Application form for regs

#1 Guybrush

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Posted 16 November 2012 - 12:36 PM

Hello,

Six months ago, I failed the paper sift for Suffolk Police however no feedback was given.  I’d been a PC and a SC for another force so I had plenty of experience.  When it came to the competency based questions I was very careful to hit all the criteria (Respect for Race and Diversity, Team working, Resilience, Honesty and Integrity etc…) I thought my form was really strong…turns out it wasn’t!

The only thing I can think of that they didn’t like was even though I based my answers on scenarios that I’d dealt with myself not what I would have done, they were too policeified and not based on general life.  I just assumed examples of a police nature would score better than ones that weren’t.

For example, for the problem solving question (can't remember the exact wording), I wrote about when I investigated a £10,000 fraud.

My question is:

Is it better to give examples relating to general day-to-day life than to use Police examples?  If you were a SC and were successful in applying to the regs, how did you tackle it?

Thanks,

Mr. Brush

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Posted 16 November 2012 - 01:12 PM

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