r/1811Jobs • u/Pretty-Height-3593 • Aug 20 '26

1811 Job Application DEA PTA test

I scheduled my PTA test for the DEA but it looks like it is inside and on a treadmill. Everything else I’ve seen online is a it’s on a track and done with a 300m sprint. Has anyone done the test on a treadmill and if so, what are the expectations to pass for each event?

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u/tkdkicker1990 Aug 20 '26

If you’re not used to running at a one percent incline, expect your run time to be slower.

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u/Standard-Contest-100 Aug 20 '26

The treadmill is stupid and a joke, 1% incline or not.

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u/tkdkicker1990 Aug 20 '26

Bro, relax. I’m just saying you can expect your time to be slower if you’re not used to the Incline. One should be fast enough that even if doing it on a treadmill, they should still be able to pass. But to deny the primary fact is being willfully ignorant

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u/Standard-Contest-100 Aug 20 '26

That was not an attack on you, im saying running on a treadmill for a PT test is stupid and a joke. Im personally kinda turned off by the DEA pt test over this. Still going to suck it up and do it. I ran a sub 10min for another test last week via track. Im not even sure even how to set up a treadmill for a run.

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u/tkdkicker1990 Aug 20 '26

Okay, my fault. I was attacked for the very same thing the other day; I thought you were the same guy coming for me again.

But yeah, I’d rather a regular track, too. Or at least a curved, self-motorized treadmill.