Are you 00 or Oh no? MI6 puts test for would-be spies online

The multiple choice test is part of a recruitment drive launched this week by the Secret Intelligence Service.

Though the humorous quiz on the SIS website won’t help you land a job (as the results have no bearing on applications) it is designed to attract would-be spooks and make the service seem more accessible.

The SIS has been anxious to shed its public school and Oxbridge image, opting for a more inclusive approach to finding the nation’s most talented people to join its ranks.

The site www.mi6officers.co.uk offers a range of what SIS hopes will be tempting career options, from language specialists to administrative assistants and technology experts, the real-life equivalents of James Bond’s ‘Q’.

On the form to become an MI6 ‘Operational Officer’ there is even a lengthy Equal Opportunities section inviting applicants to give details of their ethnicity, sexuality and any disabilities which should be taken into account.