the exam. Yes, it has lots of useful facts and pointers for interviewing and letting you know what a FBI Agent is all about, but that won't help you pass the test. Waste of money!!

The book itself is well researched and explained, however this edition will not longer be useful. One of the main focuses of this book the logic/math test is no longer used in the FBI application process.

Even with some negative reviews (this being old and not well organized), this helped me so much to get myself prepared for and pass the Phase I exam for FBI. I took the exam a year ago, and saw a lot of familiar questions after reviewing this book. I only studied 2 full days before the test and this was the only book I used. Highly recommended!!!

I can't believe they are still selling this book. The strategies and practice tests are nothing like the actual test. You'd be better off buying a LSAT or GMAT test book and running through the arguments/critical thinking sections.

Please discontinue this book!

Bought this book hoping for some useful information on the type questions asked phase 1 and phase 2 Special agent testing portions. This book appears to be a collection of police tests or practice exams strung together in sort of a mismatched manner. There is no table of contents or Index. There is no sample interview questions, there are no common pitfalls or other useful suggestions. Some of the sample tests might be relative to the phase 1 test, and the writing refresher at the back of the book should be useful for the phase 2. However I think people will find more benefit in studying LSAT Logical Reasoning questions off the internet.