Becoming A
Firefighter or Officer-----The Complete
Guide to Your Badge! Fire "Captain Bob"
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HomeTrying to Psych the Psych WrittenThe most common written portion of the psychological evaluation is the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory test of up to 1000 questions. The aim here is not to pass the test but to go into the job fully prepared. Put your pride and natural defensiveness aside. They ask a few questions in several different ways. You want to answer questions “strongly for” or “strongly against” instead of being in the middle undecided. Answer questions to present yourself as a more social, interactive, team playing type of person, i.e., you would rather be in a conversation with others than reading a book alone. Many candidates drive themselves crazy trying to psych the written. You can’t. Just take the test as honestly as you can. Remember no one item means anything. Your answers are being compared to successful firefighters. The doctor can tell you how your personality make up can embrace or undermine your performance as a firefighter. The test is designed to alert the testers if you are trying to psych the test. You can get some insight on how the written test is scored here: http://www.bigdeadplace.com/psyche_eval.html
Here is a link to a book with the entire MMPI
2 exam in the appendix and most of the relevant scales. Before the interview, the psychologist will often have you could also be asked to take a separate personality test, fill out a out a personal family history, a biography and additional information forms. Ironically, the psychologist doesn't always have your background information, or because of time doesn't look at all the information. He relies on the form you fill out. This is why it is so critical that although you want this job so bad, not to create trails where you don't have to.
"Nothing
counts 'til you have the badge . . . Nothing!" Ask "Captain Bob" Any Question
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