Rehearse your police interview against the values they score.
Police interviews score you against the Competency and Values Framework. Practise giving specific, honest examples of integrity, public service and good decisions under pressure, with a panel that asks for more detail.
- Integrity: doing the right thing when it's hard
- Public service and treating people fairly
- Clear decisions and teamwork under pressure
Questions the panel will ask
- 01Why do you want to become a police officer?
- 02Tell us about a time you challenged someone's behaviour because it was wrong.
- 03Describe a time you had to make a difficult decision quickly.
- 04Tell us about a time you treated someone fairly when others didn't.
- 05How have you worked with others to solve a problem in your community?
Plus follow-ups on anything vague, then a scored debrief, video replay and STAR coaching.
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