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NEW JERSEY COPS ■ JULY 2014
Promotional Exam Q&A
Here are some of the most frequently asked
questions related to the upcoming promotional
exams:
Ask
Dr. Jeff
Bernstein
For the Fall 2014 Police Sergeants exam, will a
video assessment test be used?
Yes, a video assessment test is being planned
for as one component of the police sergeants’
exam. The New Jersey Civil Service Commission
is presently working with Justice Department
experts to improve and refine the testing process.
What is the new value for the Police Captains
Oral assessment test?
It will be worth 48 percent.
How are the assessors trained to score the sergeants’ video and
the captains’ oral assessment test, and what are they looking
for?
When I did the prior assessor training in New Jersey, I trained
the assessors to evaluate behavioral actions. In a video/written
assessment, what’s evaluated is what you write, and how you
write it. In the oral assessment, you are evaluated on what you
say, and how you say it.
I also gave the assessors a checklist of Mandatory Courses of
Action to follow. What you write in the sergeants’ video assessment, and what you say in the captains’ oral assessment is evaluated against the assessor checklist. Besides the checklist, there
are several other things that you will be evaluated and scored on.
What primary areas have the New Jersey Civil Service Comm \