Tips for Your Security Guard Job Interview

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Tips for Your Security Guard Job Interview
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• Lets get beyond dressing nice, being on time,
  and being friendly in your interview. Those tips
  apply to any job interview.

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• Lets talk about the security guard job interview
  specifically.

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• What is an employer really looking to see in you
  when he tries to evaluate whether or not youre
  the right person to protect his property,
  customers, and employees? And how can you show
  that youre the right person for the job?

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First, think about telling stories

• Every interview question should be treated as an
  opportunity to offer a true challenge-action-resul
  t story to the employer. And those C.A.R.
  stories should demonstrate at least one of the
  qualities that the employer is looking for. What
  are these qualities?

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Integrity

• The employer is looking for someone that he can
  feel comfortable placing in a position of trust.
  How have you exhibited integrity in the past,
  even when doing so didnt personally benefit you?

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• Good sense.
• A security guard will encounter a lot of
  different situations in the course of a shift. He
  may have to think on his feet and make judgment
  calls. Ideally, hell make good judgment calls.
  What kinds of judgment calls have you been asked
  to make in the past?

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Respect for the rules

• As a security guard you are going to be an
  enforcer of the rules. Do you respect them and
  realize that they were put there for a reason?
  You may also be asked to follow certain
  procedures as part of an overall security team.
  Can you showcase some times when youve had to
  follow complex procedures?

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Concern for others

• Being a security guard is ultimately about
  protecting other people. To do it appropriately
  you will have to have concern for other peoples
  well-being. Can you demonstrate this concern in
  some of your stories?

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Good leadership skills

• If you had to usher panicking people out of a
  building during a dangerous event, could you do
  so? Can you be polite but firm as you escort
  someone off the premises for causing a scene?
  Think about some times where youve demonstrated
  your ability to lead and share them during the
  interview.

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Good communication skills

• You will need to keep many lines of communication
  open between your supervisors, your employers,
  the people using a facility and with your team
  mates. This may involve having conversations,
  writing reports, or simply using a few
  well-placed words to diffuse a situation.

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• Find a way to tell some stories that showcase how
  you made key people aware of issues or problems
  that needed to be addressed.

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• Of course, if you do this right youll be showing
  off your communication skills throughout the
  interview, which only strengthens your case!
  Remember to project calm confidence throughout
  the interviewthe same calm confidence that youd
  demonstrate on the job. You should give yourself
  an edge in nailing that job.

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