IN State Police

They are not stated on the Indiana source this page was built from, so every numeric field is left blank rather than estimated. Exams are revised between cycles, and an old figure copied from a forum is the most common way candidates misplan. Confirm the current format with an Indiana State Police recruiter or on the official state job posting before you build a study schedule around a number.

No. This is independent material written for candidates searching for the exam, and it has no affiliation with, endorsement from, or connection to the Indiana State Police, the Indiana State Personnel Department, or the State of Indiana. Nothing here reproduces live test content. Use it for practice and concept review, and treat the agency and the state job portal as the only authority on process.

The IN.gov portal routes residents to "Apply for State Jobs" at workforindiana.in.gov, which is where State Personnel Department postings live, and it also lists the Indiana State Police among state agencies. Start there and with the Indiana State Police recruitment pages. For general state navigation help, the State Information Center is reachable at 1-800-457-8283 or by text at 1-888-311-1846.

The study outline on this page uses six areas: reading comprehension; written communication and grammar; mathematics and quantitative reasoning; logical reasoning and problem solving; observation, memory and attention to detail; and situational judgment and interpersonal skills. Treat the weighting as provisional, because no official content outline was available from the permitted source. Ask recruitment for the current outline and adjust your plan to match it.

No verified difficulty rating or cut score is published in the source used here, so any "pass rate" figure you see quoted elsewhere should be checked against the agency. In practice, entry-level police aptitude tests are beaten or lost on pace: long reading passages, arithmetic done without a calculator, and judgment items where the second-best answer is deliberately attractive. Practise under a clock, not just for accuracy.

The retake policy is not stated in the source available for this page, so it is not reported here. Retake windows, waiting periods and any limit on attempts are set by the hiring authority and can change between cycles, so confirm them in writing with Indiana State Police recruitment or the state job posting before you assume a second attempt is available on your timeline.

Take a short diagnostic in each domain first, then spend the most hours on your two weakest. Reading comprehension and written communication usually reward steady daily practice; math and logical reasoning reward short, frequent drills with worked corrections. Add observation and situational judgment practice late, in mixed sets, so you are choosing between skill types the way the real test forces you to.

Four recur: running out of time on long passages because they read every line twice; arithmetic slips from working too fast without checking units; choosing extreme answers on judgment items instead of the balanced, procedural one; and answering the question they expected rather than the one printed. Build a habit of reading the call of the question first and budgeting a fixed time per item.

IN.gov notes that beginning May 2025, Hoosiers without a Real ID-compliant license, permit or ID card cannot board a commercial flight or enter certain federal facilities. That is a Bureau of Motor Vehicles rule, not an exam requirement, but it affects your travel and identification, so check your credential early if testing or academy travel is planned.