How I Bombed My Police Interview
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
- If you ever wanted to know how to bomb an interview then look no further! In today's video I am going to discuss how I absolutely bombed my police interview with the Vancouver Police Department. If you are in the application process, make sure not to make the same mistakes I did!
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Thanks very much for your honesty here David! Very insightful for those who are looking to go though the process, it's a demanding one. Ultimately you absolutely made the right call by disclosing that information - it would have come up later. Cheers!
I appreciate this! Thanks!
@@crawzfit681 No worries! I am planning on starting my application later this year, so any videos and testimony about the process is super helpful for me.
This is a wild thing to ask, but I live close to Vancouver, and I would love to talk to you more about your experience during the application process. Would you consider meeting up for a coffee and/or social distance walk? No pressure at all, I promise I'm not a crazy person!
Hey! Good luck on the application! I'd be open to coffee for sure. If you want to message me on my Instagram it's also Crawzfit!
Kudos David. That took courage, and the result is one of the best videos you’ve done so far.
Curious that they reacted so strongly to psilocybin just when it’s being rehabilitated as a mainstream psychotherapeutic. To me, it raises the question of whether you’d have felt smothered by that career path.
Also, you got a great suit out of the experience. 😉
Thanks Ron! Ultimately everything happens for a reason I believe!
It’s best to be honest even when it’s embarrassing/humiliating. Your honesty just gained me as a subscriber. Best of luck to you.
Thanks so much!
@@crawzfit681 Not judging but i'd say it was the lapse in judgement with the drugs. I'm in the hiring process also (with another department). This department has a three year drug free requirement.
For sure. I knew it was a gamble admitting to the drugs, but I knew it would be hanging over me for the whole process, so decided to give it a shot and let the universe decide what the next step for me will be. Hoping I can make a good crack at this RUclips thing. Good luck to you in your application! Let me know how it goes!!
✍️ don’t do mushrooms when trying to be a cop . 😉 ❤️
I think I learned my lesson...though perhaps a little too late...Lol!!
Awesome video and content, brother! I'm really sorry your application went short, but I'm sure a lot more opportunities will arrive. Would you happen to know if there is a height requirement for VPD?
Thanks so much! As far as I know there is no height requirement.
Honesty is not always the most effective thing, you're too good of a man! Haha
Thanks so much for watching! This may be the end of one chapter, but hopefully the start of a new one!!
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loved the video bro!
Thanks so much man! I really appreciate it!
Hi David, did they specifically tell you to never reapply in your rejection email? My VPD application got terminated after the polygraph but they didn’t specify if it was permanent or temporary.
Hi,
I’ll be applying. Do you have an update?
Great video bro. You could always try applying at other municipal departments in the area (APD, DPD, NWPD, PMPD). Just make sure to include the magic mushrooms on the initial integrity and lifestyle questionnaire!
Thanks for the advice Ethan! At this point, after spraining my ankle during the POPAT and then this interview, I have a feeling the universe is trying to send me a signal that it may not quite be for me lol!! Hopefully I can make this RUclips thing work haha!!
Also I think there is the transit police which gives you the chance to work on many different cities including Vancouver. Just that the focus will be on the transit systems. Also how about the RCMP where you could serve in Richmond, Burnaby Coquitlam etc
Hi brother,
Can you please please explain hiring and job recruiting process from basic to last stage.each and everything -written tesst,fitness test .everything 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Hey man! I have a Playlist created with a breakdown of everything I've done from the written test to the POPAT to this failed interview haha. If you want to check those out and get back to me if you have more questions or concerns. Thanks so much for watching and have a great day!
@@crawzfit681 for sure bro🤝
Hey David, how long did it take before you got your results back for the entrance exam? Thanks
I'd say about a week
Double edged sword my friend, hard luck.
All good! Allows me focus to fewer things and become the best trainer, stretcher, and RUclipsr possible!!
The positive side of this is you owned it and didnt try to hide it, so your integrity is still intact. That is the biggest thing for being hired as a police officer. I know police officers who have been hired after confessing to consuming cocaine and the likes of that several years prior.
In a few years when either re-applying to Vancouver or other municipal police services in the lower mainland, you can own that and explain how much you learned from the process. I know the RCMP wants to know that you've been AT LEAST 3 years clean, not sure about municipals. You did the right thing by being honest, had you lied and a polygraph test found you out, you would have certainly permanently tanked your chances of ever becoming a police officer anywhere in Canada.
If you decide policing is still a career you wish to pursue, wait a couple years and be entirely clean (lame, I know) and come back to the table being upfront and honest about your experiences and what you learned, just like you did this time.
Thanks! I really appreciate the message! I knew that I wanted to be honest to myself and whatever happens, happens. Live and learn!!
Hey man, I just want to say your honesty is really refreshing, so never let go of that. However, I can also see it from the interviewer's perspective. I definitely think taking mushrooms while in the hiring process for the VPD was a very bad decision and demonstrates a lack of judgement and forethought that might exclude you from a job like policing. I get that your curiosity got the better of you, but I was truly flabbergasted when you said you had done it DURING the hiring process. Was there truly no part of you that asked "Is this really a good decision while I'm waiting to hear back from the VPD?". Because if your career in the VPD didn't factor into your decision-making at all, I understand why they terminated your file. It kind of shows that you are wanting to put your personal desires before the principles that you are being expected to uphold. While they want honesty and transparency, they also want someone with good judgement and forethought. Unfortunately, magic mushrooms are still illegal, and consuming them prior to your goal of joining the VPD is understandable, but essentially committing a crime WHILE pursuing a career with the VPD is a bit beyond the pale.
All of that being said, I'll echo what others have expressed already: admitting this was very brave and shows a quality of character that you should never let go of. Best of luck moving forward.
100 percent I agree with everything you're saying. I applied originally out of a feeling of wanting to make a difference and to help others, but I suppose at heart I'll always be a bit of a hedonist that wants to do their own thing...so I suppose it's best that I figured this out before things went any further haha!! Thanks for watching and commenting :)
Why did u try magic mushroom if u knew that u had a police interview like didn’t it cross ur mind at all that that might ruin ur chances
Not the end. I have a friend who was asked about a fake ID during the polygraph test. He had it on him, he told the truth but they asked him to hand it over. He handed it over and they did not continue with the selection. He got hired on the next selection.
This might sound mean, so sorry. But, I'm really glad you're not getting in. If you can't make good decisions for yourself, there's no way you could make them when you are tasked with protecting others.
Fair enough, good thing it's sorted itself out this way, interesting experience anyway
@@crawzfit681 For sure. Can't wait to see what else you have in store.
So you’re the type of guy that smokes weed the smells like burnt rubber when people are trying to sleep in the summer with their windows open and trying to apply as a cop
It did take courage, David. You had to be honest; if you hadn't been, you would have had to lie during the polygraph.
Thanks for that :)
@@crawzfit681 But what really puzzles me is why your interview was originally scheduled to last several hours. That's much longer than the time allotted to most interviews in either the corporate or non-profit worlds. What did these two detectives plan to do? Parse every minute of your life from the time you left the delivery room at the hospital 20-plus years ago?
Moreover, I can't see why the VPD couldn't give you another chance. Even the RCMP, I think, realizes that not every applicant can be squeaky clean 24/7. And the Mounties have a much bigger territory to cover and many more tasks to perform than the cops in Vancouver.
I believe it was to do with me admitting to it while in the application process. I had already sent a list of drugs taken throughout my life (including frequency/approximate dates). This was all my own fault and I accepted that. That being said I think the reaction of the two detectives was a bit over-the-top. Since I've been doing security downtown and watching what cops have to deal with, I'm ok with my overall outcome haha!
And yes, I believe they planned to break down my entire life for hours
@@crawzfit681 Yes, I think the detectives' reaction was over the top.
But don't give up on your dream of a career in law enforcement. Because you've been doing security in downtown Vancouver, being a cop is obviously something you've set your heart on!
So, why not apply to the RCMP? More pertinent, why not email Steve Watkins, the founder of Real Cops, Reel Life (ruclips.net/user/RealCopsReelLife?app=desktop)?
Not only is he a mountie, but he could likely give you some good solid advice on how to apply to the force or, for that matter, other police departments across Canada.
Good luck!
P.S.: You mention in your video that you're from Nova Scotia. Where? I ask because I was brought up in New Brunswick.
Lmao for real?
Yup lol!
I’m sure they have hired people who are associated with gangs or drugs, but hid that the entire time,
You would have been a great police officer, the kind that we need more of, but you’re too good to be part of such a hugely corrupt organization of knuckle-draggers as the city police force. Better things ahead.
Thanks for the kind words Carolyn!