Product Description

This edition of Smoke Your Firefighter Interview book has additional questions and expanded answers. The oral interview is the most important part of the hiring process. Since it is often weighted 100% of the candidate s final score, earning a high score on the interview is essential to getting hired. Fire department oral interviews are unique, which is why most people struggle with them. Successful candidates understand exactly what the raters are looking for in an entry-level candidate. Those who don t may struggle for years, eventually giving up on their dreams. Chief Lepore has proctored hundreds of entry-level interviews. He was amazed at how unprepared most candidate were. He could see that many had the will and desire, but it was very apparent that the vast majority of candidates were ill-prepared for the oral interview. His objective is to show the candidate the interview through the eyes of the raters. The more a candidate understands what the oral board is looking for, the more he or she will be able to present as the candidate they have been waiting for. Smoke Your Firefighter Interview is packed with 330 pages of invaluable information. Chief Lepore covers 85 of the most commonly asked fire department interview questions. The format is simple: question, answer, and reasoning behind the answer. After answering each question, Chief Lepore carefully and thoroughly explains why he has answered the question the way he did. These reasons often delve into the culture of the fire department and the expectations of a rookie firefighter. In short, anyone can memorize questions and answers. Smoke Your Firefighter Interview explains why the answers are correct. In addition to the questions and answers, Chief Lepore explains the rationale for WHY he answers the question the way he does. He includes many follow-up questions as well as explaining the pit falls for many of the questions. Once a candidate understands the interview process and learns how to present his or her answers, it is not uncommon to get multiple job offers. Instead of struggling to land a job, many candidates are blessed with the ability to select from several departments. Getting hired on the fire department is all about learning to take a fire department interview. Those who learn will be successful, while those who don t will always struggle. A candidate may be exactly what a fire department is looking for, but if he or she cannot interview favorably, he or she will never get hired. In addition to 85 questions, answers and rationale for the right answers, Smoke Your Firefighter Interview also includes chapters on: Rules of thumb for handling situational questions What to expect from your first day as a firefighter Sample interview rating sheets Description of the job of a firefighter Monthly probationary evaluations

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18390 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-02
• Binding: Paperback
• 330 pages

Review
After reading Chief Lepore's book, I feel it is a must for anyone preparing for the entry level oral interview process. As a Training Chief I have conducted and prepared numerous candidates for the process. I feel this book will aid those taking the exam and plan on introducing it in my seminars --Division Chief Randy Scheere, Newport Beach, CA Fire Dept

Finally a worthwhile book to help entry-level candidates compete in the interview process. Chief Lepore's advice will help improve candidates' scores across the country --Deputy Chief Vincent Dunn FDNY

This book is a muct for firefighter casndidates. It iwll help prepare them for the crucial phase of the interview process, the oral board. Chief Lepore's experience and insight give anyone who studies the book a definite advantage when they sit down before the people who ask the questions --Lieutenant matthew S. Zaleznik, Golden Gate Fire Rescue Naples, FL

Division Chief Randy Scheerer, Newport Beach Fire Department
I feel this is a must read for anyone preparing for the entry level oral interview process.

Firefighter Simmer Harry - City of Houston, Texas. Fire Department
Chief Lepore's book ... is among the best preparation guides for the career of firefighter that I have ever read.

Customer Reviews

Smoke Your Fire fighter Interview
This book works like a charm. I went to my first interview with a fire dept. and did horrible on my interview. I placed 42 on that hire list. A friend told me about this book so I bought it. My very next interview, with a different dept, which was only a month after the first dept. I aced the interview and I am now #2 on thier list. This is a must have book.

Great book - helped me pass my oral board.
THIS BOOK WORKS/HELPS!!
Several of the questions on my interview were almost verbatim from this book. Having no previous fire service experience to draw from, this book gave me some insight into firehouse "psychology." I did very well on my interview and was hired on.
After reading this book cover to cover about 4 times in the month preceeding my interview, I feel it gave me an edge on the questions and what the interviewers were looking for.
I recommended this book to another candidate and he was hired also about a year later into our department.

Highly recommend
This book will be a great asset for anyone preparing for their panel interview or B-pad video test. Is a small price to pay for a good investment.