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PSNI Recruitment - Stage 1 - The Initial Selection Test

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    #272
    MrsGeneHunt
    Registered Users Posts: 2,012 ✭✭✭MrsGeneHunt


    bigandy1983 wrote: »
    evening all. just joined so hope you don't mind my gate crashing!

    how long does the test last & how many questions are there (i.e how long do you have per question?)

    have mine in two weeks...

    good luck everyone!

    Welcome!
    First part 48 questions and 20 mins, second part 30 questions in 25 mins!
    Overall you're there for about an hour and a half cos of all the waffle.


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    #273
    bigandy1983
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭bigandy1983


    MrsGeneHunt wrote: »
    Welcome!
    First part 48 questions and 20 mins, second part 30 questions in 25 mins!
    Overall you're there for about an hour and a half cos of all the waffle.

    What!!

    thats mental, the first pt sounds a nightmare! is the first part the maths?
    which part is the hardest?!?

    thanks for letting me know - appreciate it :)


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    #274
    manaka
    Closed Accounts Posts: 160 ✭✭manaka


    bigandy1983 wrote: »
    What!!

    thats mental, the first pt sounds a nightmare! is the first part the maths?
    which part is the hardest?!?

    thanks for letting me know - appreciate it :)

    Welcome bigandy, where did your first post go? shows number 2? ahh maybe that the good ol police quality in me! observation! he he!
    lots of people would get bogged down in the math id say but the t/f/cs bit is quite tricky and makes you read the paragraph again!
    Better get the bigfinger out! he he. Welcome to the house of fun!!!:D


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    #275
    emz2009
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭emz2009


    welcome bigandy!

    errr manaka if you look at the top of the page you will find his first there are two posts in total on thisl page.... those owl observation skills of yours eh lmao (just kidden!)


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    #276
    bigandy1983
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭bigandy1983


    manaka wrote: »
    Welcome bigandy, where did your first post go? shows number 2? ahh maybe that the good ol police quality in me! observation! he he!
    lots of people would get bogged down in the math id say but the t/f/cs bit is quite tricky and makes you read the paragraph again!
    Better get the bigfinger out! he he. Welcome to the house of fun!!!:D

    my first post is about 5 above this one manaka!

    the big finger is out! (that doesnt sound right)

    the t/f/ct sounds crazy - 48 questions in 20 minutes. do you mind me asking how many scenarios there are?


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    #277
    MrsGeneHunt
    Registered Users Posts: 2,012 ✭✭✭MrsGeneHunt


    bigandy1983 wrote: »
    my first post is about 5 above this one manaka!

    the big finger is out! (that doesnt sound right)

    the t/f/ct sounds crazy - 48 questions in 20 minutes. do you mind me asking how many scenarios there are?

    Dont quite know what you mean by scenarios but there are 12 passages with 4 questions per passage.
    I think this is what you mean, jump in if it aint!


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    #278
    manaka
    Closed Accounts Posts: 160 ✭✭manaka


    bigandy1983 wrote: »
    my first post is about 5 above this one manaka!

    the big finger is out! (that doesnt sound right)

    the t/f/ct sounds crazy - 48 questions in 20 minutes. do you mind me asking how many scenarios there are?

    There goes my powers of observation out the window!! Better work on that one then! Not sure how many scenarios, probably about 10. Think its about 4 or 5 questions for each paragraph. You can practice on some of the links that were posted on some of the previous posts, by myself also. Its all fun fun fun!! :D


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    #279
    bigandy1983
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭bigandy1983


    MrsGeneHunt wrote: »
    Dont quite know what you mean by scenarios but there are 12 passages with 4 questions per passage.
    I think this is what you mean, jump in if it aint!

    Splendid answer GH. Thats exactly what I meant! Cheers!


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    #280
    bigandy1983
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭bigandy1983


    manaka wrote: »
    There goes my powers of observation out the window!! Better work on that one then! Not sure how many scenarios, probably about 10. Think its about 4 or 5 questions for each paragraph. You can practice on some of the links that were posted on some of the previous posts, by myself also. Its all fun fun fun!! :D

    Brilliant! I'll look for them now. Are they a good indication of the level of difficulty for the actual test manaka?


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    #281
    manaka
    Closed Accounts Posts: 160 ✭✭manaka


    bigandy1983 wrote: »
    Brilliant! I'll look for them now. Are they a good indication of the level of difficulty for the actual test manaka?

    Nah they'll probably be harder at the IST!! :eek:


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    #282
    manaka
    Closed Accounts Posts: 160 ✭✭manaka


    MrsGeneHunt wrote: »
    Dont quite know what you mean by scenarios but there are 12 passages with 4 questions per passage.
    I think this is what you mean, jump in if it aint!

    Cheers mrs, I knew you'd know I wouldn't know, ya know!? :D


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    #283
    bigandy1983
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭bigandy1983


    Cool, last question for me (i'll shut up after this one...)

    Are the scenarios / passages of random information or are they police based scenarios?


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    #284
    RoscoPColtrane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 453 ✭✭RoscoPColtrane


    manaka wrote: »
    Welcome bigandy, where did your first post go? shows number 2? ahh maybe that the good ol police quality in me! observation! he he!
    lots of people would get bogged down in the math id say but the t/f/cs bit is quite tricky and makes you read the paragraph again!
    Better get the bigfinger out! he he. Welcome to the house of fun!!!:D

    CID for you for sure.


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    #285
    manaka
    Closed Accounts Posts: 160 ✭✭manaka


    bigandy1983 wrote: »
    Cool, last question for me (i'll shut up after this one...)

    Are the scenarios / passages of random information or are they police based scenarios?

    As random as the man on the moon! Did Neil Armstrong come up last year or was I just thinking of the Discovery Channel when I had sooo much time leftover! he he! Not!


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    #286
    manaka
    Closed Accounts Posts: 160 ✭✭manaka


    RoscoPColtrane wrote: »
    CID for you for sure.

    CID? Centifugal Immersion Device? Just kidding! CID would be good...


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    #287
    bubbasboo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭bubbasboo


    hi guys new to the forum

    i had my ist today was rough imo. first bit wasnt bad and 2nd was awful:(

    sure u never know its just a waiting game now so it is


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    #288
    RoscoPColtrane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 453 ✭✭RoscoPColtrane


    manaka wrote: »
    CID? Centifugal Immersion Device? Just kidding! CID would be good...

    Seriously though. You have too much time on your hands.


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    #289
    RoscoPColtrane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 453 ✭✭RoscoPColtrane


    bubbasboo wrote: »
    hi guys new to the forum

    i had my ist today was rough imo. first bit wasnt bad and 2nd was awful:(

    sure u never know its just a waiting game now so it is

    Hi there. Im fairly new myself. You will find a wealth of support, information and group hugs here. Great. Waiting..... Delete that word from your vocabulary. Now.


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    #290
    bubbasboo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭bubbasboo


    lol ok ok

    thanks for weclome.


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    #291
    manaka
    Closed Accounts Posts: 160 ✭✭manaka


    bubbasboo wrote: »
    hi guys new to the forum

    i had my ist today was rough imo. first bit wasnt bad and 2nd was awful:(

    sure u never know its just a waiting game now so it is

    Welcome bubbasoo. You never know indeed, some guys on here last year were crying of failure everyday on here and some of them passed. The others got vapourised. Its part of the new campaign by Deloitte to get rid of repeat offenders! he he!


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    #292
    bubbasboo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭bubbasboo


    yeh cheers sure if its meant to be. there were defo more men today than women but i suppose that is to be expected isnt it really?


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    #293
    manaka
    Closed Accounts Posts: 160 ✭✭manaka


    RoscoPColtrane wrote: »
    Seriously though. You have too much time on your hands.

    There is no spoon...;)


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    #294
    RoscoPColtrane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 453 ✭✭RoscoPColtrane


    bubbasboo wrote: »
    yeh cheers sure if its meant to be. there were defo more men today than women but i suppose that is to be expected isnt it really?

    Wha?


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    #295
    RoscoPColtrane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 453 ✭✭RoscoPColtrane


    manaka wrote: »
    There is no spoon...;)

    And again ..... Wha?


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    #296
    RoscoPColtrane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 453 ✭✭RoscoPColtrane


    manaka wrote: »
    Welcome bubbasoo. You never know indeed, some guys on here last year were crying of failure everyday on here and some of them passed. The others got vapourised. Its part of the new campaign by Deloitte to get rid of repeat offenders! he he!

    Vapourised. Not good. Not good at all. Im out. Feck that.


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    #297
    bubbasboo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭bubbasboo


    sorry was just saying at my ist there were more men than women?
    sorry random i know


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    #298
    manaka
    Closed Accounts Posts: 160 ✭✭manaka


    RoscoPColtrane wrote: »
    And again ..... Wha?

    Time is just a manifestation. "You think that's air you're breathing?" Come on...The Matrix! Ah..wimmin!! :rolleyes: Race you to the fitness thread! ha

    Bubbasboo.. yeah a bit random..but as bob holmes said...its good to 'talk'?? :confused:


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    #299
    RoscoPColtrane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 453 ✭✭RoscoPColtrane


    Bubbasboo.. yeah a bit random..but as bob holmes said...its good to 'talk'?? :confused:[/quote]

    Was it wrong to giggle when the contestants said ill have a p please bob? Juvenile i know. Its ok to be juvenile once a week.


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    #300
    smyff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,013 ✭✭✭smyff


    bubbasboo wrote: »
    hi guys new to the forum

    i had my ist today was rough imo. first bit wasnt bad and 2nd was awful:(

    sure u never know its just a waiting game now so it is
    indeed it is so it is!!! haha

    welcome to the forums. i take it its your 1st time applying?


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    #301
    bubbasboo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭bubbasboo


    yes it is my first time applying howd u guess lol i know, honestly i am not dim !:o


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