How2Become.com, and in this tutorial, I will teach you how to pass the police officer interview.

So, it does not matter which police force you have an interview with, please do make

sure you watch this tutorial from beginning to end, because I promise you it will make

a huge difference to your preparation! I am going to teach you how to structure your answers

to the police interview questions correctly to make sure you gain the highest scores possible.

So, the question that I get asked all of the time, and I have been asked for about 15 years

now since I started my business, is: “Richard, was the best way to make sure I pass my police

officer interview?” And my answer is always the same. “You have to make sure you match

the assessable core competencies that are relevant to the police officer role in your

responses to every one of the interview questions.” And that is going to be the pure focus of

this video. So, please do take notes as we go along. Now, before I get into those important

tips and the police officer interview questions and answers, a very warm welcome to this training

tutorial. My name is Richard McMunn. That's me there in the centre. I'm going to help

you pass your police officer interview. Please do make sure you SUBSCRIBE to the channel

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you very much! Here's a really important tip. Make sure you go all out to match the core

competencies that are being assessed during the police officer interview. This is very,

very important. So, what are those police officer core competencies? Let's take a look

at them. So there is PUBLIC SERVICE, your ability to deliver exceptional service to

the public whom you are serving. There is also the core competency of OPENNESS TO CHANGE.

Do you embrace change positively? You need to, if you are going to be a police officer.

Can you deliver great SERVICE? Will you act with high degrees of PROFESSIONALISM? Are

you able to make decisions whilst you are under pressure? And also more importantly,

are you able to WORK COLLABORATIVELY with other people both in the police service and

those who have a vested interest, such as the fire service, the ambulance service and

the National Health Service? Social services? The list goes on. So, those are the core competencies

that we need to focus on during your preparation for not just the police officer interview,

but every single element of the police officer recruitment process. Let's take a quick look

at a sample police officer interview question and then I will teach you how to structure

it, and I will give you a sample answer as well. And you can use that during your preparation.

So, an example police officer interview question is: “Can you give me an example of a time

when you have worked as part of a team to solve a problem?” This is an example of

a ‘situational interview question’, or some people know them as ‘behavioural’

type interview questions. And it is very important that we give a specific example that you were

in, when you worked as part of a team to solve a problem. So this forms part of the competency

of WORKING WITH OTHER PEOPLE. Are you able to work with others to solve team tasks and

problems? How do we structure the answer to this particular police officer interview question?

Well, my advice is to make sure you use what is called the STAR technique. I'm going to

give you a tutorial on that right now. So the STAR technique, and please do take a note

of this: Situation, Task, Action and Result. And if you understand this STAR technique,

you are more likely to pass your police officer interview. This is how you structure your

answer to the police officer interview question. You start off and you tell the interviewer

the SITUATION that you were in. You then move on and you explain the TASK that needed to

be done. You will then go into detail and tell them the ACTION that you took, and the

action that other people took. Also, I would suggest that the ‘action’ element of your

answer will be the most detailed part of your response; the bulky part of your response.

And then finally, excuse me, you will finish off until the interview at the RESULT, following

your actions. So, it's situation, task, action and result: the STAR technique. And an important

tip, is to always make sure the RESULT of the situation you are in is ‘positive’.

So you will say the result is X, Y, Z, and it was a positive outcome following the situation.

So let us now take a look at a sample answer to that particular police officer question,

the interview question that utilizes that STAR technique. So just to recap, the interview

question was: “Can you give me an example of a time when you worked as part of a team

to solve a problem?” Here is my suggested answer using the STAR technique. “A situation

occurred whereby I was working as part of a small team at work, and we were tasked with

carrying out an urgent stock check of all company goods within a very short period of

time. My manager informed us that the previous stocktake data had been lost, and he needed

the new information urgently, and by the end of the working day. The team task in order

to solve this urgent problem, meant we all needed to work together collaboratively to

get this job completed accurately, and most importantly, on time for our manager. The

action I initially took was to suggest that we create a detailed plan of action that we

could all follow as part of the team, to complete the task by the end of the day. My job, as

part of the team task, was to walk around with a clipboard, cross checking the stocktake

figures that the rest of the team were generating. I have strong attention to detail skills,

and so it made sense that my skills were utilised to ensure the team task was accurate throughout

the duration of the task. We all supported and motivated each other to get the job done

on time. The end result was, we managed to get the stocktake completed on time and to

the necessary standard for our manager, as a team. We were 100 percent confident the

stocktake figures were correct because of the fact we'd implemented a ‘double-check

system’ to make sure the work we were doing was accurate. I believe I am a strong team

worker and I can work with anyone to get important and difficult team tasks complete on time

and to the necessary standards.” So, that answer to that police officer interview question

utilises (situation, task, action). The STAR technique. And it is also ‘specific’ in

nature. It is very important that you give answers that detail a situation that you have

been in previously. If you don't follow that, and you give generic answers, i.e. you are

saying what you would do in a given situation, you will not pass the police officer interview.

Now, if you'd like more help with your police officer selection process and the interview,

you can get INSTANT ACCESS to my police officer interview recruitment training course. Click

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You can start using that course within two minutes. I cover every single element of the

police officer selection process and give you tons of sample responses to the interview

questions! I hope you enjoyed that tutorial. Please don't forget to SUBSCRIBE (thanks!)

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