The intern at the Criminal Investigation Department must pass an assessment to be officially hired.
Generally speaking, the promotion path in the Criminal Investigation Department goes like this.
Intern - Analyst (non-fieldwork) - Investigator (fieldwork) - Officer, and once you become an officer, you have essentially completed your training.
This signifies that you now have the capability to independently investigate cases, and you are a veteran in criminal investigation.
After becoming an officer, the next steps are management or leadership positions.
For example, team leader of the major case squad, leader in the Investigation Department or internal affairs, responsible for fieldwork, or even higher up.
Of course, these roles are irrelevant to most people, as ordinary people are mostly in contact with field officers.
And now, Xia Qianyue is facing the most critical moment.
The simulation assessment.
If she passes, she can work independently in field assignments.