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Commission approves two-panel interviews for fire department promotions, agrees to provide average category scores
Summary
Iowa City staff proposed replacing assessment-center exercises with two panel interviews for lieutenant, captain and battalion chief promotions; the commission approved the change and agreed to provide candidates with average scores in scored categories on request.
Iowa City staff on Oct. 7 proposed changing promotion testing for fire department ranks — lieutenant, captain and battalion chief — by replacing assessment-center exercises with two panel interviews, and the Civil Service Commission approved the approach.
"We are proposing ... replacing the assessment center aspect of the test that we've used in the past with a combination of panel interviews," Staff member (S2) told the commission. S2 said the proposal would include an internal staff panel and an external panel of fire professionals and that candidates…
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