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Garda Recruitment - Stage 1a(1) - The Aptitude Test

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  • #1502
    bestleftfull3
    Registered Users Posts: 669 ✭✭✭bestleftfull3


    it clearly says make sure you check for all emails and if you miss your time you will not be able to repeat

    So how are you allowed do it again?


  • #1503
    longhalloween
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,207 ✭✭✭longhalloween


    bestleftfull3 wrote: »
    it clearly says make sure you check for all emails and if you miss your time you will not be able to repeat

    So how are you allowed do it again?

    They sent me an email and let me :D


  • #1504
    bestleftfull3
    Registered Users Posts: 669 ✭✭✭bestleftfull3


    longhalloween wrote: »
    They sent me an email and let me :D


    oh you must have a "pull" in this recruitment stage ;)


  • #1505
    longhalloween
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,207 ✭✭✭longhalloween


    bestleftfull3 wrote: »
    oh you must have a "pull" in this recruitment stage ;)

    Unless I'm being covertly groomed for a career in the guards I highly doubt it :)


  • #1506
    Thekid2010
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭Thekid2010


    lads I could almost guarantee the majority of people who answered all questions in the aptitude will prob do the worse in terms of scoring because of negative marking


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  • #1507
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Thekid2010 wrote: »
    lads I could almost guarantee the majority of people who answered all questions in the aptitude will prob do the worse in terms of scoring because of negative marking

    Unless they/we got them right...

    I got them all answered in the verbal. I guessed 0 so negative marking doesn't worry me :)


  • #1508
    wandatowell
    Registered Users Posts: 8,435 ✭✭✭wandatowell


    want2b wrote: »
    It a disgrace, if somebody wanted the job enough they would of made sure to do all exams. Should be hard luck if they didn't do it. It only slowing up the process.

    Im guessing quite a few people must have messed up.


  • #1509
    Shifty13
    Registered Users Posts: 205 ✭✭Shifty13


    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    Unless they/we got them right...

    I got them all answered in the verbal. I guessed 0 so negative marking doesn't worry me :)

    Well if you selected an answer that you thought was right but is really wrong, your going to lose marks. Think about the practice tests you did, where you thought an answer was right and turned out to be wrong.

    By all means be confident but remember, you probably got some wrong, like us all


  • #1510
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Shifty13 wrote: »
    Well if you selected an answer that you thought was right but is really wrong, your going to lose marks. Think about the practice tests you did, where you thought an answer was right and turned out to be wrong.

    By all means be confident but remember, you probably got some wrong, like us all

    Oh I completely understand that. That was in response to someone saying just because someone finished the tests, they "guarantee" they'd do worse than someone who didn't. I answered them all because I had time to, I didn't go clicking on anything because I was running out of time.

    I'm sure I did get a few wrong but I'm also sure that people who took their time and only got 30 or so out of the 42, probably got a few wrong too. I don't think me finishing the test puts me at a disadvantage as that post was suggesting


  • #1511
    longhalloween
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,207 ✭✭✭longhalloween


    Thekid2010 wrote: »
    lads I could almost guarantee the majority of people who answered all questions in the aptitude will prob do the worse in terms of scoring because of negative marking

    That makes no sense.

    A person who answers 42 and gets 10 wrong will score higher than someone who answered 20 and got 1 wrong.


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  • #1512
    Kimiko2012
    Registered Users Posts: 138 ✭✭Kimiko2012


    Any update people? How's everyone feeling? I'm getting a little impatient myself but good news is we are into feb now :) this is the month !!!


  • #1513
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Kimiko2012 wrote: »
    Any update people? How's everyone feeling? I'm getting a little impatient myself but good news is we are into feb now :) this is the month !!!

    I'm waiting on college exam results too, it's a killer!!


  • #1514
    Kimiko2012
    Registered Users Posts: 138 ✭✭Kimiko2012


    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    I'm waiting on college exam results too, it's a killer!!

    Ah good luck :) stressful month for you so :(


  • #1515
    Mark37
    Registered Users Posts: 102 ✭✭Mark37


    Anyone know when the results are due out?


  • #1516
    ann.lewis
    Registered Users Posts: 208 ✭✭ann.lewis


    Mark37 wrote: »
    Anyone know when the results are due out?

    The end of the month.. this month.


  • #1517
    billie1b
    Registered Users Posts: 3,804 ✭✭✭billie1b


    ann.lewis wrote: »
    The end of the month.. this month.

    Ann.Lewis, sorry I dont think it was asked before, any idea when the results of Stage 1 are due??? :D:D


  • #1518
    ann.lewis
    Registered Users Posts: 208 ✭✭ann.lewis


    Mark37 wrote: »
    Anyone know when the results are due out?

    I presume Mark37 means stage 1 results, like you billie.. the end of this month we were told in the info provided prior to the tests.
    Don't forget Feb is a short month ;)


  • #1519
    mycro89
    Registered Users Posts: 560 ✭✭✭mycro89


    In the past was it the very last day of the month that the results were issued ?


  • #1520
    billie1b
    Registered Users Posts: 3,804 ✭✭✭billie1b


    ann.lewis wrote: »
    I presume Mark37 means stage 1 results, like you billie.. the end of this month we were told in the info provided prior to the tests.
    Don't forget Feb is a short month ;)

    Haha, I did know the answer, just buzzing off ya, quite bored today with my sinus and throat infection


  • #1521
    ann.lewis
    Registered Users Posts: 208 ✭✭ann.lewis


    billie1b wrote: »
    Haha, I did know the answer, just buzzing off ya, quite bored today with my sinus and throat infection

    Oh no :( thats awful. Bet you feel like your eyes are gonna bust out of your head with those blocked sinusis (or whatever way you spell multiple sinus)
    No work for you ? Or gym for a few days then ?
    Or bleep test practice ?


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  • #1522
    billie1b
    Registered Users Posts: 3,804 ✭✭✭billie1b


    ann.lewis wrote: »
    Oh no :( thats awful. Bet you feel like your eyes are gonna bust out of your head with those blocked sinusis (or whatever way you spell multiple sinus)
    No work for you ? Or gym for a few days then ?
    Or bleep test practice ?

    Yeah, my whole head and eyes feel like they're gonna erupt! I hate it, i'd prefer kidney stone pain than this. I dragged myself to training on Tuesday and it wasn't great, have training again tonight, don't know to go or not, might just go and if I have to leave early. Off work for a couple of days


  • #1523
    ann.lewis
    Registered Users Posts: 208 ✭✭ann.lewis


    billie1b wrote: »
    Yeah, my whole head and eyes feel like they're gonna erupt! I hate it, i'd prefer kidney stone pain than this. I dragged myself to training on Tuesday and it wasn't great, have training again tonight, don't know to go or not, might just go and if I have to leave early. Off work for a couple of days

    Training might not be a good idea. I trained one time when I had a dose and I only got worse. There is no truth in the "sweat it out" myth im afraid.
    You wanna get better for stage 2 anyway, not worse


  • #1524
    billie1b
    Registered Users Posts: 3,804 ✭✭✭billie1b


    ann.lewis wrote: »
    Training might not be a good idea. I trained one time when I had a dose and I only got worse. There is no truth in the "sweat it out" myth im afraid.
    You wanna get better for stage 2 anyway, not worse

    Its my two hours of the day I escape the 4 kids :D training is like a break for me, even when sick :D think I will give it a miss though, got soaked out with the dogs yesterday, 5 minutes from the house and we were like drowned rats, it didn't help


  • #1525
    ann.lewis
    Registered Users Posts: 208 ✭✭ann.lewis


    billie1b wrote: »
    Its my two hours of the day I escape the 4 kids :D training is like a break for me, even when sick :D think I will give it a miss though, got soaked out with the dogs yesterday, 5 minutes from the house and we were like drowned rats, it didn't help

    Defo.. you'll only get worse and you'll regret it then.


  • #1526
    Disco Dub
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭Disco Dub


    At last! The waiting is nearly over!!!!!

    It says on the publicjobs website .........''the results of Stage 1 tests are expected to issue to candidates by 12 February. Those placed highest will be invited to Stage 2 on-line tests which they must take between noon on 18th and noon on 21st February''.

    Looks like there's more online tests the following week for the lucky ones.


  • #1527
    want2b
    Registered Users Posts: 252 ✭✭want2b


    Disco Dub wrote: »
    At last! The waiting is nearly over!!!!!

    It says on the publicjobs website .........''the results of Stage 1 tests are expected to issue to candidates by 12 February. Those placed highest will be invited to Stage 2 on-line tests which they must take between noon on 18th and noon on 21st February''.

    Looks like there's more online tests the following week for the lucky ones.

    Might hear something Monday maybe... Thank god the wait is shorter than firstly expected.


  • #1528
    Rothmans
    Registered Users Posts: 1,805 ✭✭✭Rothmans


    Disco Dub wrote: »
    At last! The waiting is nearly over!!!!!

    It says on the publicjobs website .........''the results of Stage 1 tests are expected to issue to candidates by 12 February. Those placed highest will be invited to Stage 2 on-line tests which they must take between noon on 18th and noon on 21st February''.

    Looks like there's more online tests the following week for the lucky ones.

    Uh oh, that small timeframe makes me fear that they only chose a small number of people to progress :(


  • #1529
    thekopend
    Registered Users Posts: 1,072 ✭✭✭thekopend


    Rothmans wrote: »
    Uh oh, that small timeframe makes me fear that they only chose a small number of people to progress :(

    The words 'those placed highest' scare the **** outa me aswell, tells me that not all that get 'cut off' do stage two, only highest by merit, might get called for stage two next year


  • #1530
    Rothmans
    Registered Users Posts: 1,805 ✭✭✭Rothmans


    thekopend wrote: »
    The words 'those placed highest' scare the **** outa me aswell, tells me that not all that get 'cut off' do stage two, only highest by merit, might get called for stage two next year

    I reckon (hope) 'those placed highest' = the cut off point. It's getting pretty nerve-wracking at this stage. What can ya do though


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  • #1531
    dalyja1892
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭dalyja1892


    Rothmans wrote: »
    I reckon (hope) 'those placed highest' = the cut off point. It's getting pretty nerve-wracking at this stage. What can ya do though

    Its just time to pray now and hope we got the highest score but i think that's the wrong way to do it tho u could be good a tests dosent mean ur going to be a good garda


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