☛ Drinking or drugs on the job?

☛ Stealing on the job?

☛ Conflict with another employee?

☛ Irate citizen?

☛ An employee crisis at an emergency?

☛ Sexual harassment?

☛ Racial situation?

☛ Conflicting orders at an emergency?

☛ An order that could place you in great danger or be morally wrong?

☛ What do you say when you don’t know an answer to a question?

☛ Are you on any other hiring lists? What would you do if another city called you?

☛ When can you start if we offered you the job?

☛ How far do you want to go in the fire service? Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

☛ What are the quality traits of a firefighter? Which one is the most important to you?

☛ Have you ever been in an emergency situation? Tell us what you did.

☛ What word would best describe you in a positive way? A negative way?

☛ How do you handle conflict?

☛ Why would we select you over the other candidates?

☛ Do you have anything to add?

☛ Define commonsense.

☛ Define diversity.

☛ What is the Mission Statement of our Fire Department?

☛ What is the Vision Statement of our Fire Department?

☛ Who is the Fire Chief?

☛ Who makes up the Command staff of this Fire Department?

☛ What type of City Government is this city?

☛ What class department are we? (ISO Rating)

☛ Tell us about the job announcement.

☛ What are you short, mid-range and long term goals?

☛ The Star of Life represents what?

☛ The Maltese cross represents what?

☛ What is insubordination?

☛ Define Teamwork and why is Teamwork important in the fire service?

☛ What is your strongest communication skill?

☛ Define Character.

☛ Define ethics.

☛ Can you explain the Fire Tetrahedron?

☛ Describe a typical day of a firefighter.

☛ Define Customer Service, and how does it relate to the fire service?