7 Extremely COMMON Firefighter Interview Mistakes
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Hey Mike, wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart. After only two interview processes I landed a Career job at my dream station. I have Fire Academy in a few months. Will continue to follow your content bc I know the learning and knowledge never stops
YES!! That's awesome man! Good for you for putting in the work to get your dream job, I'm proud of you man! Best of luck in the academy!
YES! Good job, great to see another brother successful in this career
Well, it's been a year. How's the firefightin' life goin?
Here's some more tips to Mike's excellent advice:
Make eye contact. You have to appear confident and if you stare at the floor the entire time it's very off-putting.
No jokes. Unless you are really good at delivery, they usually fall flat. You have to remember that the hiring board will be made up of regular citizens as well as lots of brass. That's a hard crowd to throw a joke out to and make any of them laugh.
Remember we are bored to tears by the time you get to sit in front of us ( try listening to tons of boring answers to the same questions) and tell us why you would be great at our department. The pain of canned answers mentioned in the video is very real. You have to flesh out every answer to make it interesting. Never respond with a one word answer and always give context.
On the flip side, know when to shut the hell up. It's been my experience that the most flashy interviewees with the best conversationalist skills don't do well once training starts. Sort of like a pretty girl relying on her looks to excuse some of her hang-ups, people with wonderful conversational skills tend to use that strength to hide from some of their deficits. You won't be talking a whole lot in the fire academy.
When a candidate walked into the room to interview, we (the hiring board) immediately sized up the appearance and the fitness of the candidate. Before they said a word. We noticed if you hadn't shaved, were fat, had dirty or inappropriate clothes, etc. I personally never cared if they wore a suit but a nice pair of pants with a buttoned up shirt and tie was a minimum standard in my book.
When you take a seat, sit up straight and make eye contact with everyone, even the scary looking Chiefs that are blinding you with all of their gold on their uniform. You have got to appear confident and if you aren't, then like Mike says practice until you can pull it off. Film yourself doing mock interviews and you will immediately notice some of the flaws in your delivery. It's very humbling the first time you do this so be prepared to die from embarrassment. But just remember that better this happens in practice versus the real deal.
One last thing, you have got to be prepared to answer questions on the fly about your past, especially regarding failure to completes. This is usually related to military service and schooling or job history. We want to know why you left the military early, or college, or why you tend to work a job for a few months and then leave. The fire service wants people that aren't quitters as it is a huge investment on their end to take somebody on and train them to standard. And if you don't have good reasons, then you should have enough history under your belt to show that you've matured.
Superb advice.
Awesome advice! Thank you for sharing this. It's people like you and comments like these that make this channel so helpful to so many people! Thanks again!!
@@mike_pertz I think you are doing a great service to the young kids, or anybody really who wants to be a firefighter. All of your advice has been spot on and even though I am retired, I still find your videos interesting. Probably because I have taught a lot of young guys that have gone on to have full time careers. I always tried to be the mentor I wished I had access to when I first began my career. I think you are that person for thousands of others through your channel. Well done and hopefully you keep at it.
I had my interview yesterday, and just a conditional offer today. I believe I did very well, or at least/obviously well enough to move on, however, the chief, who was 1 of three people on my interview board gave me some advice; Talk less, listen more - this is because on 1-2 questions, I answered the question asked, but added “unnecessary information”. My personal example being them asking, “So you grew and lived most of your life in XYZ?” My response was, “yes sir, I was also stationed in ABC, so I also lived there for a couple of years as well.” Long story short, listen to the questions being asked, and only answer what is being asked.
I showed up in my mail man uniform and showed up 15 minutes before they were closing. They asked me why I wanted be a firefighter I said you saved my dad. You showed professional and I want to be a part of your organization. I’m doing this for free with a 40 hour a week plus job
Hey Mike, thank you for all of these videos. They have helped me so much in my pursuit of becoming a paramedic and firefighter.
Thank you very much for all this needed information.
First full time interview ever is Friday, thanks for the tips
Appreciate all your helpful videos, Mike! I am preparing for my first firefighter interview this week and your channel has been incredibly helpful ! :-)
Me too, tell me how yours goes!
Taylor and Jack, how'd it go??
EMT class starts tomorrow night! See you there, bros.
How’d you do?? I start here aug 17th
@@TheFirstAmendment Just passed this Saturday. Crazy to think it went by so fast. Just remember: BSI/scene safety, SAMPLE, OPQRST, DCAPBTLS
I'm so terrible at interviews, I always get so nervous, I'm getting anxiety just thinking about it lol
No suit will cost major points in our process
Thanks you
Thank you for another great video! Can you do a video on giving classes to your crew like an SCBA class, tools, radios, etc. Thanks!
Hi Will, thanks for the comment! Do you mean me give a class about those things or about how fire departments handle inter-departmental training?
I was wondering about getting job offers. How they are offered and what to do if your lucky enough to have multiple at once. Of course I don’t want to deny any but what if I think I might be getting a better job offer the next week but don’t want to deny it in fear that I never actually get it
Can you please give me tips on passing the hazmat test I struggle learning it.
Any tips of how to prepare for an sop talking to a camera cuz that’s how Austin is
More push ups video, oder push ups weighted video, please!
I had my interview this morning and they called me an hour later telling me that I made it all the way through to the chiefs interview. Do you have any insight on this interview? My interview today was with all 5 fire captain. My second and final interview is with the chief and deputy fire chief
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@@mike_pertz thank you so much. Ive done exactly what you have said the entire interview process and it's worked out perfectly
I got hired if anyone was wondering. For the chiefs interview I went in and they just told me to sell myself to them
Off-topic question: tips for a new volley on how to not overheat in the gear during the summer?
Take it off when you need to. Rehab is a thing. Just as important on a crash scene as it is on a fire.
I just interviewed and didn’t ask a question at the end cause they went over all the future steps.. now I’m stressing since I didn’t ask.. thanks mike! Just kidding I appreciate all your videos
What’s next after the interview?
....Visit EVERY Station and be familiar with their specialty (Haz Mat station, Wildland Type 3 response station, Airport Station, SCBA maintenance Station, etc)
great idea, but don't be a pest either.
@@joecavanaugh7893 that's why you show up with a gallon of Moose Tracks Ice Cream...
Im gonna wear a tuxedo
I had my interview Monday and I won’t know if I’m accepted to the fire academy until next month and it’s nerve racking
how'd it go?
Hello! I had my panel interview 2 weeks ago and listed references as they asked. I feel I did great in the interview. I will find out in July if I will have a chief interview. I found out today that my references have been contacted is that a good sign?
sounds good, but keep yourself in the testing mode...Test with as many jurisdictions as you can. The Dept. you just interviewed with may develop a list- Doesn't necessarily mean your name will be one of those initial chosen... Good Luck!
Definitely a good sign! the other comment by hankgs is spot on... Keep testing and interviewing!
Well well, got my panel interview at 11 pm today, I’ll let y’all know how it goes
Hi people I just wanting say if you need interview clothes lots of churches have community closets where they can help with that for free. Good luck. They won’t necessarily try to convert you as good works for zero benefit is supposed to be the deal. I think a mosque would also do that and I know some secular places exist but I couldn’t say where.
Hey Mike, I’m Seage ( Sage ) and I’m from hawaii trying to get into the county of hawaii fire department. I have a question for the interview part.
I have a small stutter. It use to be bad but I’ve gotten better over the years from a young age. How do I address that in the interview. Do I let it be know to the interviewing panel as soon as the interview has begun, or do I try my best not to stutter? It usually come out when I talk really fast or get excited while talking. When I talk slower it doesn’t show as much. Please let me know on what I should do about this problem.
Thank you.
Dude just pretend that your talking to your group of friends, just relax take a bunch of deep breathes and tell some good stories
How'd you do bud?
Hey, I really need your advice. I want to know if some things that are going on at my department are acceptable.
First, I passed the Fire Marshal's test, the marshals contacted my officer and I was immediately confronted in a nasty and vindictive way. He said, if you don't like it here leave now, then my officers retaliated by making my life a living hell.
They wrote official complaints against me for; having 1 plate not all the way scrubbed.
Going to sleep at 11pm and not participating in the late night rope training they decided to do, permissible lights out is 10pm.
Lying and saying I overspent on the grocery run.
Denying my chances to go with the squad to get a mandatory 10 squad runs, then lying to the chief and said I never asked to go.
Etcetera, you get the idea. I feel like this is super toxic behavior, just want to know if I'm out of line or they are.
Would seriously appreciate your take,
Thank you.
My honest opinion from someone in the fire service for five years...GET OUT. IT’S A TOXIC WORK ENVIRONMENT
Hi Hans, sounds like a tough situation. Because I don't know where you are, your department or much about your situation, it's tough for me to say what is and isn't acceptable as I don't know the whole story. However, based on what you mentioned in the comment, that doesn't sound normal or acceptable, and if that's what is really going on maybe you should consider moving to a different department. Hope that helps.
Thank you very much it seems like level headed guys are the minority in the fire service. These guys are very good at their jobs, but terrible with people and have hair-trigger emotional reactions to things. The weirdest environment I've ever been in.
Do you think i should join the marine core so i can compete against others in the hiring process
I did 8 years in the army. Being a veteran gives you 5-10 extra points in most places. There's going to be alot of of people that have military service background in your hiring process l. However I wouldn't join the military
For that reason. You can easily just got get fire 1 and fire 2 and emt and probably get hired over majority of this people with veterans preference. It looks good but it isn't a make or break
When is the next Q and A
tonight at 8:30 pm est ... th-cam.com/video/YnTgEZc4TX0/w-d-xo.html
8. do your homework and know about the city/town and department. Demographics, response area etc. If you are not a local person know about the local area (features etc.) i.e.. why do you want to work for my dept. as opposed for any other dept. or are you just looking for the first job that comes along. 9. Also, for male grooming, get a hair cut and no facial hair. Shave off the "salty jake" 'stache. Don't tell me it's not right for people to judge you by how you look, it is not right, but it is also reality. When I see a new kid come in with a salty handlebar 'stache I do assume that they are going to act salty before day one. 10. If you have sleeve tattoos where a long sleeve shirt and cover them (not right, but again you are being judged) . 11. wear well fitting clothes and lose weight! If you look out of shape then it will be assumed you are out of shape. I don't care if you can run a marathon and bench press 500#, if you look like an out of shape blimp you won't get the job, a lot of time this can be cured with a well fitting suit.
can a sports coat and dress pants work in an interview for a guy?
I forgot one very important one..............scrub your social media accounts, get rid of everything that could even be remotely considered controversial (booze, sex, drugs, politics etc...)!
15 year old aspiring firefighter here. Just got rid of all political nonsense on social media. Thanks for the advice :)