Firefighter Specialist Question:

☛ Tell us a little about yourself and how your education, training, and experience have qualified you for this position.

☛ What's an important value to you and give an example of how this value affects your life?

☛ Give an example of your loyalty to the fire department.

☛ Describe in your own words the key values of this fire department.

☛ What are three issues facing the fire service today?

☛ What is the weakest attribute you bring to this position and what have you done to overcome it?

☛ What is the biggest challenge you will face in your new position?

☛ What is your strongest attribute?

☛ How do you motivate others?

☛ What style of leadership have you adopted?

☛ What do you feel are the main roles and responsibilities of this position?

☛ How would you deal with a policy change from management that you disagree with?

☛ In your opinion, what is the one glaring deficiency in your department and is there anything you feel you can do in this new position to correct or alleviate this deficiency?

☛ How do you go about resolving conflict?

☛ Why should we select you over other candidates?

☛ What do you bring to this position?

☛ Why do you want to promote?

☛ What does leading by example mean to you?

☛ What would your current supervisor say about you?

☛ What are your short and long range goals?