23 Firefighter Interview Questions in Canada – (updated 2024)
Know these questions and have answers prepared and ready to nail your next fire recruitment interview! List is courtesy of www.FirefighterInterviews.com
- Tell us what you feel your skills, abilities and/or qualifications are and how you feel they have prepared you for the position of firefighter.
- Tell us a time when you were in a stressful situation.
- Tell us a time you had to adapt to a changing situation.
- Tell us a time you promoted diversity.
- Your captain orders you to do something that you feel is unsafe at a structure fire what would you do and why?
- You are at a structure fire and you captain gives you a task and while on your way to complete your task a platoon chief requests you preform another task, what would you do and why?
- Why do you want to work as a firefighter?
- Why do you want to work as a firefighter with our city?
- How would you handle stressful calls working as a firefighter?
- You notice colleague who smells like alcohol, what do you do?
- Chief gives an order that you don’t agree with, what do you do?
- What is our departments biggest challenge?
- What is your views on sick leave?
- Why should we hire you over other candidates?
- What are the typical attributes/ character traits of a firefighter?
- Tell us in your own words what integrity is and why is it so important in the fire service?
- Tell us a time you noticed something that no one else noticed that you acted upon and made a difference.
- Tell us a time a co-worker wasn’t pulling their weight.
- Tell us a time you went above and beyond for someone.
- Tell us a time where you were a part of a team that wasn’t working well and what did you do?
- During a conversation with a team member they tell you that they don’t want anyone on this team who belongs to the LGBTQ or a minority group. How will you handle this situation?
- What are the 3 lines of defense (Ontario)
- How would you foster diversity?
