I applied in-person. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Long Beach, California Fire Department (Long Beach, CA) in Mar 2008
Interview
Swim for time against a few hundred people. Water is very cold and the distance is a 500meter swim. Then a run swim run for time competition. If you are in the top 25 you must send a background check and an interview begins. After the interview you go through training with the top 25 people who passed all previous tasks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you find a wallet on the beach and you turn it in to your supervisor, you notice that he keeps the wallet and its contents. What do you do?
