Almost There!...CoCo County SO (CA)

[NorCal Chad]

Well I am about 90% done with the hiring process for Contra Costa County. Looking good for the Jan. Academy. Here's what has happened:

1. Written exam. Scored that day and passed. Scheduled oral interview.

2. 10 Minute oral interview. Easy but nerve racking!

3. Essay/spelling/pre-polygraph. I am good at writing and spelling so no biggie here. Prepoly interview was fine. Went over general personal history.

4. Polygraph. I was nervous, never took one before!

5. Written Psych exam. 1000 T/F questions...bad headache!

5.5 Got my conditional offer of employment!!

6. Oral psych. 20 minutes with a shrink. Mostly rehashing old questions.

7. Background. Filling out personal info packet now. Turning it in tomorrow.

8. Physical test. On Sat. the 17th. Run and climb a wall. A little slow on the run but I think I'll do OK.

9. Medical Exam. Should be fine.

10. Final interview...hope to have this done by the end of the month and have the final OK!

[gibby11]

Best of luck! A friend of mine from the academy is doing quite a bit of overtime, and she will be approaching $9,000 month. It is probably temporary because they are hurting for people but damn...!

Good luck and keep us posted!
gibby

[USAF]

I am one step behind you. My Oral Psych is Monday and I have been scheduled for the 17th PAT also. I know it is at LMC in Antioch, but I need to find out where on the campus to go. Did you get the " What does a dog and lion have in common? " questions? I would really like to see what a persons answers tells about their personality.

What step did you get the background packet? I didn't get it yet.

Do you know who the final interview is with? I wonder if it is with Commander Young or the Sheriff.

I am stationed out at Travis. We are just around the corner from each other. I don't think I will be able to get out of the A.F. for the 7 Jan academy though. It looks like I might have to wait until the next one. I really wanted to attend Co Co's first self ran academy, but as long as I go to an academy, i'll be happy.

Good luck on the rest of the testing, and maybe I will see you at the PAT.

[NorCal Chad]

USAF,

Sounds good. Would you like to ride with me on the 17th? I went and ran the track out there and practiced on the 6 ft. wall.

I am about 10 sec. short on the 500 yard run...do you think I would get DQ'd after passing everything else for that? Hoping to work that into a passing score in the next week.

Anyway, I know just where to go on the LMC campus and park.

Yes I got the dog and lion question. I think it shows the guy how you analyze things. For instance thinking back I didn't go right to the "both animals" answer I started with four legs, fur, etc. Specific to general...just the way I am I guess.

If you are going to SR for the oral psych and haven't been there, and are going in the morning, leave extra time. My appt was at 8am and I left Suisun at 6:45 and was 10 minutes late. That 101 S traffic is nasty. I used to work over there at the same exit and live in Novato. 45 minutes to go 6 miles some mornings!

As far as the bg packet...I went in and got it from Captain Sandy he called me the day after my oral psych exam (last Tues) and I returned it to him Thursday. Got fingerprinted and such. Scheduled for a medical exam this thursday...almost there!

EMail me at cdcrowell@yahoo.com to talk details about Saturday.

Chad