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[Policehopeful]

Hi Everyone,


I will be putting in an application for the Queensland Police Service soon and I was hoping someone would be able to tell me what questions they ask in the panel interview and how many they ask you.

Regards
Stephen

[CC9769]

Why do you want to be a police officer? is one.

[Policehopeful]

Thanks for that mate, any other questions

[SpeedySteveJ]

They expect you to give examples from your own personal experiences for all of the selection criteria questions they give you. Some of the ones I were given from memory were:

- What is integrity and how have you applied it in the way you conduct yourself (it is important you answer this properly).

[SpeedySteveJ]

- <insert hypothetical situation here>, how would you expect police officers to handle this situation. (eg: determine possible reasons for violence, such as alcohol, minority group, etc. Determine whether they are armed, predict whether innocent people could be harmed, etc, etc).
- What are minority groups + give examples.
- What are some of the jobs you may encounter being a police officer. (eg: homicides, domestic disputes, car accidents, etc, etc).
That should be enough for you to get started.

[Policehopeful]

Thanks for your input speedy, can you please tell me what the written test is like? and if it is difficult?, cheers

[Zero]

Everything they ask is pretty much here;

http://policeprep.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7875

helped me HEAPS for the interview. When it comes to minorites they even class teenagers as minorites (srs), they gave me heaps of grief on that question.
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[Policehopeful]

Hi Zero, thanks a lot mate, were you successful in getting into the academy?, cheers

[mr luvpants]

I had a look at that post. Where he wrote "- Using an example from tertiary studies outline the process involved with assignment writing and the format of the completed assessment (not word for word, but that's the general gist)" do I take this to mean that I need to explain to them how to write a essay/report?

JOHN

[SpeedySteveJ]

Yep. EG: Title Page, Table of Contents, Intro, etc. Also make sure you mention that you would need to provide references and a bibliography. I think this question is to make sure that you can handle the academic side of Academy + Police work.

[mr luvpants]

Thanks for that. I am currently in the UK and am flying out to Queensland next week for a week specifically to do my test,interview, medical and beep test and want to get this right.

JOHN

[Policehopeful]

Thats pretty good as I am studying a degree at the moment and do assignments and essays all the time

[Nick]

Hi, I have testing and interview for QPS 24/25 June. Just wondering if anyone knows what type of question to expect for the literary component of the testing? I understand it is a short written resposne?? Also, do you lose marks for incorrect answeres in the pshycometric testing?
Thanks

[Nick]

excuse my spelling in previous post!

[sprudz]

"Why do you want to be a police officer?" and I don't think they count incorrect answers, but you'l be given a huge brief about the tests on the day anyways.