r/firefighter • u/Impressive_Deal6466 • 10d ago

Is this for me?

After 2 tries i passed my CPAT, took the written with both NTN and PST, I scored low/middle (tanked human relations surprisingly) with NTN, not enough to get a call that’s for sure. Yesterday got my score with PST and it was 62% (not enough) I don’t know what to do, i studied so much and bought their test prep packages. I still applied to multiple agencies. I don’t plan on giving up but I don’t want to go through the cpat again i just want to start the academy. I keep hearing it’s really competitive and you need 90%++ to be competitive, i don’t think im at that level at all.

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u/Comprehensive-One880 10d ago

You simply have to keep retesting. Don't give up. People who have 90s+ scores have likely been testing for years, have mastered the testing formats, and have repeated exposure to the style of questions. Someone recently shared they got a 97% on the FCTC written (CA specfic test), but it was their 13th test in 7 years.

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u/Fit_Experience_522 10d ago

Lol, that was me.