Interview Question.

[MsMilhouse]

You are given a list of 5 things.

Fire Call
Bomb Threat
Domestic
Medical
Armed Robbery

and asked to prioritize and the reasons why. How would you do it?

[Hutch]

Here is my five:

1. Bomb Threat
2. Armed Robbery
3. Domestic
4. Fire Call
5. Medical

Bomb Threat - is the obvious.. Many lives at steak, wether it is fake or not, ya never really know!

Armed robbery - There is a high chance someone could get killled or badly injured.

Domestic - could be as bad as the armed robbery but at this point you don't know if either person has a weapon or if it is a slapping match.

Fire call - That is why we have hose draggers.. to put out the fires not leo's, but there could be a high potential of multiple people getting hurt so it is good to be there for man power.

Medical - You can do what you can, but I know never have enuf equipment to do alot of good.. Need to make sure scene is safe for medical staff..

That is my 2 cents on how I would answer that question.... What does everyone else think?

[aikido kid]

same thing i would have said

[nybyrne]

I would move Bomb Threat to third and move 2 & 3 to 1 and 2. As you say we have hose draggers who will also be dispatched to the bomb and could take care of the evacuation. My response would change if I was on the bomb squad but if I am responding as a street officer thae all that I would most likely do was evacuation and traffic anyway. Like they say opinions are like *******s we all have them.

[scott72]

Very tough question not knowing the particulars of each situation. Is the domestic verbal or physical? Is the arm robbery with a building full of innocents or just one? Are there people in the building on fire or no? How serious is the medical? Stomach pains or cant breathe? Many, many variables could change the way I would rate those.

[x5150x]

I think the main purpose of the question was to see how well you can articulate the reasons behind your decisions.

[jeeper]

WAY too many variables there to make a determination.

[Creed]

Bomb Threat - is the obvious.. Many lives at steak, wether it is fake or not, ya never really know!


mmm mmm mmm, Did you say steak? :p

[GPOC]

mmm mmm mmm, Did you say steak? :p



:D :D ...I hope sooooooo...I'm starving

[scott72]

mmm mmm mmm, Did you say steak? :p

Well done please... :D :D

[MsMilhouse]

Yes, there are way to many variables. But if you are given this in an interview, how would you answer it? This is a question posed in interviews in the dept I am a CSO for. I am looking to see how experienced LE people would answer it.

I was thinking about this based on my own limited experience. I was thinking the fire and medical could go lower because of the other personnel trained for these. Bomb threat was #1 for the reason above, but I was not sure where to put domestic and robbery.

[x5150x]

Yes, there are way to many variables. But if you are given this in an interview, how would you answer it? This is a question posed in interviews in the dept I am a CSO for. I am looking to see how experienced LE people would answer it.

I was thinking about this based on my own limited experience. I was thinking the fire and medical could go lower because of the other personnel trained for these. Bomb threat was #1 for the reason above, but I was not sure where to put domestic and robbery.

As I said before, they are looking at how well you can articulate your position.