Today I interviewed to be an EMT. On Monday I called Bay Medic Ambulance to see if they’d received the application I sent in. I was told yes, they had, but they wouldn’t be running a new training class for 3 months. Wednesday they called me to schedule an interview for Friday (today).
Passing my EMT class and then the National Registry Exam wasn’t easy. I’ve done some, but not a whole lot of brushing up since since, and I was a little worried about the questions I’d be asked at my interview. Fortunately it turned out not to be a problem. The interview focused less on my specific text-book/lab knowledge and more on me as a whole.
My impression is that they want to know that I’ll present professionally and that I have the basic qualifications. They do their own training from there, and it sounds like a lot from what I’m told.
It seemed apparent to me that Bay Medic has got their hiring down to an efficient science of finding trainable EMT’s.
Within 4 days I’ll know if I’m included in this new training class and either way, I’ll be positing it here.
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Josh Sauberman is the author of the Journey To Firefighter blog. He is a graduate of the Los Medanos Fire Academy, and a resident firefighter with the Cordelia Fire Department. Originally from New York, he earned his B.S. degree at the University of Arizona,Tucson. Josh lives in the San Francisco suburb, Walnut Creek and has worked as an EMT with Bay Medic ambulance. Josh's background is in sales and recruiting before turning his attention toward the career he plans to retire from - Firefighting. 
Terribly honest and open. Well said.