by Jan Scrutton | Jun 18, 2026 | Application pathway, Assessment Centres, Career interview, Police Recruitment, Police Recruitment Interview
How can you start preparing with Careers In Blue for your Police Recruitment journey? Lots of forces are currently advertising with a recruitment campaign for the various entry level pathways to join the Police. These are the Police Constable Entry Programme (PCDA),...
by Jan Scrutton | Jun 13, 2026 | Application pathway, Career interview, Coaching, Mentoring, Police promotion, Police Recruitment, Police Staff Interview, Police Staff Recruitment
New Services from Careers In Blue Preparing for promotion or a lateral move application can feel daunting — especially if it’s been years since your last interview or you’re tackling a competency-based application for the first time. This is your chance to take a big...
by Jan Scrutton | Jun 13, 2026 | Application pathway, Assessment Centres, Police Recruitment, Police Recruitment Interview
So, what’s it all about? The Police Online Assessment Centre for police officer applicants, has 3 Stages; (5) Interview Questions Written Exercise Briefing Exercise. You may only be given up to a week to complete the Assessment Centre so it’s really...
by Jan Scrutton | Jun 13, 2026 | Application pathway, Career interview, Police Recruitment Interview, Police Staff Interview, Uncategorised
Preparing for a job interview? Use our Careers In Blue’s STORY format – it will help you! You’ve probably heard of many interview preparation techniques – STAR, STARL, CARLI….there’s a lot of ideas out there to help you prepare for...
by Chris Farrell | Jun 13, 2026 | Application pathway, Assessment Centres, Police Recruitment
The Police Fitness Test – what is it like? What preparation do you need to pass the test? Am I fit enough? Somethings you may think about when you are told you have a test for initial entry into the...
by Jan Scrutton | Jun 13, 2026 | Application pathway, Assessment Centres, Detective, National Sift, Police Recruitment, Police Recruitment Interview
Police Recruitment offering a Detective Pathway Detective Pathways into the police are advertised regularly these days as an option within police recruitment. You’ll see adverts for DCEP (Detective Constable Entry Programme) or GDP (Graduate Detective Pathway)...
