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PSNI Recruitment - Stage 1 - The Initial Selection Test

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    #2282
    Homer01
    Registered Users Posts: 1,640 ✭✭✭Homer01


    Daisy76 wrote: »
    Hi Everyone,

    First time poster here. I have my IST next week. I wasn't nervous until I read the comments on here lol! How long do you get for the IST?

    To be honest it's of no benefit know how long you've got or how many questions.

    Once you do it you'll understand. Good luck :)


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    #2283
    Queenie34
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭Queenie34


    Daisy76 wrote: »
    Hi Everyone,

    First time poster here. I have my IST next week. I wasn't nervous until I read the comments on here lol! How long do you get for the IST?

    To be honest the last couple of times I took the IST I was too worried about time and how much I had left!! This time I never looked near the clock and just worked flat out until they said pencils down!! Try not to panic and you'll be fine.


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    #2284
    shanevendrell
    Registered Users Posts: 464 ✭✭shanevendrell


    What do we reckon the pass mark will be for this the 1509 campaign?

    Just wondering will it be up or down what with less applicants than previous years.


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    #2285
    WannabePC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 184 ✭✭WannabePC


    shanevendrell wrote: »
    What do we reckon the pass mark will be for this the 1509 campaign?

    Just wondering will it be up or down what with less applicants than previous years.

    They want a certain number to get through to the AC so it'll depend how everyone does. It's usually around 48-52 to pass


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    #2286
    rndj
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭rndj


    Hi everyone, it's been some time since I posted here. I got through my IST last week, it's the third time I've done it having passed it once before only to miss out at AC. Personally I found the IST as difficult as previous attempts simply due to lack of time to answer the questions. I went into this one knowing that I wouldn't answer them all and I estimate that I answered around 58-60 (including around 18 in part one) if I thought it would take more than a minute or so to answer, I skipped it and moved on with the hopes of answering as many as possible as quickly as possible. So, hopefully I've answered enough correctly to get through. My advice to anyone taking the test for the first time is not to beat yourself up if you don't answer all of the questions, 99% of us are in the same boat. Good luck to everyone yet to take the test and for those of us that have, fingers crossed for some good news in December.


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    #2287
    Momc82
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭Momc82


    How does everyone feel after the IST?
    I can't get the bloody thing out of my head!
    I found it as hard as ever. It really doesn't get easier with practice - in my opinion.


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    #2288
    Mop a top
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭Mop a top


    From what folk are saying on here I'm assuming that it's not the same paper as previous campaigns


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    #2289
    blui2
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭blui2


    It's not the same paper as last time. Same format, but not the same paper. C1 and C2 were the same paper. C3 is different.


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    #2290
    Mop a top
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭Mop a top


    Was it really bad I was hoping they'd be the same again :P


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    #2291
    Momc82
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭Momc82


    I had hoped that too!
    But, no such luck!


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    #2292
    Ayechihuahua
    Closed Accounts Posts: 335 ✭✭Ayechihuahua


    Just out of it. Seemed to be the exact same exam from 2 years ago, maybe I'm wrong though. Just time to wait now for results. On a side note, I feel old in that test room with all the kids applying and I'm only 29!!


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    #2293
    ColourArcade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 71 ✭✭ColourArcade


    Ayechihuahua wrote: »
    Just out of it. Seemed to be the exact same exam from 2 years ago, maybe I'm wrong though. Just time to wait now for results. On a side note, I feel old in that test room with all the kids applying and I'm only 29!!
    Me too, quite alright to be honest. The third bit got me a bit stumped. Good luck everyone and hopefully see some of you at the next stage!


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    #2294
    Pmac773
    Registered Users Posts: 37 ✭Pmac773


    Had mine this morning as well, was probably one of those kids that you noticed considering I'm only turning 18 lol, first two parts were alright, the third part was difficult I thought!


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    #2295
    Mop a top
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭Mop a top


    Ayechihuahua wrote: »
    Just out of it. Seemed to be the exact same exam from 2 years ago, maybe I'm wrong though. Just time to wait now for results. On a side note, I feel old in that test room with all the kids applying and I'm only 29!!



    FFS I'll be practically prehistoric!!!!


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    #2296
    Ayechihuahua
    Closed Accounts Posts: 335 ✭✭Ayechihuahua


    Maybe it was the dress code..... I was suited ready for work straight after. Had to sprint from city centre to test site and came in drenched in sweat... I'll call it fitness training.


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    #2297
    Typhoonf2
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭Typhoonf2


    Had mine today as well. Thought the first two sections where straightforward enough but that last section through me and didn't get a good bit of it finished.


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    #2298
    Ayechihuahua
    Closed Accounts Posts: 335 ✭✭Ayechihuahua


    Typhoonf2 wrote: »
    Had mine today as well. Thought the first two sections where straightforward enough but that last section through me and didn't get a good bit of it finished
    Add your reply here.

    I'm feeling an urge to underline the through ;)


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    #2299
    Mop a top
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭Mop a top


    Ayechihuahua wrote: »
    Add your reply here.

    I'm feeling an urge to underline the through ;)

    Lol you're bad!!!! I like you :P


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    #2300
    soalpy
    Registered Users Posts: 52 ✭✭soalpy


    Anyone else think it was the same exam as last few times? 3rd bit very difficult?


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    #2301
    Ayechihuahua
    Closed Accounts Posts: 335 ✭✭Ayechihuahua


    soalpy wrote: »
    Anyone else think it was the same exam as last few times? 3rd bit very difficult?
    It was the exact same I think


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    #2302
    Homer01
    Registered Users Posts: 1,640 ✭✭✭Homer01


    I'm 90% sure they're not the same papers; similar but not the same.


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    #2303
    Ayechihuahua
    Closed Accounts Posts: 335 ✭✭Ayechihuahua


    Either way, still have to pass it.


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    #2304
    5031
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭5031


    Believe it or not I found the last section the most fun lol I studied maths and physics at a level so data processing is something I would consider I'm good at. I was terrible with spellings in school so the first part was actually the hardest for me. Each to their own I guess!

    Passed the IST in a previous campaign and decided not to continue in the process. Fingers crossed for this one then!


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    #2305
    Gee-22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,227 ✭✭✭Gee-22


    soalpy wrote: »
    Anyone else think it was the same exam as last few times? 3rd bit very difficult?

    Test 1 & 2 seemed new but the third test was definitely the same as the last time.


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    #2306
    Gee-22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,227 ✭✭✭Gee-22


    Momc82 wrote: »
    IST completed also.
    Really p***ed off to see people still colouring in frantically after time. Honestly felt like putting my hand up and squalling on them!

    I have done the IST more times than I care to remember, but for the first time the girl behind me was asked to rub out her last answer as she marked it after the time. First time for everything.


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    #2307
    Gee-22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,227 ✭✭✭Gee-22


    Sat mine this week. The age of those sitting the exams are definitely getting younger. Although I look at least ten years younger than what I am, most seem to be Uni age.


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    #2308
    Momc82
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭Momc82


    The wonders never seis Gee! Good to see you back!


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    #2309
    KevBo2015
    Registered Users Posts: 301 ✭✭KevBo2015


    They are very similar but not the exact same, we had time on our timetables to do the IST you lot have just done and give some feedback on it. Hopefully if yous all get in you will do the same also. Found it so so much easier when there was no pressure and we did not have to pass it or found out our marks haha.


    3rd bit is definitely the hardest I think!


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    #2310
    Daisy76
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭Daisy76


    Sat my IST this this week as well. Have passed before so i hope too again but the AC scares me more. Anyone any experience of it? Really don't like role playing and i believe there are 3 of them to do.


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    #2311
    Johannes_Cabal
    Registered Users Posts: 504 ✭✭✭Johannes_Cabal


    Daisy76 wrote: »
    Sat my IST this this week as well. Have passed before so i hope too again but the AC scares me more. Anyone any experience of it? Really don't like role playing and i believe there are 3 of them to do.

    I'm the same, I hate roleplays, it feels like a really unnatural situation to be in, but passed in 1309 campaign.

    When you go in you just do what you have too and afterwards it isn't as bad as you expect. Personally worrying about it would have made the nerves worse, I just put it at the back of my mind until the AC.


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