Garda Recruitment - Stage 2

thekopend · 25-08-2015 10:03am

TallGlass wrote: »

The practice exams where hard as nails ! I have been purposely leaving them to this stage in the game, just to get the hang of them and then go in and knock the test out.

I am wondering is it worth the 50/60€ to do course above.

The ones just before the test or the material we were given a few weeks ago? Well if your finding them hard as nails then a course cant b any harm.

TallGlass · 25-08-2015 10:16am

thekopend wrote: »

The ones just before the test or the material we were given a few weeks ago? Well if your finding them hard as nails then a course cant b any harm.

Yeah the SHL site ones, I find some of them easy and can see them quite clearly, but others I mights aswell be looking at a firework display trying to pick out Batman in the background, it's like the adult version of Wheres Wolly.

For 50€ I might go ahead and get the course and do it over the next few days

AudiKid · 25-08-2015 10:39am

I did stage 2 just there.

I was going to leave it until the weekend, but there's no point putting it off.

I found that practicing them online only helped so much, because its the exam that ultimately counts.

Its very straightforward. I ended up flying through them and had loads of time left.

Its a pity you cant go back over your answers.

The advice I'd give people is just do it, sand stop putting it off. You don't turn into a genius overnight. They are very similar to the practice questions and not overly difficult.

I just hope now that I get into another band, because I think they'll only bring the top 600 through again. I'd say the only way you progress to stage 3 without going into a band is if you manage to get at least 90% of them right.

Good luck everyone

gardagirl2015 · 25-08-2015 6:22pm

AudiKid wrote: »

I did stage 2 just there.

I was going to leave it until the weekend, but there's no point putting it off.

I found that practicing them online only helped so much, because its the exam that ultimately counts.

Its very straightforward. I ended up flying through them and had loads of time left.

Its a pity you cant go back over your answers.

The advice I'd give people is just do it, sand stop putting it off. You don't turn into a genius overnight. They are very similar to the practice questions and not overly difficult.

I just hope now that I get into another band, because I think they'll only bring the top 600 through again. I'd say the only way you progress to stage 3 without going into a band is if you manage to get at least 90% of them right.

Good luck everyone

Hey just wondering when you say , there very similar to the practice questions, are they the ones that are provided by CEB or the ones before test. ? I went to career services for 2 course felt very confident until I did the CEB ones. I got 8/18 but yet when I did career services ones I was getting 21/24? Thanks for reply

wannabegard · 25-08-2015 6:32pm

That's the reason I didn't go to the career services course because of the ceb sample tests. What I want to know is will the grid type questions come up cause if they do I need to take another look at them. In getting 75 percent pf my sample tests right but I'm struggling with the grid questions

JonathanP · 25-08-2015 6:49pm

wannabegard wrote: »

That's the reason I didn't go to the career services course because of the ceb sample tests. What I want to know is will the grid type questions come up cause if they do I need to take another look at them. In getting 75 percent pf my sample tests right but I'm struggling with the grid questions

What do you mean by grid questions?

wannabegard · 25-08-2015 6:59pm

ill pm ya lad

AudiKid · 25-08-2015 8:41pm

gardagirl2015 wrote: »

Hey just wondering when you say , there very similar to the practice questions, are they the ones that are provided by CEB or the ones before test. ? I went to career services for 2 course felt very confident until I did the CEB ones. I got 8/18 but yet when I did career services ones I was getting 21/24? Thanks for reply

Similar to the first stage, and you get practice questions before you do the test.

gardagirl2015 · 26-08-2015 10:34am

Can somebody who has done stage 2 please tell me the style they are using ? Is it like the practice question that have grids are missing sequences or is is like 4 patterns and you have the choose the next one ?

wannabegard · 26-08-2015 10:51am

I haven't done it yet. But I'm 99 percent certain that the grids will come up. Jobtestprep.co.uk

gardagirl2015 · 26-08-2015 11:16am

wannabegard wrote: »

I haven't done it yet. But I'm 99 percent certain that the grids will come up. Jobtestprep.co.uk

See what confuses me is Band 1 were also giving the practice tests but the test was actually completely different....but similar mind frame to get them right

TallGlass · 26-08-2015 5:02pm

gardagirl2015 wrote: »

See what confuses me is Band 1 were also giving the practice tests but the test was actually completely different....but similar mind frame to get them right

Was a different company in stage 1 I think, there all the same format just these are more complex level, I got jobsprep thing for 50€ and it's not so bad. Plently of examples, mostly I click the wrong one and then when you read the explanation you can see it a mile off with most.

Some just don't make any sense to me still.

gardagirl2015 · 26-08-2015 5:42pm

TallGlass wrote: »

Was a different company in stage 1 I think, there all the same format just these are more complex level, I got jobsprep thing for 50€ and it's not so bad. Plently of examples, mostly I click the wrong one and then when you read the explanation you can see it a mile off with most.

Some just don't make any sense to me still.

Hey I amnt on about stage 1. What I'm
saying is band one were sent these practice tests in stage 2 aswell but the test were different. Same family of tests but they had the next pattern type questions.

mycro89 · 26-08-2015 6:33pm

I wonder will any do stage 2 this time round ?

AudiKid · 26-08-2015 6:47pm

mycro89 wrote: »

I wonder will any do stage 2 this time round ?

When band 1 did stage 2, 600 progressed and 2,500 were put in a band.

Maybe something similar will happen now.

I think a good few will do stage 2 because it doesn't take much effort to do at home as opposed to travelling to Dublin for stage 3.

wannabegard · 26-08-2015 7:27pm

On a scale of 1 to 10 how harder are the real tests compared to the pratice tests?

AudiKid · 26-08-2015 7:48pm

wannabegard wrote: »

On a scale of 1 to 10 how harder are the real tests compared to the pratice tests?

They're the exact same. You should just do the exam. You'll feel better once it's over

wannabegard · 26-08-2015 7:59pm

See my scores are very low atm. i wont pass if i do it. i got 15 right and 15 wrong in the last one i did.

mycro89 · 26-08-2015 10:57pm

There is only 8 questions within the practice material?? How are you getting 30?

thekopend · 26-08-2015 10:58pm

Just did Inductive Reasoning there lads and it seemed to be straight forward enough and same type and difficulty as practice questions. no curve balls as far as i can see.

TallGlass · 26-08-2015 11:00pm

AudiKid wrote: »

They're the exact same. You should just do the exam. You'll feel better once it's over

I disagree, these tests are pushing up the bar.

I couldn't say out of 10, but if it was a game we would be on level 3 now.

AudiKid · 27-08-2015 7:22am

TallGlass wrote: »

I disagree, these tests are pushing up the bar.

I couldn't say out of 10, but if it was a game we would be on level 3 now.

Did you do the exam?

Mark.. · 28-08-2015 1:57pm

Did anyone who's completed the test receive a confirmation email? Cheers

AudiKid · 28-08-2015 4:39pm

Mark.. wrote: »

Did anyone who's completed the test receive a confirmation email? Cheers

I didn't anyway. How did you find the test?

Mark.. · 28-08-2015 8:22pm

AudiKid wrote: »

I didn't anyway. How did you find the test?

Great, I wanted to make sure because I never received one! Yeah it was ok, not sure to be honest. I don't think I've ever taken a test and said that was handy, so I won't start here.

JoeyJoe93 · 30-08-2015 7:17pm

Mark.. wrote: »

Great, I wanted to make sure because I never received one! Yeah it was ok, not sure to be honest. I don't think I've ever taken a test and said that was handy, so I won't start here.

Just came here with the same question. No confirmation for me either.
Good luck to ye anyway. Back to the waiting now.

JonathanP · 31-08-2015 12:02am

Did my verbal test. Don't know how to feel about it. Best of luck to all who have yet to sit it

Champagne Charlie · 01-09-2015 11:26am

Hi everyone, quick questions to anyone who has done the stage 2 aptitude at this stage
how many questions are there ? and how much time are you given in total ?

thanks in advance guys and best of luck everyone

mycro89 · 01-09-2015 2:04pm

Champagne Charlie wrote: »

Hi everyone, quick questions to anyone who has done the stage 2 aptitude at this stage
how many questions are there ? and how much time are you given in total ?

thanks in advance guys and best of luck everyone

All explained within the instructions that were issued.

Champagne Charlie · 01-09-2015 2:51pm

mycro89 wrote: »

All explained within the instructions that were issued.

Great thanks for the reply Mycro 89

JoeyJoe93 · 01-09-2015 4:14pm

Champagne Charlie wrote: »

Hi everyone, quick questions to anyone who has done the stage 2 aptitude at this stage
how many questions are there ? and how much time are you given in total ?

thanks in advance guys and best of luck everyone

They are a fair bit longer than the practice tests if you did them. The verbal anyway takes solid concentration, it isn't hard but don't allow any distractions, for example a car alarm went off outside during mine and it threw me off in the verbal a bit. That time limit is the only challenge there.

Shanee. · 01-09-2015 7:34pm

Did mine tonight found it okay so here hoping.

Lady Kitkat103 · 01-09-2015 11:17pm

I found it alot easier then the practice link they sent out.... anyone else feel the same way???

Wannabegarda · 02-09-2015 8:23am

Ya I did to when do you think we will get the results cause I might have to cancel my travelling plans.... This is Wannabegard btw I deleted the account for a while

VicMack · 02-09-2015 2:55pm

I have a quick question for anyone who has already carried out Stage 2, are the actual tests similar to SHL material practise tests? As these can be tricky enough so I am bit apprehensive before I carry out my stage 2 tests. Best of luck to everyone

JoeyJoe93 · 02-09-2015 5:51pm

VicMack wrote: »

I have a quick question for anyone who has already carried out Stage 2, are the actual tests similar to SHL material practise tests? As these can be tricky enough so I am bit apprehensive before I carry out my stage 2 tests. Best of luck to everyone

The tests are more or less the same. When you log in to it, and it is SHL, you can try the practice tests there as much as you'd like to familiarise yourself with the layout, which is the only real difference from the practice ones.

From what I'm picking up here the general consensus is that the tests are a little easier than the practice tests you've been doing. I could see no bump up in difficulty and thought the inductive reasoning was very logical.

In my opinion, practicing won't help you too much here, aptitude is aptitude at the end of the day. So I'd be getting it done very soon if I were you, just like pulling off a bandage. You'll feel fine when it's over. At this point we're all really just counting on luck mostly anyway so don't over think it.

Lady Kitkat103 · 02-09-2015 5:58pm

Wannabegarda wrote: »

Ya I did to when do you think we will get the results cause I might have to cancel my travelling plans.... This is Wannabegard btw I deleted the account for a while

Sometime mid/end sept

Wannabegarda · 02-09-2015 9:46pm

JoeyJoe93 wrote: »

The tests are more or less the same. When you log in to it, and it is SHL, you can try the practice tests there as much as you'd like to familiarise yourself with the layout, which is the only real difference from the practice ones.

From what I'm picking up here the general consensus is that the tests are a little easier than the practice tests you've been doing. I could see no bump up in difficulty and thought the inductive reasoning was very logical.

In my opinion, practicing won't help you too much here, aptitude is aptitude at the end of the day. So I'd be getting it done very soon if I were you, just like pulling off a bandage. You'll feel fine when it's over. At this point we're all really just counting on luck mostly anyway so don't over think it.

I disagree lad. I admit that myself I am completely useless at aptitude tests. That being said I am confident that I did well in the test. The reason for this is because I worked my ass off! I looked at these tests for about a month before the test and praticed for hours. By the time I did the test, I was so used to them it was no hassle to me at all. It's my opinion that if someone cant do them in your head, you can get used to them and get to know the patterns. My brother is an science graduate and he could not do those tests. I gave him a Pratice one after to see how he would do.

Lady Kitkat103 · 03-09-2015 11:46am

Wannabegarda wrote: »

I disagree lad. I admit that myself I am completely useless at aptitude tests. That being said I am confident that I did well in the test. The reason for this is because I worked my ass off! I looked at these tests for about a month before the test and praticed for hours. By the time I did the test, I was so used to them it was no hassle to me at all. It's my opinion that if someone cant do them in your head, you can get used to them and get to know the patterns. My brother is an science graduate and he could not do those tests. I gave him a Pratice one after to see how he would do.

Practice makes perfect

gardagirl2015 · 03-09-2015 12:02pm

Doing mine at 2:30pm! Wish me luck guys!

Wannabegarda · 03-09-2015 12:11pm

Good luck take your time and don't panic it's more important to get them right than to get it all done

JoeyJoe93 · 03-09-2015 10:41pm

Wannabegarda wrote: »

I disagree lad. I admit that myself I am completely useless at aptitude tests. That being said I am confident that I did well in the test. The reason for this is because I worked my ass off! I looked at these tests for about a month before the test and praticed for hours. By the time I did the test, I was so used to them it was no hassle to me at all. It's my opinion that if someone cant do them in your head, you can get used to them and get to know the patterns. My brother is an science graduate and he could not do those tests. I gave him a Pratice one after to see how he would do.

There's practicing and there's procrastination.
For me, I'd say get yourself in the right frame of mind and be familiar with the way it goes and just do it when you feel a bit comfortable.
But one thing is right. There are set patterns when it comes to the inductive. You can learn these patterns as the same few rules follow. I'm sure these expensive courses teach that. Which is a bit of a flaw for an aptitude test wouldn't you think?

Wannabegarda · 04-09-2015 4:16am

Sure don't bother with the courses get the home study packs and figure it out yourself. Thats what i did

Wannabegarda · 04-09-2015 6:32am

And how do you mean procrastinating. I'm telling you what I did

VicMack · 04-09-2015 11:03am

Doing mine today, hopefully all will go well, will feel a lot better when it's over!

wispa4 · 04-09-2015 11:28am

Did mine yesterday.seemed to go ok.answered all questions. I passed all stages in 2008 but due to the recruitment freeze didnt get to start.got a letter pre this campaign saying i needed to re apply.

gardagirl2015 · 04-09-2015 11:56am

Did mine, don't think I did so well I'm inductive reasoning and along with negative marking I'm not feeling confident!
Hopefully bring up marks in the verbal

Mark.. · 04-09-2015 12:37pm

gardagirl2015 wrote: »

Did mine, don't think I did so well I'm inductive reasoning and along with negative marking I'm not feeling confident!
Hopefully bring up marks in the verbal

There is no negative marking

WillFerrell93 · 04-09-2015 12:46pm

gardagirl2015 wrote: »

Did mine, don't think I did so well I'm inductive reasoning and along with negative marking I'm not feeling confident!
Hopefully bring up marks in the verbal

You also need to get a pass mark in both tests.. If you get 100% in one and 40% in the other you do not pass

Mark.. · 04-09-2015 1:35pm

WillFerrell93 wrote: »

You also need to get a pass mark in both tests.. If you get 100% in one and 40% in the other you do not pass

What is the "pass" percentage?? How many do you need right in each test

Garda Recruitment - Stage 2

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