PSNI Recruitment - Stage 1 - The Initial Selection Test

Che75

I've read on here that no marks are deducted for wrong answers which is a bit of a relief. However, I was also informed that the overall pass mark for the IST is 70%. Can anyone confirm this? I would have thought that the pass mark would be dictated by the overall scoring standard of all candidates as opposed to a set pass mark you must reach. Any takers?

MrsGeneHunt

There is definitely no negative marking. We were told at the test this morning:D

Glad its over!

Full month to wait for results.

Canuck4PSNI

What MrsGeneHunt Said..... I felt much more relaxed this time around. I was talking to a girl after teh testing and i thought 7 tries was the magic number but aparently her 8 tries strikes out that belief. Good luck to all those waiting for your results and all those with the IST upcoming!

bc84

yeah i clearly didnt listen to the part about negative marking this morning ffs, still left 5 questions at the end of the second part. i usually find part a ok as i was good at that sort of thign at school, the second part does my head in everytime though. so many things to consider grrrr not getting my hopes up on this one i wouldnt think

Chance?

I was there this morning too! anyone else who did it last year find that it was quite similar this year? I thought I maybe recognised some of the questions! might be wrong though.
Overall I found it very tough again. Got it finished but quite a few complete guesses, so you never know, fingers crossed. Good to get the ball rolling on another campaign though!
It felt like the guy made an extra point on emphasising that they will be dealing with a LARGE amount of applicants so to expect the full months wait. I think this will be one of the largest campaigns in terms of applicants what with the number of redundancies etc etc

Bifbert

Have mine very soon. Really looking forward to getting the first stage out of the way, then the long wait will be nail biting!!! Have prepared as much as possible so all I can do is give it my best shot. Will let you's know how I found it soon. Take care, wish me luck and good luck to everyone!!!

MsTys

Glad to have it over with now but a month for waiting isnt gonna be fun! I had the first one finished before the time was up but the second one i had to just guess the last couple at the end bit worried now.. lol

Slave_To_Sound

I have mine very soon too im more worried about parking ha ha. Its too far from my house to drive to check out the surrounding carparks ill just have to arrive extra early and hope for the best

MrsGeneHunt

Canuck4PSNI wrote: »

What MrsGeneHunt Said..... I felt much more relaxed this time around. I was talking to a girl after teh testing and i thought 7 tries was the magic number but aparently her 8 tries strikes out that belief. Good luck to all those waiting for your results and all those with the IST upcoming!

LOL

You were right behind me on the way out, I was earwiggin' in on that conversation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

emz2009

good luck to everyone for ths ist's and the rest of c15!!

bc84

Chance? wrote: »

I was there this morning too! anyone else who did it last year find that it was quite similar this year? I thought I maybe recognised some of the questions! might be wrong though.
Overall I found it very tough again. Got it finished but quite a few complete guesses, so you never know, fingers crossed. Good to get the ball rolling on another campaign though!
It felt like the guy made an extra point on emphasising that they will be dealing with a LARGE amount of applicants so to expect the full months wait. I think this will be one of the largest campaigns in terms of applicants what with the number of redundancies etc etc

yeah i think it was identical to the one i did last year, obviously the questions would probably be different but im fairly certain the situations were the same

the uid numbers in the reg room went up to 9375 or somethign like that so id say that must be an indication of the applicant levels

MrsGeneHunt

bc84 wrote: »

the uid numbers in the reg room went up to 9375 or somethign like that so id say that must be an indication of the applicant levels

9850, give or take a few.:(

bc84

thats a lot of people lol

itl hardly matter for me, fairly sure i made a horlix of it

PapaYankeeGirl

I sat the IST for C13 and when I sat it again last year for C14 the verbal reasoning and maths parts were the exact same. Hope C15s are the same again. Mine isnt for another 3-4 weeks

bc84

in that case your probably correct, the comprehension part and the analytical reasoning were identical to last year as far as i remember

neoruss

I agree. Had ist this morning and i think it was exactly same as last year.
Passed last year but think i done worse this time. passed everything last year but not good enough merit number at A/C.
God i hope i passed ist. This waiting does my head in.

MrsGeneHunt

neoruss wrote: »

I agree. Had ist this morning and i think it was exactly same as last year.
Passed last year but think i done worse this time. passed everything last year but not good enough merit number at A/C.
God i hope i passed ist. This waiting does my head in.

Howdy you havent been on in a while!
What was your merit number and background? If you havent had a dear John yet then theres always hope?
I'm sure you did okay this morning!
And yup, the waiting is a killer. A month for results?!! Fook!

1979SD

MrsGeneHunt wrote: »

Howdy you havent been on in a while!
What was your merit number and background? If you havent had a dear John yet then theres always hope?
I'm sure you did okay this morning!
And yup, the waiting is a killer. A month for results?!! Fook!

The waiting's the best part! I was so tempted to apply again just to go through the waiting game!

RoscoPColtrane

1979SD wrote: »

The waiting's the best part! I was so tempted to apply again just to go through the waiting game!

Eh? Im no stranger to the concept of sarcasm. Are you a masochist er what? Did you apply again?

bigandy1983

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!

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.

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

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

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!)

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?

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!

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!!

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!

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!!

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

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:

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!?

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?

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.

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!

manaka

RoscoPColtrane wrote: »

CID for you for sure.

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

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

RoscoPColtrane

manaka wrote: »

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

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

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.

bubbasboo

lol ok ok

thanks for weclome.

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!

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?

manaka

RoscoPColtrane wrote: »

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

There is no spoon...;)

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?

RoscoPColtrane

manaka wrote: »

There is no spoon...;)

And again ..... Wha?

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.

bubbasboo

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

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'??

RoscoPColtrane

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

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?

bubbasboo

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