8200-alumni, can confirm lol.
I decided not to pursue. I wasn't particularly thrilled with being a janitor for six months, while they cleared me.
These days, I doubt they'd touch me with a ten-foot pole. Young folks are clean slates. Us old farts are baggage, personified. No "red flags," but I'm also really cynical, and they'd have a hard time getting me to jump through their hoops.
I use this to motivate myself to this day... "well I was born a perhaps slightly above-average schlub... if those other people can succeed then with a bit of persistence so can I."
Maybe I've been going about it all wrong!
it's all about intentions. when you do it, you know your intentions. when it's foreign interest it's another story.
That said outside of Israel it’s essentially impossible to validate, I actually wonder how many people take advantage of that, 8200 is huge it’s the largest (single) unit in the IDF (tho 8200 is technically the command level unit number, there are numerous sub units under it) it won’t be that hard to simply lie especially to a foreign company.
also before you are being recruited, you are asked to list preferences. then in intelligence again, what are your interests, etc. I guess I aced the tests because I went through so many of them, should've focused only on what I actually wanted. it goes without saying it's not odd for them not to give a fuck about your preferences.
just kidding, it's the same from what I hear and see. usually 8200 have it better, it's supposedly most "elite"... but other units have it easier so...