Advice that you should take on your interview to become a correctional officer. Tonight on Tier Talk, Anthony Gangi gives advice on to anyone looking to pass the interview process to become a correctional officer.
Great video! For people who go in thinking they are tough enough they will get a wake up call when they walk in a unit with one training officer for roll call and see 100 men to those two officers.. It doesn't matter how tough you are or "fearless" you don't have to show fear but you must be aware
Here at my home in New Jersey. Waiting for my recruiter to start my home interview. Thank you for this insight, im sure that this information will help me today.
The main thing to say in my opinion when answering questions always say I would. Be direct. Even if you freeze always say I because it shows you are making a decision not any one else.
I've coached a lot of people with experience and without. If there is one single point I can drive home it's that you have to be able to showcase skills that translate to what you will be doing. If you have experience you can give examples of past correctional issues and how you solved them. If you have no experience you can still tell about the time you developed a team to solve some business crisis or about how you took lead on a project or better yet how you got other people on board to do a project. Secondly if you have no experience and they give you a scenario based question you will be lost... unless you prepared by talking to someone like myself or Anthony or Keith or Gary. But the important part is not about whether you answer the scenario correctly but about the fact that tried to prepare for it. So you mention that talked to some officers that gave you a frame work and you know there is more to it but the academy will teach you more about policy, procedure and the law. By putting that out there, you are showcasing your desire to be a good officer and a good employee. I don't want want someone answering questions in front of me that is "winging" it. I want them prepared. We don't "wing" it during a riot. We have a preplanned procedure. WE taught or got taught the procedure, then we practiced it, then we reviewd it. Then we did it in real life, then did after action reviews. These concepts about planning are all things you can mention in an interview if you are prepared, if you have been prepped. Going in naked is not a plan.
That’s why it’s great for us to have this platform. Because we can share our experiences with others who are looking to enter this profession. And the ones that follow this platform to learn are the ones we would want as correctional officer‘s.
@@TierTalk I spent 27 tears in adult corrections and another 3 in Juvenile. A friend of mine asked me to prep a girl who was the daughter of a former co-worker of mine. The job was out of state at a juvenile facility. and usually thery already know in a case like that who they will hire, only one slot. So I prepped her, she got the job, quite the vicarious rush!
@@TierTalk Also prepping is in a way is training. It forces the candidate to beging learning the profession. It forces the panel to consider what is most important in selecting a candidate and what the best questions will be. It is a win-win for both.
Be yourself, try and get a little bit of a conversation going with the panel interviewers (at state level in mine). At the end they will ask you if you have any questions so you better have some that relate to what's happening in the prisons. In my state we had a K2 issue and it was putting C.O.'s and support staff in the hospital so I asked what was being done to help prevent it from happening again. A little research goes a long way.
@@TierTalk Here in Washington they do. I already had my board interview and intake interview after that is the Polygraph test and Psychology test. And if I passed those test I'm in. Training work for three weeks (to see if I can handle the job) and then off to the academy. In which state where you at? Is it the same process? Thanks!
I had a interview yesterday it lasted about 15 minutes from 3 gentlemen asking w Questions..was that it? How long before you might hear something for a follow up? Any ideas??
With help from your videos I recently just got hired on as a Corrections Officer. They told me never to tell anyone or post my job. I have mixed feelings about this because im very proud to work in corrections. Whats your outlook on these policies
Boondock Guns N Fun. Congratulations. That is awesome news. Agencies like to control the message going out. They want to make sure that one the public sees is a proper vision of what the agency represents.
I have a question like every other correctional facility were extremely understaffed. Where is a good place to look for potential new correction officers?
There is a lot of mind games but also it kind of depends on what unit you go to which will depend on how much use of force you get involved in I've done overtime at a unit and most of the shifting never been involved in the use of force I started at my unit and we were having use of force twice a night but it doesn't matter your size cuz as soon as that call goes on the radio it's going to be at some muscle heading for you to help
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I had my phone interview today with Washington State DOC. Wasnt in person because of the pandemic. I think it went ok. I was a little nervous. Now just waiting on if I get selected for next phase which will be the Phych test. After that, either you're in or out.
@@TierTalk yes sir. Also a Big Thank you to you and your videos. I have watched alot of them and your series on inmate manipulation. I have a heads up now on the games and what to watch for. So thank you sir. Keep doing the great work and as always, Stay safe sir.
They asked wat qualities do you have as a correctional officer and how should a officer behave when he is off the clock please say with integrity n if I was to call ur pass employee wat would she say
I was a Corrections Officer in Virginia in a maximum security prison for eight years before going into the military. The qualifications for being a corrections officer is; if you can count to ten, a clean criminal record and if you could walk to point A to B - you got a job. While being a corrections officer I've seen people beaten-up, stabbed, fired, bullied and riots. I've seen officers quit on the first day, officers getting romantically involved with prisoners and officers bring stuff into the prisoners. (IT'S A TOUGH JOB)!
I'm a little late comment as youtube has me a few month behind. I've applied to be a CO twice. First time didn't do anything just immediately got interviewed didn't get the position . Just applied I'd say about a month ago. Only interview the DOC gave was an integrity interview. After a few days passed I received a call getting offered a position. I'm excited to finally get into a career path that I've been wanting for years. I do have a question and unfortunately me trying to google it hasn't yielded any results. But out of curiosity for anyone willing to answer that has some knowledge how often do CO's get POST certified? Also with that said does anyone within the channel know specifically if Colorado DOC gets POST certified?
@@briannaroybal4455 the DOC I applied to and worked for does not POST Certifiy their Correctional Officers or at least they didn't a year ago. But had I already had my POST they would help me keep it. I also know when I had gone to the academy I was in the last academy that was not getting firearms training while at the academy and that I had to wait a year before I could even get that training. Now they do all the firearms training at the academy. I've also heard the Federal Bureau of Prisions allow you to get your Federal POST. Not 100% sure how truthful that is though.
Sell yourself. If you use generalities like you are a hard worker or very ethical, give real world examples of why. Tie those examples to your prior work experience. If you have prior experience your answers on scenarios better be comprehensive and thorough. When you get to what you think is the end of a scenario you better get everyone medically cleared, write the reports, do an after action review that includes asking your supervisor for input on what you could have done better. At the end they will probably give you an opportunity to add something. You better be showcasing something you can bring to the table. Talk about how you solved some problem in the past and how you plan on being an asset to the department again using real world examples. Don't give me a bunch or pretty words and expect me to buy you are being genuine.
Russ Hamilton This is really great advice. I hate people that Use general answers. I like how you mentioned how you need to have answers to connect with real world experience.
All my family is in law enforcement my nephew has been consequences 15 yrs 23 and 1 is plan old convict he is and FUCK him he dosnt answer me Becse he knows this I pray for you and my nephew all the the guards it changed that lill boy I help raise he not the same peace bro be safe
