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1 50. At this time,the written multiple-choice examination was a hybrid test of questions obtained <br /> 2 <br /> from an outside vendor(Donnoe &Associates) and questions written by ranking internal members of the <br /> 3 <br /> 4 department from the Human Resources Division.Outside vendor Donnoe's questions typically covered legal <br /> 5 concepts("Legal Sourcebook"case law and search and seizure tenets)and the internally generated questions <br /> 6 generally covered City policy and procedure material. <br /> 7 <br /> 51. After the conclusion of the written test, a 5-day"grievance period"was allowed for all test- <br /> 8 <br /> 9 takers. <br /> 10 52. KACHfRlSKY progressed to the internal interviews two weeks after the written test. This <br /> 11 consisted of two interviews held back-to-back on the same day for each candidate. Each interview was <br /> 12 <br /> conducted in front of a different panel of three ranking members of the department, consisting of two <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Lieutenants and one Sergeant. <br /> 15 53. One interview was a timed"Practical Exercise"in which the candidate was prompted through <br /> 16 a tactical scenario by the interviewers and graded on their response in appropriately handling the scenario <br /> 17 <br /> as a field Sergeant. <br /> 18 <br /> 19 54. The second interview was an "Enhanced Resume Assessment" interview identical to the <br /> 20 Corporal interview in which the candidate answered four questions related to each of four dimensions on <br /> 21 the enhanced resume previously submitted in the initial application. The four questions were similar in that <br /> 22 <br /> they simply asked the candidate to provide "one example" from the particular dimension and how that <br /> 23 <br /> 24 example demonstrated they were prepared to be a Sergeant. The"Enhanced Resume Assessment"interview <br /> 25 utilized by CITY is an odd means of assessing qualifications that has morphed into a ridiculous absurdity <br /> 26 and charade.The interview is structured with the panel members instructing the candidates at the outset that <br /> 27 <br /> there will be no opening statement allowed by the candidate. Additionally,the panel members instruct the <br /> 28 <br /> candidates to provide only"one" example from the candidates experience to illustrate each dimension. <br /> 13 <br /> KACAIRISKY v. CFFY OF SANTA ANA CASE No. <br /> COMPLAINT <br />