Police Interview Tips (not officer/Pcso etc)

TS7 · 15 Feb 2017 at 15:58

Hi,

I have an interview with a police force next month - it's an intelligence / analysis based role. I was wondering if anyone had specific pointers or default questions that are asked by police forces.

I know having interviewed for Local Authority roles that they always drop in an equality / fairness based question. I assume police may have similar?

I can reasonably assume what to expect in terms of specific role based questions but I don't want to be caught out by the general questions.

Any help would be appreciated.

AHarvey · 15 Feb 2017 at 16:44

Lucky you, I applied for a similar position but didn't get through

Police will have equality questions, but as my friend got through he said it really is a standard interview that you'd expect from any business.

Rannoch · 15 Feb 2017 at 16:46

Mention in your spare time you've seen every episode of Morse and Taggart, then wink

TS7 · 15 Feb 2017 at 17:36

AHarvey said:
Lucky you, I applied for a similar position but didn't get through

Police will have equality questions, but as my friend got through he said it really is a standard interview that you'd expect from any business.

Thanks for info.

I targeted all local police force websites and out of sheer coincidence / luck they were all hiring for similar posts. The problem is that almost all seem to being going through a redundancy process so you don't end up being prioritised due to redeployment and are on a bit of a back foot from the start.

Where abouts are you looking? National Crime Agency have similar jobs up but most are in Bristol.

ttaskmaster · 15 Feb 2017 at 17:42

Vargas said:
Mention in your spare time you've seen every episode of Morse and Taggart, then wink

Don't forget Sledge Hammer! as well... gotta demonstrate a sense of humour!

As an office-based civvy type role, I understand it's more the usual kind of interview, with a bit more focus on demonstrating things like awareness of data security and personal/workload organisation.

TheVoice · 15 Feb 2017 at 17:49

As above really. Other than the fact that you might end up being interviewed by police officers, it'll probably just feel like any other interview.

Semple · 23 Feb 2017 at 08:24

TheVoice said:
As above really. Other than the fact that you might end up being interviewed by police officers, it'll probably just feel like any other interview.

Apart from not being under caution!

GinG · 12 Apr 2017 at 10:38

Have my police final interview today! How did you get on in the end, have you head anything?

TS7 · 12 Apr 2017 at 13:23

GinG said:
Have my police final interview today! How did you get on in the end, have you head anything?

Hi - the role I applied for was an investigative role and fell within the Social Care division. I was unsuccessful; I was up against some internal applicants who knew all the procedures etc so I don't think I stood much chance regardless.

This thread may be of interest to you: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/the-police-application-thread.18003378/page-28

Good luck!