Author Topic: Telephone interview (Read 13488 times)

sam6 · « **on:** August 20, 2007, 02:53:21 PM »

I have a telephone interview for Greater Manchester this week and was wondering if anyone knows what sort of questions the interviewer might ask me? This is the 1st part of the selection process after the application form!

Any help would be much appreciated!

Andy Cole · « **Reply #1 on:** August 20, 2007, 04:07:30 PM »

Sam I had a Telephone Interview for Greater Manchester on Saturday and have received an Email telling me I was successful this morning.

They will ask you about PQA's, more detailed info on these can be found at www.fireservice.co.uk under the recruitment section.

They will ask you to describe a situation when..... (depending on the PQA)... the trick is, and I understand this is where alot of candidates foul up, to make sure when you are talking about the situations to ensure you tell them what YOU did and not necessarily what the 'team' did, they are trying to find out about you!.

The PQA's they asked me about were: Confidence and Resilience, Working with others and Problem solving.

One thing I will say is if you are successful at this stage they give you very little warning of when they want you to attend the next stage, as I said I found out this morning and they wanted me in Manchester on either Tues, Weds or Thurs this week for the National firefighter Ability tests which regrettably I am not able to do because I can't get off work at such short notice!!

Good luck, if I can help any further let me know!

Andy

sam6 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 20, 2007, 04:39:29 PM »

Thanks for your reply andy i'll do some research into PQA's, my interviews not till friday so ive got abit of time to prepare! Do they ask you anything else about yourself or what you know about Greater Manchester Fire service or the fire service in general?

Andy Cole · « **Reply #3 on:** August 20, 2007, 05:08:47 PM »

No they didn't ask me anything else at all, just get clued up on your PQA's and you should be OK. I think they are looking to recruit 250 people this time so hopefully you should have a fairly good chance, you've done well to get this far already!!

Good luck mate.

sam6 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 20, 2007, 05:15:28 PM »

Ok mate i'll do that, thanks for your help much appreciated! Good luck with your application!

docfin · « **Reply #5 on:** August 20, 2007, 08:49:19 PM »

Telephone interviews?? is it me or is this something new? What does this interview allow you to do exactly?

Andy Cole · « **Reply #6 on:** August 20, 2007, 08:57:44 PM »

It's an additional stage some Brigade's use, instead of filling out a great big book for an application form you just give your basic details as well as answering a couple of questions the brigade then sort through these (getting rid of quite a few) and invite the remainder for a telephone interview at which point they ask them questions based on the PQA's (as you would normally answer on a 'standard' application form) from there on in I believe the process is the same, NFA tests, Job related tests, Interview, Medical, Training, let loose to fit as many smoke alarms as you can!!

docfin · « **Reply #7 on:** August 21, 2007, 09:01:15 AM »

Thanks for that Andy seems fairly sensible should make the process a lot quicker I suppose. I think I can see it being taken to the next (stupidity) level by some though.

Andy Cole · « **Reply #8 on:** August 21, 2007, 06:07:44 PM »

It will speed things up undoubtedly, I think it is quite a good idea.

Am I right in saying that if you pass the National Firefighter Ability Tests for one brigade but are unsuccessful at a later stage the results for the NFA should stand meaning there is no need to re-sit them when you apply for a different brigade at a a later date?

Midland Retty · « **Reply #9 on:** August 22, 2007, 09:13:42 AM »

Quote from: Andy Cole

It will speed things up undoubtedly, I think it is quite a good idea.

Am I right in saying that if you pass the National Firefighter Ability Tests for one brigade but are unsuccessful at a later stage the results for the NFA should stand meaning there is no need to re-sit them when you apply for a different brigade at a a later date?

I believe so (or atleast that is the case for Staffs Fire and Rescue Service) a friend of mine got through the application stage, did the written test but failed the physical... as such he just had to re-do the physical tests.

I understand that if a significant time has passed since a candidate fails in one particular test they must take the whole lot again ie application form, physical and written tests etc etc - I think the period is 12 months but dont quote me on that.

Andy Cole · « **Reply #10 on:** August 28, 2007, 06:32:47 PM »

How did you get on Sam6?

sam6 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 28, 2007, 08:00:51 PM »

I passed m8 and was meant 2 be sitting my written test 2moro, however i hav been on a waiting list for another brigade for nearly 2 years now, out of the blue today i got the phone call to say theres a vacancy came up for me and ive 2 go for a medical! I'm totally over the moon after 8 years of trying i'm almost there!

The Lawman · « **Reply #12 on:** August 28, 2007, 08:09:13 PM »

Good luck.

After eight years you deserve a break!

sam6 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 28, 2007, 08:12:01 PM »

Cheers m8 fingers crossed it will go ok!

Andy Cole · « **Reply #14 on:** August 28, 2007, 08:29:56 PM »

Good luck mate

Hope you get on OK!!

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