Australia's secret service launches a series of strange puzzles anyone can try to solve as the clandestine agency looks to bolster its ranks: So do you have what it takes to be a spy?

ASIO has launched its biggest ever recruitment drive to hire new agents

To help see if you are suited, the agency has released a series of puzzles

Agency is not only looking for mathematical geniuses, there are lot of roles

The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, better known as ASIO, is on its biggest ever recruitment drive as it seeks to bolster its numbers amid increased security threats.

If you've always fancied yourself as an international man or woman of mystery, the first step towards becoming an agent is a series of very tricky puzzles that anyone can try and solve.

But ASIO has reassured potential recruits not to be put off if they find some of the puzzles are just too hard - the agency is not only looking for mathematical geniuses.

'Rather than applying for specific roles, applicants are applying to join the mission,' a spokeswoman said..

People who get to the interview stage will be asked to talk about their lives, to see where they might fit in the organisation, across dozens of areas.

'Applicants will tell us about their skills and experiences and we will help them find their fit,' the spokeswoman woman told the Herald Sun.

'From finance and facilities to psychology and strategy – all our teams contribute to our mission.

Agent Ally (not her real name) joined the clandestine agency after a friend was caught up in a terrorist incident abroad.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10977475/ASIO-launches-strange-puzzles-looks-bolster-ranks-spies.html

https://www.asio.gov.au/resources/puzzles.