Includes audio CD featuring the author detailing proper and improper interview techniques!
In this all-encompassing new guide, veteran fire chief and best-selling author John Mittendorf explains the subtle requirements of the promotional interview process. This book is designed to help firefighters avoid the common pitfalls of poor interviews by teaching them:
- How to develop a balanced study program
- Why the first 60 seconds of an interview are critical, and what you can do to make a good impression
- How to relate your qualifications to the position sought
- What to expect in the opening, body, and closing questions of an interview
- Typical opening questions
- How to define and prepare an opening response for the positions of engineer, sergeant, lieutenant, captain, and battalion chief
Contents:
- Priorities before the interview
- Anatomy of an interview
- Opening impressions
- Preparing a response to the opening question
- General questions
- Closing the interview
- Preparing for a fire department entrance interview
206 pages/Softcover w/CD-ROM/2003