POLICE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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POLICE Officer INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS – COMPETENCIES FOR THE ASSESSMENT CENTRE AND FINAL INTERVIEW
The interview is one of the hardest stages of the police selection process. Therefore, you want to do everything in your power to ensure that you do not fail. If you have successfully made it this far in the application process, then you owe it to yourself to pass the final hurdle to becoming a police officer.
We will supply you with an awesome downloadable resource that will teach you how to answer the interview questions in order to gain very high marks. It is packed full of tough interview questions and answers that cover the current competencies.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, police recruitment has moved over to a new online assessment process for all police constable applicants, which is likely to be followed until early 2025 and beyond. This workbook contains practice material for both the SEARCH and the NEW Online Assessment Process style interviews, with new and updated content!
THE POLICE OFFICER INTERVIEW – 3 TIPS TO HELP YOU START YOUR PREPARATION
INTERVIEW TIP 1 – PREPARATION IS KEY
When you start to prepare for the interview, you first need to study the person specification, the job description, and the core competencies.
- The assessors will want to see evidence of where you have already matched the core competencies that are relevant to the role for which you are applying;
- One of these will undoubtedly be the ability to stay calm under pressure. It is your task to think of an example whereby you can show how you completed a difficult task whilst under time constraints.
INTERVIEW TIP 2 – BE AWARE OF THE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND HOW TO ANSWER
The great thing about this guide is that it will give you sample interview questions. More importantly, it will tell you how to answer them. Please see an example of a typical question below:
Q. Provide an example of where you have challenged someone’s behaviour that was either discriminatory or inappropriate. What did you do, what did you say and why did you challenge their behaviour?
Included with this guide you will find responses to this and all the other interview questions to help you draft your own winning responses to pass your police officer interview at the first attempt.
INTERVIEW TIP 3 – UNDERSTAND EQUALITY, FAIRNESS AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS
At the police officer interview, you may get asked a question that relates to community awareness and diversity. The question could go something like this:
Q. Why do you think the Police Force puts so much importance upon diversity and community awareness?
Within the workbook you will find loads of sample responses to questions like this to aid you in your preparation. Remember what we said earlier – you owe it to yourself to perform really well on the day and pass, which is why we have provided you with the ultimate guide which will no doubt improve your chances!
Police interview questions & answers
Let us teach you how to answer competency-based interview questions in order to gain very high marks for both the new online assessment centre interview and the final interview. This comprehensive guide is packed full of tough interview questions and answers that cover ALL of the new updated core competencies. Written by a former serving Officer who has 17 years in the job and includes actual sample police officer interview questions.
How to Prepare for the Interview
- Areas which you have to study and research before you attend the interview;
- Researching the police officer job description and person specification;
- How to match the core competencies;
- Creating the right impression at the police officer interview;
- Key preparation tips and advice;
- What the interview panel assessors want to see and hear from you;
- Overcoming nerves on the day of your interview.
Interview Questions and Responses
- Lots of sample interview questions and tips on what they are looking for;
- How to respond to the interview questions;
- Understanding the interview format to ensure success;
- Guidance and interview training on how to answer each question;
- Actual responses to the questions;
- How to answer tough questions;
- Final ‘essential’ hints and tips on how to pass the interview process!
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- Sample interview questions & answers to help you get ready for the police assessment interview.
- Updated to include questions and answers for the new online police assessment process tests.
- Advice and tips included that have been written by a former member of the emergency services.
- Up-to-date and relevant for the 2025 online assessment process.
- Expert advice on how you can draft your own winning responses to ace your interview.
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- Lots of sample interview questions to help you get ready for your police assessment and final interviews.
- Questions that are guaranteed to be very similar to the ones you will actually sit during the real police interviews.
- Advice and tips included that have been written by a former member of the emergency services.
- Written in conjunction with currently serving police officers.
- Up-to-date for 2025 and includes all of the online assessment and final interviews.
- How to match the police values and competencies in your responses.
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