I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Long Beach, California Fire Department (Long Beach, CA) in Mar 2020
Interview
If you make it to interviews, you have done really well. For the interview just be yourself. Questions are straight forward and aren't meant to be tricky.
To get there you do a 1000 yard ocean swim and a run swim run. Top candidates move on the interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) Tell me about yourself?
2) What do you know about LBLG and why do you want to work for us?
3) What have you done to prepare?
4) are you available to work the whole summer? Always say YES
5) Closing
I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Long Beach, California Fire Department (Long Beach, CA) in Mar 2012
Interview
sitting in a garage, in front of a panel. They ask you a series of multiple scenario questions, which measures your understanding of three concepts the entire job is based on. then you go back into a room and wait for everyone to be done with their interviews.
I applied in-person. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Long Beach, California Fire Department (Long Beach, CA) in Mar 2008
Interview
Swim for time against a few hundred people. Water is very cold and the distance is a 500meter swim. Then a run swim run for time competition. If you are in the top 25 you must send a background check and an interview begins. After the interview you go through training with the top 25 people who passed all previous tasks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you find a wallet on the beach and you turn it in to your supervisor, you notice that he keeps the wallet and its contents. What do you do?
