First, you apply online and they will schedule you to take a written exam weeks later. After passing the written exam they will notify you the next day. Once you've passed you will have to wait for your exam scores to process to a background investigator. It usually takes about 2-3 weeks. Once you receive your background investigator, you will be scheduled for a background interview. The background interview will require to submit a lot of paperwork and copies of all your personal documents. During this background interview, they check your social media pages, they ask you all the questions they asked during the online application + more to get a better sense of who you are. Afterwards, they schedule you to take a polygraph test. After passing your polygraph, you will wait a couple weeks and they will offer you conditional appointment upon you passing your medical/psychological. After that, they call you in to sign off on the rest of your appointment papers, and then you will be scheduled for academy training.