Firefighter Personality Test

During the recruitment process, you may be asked to take a firefighter personality test, also referred to as a firefighter psychological test, in additional to the physical and written exams.

Similar to the police personality test, the personality test assesses an individual's personal traits to expose individual characteristics. Many fire departments utilize personality profiling and/or psychological evaluations as part of the firefighter recruitment process. The test's main goal is to identify the traits required to become a firefighter.

Personality profiling reveals which candidates are truly motivated and have a 'rescue personality,' a term psychologists coined for those who feel the need to help and rescue others. 

A psychological evaluation is more in-depth and frequently includes a personality test and an interview with a psychologist. It is intended to ascertain the candidate’s ability to cope with the intense stress levels and other emotionally difficult elements of firefighting.

The rescue personality and fundamental firefighter personality types includes:

• Being able to stay calm and cope with stress
• Maintaining a positive attitude
• Maintaining control over emotions
• Flexibility
• Decisiveness
• Resourcefulness
• Ability to determine priorities
• Caring for critically injured/ill people
• Making critical decisions under life-threatening conditions
• Performing complicated tasks under life-threatening conditions
• Working with little to no supervision
• Accepting constructive criticism
• Taking charge when necessary
• Counsel, support, and empathy
• Performing tasks that need long and intense concentration
• Working under short time frames

When answering questions on the firefighter personality test, you want to make sure to answer honestly. However, being too honest can be harmful to your score. JobTestPrep offers a firefighter personality study guide that describes traits that are most desirable for a firefighter. After you have taken out personality test you will be able to see how you rank in comparison with the desired traits. It is important to learn about the different traits to gain a better understanding of what is being looked for when taking the actual test.

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