SAMPLE
QUESTIONS
PRACTICE
INTERVIEWS
Interview Tips,
Strategies and Sample Questions from
job-interview.net
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Ace
Your Firefighter Oral Boards: The Ultimate Guide to a Successful Oral
Board Interview,
Roger Aimes, 2011
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Facing
the Promotional Interview, John Mittendorf, 2003
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Firefighter Oral
Exam Study Guide, Arthur R. Couvillon, 1999
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Smoke
Your Firefighter Interview,
Paul Lepore, 2011 - RECOMMENDED
FIREFIGHTER ESSENTIALS
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Essentials of Fire Fighting,
International Fire Service Training Association, 2013 - RECOMMENDED
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Firefighter's Handbook: Essentials of Firefighting and Emergency Response, 2e, Thomson Delmar Learning,
2004
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Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics,
3rd Ed.,
John Norman, 2006 - RECOMMENDED
TEST
GUIDES
Guides with reader recommendations are in bold.
Need help for a specific subject
such as word problems and math?
Click
here for guides and free help for the most difficult test areas.
The most often
requested study guides are listed below. If you don't see
the guide that you're looking for, enter the title of the job in
the search box below.
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Becoming
a Firefighter: The Complete Guide to Your Badge!, Bob Smith, 2003
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Exam
Prep: Firefighter I and II, Dr. Ben Hirst, 2009
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Firefighter
Exam,
Learning Express, 2009
Includes 4 complete tests based on official exams, with instructional chapters on
reading texts, tables, maps, and graphs, memory and observation, math, mechanical aptitude, and spatial relations.
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Firefighter
Exam for Dummies, Stacey Bell, 2011
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Firefighter
Exams (Barron's Firefighter Exams), James Murtagh, 2013
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Master the Fire Fighter Exam,
Arco, 2008
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Norman
Hall's Firefighter's Exam Preparation Book, Norman Hall,
2004
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Smoke
Your Firefighter Written Exam,
Paul Lepore, 2007
FIREFIGHTER
PHYSICAL
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Get
Firefighter Fit, Kevin S. Malley, 2008
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Tacfit Firefighter First Alarm - A
Comprehensive Fitness Programs Designed By Firefighters For
Firefighters
MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISION
POSITIONS Testing for a
supervisor's position? Review these resources:
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The
New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan: How to Take Charge, Build
Your Team, and Get Immediate Results,
George Bradt, 2011
The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan will help ensure
that you achieve all of your goals in your next leadership
role by implementing an effective plan, starting even before
Day One.
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The
First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed
Faster and Smarter, Michael
Watkins 2013
A hands-on guide for moving successfully into a new role.
Walk through the transition as Watkins identifies the most
common pitfalls new leaders encounter and provides
tools/strategies for how to avoid them.
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Skills
for New Managers, Morey Stettner, 2013
Specific answers for key responsibilities including
delegating work, communicating effectively, mentoring,
leadership, and coaching. Includes bulleted lists,
checklists and definition of terms.
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101
Tough Conversations to Have with Employees: A Manager's
Guide to Addressing Performance, Conduct, and Discipline
Challenges, Paul Falcone, 2009
Covering everything from substandard performance reviews
to personal hygiene to termination meetings, this guide
helps managers on what to say and how to say it. Good
resource for test questions regarding frequently encountered
supervision situations.
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Complete
Interview Guide with Supervision Guide
From job-interview.net, 200+ possible interview questions on
supervision including behavioral/situational questions.
Plus, answers to the toughest supervision interview
questions.
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