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You're Not Bullet Proof!

I was speaking at a college fire technology program recently.  The candidates seemed to sluff off their attention when I touched on the psych test.   Yea, yea, yea this does not apply to me was the reaction.   Until they couldn’t believe their ears when a candidate said, you had better pay attention to Captain Bob because he is right on target.  He said, “Hey I’m not a bad guy, but I recently took a psych test as the last step in getting hired.  By the time they got done, they made me look like Charles Manson.  There was dead silence and full attention as he revealed his story.

This opened a flood gate of questions that seemed would never end.  Just because you have passed the written, physical, oral, background and medical, please don’t get the illusion that you are bullet proof, on a roll, and the psych test is going to be a day at the beach.  I get the feeling that candidates who have already taken the psych written, are waiting for their oral interview with the psychologist are not acknowledging the possible land mines they could encounter, and somehow have if already figured out they will magically pass. 

Once recent candidate’s dad was a captain at the department where his last step was the psych.  He called devastated that he was out of the process.

 “Nothing counts ‘til you have the badge . . . Nothing!”

"Captain Bob"

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Fire "Captain Bob" Smith has coached countless entry level and promotional candidates to get their badge. He is a retired 28-year Hayward, Ca. Captain, speaker/author of the audio/video program "Conquer the Job Interview," the books "Eat Stress For Breakfast" ISBN 09657620-3-3, "Fire Up Your Communication Skills" ISBN 09657620-6-8 and a member of the prestigious National Speakers Association. You can book him as a speaker or get a copy of his books and tapes by calling toll free at 888-238-3959.