National sift

The national sift consists of two exercises. These reflect the competencies and values relevant to the role of a police constable. You will be asked to complete both:

• a situational judgement test (SJT)
• a behavioural styles questionnaire (BSQ)
• if the force you are applying to has an application form, as opposed to utilising the sift process, then do not worry. Our team will work with you to complete a well structured application form within the allocated word count.

You will receive one invitation email with a link that takes you to the national sift platform.

Situational judgement test (SJT)

The SJT is designed to assess your judgement and decision-making in work-relevant situations against the CVF. The situations are presented to reflect the types of scenarios and actions police constables may face in their role.

You will be presented with 15 scenarios that police constables may face in their role. For each scenario, you will be given four actions. You will need to rate the effectiveness of each action in addressing the scenario.

During the SJT, we encourage you to:

• rate all of the actions presented for each scenario. You must rate all actions before moving on to the next scenario
• rate each action independently of the other actions
• take time to familiarise yourself with the rating scale, which will be provided in the exercise

Behavioural styles questionnaire (BSQ)

The BSQ is designed to explore your typical behaviour and preferences at work.

During the BSQ, we encourage you to:

• think about your actual behaviour at work when considering statements
• be as honest as possible when responding to the statements

You will be presented with 80 statements regarding your typical behaviour and preferences at work. You will need to indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each statement.