Border Patrol Officer Mock Interview
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Question 28 of 40
You must be physically fit to be a border patrol officer. What have you done to physically train yourself for this position?
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Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.
The interviewer would like to know that you can meet the physical demands required to be a border patrol officer. A fitness test will be administered, and the interviewer wants to see how you have prepared yourself for the position.
Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.
"I am fully prepared to complete the fitness test. I am in great physical shape. To train myself for a career in border patrol, I have attended CrossFit five times per week for the last 12 months. I also run 6 to 15 miles every week."
Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.
"I am in peak physical condition. You can be sure that I am fully prepared to pass the fitness test. While attending university, I worked as a personal trainer part-time. Since your test has three main areas to assess my fitness, I have focused on doing situps, pushups, and running stairs."
Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.
"I work out regularly and am prepared for any fitness test you require me to take. I work out five days a week by boxing, running, and performing bodyweight exercises to stay fit. I have also started studying jiu-jitsu."
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Focus on describing your fitness routine and how you have prepared yourself to pass their physical fitness test. Since the test requires situps, pushups, and a step test, highlight what you have done to pass the test without difficulty.
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Lately, I have done light to moderate exercise to rebuild my pre-student routines. As my intensity has increased, I have felt considerably better. I try to attend the gym regularly to do repetition lifts. I jog laps do calisthenics. That said, I miss being nineteen sometimes.
Rachelle's Feedback
Haha, don't we all! The years we took for granted :) It sounds like you are very active and aware of your health.
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I do 150 pushups every day, a hundred and fifty sit-ups, and run two miles every week.
Rachelle's Feedback
Nice dedication to fitness and wellness!
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Since I graduated college in 2016 my main focus has been physical fitness as I am well aware that a field position requires one to be in top shape to be able to fulfill the position. Back then I started with high-intensity training mainly for weight loss then shifted to an upkeep routine to stay toned. This year in preparation to submit my BPA application I shifted my focus to calisthenics & strength training. I work out 4-5 times a week & it has become a part of my daily routine.
Marcie's Feedback
Nice! It definitely sounds like you take working out and being fit and healthy seriously, which is great. Your workout routine sounds like a good one. The interviewer will appreciate your focus in this area.
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