FDNY interview questions
Updated Jan 22, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 23%RecruiterRecruiter
- 15%OtherOther
- 8%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 8%In PersonIn Person
Interview search
16 interviews
FDNY interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at FDNY as 68.8% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.14 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Paramedic and Data Analyst rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Fdny Emt and Translator roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at FDNY takes an average of 151 days when considering 16 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Translator had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas EMT roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 242 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at FDNY according to 16 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Drug test: 15%
One on one interview: 15%
Group panel interview: 13%
Personality test: 8%
Other: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Presentation: 4%
Phone interview: 2%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Firefighter(59) ;
- Paramedic(23) ;
- EMT-B(21) ;
- Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)(15) ;
- EMT-Basic(11) ;
- Fdny Emt(8) ;
- Fireman(7) ;
- EMT(6) ;
- Lieutenant(6) ;
- Fire Lieutenant(3) ;
- Fire Marshal(3) ;
- Agency Attorney III(2) ;
- Architect(2) ;
- Attorney(2) ;
- Business Analyst(2) .
