Los Angeles FD 2013
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DesertMedic66
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Everyone and their mothers applied haha. I however was one of the few that did not.
DrankTheKoolaid
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2 of our employees have interviews coming up.
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Good luck on your test!
Weird, they haven't had their written test yet.
DrankTheKoolaid
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They may have mispoken by saying interview when they really meant testing date, not sure
They may have mispoken by saying interview when they really meant testing date, not sure
Thricenotrice
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Nobody has interviews. Tell your friends they should re-read the letter 
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Doing well on an entrance exam certainly does not mean you are going to even come close to getting an interview. I've got two score to prove it. :angry:
On this particular exam it does. It's pass/fail and it's not a lottery. Their interview is where you get dropped. Expect to see a few clowns and ZZ top lookalikes; no seriously.
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What's the point of an exam if it leaves you with thousands of interviews? Sheesh LAFD.
DesertMedic66
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To weed out the complete idiots from the lesser idiots haha
Thricenotrice
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Just because its a pass/fail doesn't mean they won't take only the top scores to interviews.
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A pass/fail implies no score.
I can't see them interviewing everyone with a "Pass". If they are stupid enough to try that, it will likely only last for a year. Fire departments are about as resistant to change as it comes, so I'd bet it's still a rank system with lotto.
I can't see them interviewing everyone with a "Pass". If they are stupid enough to try that, it will likely only last for a year. Fire departments are about as resistant to change as it comes, so I'd bet it's still a rank system with lotto.
sweetpete
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The FD I work for does the "pass/fail" method. But then, the applicant goes straight to a CBI. That's where we weed out about 90% of the applicants.
Then comes the interview. Then a PAT. Then a CJO.
Actually, it's a pretty stout system.
Then comes the interview. Then a PAT. Then a CJO.
Actually, it's a pretty stout system.
Don't believe me? LAFD sent out e-mails to come to their written test workshops prior to going to the exam. This is the first department I've ever seen do that. They claim it's so they can hire a "diverse" group. They also required everyone to fill out a Preliminary Background Check (PBA) to weed put some applicants.
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Our department has been doing all of that or years. It's not terribly uncommon. And these major departments have plenty of methods of getting the diversity they're looking for, some methods much shadier than others.
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Sorry guys I have a hard time believing they're taking everyone who passes the test for an interview. I heard the number of applicants was somewhere around 17,000 and if they interviewed everyone who got an 80% or above we would go through the academy in 2014.
Chris07
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..17,000 and about how many open positions?
Regardless...the applicant to position ratio for fire department positions is just absurd.
Regardless...the applicant to position ratio for fire department positions is just absurd.