Can you reasonably make the (only needs to be verbal) argument that you are considering maybe going to graduate school? If so, national labs in the US hire “gr

Can you reasonably make the (only needs to be verbal) argument that you are considering maybe going to graduate school? If so, national labs in the US hire “graduate research assistants” who don’t get paid much but hey you’ll be working at a research lab which isn’t necessarily a good job but it can lead to good jobs. For the above mentioned verbal argument to be more convincing, it does help to have some kind of undergrad degree, even if unrelated. Not sure if they also hire non-grads but I wouldn’t rule it out.