Testing
Structured Interview Package
The Structured Interview Package (SIP) is FPSI’s proven solution for conducting job-related, defensible interviews that identify the most qualified firefighter candidates. Research has shown that the most litigated pre-employment selection device is the unstructured interview—accounting for nearly 60% of litigated selection devices. Worse yet, when challenged in court, unstructured interviews survived only 59% of the time, while structured interviews were among the least challenged devices and successfully withstood 100% of legal challenges.
That’s why FPSI developed the SIP (4th Edition), a comprehensive, scenario-based interview system designed to assess candidates in the critical areas of oral communication, interpersonal effectiveness, and decision-making. The SIP includes 40 unique, validated, job-related questions directly linked to firefighter duties and aligned with the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (1978), ensuring both fairness and legal defensibility.
The package includes:
- 40 validated structured interview questions for unlimited use
- Dimension definitions, rating scales, and scoring guidelines
- Examples of strong and weak responses
- Rater and administrator instructions, including prohibited questions and common rating errors
- Optional rater training to ensure consistency and accuracy across panels
Whether conducted in-person or through FPSI’s virtual interview option, the SIP gives your department everything needed to run a legally defensible and highly predictive interview process.
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FPSI addresses the federal Uniform Guidelines On Employee Selection Procedures.
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