ok, so i had an oral board interview, and NEED some feedback.

[MaineSqueeze]

Thanks for reading,

Had my first oral interview today infront of a panel. Got lots of senario questions, and was VERY confident about my answers, and stuck to my answers, and I noticed that the panel kept trying to get me to change my answers. I did not change them and stuck with it. Ive heard before that you should never get a panel to make you change your answer, and see if you will stand your ground. I did that, stood my ground, never changed an original answer, but they kept pressing the issue, now, my question is, do they do that because they know there answer is right, or its what they want to hear, OR do they do it to see if you will stick to your answer, be confident, and not let them get to you. Any feedback would be great because its going to be a long two weeks before i hear back. Thanks in advace.

[ask80]

well it goes 2 ways :

1. (the one i think is right) you reasoning is correct. there is usually not right answer during the scenarios. they put pressure on you to see if you'll change your decisions cuz in the field you have to make split second decisions that could result in drastic actions. so it's a good thing you stuck with what you would do.

2. maybe they were trying to hint that you were doing something wrong... (but i highly doubt it) and they were helping you...

eg. a gunman shoots your partner and runs. what do you do? answer: "I chase after him..." well MAYBE the correct thing is to give immidiate aid to your partner while putting out a APB...

so i'm think you are correct...

[PhilipCal]

Sounds pretty typical. I can't say whether or not you passed or failed, and the next two weeks could be two of the longest weeks in your life. Don't try to second guess yourself, or analyze your appearance before the board. That will simply add stress. Let us know how you did.

[MaineSqueeze]

I passed the interview, and met with a BI today and did the background forms. Thanks for the responses.