CBP officer

[Jade78]

Jade - what geo did you pick?

Central north east.

[joshk24]

FutureCBPO and Jade78, I will hopefully be with you both at FLETC if all goes well! I seem to be at about the same point as you both.

[cur679]

From what I understand, the poly will cover just about all of your SF86 answers as is very in-depth.

Hmm. I don't think so. At least for the one I took for the USSS that wasn't the case.

You're forgetting one important section during the poly that isn't on the SF86: The control questions, which I think is what gets applicants disqualified.

[Jade78]

FutureCBPO and Jade78, I will hopefully be with you both at FLETC if all goes well! I seem to be at about the same point as you both.

That would be great Josh.
I need to motivate myself to train but I can't.

[Jade78]

You're forgetting one important section during the poly that isn't on the SF86: The control questions, which I think is what gets applicants disqualified.

What do you mean by control questions?

[NavyMa2]

Hello everyone,
I am Taking the CBP Officer exam in a couple of weeks,any tips ? and did I go overboard by buying the LSAT For dummies, for the Logical and reasoning portion of the test ?

[Smiley85]

Hello everyone,
I am Taking the CBP Officer exam in a couple of weeks,any tips ? and did I go overboard by buying the LSAT For dummies, for the Logical and reasoning portion of the test ?

Look into Tea Exam books on Amazon. Help me pass the test last year.

[FutureCBPO]

FutureCBPO and Jade78, I will hopefully be with you both at FLETC if all goes well! I seem to be at about the same point as you both.

I hope so too!
Jade, I work out daily and have no issue getting motivated to do so, and I used to do private personal fitness instructor classes at my local Fitness gym. I'd have no problem having you or anyone for that matter come and train with me! I've been checking my mail daily for my acceptance letter. haha.

Hmm. I don't think so. At least for the one I took for the USSS that wasn't the case.

You're forgetting one important section during the poly that isn't on the SF86: The control questions, which I think is what gets applicants disqualified.

My Polygraph was extremely identical to the SF86. Crimes. Drug usage. Foreign Contacts. EtcEtc.
And my 'Control Questions' were questions like -
"Is the Door Closed?" "Are the lights on?" "Are you sitting down?"

[Ma23]

Hello everyone,
I am Taking the CBP Officer exam in a couple of weeks,any tips ? and did I go overboard by buying the LSAT For dummies, for the Logical and reasoning portion of the test ?

Lol not as hard as you may think, it's all pretty commen sense and they have 2 study guides on the site, check them out, they are pretty clear on what's goin to be on the exam.

[Ma23]

I hope so too!
Jade, I work out daily and have no issue getting motivated to do so, and I used to do private personal fitness instructor classes at my local Fitness gym. I'd have no problem having you or anyone for that matter come and train with me! I've been checking my mail daily for my acceptance letter. haha.

What do you do to train? I just started running again this morning and boy oh boy! (I'm a girl by the way) I am getting up on my push ups now, any advice on how to increase my push ups? I think you need to do 27 for the ftp2

[FutureCBPO]

What do you do to train? I just started running again this morning and boy oh boy! (I'm a girl by the way) I am getting up on my push ups now, any advice on how to increase my push ups? I think you need to do 27 for the ftp2

Haha, running is not my strong suit. It does feel good afterwards though.
For push-ups, I usually tell people a couple different things.
1. Dips on dip bars, (bars spaced about 1.5ft. apart, about 3 ft. off the ground. Do dips.
Then lay down on the ground (back on the ground) with those same dip bars above you, reach up and grab the bar with both hands. Hands shoulder width apart, and pull your chest up to the bar. Keep your back stiff while you pull yourself up. I hope I painted the picture decent enough, haha.
2. Burn-outs on push-ups. Do as many push-ups as you can. Literally as many as you can, until you cannot lift yourself up off the ground. Then immediately go to your knees and do more push-ups. Again until you cannot do any more.
3. Planks. They work.
Although a lot of strength you need or rather, you think you need for pushups is shoulders, chest and triceps. You do need a strong and stable core to make them a lot easier.

Hope to have helped.

ALSO - another good method, but is a little more advanced;
Start at 10 push ups. Then sit up (go from push up stance, put your knees on the ground after completing last pushup, and sit on your heals of your feet, as your toes will be on the ground still.) and raise your hands above your head as high as you can, and lower them back down the ground as quickly as you can. Do that 10 times quickly. So your hands should be going up and down at a quick, CONTROLLED pace.

Repeat and do 9 of each. Push ups, then hand raises.
Repeat and do 8 of each. Then 7, 6, 5, etcetc. Down to 1. It's a killer.
The motion of raising your arms up and down, may seem stupid, and look silly, but in reality you are contracting your muscles when doing the push-ups, then you are stretching those muscles back out when raising your arms and lowering them.

[joshk24]

That would be great Josh.
I need to motivate myself to train but I can't.

You better start getting motivated Jade!! You don't want to miss out on this great opportunity because you couldn't pass the pft2. Running isn't my strong suit but I started running at the end of last summer, and the 1.5 miles in 17 min 15 seconds is a piece of cake. The sit ups and push ups aren't really much either. Just do some sit ups and push ups before bed every night. I have a feeling if and when I get to do the pft2, my adrenaline will kick in and I will run the fastest 1.5 I have ever ran.

[FutureCBPO]

. I have a feeling if and when I get to do the pft2, my adrenaline will kick in and I will run the fastest 1.5 I have ever ran.

I have that exact same feeling, I ran a mile and a half a couple days ago, outside in the 85 degree, humid weather of Houston Texas, and I did it in 14 minutes and 53 seconds. I think I can do better in an indoor track, with air conditioning. My only thing is, I listen to music when I run. And that's a no go at PFT2.

[joshk24]

Hello everyone,
I am Taking the CBP Officer exam in a couple of weeks,any tips ? and did I go overboard by buying the LSAT For dummies, for the Logical and reasoning portion of the test ?

The best tip I could give is to take the test seriously! I was floored by how many people were done with a section of the test after 10 or 15 mins, it was like they weren't even trying. Use all the time given to you, and go back to question that you aren't sure about. If you don't know an answer, eliminate answers that you know are incorrect and then make an educated guess with the remaining answers. Also, study all the guides and testing material that is given too you, go over it numerous times. I did all of those and I scored a 98.

[joshk24]

I have that exact same feeling, I ran a mile and a half a couple days ago, outside in the 85 degree, humid weather of Houston Texas, and I did it in 14 minutes and 53 seconds. I think I can do better in an indoor track, with air conditioning. My only thing is, I listen to music when I run. And that's a no go at PFT2.

I usually run it in about 13 mins 30 seconds. That is a pretty nice pace for me. I was wondering about the music thing because I always listen to music as well. I better start practicing running without music! Is the 1.5 mile ran indoors? I believe I have to go to Dallas to do my PFT2.