Your education and life experiences are critical, but your Surrey Police Service (SPS) interview preparation and communication skills will land you the job.

Surrey Police Service (SPS) Interview Coaching

SPS Interview Coaching by human resource, training and police recruiter specialists

anEDGE's Surrey Police Service (SPS) Interview Coaching and Preparation Approach

During your Surrey Police (SPS) interview coaching and preparation, you will be paired with a coach from a team of highly experienced recruiting RCMP, Police Officers, and Fortune 500 human resource specialists. Their expertise will guide you to success. anEDGE’s Surrey Police Interview coaching will prepare you to gain confidence and execute.

At anEDGE, we recognize that each candidate is unique, and the Surrey Police Service interview can be a challenging experience. Our personalized 1-1 approach is designed to bring out the best in you, addressing your specific needs to succeed 

anEDGE will equip you with all the essential presentation and wording skills to excel in your police interview. We focus on developing your core competencies for handling behavioural and situational questions.

Our Surrey Police Service interview preparation effectively coaches you to structure your answers using the S.T.A.R. and ARC format required by the Surrey Police Service interviewing panel, ensuring you are fully equipped and ready.

Surrey Police Service (SPS) Interview Coaching you to Success

anEDGE's Surrey Police Service Suitability Interviews coaching sessions are structured to prepare you to excel in each section of the Interview, including a mock interview with police recruiters

1) Surrey Police Service Suitability / Management Interview

The Surrey Police Service interview is informational and, more importantly, behavioural-based. It focuses on the critical competencies needed for policing.

 

Part one will explore your motivations to be a police officer and examine your Integrity and Lifestyle Questionnaire.

 

The second part of the Surrey Police Service (SPS) Interview is competency-based. Here, your anEDGE interview coach will develop your competencies with you to prepare you to excel in your SPS Interview. 

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Our Surrey Police Service (SPS) interview coaching coaches you to develop real examples from your life that demonstrate these required competencies, not hypothetical actions in the future.

Actions from your life that demonstrated these needed competencies. These may be from work, education, volunteering or your personal life. 

 

An essential part of your Surrey Police interview coaching will be putting your answers and delivering them in the S.T.a.r format

The Surrey Police Service (SPS) Interview will assess several vital areas, including:

 

  • Job Motivation/Initiative
  • Life and Work-Related Experiences
  • Judgment
  • Teamwork
  • Leadership and Communication
  • Inclusion
  • Resiliency
  • Interpersonal Sensitivity
  • Problem Confrontation
  • Career Planning
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Competency Based Interview

The competency-based interview is vital to the Surrey Police Service (SPS)  interview coaching and selection process and is structured around the specific skills the Surrey Police Service seeks. The interviewer poses questions tailored to assess your abilities and compares your responses against predetermined criteria to evaluate your suitability for the Surrey Police Service role.

anEDGE’s SPS interview preparation will help you develop your competencies, making you feel confident and well-prepared for the interview.

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The S.T.A.R Format

The STAR interview approach is the format in which the Surrey Police Service wants you to answer the questions. This abbreviation denotes: 

 

  • Situation
  • Task
  • Action
  • Result 

These types of questions typically start with prompts like “Describe a time when,” “What would you do if,” and “Provide an example of,” evaluating candidates’ ability to handle typical or challenging workplace scenarios.

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Key Preparation Steps

  1. Review the Surrey Police Services competencies thoroughly.
  2. Select specific competencies and think of situations or events where you’ve demonstrated those skills. It’s recommended that a few examples be prepared for each competency.
  3. Use the provided template to outline how you’ll share each situation with the interviewers.
  4. Be prepared to discuss examples for several competencies, but don’t memorize your answers. Instead, focus on organizing your thoughts to convey your role and actions.

Frequently Asked Questions

How difficult is the Surrey Police Service (SPS) Interview?

Many individuals perceive the Surrey Police Service interview as the most daunting phase of the selection process. Yet, with anEDGE and their Police Interview coaching and meticulous preparation, it can transform into a rewarding encounter. Our Surrey Police Service (SPS) Interview preparation will turn the tide in your favour.

No, we are a Canadian-based law enforcement application coaching and mentoring company. We have coached and mentored applicants through every step of RCMP, Provincial, or Municipal police service departments. Surrey Police Service interview coaching is only one small part of our work. 

We don’t believe we can confidently coach you in a single telephone session so that you will receive at least 4 or 5 sessions via Zoom or MS Teams, but we will never leave you unprepared  

Three SPS recruiting officers will interview you. The interview will be conducted in two parts. Part one will explore your motivations to be a police officer and examine your Integrity and Lifestyle Questionnaire. 

 

In part two, the panel will learn about your work and life experiences, which will assist the recruiters in determining your suitability for a career with SPS. 

 

  • CORE COMPETENCIES FOR POLICING 
  • SPS VALUES  

A core competency is: “A visible and quantifiable trait, whether it’s knowledge, skill, ability, or personal attribute, framed by the actions necessary for you to fulfill the performance objectives and outcomes of the Surrey Police Service standards of excellence.”

Yes, there are several core competencies. Based on your life skills, we systematically develop them during the interview coaching sessions. Then we coach you on structure and deliver your answer to each competency using the S.T.A.R format 

anEDGE will coach you through the Surrey Police Service interview process so that candidates can present their responses in the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) format. This approach ensures that recounting an experience or event flows naturally as a storytelling progression.

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