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Police Officer Interview Questions 2016 version contains sample questions and answers for the new 2016 based police officer assessment centre and final interviews. It is a BRAND NEW, updated version that covers the latest core competencies of Working with Others, Professionalism, Public Service, Serving the Public, Openness to Change and Decision Making. The guide contains 106 pages of sample interview questions, answers, advice on the scoring criteria and also useful insider tips from current serving Metropolitan Police Officer's. Ideal for anyone who is attending either the National Police Recruit Assessment centre or Final interviews, this guide is GUARANTEED to put you ahead of the competition.

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Publié par	How2become
Date de parution	27 novembre 2015
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781910602782
Langue	English
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POLICE OFFICER INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(New core competencies)
by Richard McMunn
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CONTENTS
Preface By Author Richard Mcmunn
About The Police Officer Assessment Centre Interview
Sample Interview Questions And Responses
Interview Questions And Answers For The Police Officer Final Interview
Sample Final Interview Questions And Sample Responses

PREFACE BY AUTHOR RICHARD MCMUNN
Over the past few years I have coached and helped literally hundreds of people to prepare for different selection processes and interviews, including police officers. I spent 17 years in the Kent Fire and Rescue Service, during which time I worked at the Fire Service Training Centre. During my stint at the Training Centre I was involved in:
- Leading and managing firefighter trainee courses (4 in total)
- Marking application forms for new applicants
- Sitting on interview panels assessing potential trainee firefighters
I have no doubt that all of this experience has helped me to become successful as an author, coach and mentor. I have a genuine passion for helping people like you to achieve their goals. However, none of this is possible without the co-operation of the student; in this case – you. It is crucial that you spend plenty of time on your police officer interview preparation. You must leave no stone unturned and prepare your responses to every question in this book. Follow my advice carefully and I guarantee you will be fully prepared and confident when you walk through the interview room door.
I joined the Fire Service on January the 25th 1993 after completing four years in the Fleet Air Arm branch of the Royal Navy. In the build up to joining the Fire Service I embarked on a comprehensive training programme that would see me pass the selection process with relative ease. The reason why I passed the selection process was solely due to the preparation and hard work that I had put in during the build-up.
I have always been a great believer in preparation. Preparation was my key to success, and it is also yours. Without the right level of preparation you will be setting out on the route to failure. The Police Service is very hard to join, but if you follow the steps that I have compiled within this guide then you will increase your chances of success dramatically. Remember, you are learning how to be a successful candidate, not a successful police officer.
The Police Service has changed a great deal over the past few years, and even more so in how it assesses potential candidates for police constable positions. The UK Police Service needs people who represent the community in which it serves. It needs people from different backgrounds, different cultures, different ages, different sexual orientations and different genders.
Our community is now extremely diverse in nature. In order to provide the best service possible, it is imperative that the Police are able to meet the wider demands of this community
As you progress through this guide you will notice that the qualities (core competencies) required to be a competent police officer are a common theme. You must learn these competencies and also be able to demonstrate them at interview, if you are to have any chance of successfully passing the selection process.
I wish you all the very best in your pursuit of passing the police officer interview. Now, let’s get started!
Best wishes
Richard McMunn
P.S. We are now running a series of 1-day training courses to help people like you prepare for the police officer selection process. The course is run by former serving police officers and is GUARANTEED to put you ahead of the competition.
Visit the website below to find out more:
www.PoliceCourse.co.uk

ABOUT THE POLICE OFFICER ASSESSMENT CENTRE INTERVIEW
If you have reached this stage of the selection process then well done! The Police Service are interested in employing you, and now want to meet you face-to-face, in order to see what you are like as a person; and to determine whether you really do have the skills required to become a competent officer.
In order to assess this, they will ask 4 questions in total. 2 of these questions will be based around your values and motivations for joining and the service; and the other two questions will be experience based. All of the questions will require you to demonstrate the six assessable core competencies.
The values and motivations questions will require you to demonstrate that you have a good understanding of why the competencies are important and how they can be used/that you believe in them, and the latter 2 questions will require you to give specific examples of where you already have experience in each of the competency-based areas.
You’ll also be assessed on how well you communicate, and how you structure your responses to the questions being asked. Since the 2015 update to the core competencies, respect for diversity is no longer a core competency. The reason for this is that this quality is something which you will need to have regardless. You cannot be a police officer without having a good understanding and respect for other cultures and backgrounds; and therefore it is assumed by the interviewers/assessors that you do. If at any point you behave in a way which contradicts this, you will fail the selection process.
Before I provide my sample interview questions and tips, let me answer a question that I get asked time and time again by police officer applicants: “What’s the best way to prepare for the interview, Richard?”
Here’s my response:
“The police officer assessment centre interview is used as a means of assessing your potential to become a competent officer. Fitness is important to the role but it is not the ‘be all and end all’. Yes, you must demonstrate a good level of fitness, but there are more important elements to demonstrate, in my opinion.
The interviewer will be looking for ‘evidence’ of where you can match the assessable core competencies. The word evidence is pivotal and I suggest you have it at the forefront of your mind during your preparation. You have to provide as much evidence as possible as to how you match the assessable core competencies. The reason for this is simple: if you can provide evidence then there is a far greater chance of you succeeding as a police officer on the frontline. Let’s face it, anyone can say that they are a ‘good team-worker’, or ‘good at working with people from different backgrounds’; however, providing evidence that backs up those statements is an entirely different thing altogether. So, during your preparation you should concentrate on providing specific examples of where you can meet the competencies being assessed, more on this later.
You should also think very carefully about why you want to become a police officer. It’s all well and good to say that you’ve wanted to do this since you were a little boy or girl, but responses like this will gain few marks. You have to have a genuine reason for wanting to join; something like ‘wanting to make a difference to your community’ is a much better reason than ‘wanting to catch criminals’.
Finally, and this is just a big a factor than any other, your ‘likability’ will be key to your success. Yes, there are rules and guidelines that the interviewer must adhere to when interviewing potential candidates, but you can never take away the personal element. You should try hard to come across as a genuine, reliable, professional and conscientious individual. Do not be arrogant or over-confident at either the assessment centre interview or the final interview, and always try to demonstrate your willingness to learn and be part of the wider police team.”
If I were preparing for the police officer interview today, I would first of all ask myself the following three questions:
Q1. What areas will they assess me on during the interview?
Q2. What would they expect to see from successful interview candidates?
Q3. Can I provide ‘evidence’ of where I meet the assessable competencies?
I will then write down my perceived answers to these questions and I get the following responses:
A1. They will ask me 4 questions in total. These questions will be based around my values and motivations for joining the service, and my understanding of the six assessable core competencies. They will also assess how I communicate orally and how I structure my responses to the questions being asked. They will require me to provide ‘specific’ examples of where I already have experience in each of the competency-based areas.
A2. They would expect successful candidates to provide specific examples that relate to the competency-based questions. They would also expect my responses to the interview questions to be concise, relevant, well structured and in a logical sequence.
A3. I would need to think seriously about the type of evidence I have to demonstrate that I would make a good police officer. For example, one of