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 : Law Enforcement Officer: Test Preparation Guidebook for Oral Tests & Interviews (Law Enforcement Series)

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 371
EAN: 9780972001328
ISBN: 0972001328
Label: Test Better Now, LLC
Manufacturer: Test Better Now, LLC
Number Of Pages: 137
Publication Date: January 01, 2002
Publisher: Test Better Now, LLC
Studio: Test Better Now, LLC




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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
This guide exposes the do’s and don’ts of orals and interviews through the eyes of the same professional testing experts who conduct oral interviews and develop interview questions. Information contained in this Guide will seldom be found elsewhere.

Readers are placed in the seat of panelists who are conducting interviews. They are provided with the same type of information that interviewers receive when they prepare to interview candidates. The guide provides test takers with the opportunity to better understand the mystique that surrounds testing and compels them to focus upon the correct way to prepare for for an oral test or interview.

The guide also includes a complete set of oral interview questions that have been used by panels during real interviews, accompanied with answers and explanations. A step-by-step walk through of correct and incorrect responses is provided to ensure that you know what to say - as well as HOW to say it.

Test Preparation Guidebook for Oral Tests & Interviews covers the following topics:

Overview of Law Enforcement Oral and Interview Testing Legal Aspects

The "New Way" of Conducting Orals and Interviews: Behavioral and Emotional Intelligence Assessment

Knowing What Oral Interview Panelists Know

A Typical Oral – Interview Panelists’ Workshop

Instructions Given To Oral Interview Panelists

The Rating Form

What You Need To Know In Order To Be Successful In Taking Tests

Complete Practice Oral Scenario - Including Comprehensive Answers (correct & incorrect responses), Explanations, Sample Panelists' Ratings, and Helpful Hints.

Questions that have been used during an actual oral interview.

This guide is a MUST for anyone who has advanced to the oral interview stage of any law enforcement exam.



Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Refresher
I bought the book to review for an interview for a new position. It has been twenty years since I last interviewed. It was a good refresher, the 7 compentencies I think will be very useful. I think the book is geared more for first time police interview but I did find it useful for my upcomming sergeant interview.



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A useful tool, but just that, a tool
Don't buy this thinking its the "Holy Grail" of interviewing and suddenly you'll be king. However, it is another accessible tool that will guide you through it, and prepare you for the generic questions you'll hear everywhere.

For me, it didn't help me so much as to what to be prepared to say, rather, it helped me gauge and read the oral board's reactions to my answers. If I was headed in the wrong direction, based on what I read from this book, I could tell. If I hadn't used this ... Read More







 






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