They were very helpful, friendly, and engaged from the beginning to the end of the process. The woman who contacts you with details on the interview process is very thorough, patient, and helpful. All of the instructors wanted to help you succeed, that was communicated and shown by them. Make sure to bring your CPR card, drivers license, and EMT license. You go in and take a 50 question interview, with anatomy and a mix of national registry-like questions. Overall though, it was easier than the national registry. If you pass that, you go on to both the skills and interview section. They hand out pages with the 4 skills you will have to perform (They're basic. We had inserting airway adjuncts, bleeding control, bagging a patient, and joint immobilization). They give you a scenario and want to see you actually perform these functions on a mannequin. When you're waiting, you can volunteer for the skills or keep waiting and looking over your skill sheets to prepare. I did that and waited for almost an hour, taking my time to look over and practice the sheets, while other people volunteered. During this waiting time, you are called randomly to go back to the panel interview, which is just a 2 person panel. They asked 4 basic questions, and want you to expand on your answers. They told us to try to answer them each by providing context to our answers, explain our part in the situation, and tell them the outcome. Pretty basic for an interview question. My questions were: what was a time you had with a difficult team member and how did you handle it? What was a time you were in a dangerous situation and how did you handle it? What was a time you were in a stressful/overwhelming situation and how did you handle it? I can't remember the 4th one. Then you're done and you can leave!
