There are many sites that offer a top ten list for job interview questions. I wanted to offer some experience of my own. Personally, I would love to create a list of the top 100 questions that are asked to EMS, Fire, and Law Enforcement applicants.
1. Tell about yourself
Hiring managers don't want you to tell your life story on a job interview. Include personality traits and life experiences that relate to the career that you are seeking to be hired for.
2. Tell us about a time that you have taken the initiative to do something that was not classified in your job description?
Did you prepare something so that it could help others on the job site? Did you take someone under your wing without being asked to? Did you create a training manual when one was never available. These are the types of things that Hiring Managers are looking for when they ask this question in an interview.
3. Have you ever made a mistake on the job and how did you turn it into a positive.
We have all made mistakes on the job and in our career. Did you do something that eventually helped people not make the same mistake?
4. Careers in EMS are stressful and sometimes there is going to be a citizen that is hysterical. How would you deal with this person?
Try to place yourself at a scene with a person like this. What would be the best option that would benefit the citizen, yourself, and those around you.
5. What is the difference between great Customer Service and exceptional Customer Service.
They keyword here is the word difference. Remember to discuss both when answering this job interview question.
6. What training and educational certifications have you obtained for this job?
What other training have you obtained other than an Emergency Medical Technician Certification from the state? Do you know another language? Have courses in public speaking been taken. What about leadership courses?
7. What makes you better than our other job applicants?
Personally I would like a person more if they said that they were not better than another person. Instead this is a great time to offer more reasons why they should hire you for the job. Don't be afraid to discuss volunteer work or projects that may be related to the job that you are applying for.
8. Tell us when you have had to deal with an irate person and what was the outcome of this conflict?
Were you able to calm the person down? Did you need to ask for help and be part of a team? Did the problem get solved? If no, then why?
9. When in your career have you had to step in and take control of a situation?
Was there a time when a team member froze in a situation and you had to take up step forward?
10.Was there ever a time when you were not prepared for a situation? What was the outcome.
Employers want to know if the applicant can make decisions in stressful situations. If a person was not prepared where they willing to ask for supervision and admit that they just were not ready to handle the responsibility?
An interview is all about selling yourself. Your skills, experience, and education is the product that you are trying to sell to the company. It is my hope that these job interview question help you obtain the career that you want. I will be adding more job advice as time goes on. So be sure to check the career advice section often.
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