| I want to take the time to talk to you about | | | | questions. He's really not that far from the truth. |
| police employment testing. A lot of people don't | | | | You have to remember that a lot of people apply |
| realize that they have to take a pretty | | | | for these jobs and the police department has the |
| comprehensive and tough test if they want to | | | | luxury of giving very hard tests. Often the test |
| get a job for any police department. Another | | | | measures things that aren't asked by the |
| interesting fact is that the vast majority of | | | | questions. They want to see if you can logically |
| people will fail it. Vast majority may be a little | | | | follow a twisting question. They want to see if |
| vague, so the exact number is around 70%. | | | | you can pick up on things that don't sound right. |
| Hundreds of people apply for this job and usually | | | | They want to see a little detective work from |
| at the end they have under a hundred people | | | | you. |
| that go to the interviewing process. The testing | | | | The police employment testing will also be looking |
| process always seems to catch most people off | | | | at your writing skills. You'll have to write a lot of |
| guard, so I'm going to talk to you about the police | | | | reports on arrests, criminals, and basically anything |
| employment testing. | | | | you do. This writing has to stand up in a court of |
| I think the best description of this test was told | | | | law. It will be viewed by judges and lawyers. |
| to me by an applicant that just failed it. He said | | | | Writing skills are essential as an officer, so |
| that it was nothing more than riddles and trick | | | | exercise discretion when you're writing. |