FFighterRob
12-14-2005, 08:25 PM
I suck…. I’ve said this to myself after the first mock interview, every time I prepare for an interview. I’m so glad it wasn’t the real thing.
How many of you are ready for you interview?
I coached a lot of people for a recent test, and every one that got back to me afterward said the same thing. They felt over prepared. They kept waiting for the other shoe to drop. It never did. One guy said “ I felt like I was ready to dig a post hole with a back hoe".
Figured out that you suck, and started working to get to the point where you are over prepared. Don’t fall into the trap of figuring it will take you a week to prepare, and then count back from the date you THINK your oral will be.
Most of the calls I get are from people who are so surprised that their interview is suddenly upon them, and they thought they had at least another week or so. Let me put it this way, if you have the goal of being a firefighter you have an interview coming. If you have put in an application with a department you have a written, physical an oral interview coming up, you just don’t know the date.
Do yourself a favor, sometime this week go to a mock interview, talk into a tape player, give me a call, and find out that you also suck, and get to work. You should find someone that knows what they are talking about, that doesn’t mean that they do it professionally, but that they have their finger on the pulse of the testing world. Everyone suddenly becomes an expert when they get a badge. Some of the worst advice I have ever heard has come from a person wearing a badge in fire station.
The key is you need to have the words come out of your mouth. You can think about it all you want, but that won’t help the way the words sound when they come out. If you can take the most asked questions, make responses that will get you your best score, and then memorize them, you will know that when you open your mouth what you want to say, the way you want to say it will come out. Who could ask for anything more?
Don’t be the guy who finds out he sucks in his interview, and makes the whole oral board watch you die the slow death. Good Luck and be prepared.
Capt Rob
Nrtc@sonic.net
707 869 1330
Myfireinterview.com
How many of you are ready for you interview?
I coached a lot of people for a recent test, and every one that got back to me afterward said the same thing. They felt over prepared. They kept waiting for the other shoe to drop. It never did. One guy said “ I felt like I was ready to dig a post hole with a back hoe".
Figured out that you suck, and started working to get to the point where you are over prepared. Don’t fall into the trap of figuring it will take you a week to prepare, and then count back from the date you THINK your oral will be.
Most of the calls I get are from people who are so surprised that their interview is suddenly upon them, and they thought they had at least another week or so. Let me put it this way, if you have the goal of being a firefighter you have an interview coming. If you have put in an application with a department you have a written, physical an oral interview coming up, you just don’t know the date.
Do yourself a favor, sometime this week go to a mock interview, talk into a tape player, give me a call, and find out that you also suck, and get to work. You should find someone that knows what they are talking about, that doesn’t mean that they do it professionally, but that they have their finger on the pulse of the testing world. Everyone suddenly becomes an expert when they get a badge. Some of the worst advice I have ever heard has come from a person wearing a badge in fire station.
The key is you need to have the words come out of your mouth. You can think about it all you want, but that won’t help the way the words sound when they come out. If you can take the most asked questions, make responses that will get you your best score, and then memorize them, you will know that when you open your mouth what you want to say, the way you want to say it will come out. Who could ask for anything more?
Don’t be the guy who finds out he sucks in his interview, and makes the whole oral board watch you die the slow death. Good Luck and be prepared.
Capt Rob
Nrtc@sonic.net
707 869 1330
Myfireinterview.com