When you enter the interview room for your law enforcement oral review board interview, there is sure to be some serious anxiety going on inside you. This is normal and it's expected by your oral board panel. However, it will also be expected that at some point during your oral board interview, that you are able to get control of this anxiety and be able to comunicate with the oral board panel in a clear and convincing manner that demonstrates you have the knowledge and ability to become a successful police officer.
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One of the best ways to reduce this anxiety is to be fully prepared for your police interview. The best preparation comes when you know what is expected of you. When you know wha is expected of you, you won't be caught off guard. One way of doing this is to get a list of the most commonly asked oral board questions. Once you have such a list, your best bet is to practice answering these questions over and over. This will build your confidence...and this confidence is one of the key ingredients to a successful police oral board interview.
The purpose of this article is to give you a "jump start" on making your list of the most commonly asked police oral board questions. That being said, I'm going to now give you what I consider to be the most commonly asked police interview questions, and that is:
"What have you done to prepare for a career in law enforcement?"
So, what have you done?
As an experienced police oral board rater, I can tell you that the best answer to this question is usually the longest answer. That is to say, the more "good" stuff you can tell the oral interview panel, the better. They will want to hear that you took college level criminal justice courses, that you spoke to recruiters, that you went on police "ride-alongs," and that you attended police prep course given by the local police department."
The oral board will also like to hear that you understand the importance of being physically fit and that you are running and working out regularly. Perhaps you can relate your prior work experience to that of police work. This is usally easy to do if you were in the military (because you understand paramilitary organizational structure) or even if you were a waiter at a local restaurant (because you have extensive people interaction).
This is usually one of the first questions asked during the law enforcement interview process and being fully prepared to answer this question with good, solid relevant information is sure to set the tone for the rest of the interview.
Prepare yourself, have confidence and best of luck to you!
