• Arrive late
• Ask too many questions
• Show feelings of anger if confronted
• Use profanity
• Try to present yourself in an overly favorable light
• Become confrontative
• Become agitated
• Assume the worst
• Be defensive
• Be guarded
• Be fidgety
• Sit slumped in your chair
• Be afraid to ask relevant questions
• Ask for the results of you evaluation
• Assume the evaluation is aimed at deterring you from become an officer
• Have visible piercings and tattoos
• Make excuses
• Make negative comments
• Treat the interview casually
• Focus on salary and job security
• Seem desperate for the job
• Chew gum or smell like cigarette smoke
• Bring a relative or friend to the evaluation
• Tell jokes during an interview
• Be soft-spoken
• Speak negatively about anyone
• Be aggressive
• Be overly talkative
• Make excuses or minimize transgressions
• Text or use your cell phone
• Fix your hair or rub your head or neck
• Sit with your arms crossed
• Wear cologne or perfume
• Try to overly impress the evaluator with questions
• Be overbearing or conceited
• Use poor grammar
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Have you received notice of a proposed "PSYCHOLOGICAL DISQUALIFICATION?" (NOPD)
We are here for you. Contact Dr. Mark Lerner, Clinical, Forensic and Police Psychologist at (631) 385-7551 or Robert Kronenberg, Esq., NYPD Capt. Ret. for a FREE confidential telephone consultation (631) 234-4434 or (212) 776-1950.