It’s one of the most coveted jobs in law enforcement, but how do you become an FBI agent? “The first thing I say in all seriousness is to stay out of trouble,” former agent David Shapiro told InsideEdition.com. “The quickest way to become an FBI agent is to have a specialty, an expertise, a skill that they need,” he said, like knowledge of a specific language. Shapiro said the best strategy may be to develop “your own experience, your own niche, and then apply after that.”