Eircom apprenticeship

ormondprop

bighiggy wrote: »

I would have done better if in knew them exact questions, instead of revising 10s of possible questions. You say the best candidate will get the job, clearly if people have questions prepared more than others they will appear to be the best candidate even though no necessarily the case. Would you find it fair if some people in your class were told what leaving cert questions were coming up but you had to prepare for any possibility? The people agreeing with you are the people you helped. Some people.

I did a lot of preperation for this phone interview as it was the first i ever did, reading articles and online and without talking to anybody who had done it i had answers prepared for them questions i gave as an example as everything i read had them as possible questions, i had about 30 questions and answers prepared for this interview, so if you did any preperation for the interview you would have had answers for the same 4 examples i gave as they are the most basic ones you can be asked, and from what i read nearly always come up and if you didn't it obviously meant you didn't prepare for it properly, and if you didn't prepare properly did you really expect to get through it

bighiggy

Kromdar wrote: »

Anyone who had been to an interview lately will know they always ask these. They're standard HR questions, not state secrets. I knew what i was going to say to these questions because i had been asked them countless times before.

So to quote;
"Not big surprise".

Dont get me wrong Kromdar i do agree with this to an extent. But i also feel that there is several other standard potential questions. Its just the fact that people now know the Exact, and not potential questions, which is unfair from my point of view.

bighiggy

ormondprop wrote: »

I did a lot of preperation for this phone interview as it was the first i ever did, reading articles and online and without talking to anybody who had done it i had answers prepared for them questions i gave as an example as everything i read had them as possible questions, i had about 30 questions and answers prepared for this interview, so if you did any preperation for the interview you would have had answers for the same 4 examples i gave as they are the most basic ones you can be asked, and from what i read nearly always come up and if you didn't it obviously meant you didn't prepare for it properly, and if you didn't prepare properly did you really expect to get through it

I did prepare for it obviously. You kind of made my point for me, you prepared about 30 questions, so did I. Now people can have an easier time with the 4 exact questions. Fact. Im not arguing with you on this it wont get anyone anywhere. I understand your point but i slightly disagree. Im not commenting on this again i have my opinion you have yours. Good luck in the selection process.

ormondprop

bighiggy wrote: »

But i also feel that there is several other standard potential questions. Its just the fact that people now know the Exact, and not potential questions, which is unfair from my point of view.

I was talking to a few people and we were all asked differant questions so theres no guarantee that they will be asked them questions and even at that its only 4 questions that you should have had prepared anyway and you'll still have to prepare all the other ones aswell so what differance will it really make, its not as if the interwiew consists solely them 4 questions, you'd swear i was after telling them everything i was asked, and that everybody who is going for the apprenticeship goes on boards

bighiggy

Do you know when they will contact the people for the next stage? I wish I knew now if i was out of the running, the wait is frustrating!!

ormondprop

I reckon soon enough as she said it'll be happeng around mid august and that you'll be given plenty of time to arrange to get work off

evosteo

just got this email, closing date extended again;

Dear stephen,

Thank you for applying for the eircom Apprenticeship 2011.

Due to the huge level of interest in the Apprentice Programme, the closing date for completing the online assessments has been extended until Thursday August 4th (5pm).

If you have already completed all online assessments we'd like to thank you for taking the time to do so, and you can expect to hear from us in the next 2 weeks. If you have any questions in the meantime please don't hesitate to call or email using the details below.

If you have not yet completed the assessments and are still interested in being considered for the next stage in the selection process please complete the assessments as soon as possible.

In order to access the assessments you must go to the website below and insert the login ID along with some personal details.

BlubberyGiraffe

Wow this is been extended quite a few times!

bighiggy

Tooo many times if u ask me!

brotherrabbit

its a bit of a joke because most of us followed the instructions and did the tests before the 1st dead line.....dead lines are dead lines! -_-

thejohn0512

yeah brotherrabbit i 100% agree, and evoste i got the same email. do ya reckon there just delaying the inevitable??:(

newuser1

The deadline is just to give people a chance to do the tests. They have already applied so its not extending the deadline for applications. It was never clear anyway if the first deadline was just for applications or if it was for the test as well.

So can we stop discussing the test and even remove the posts with the screen caps of the test.

Watching

They're taking the piss a bit. I'm confident though

accordsir-t

i was onto a lady in eircom apprentice program which she stated eircom has not called anyone and they dont do over the phone interview:rolleyes::rolleyes: so all you guys that stated you got the call i wonder was this from an outside company

Watching

accordsir-t wrote: »

i was onto a lady in eircom apprentice program which she stated eircom has not called anyone and they dont do over the phone interview:rolleyes::rolleyes: so all you guys that stated you got the call i wonder was this from an outside company

I doubt there are many people working for Eircom that know much about the apprenticeship program. You could have spoken to absolutely anybody!

accordsir-t

watching there is a seperate number for the apprenticeship program on the website call it yourself, maybe it was someone random but i was just stateing what i was told when i contacted them:):)

Mrs OBumble

newuser1 wrote: »

... remove the posts with the screen caps of the test.

Use the Report post icon on the offending post, and I'll take a look.

BlubberyGiraffe

accordsir-t wrote: »

i was onto a lady in eircom apprentice program which she stated eircom has not called anyone and they dont do over the phone interview:rolleyes::rolleyes: so all you guys that stated you got the call i wonder was this from an outside company

Im pretty sure someone didnt waste a half hour of their life asking me interview question for ****s and giggles.

The person you were talking to obviously wasnt in the apprenticeship program as its stated in the application that if you pass the aptitude test it will be followed up by a phone interview.

brotherrabbit

Eircom subcontracted out the hiring of the apprenties to a sep company. the same company hired for aer lingus

accordsir-t

alrite blubberygiraffe take it easy i only stated what i was told and i did state maybe it was someone else from eircom but brotherrabbit has comfirmed its sub contracted out so obviously there calling people

accordsir-t

has anybody else heard anything i applied over three weeks ago done the tests and all but just got email saying its been extended again they will be in touch within two weeks

jeddie20

You'll probably get some sort of call in the next few days.

Did anyone ask where the course itself takes place? She asked would I relocate but I forgot to ask whree :pac:

andrew241983

Had my Phone interview this morning all pretty standard questions.. She said I will here back in mid august...
You will be based in either Dublin , Dundalk , Louth or portlaoise...

Geralt

I applied to it as well, done assesment and got phone interview. Today i got call that my phone interview was succesful and that I have another assesment to do in Dublin next week. Did anyone else got such call?

andrew241983

Ye I got the call to say I was successful in my interview and have to do another assessment next week... Fingers crossed

evosteo

Geralt wrote: »

I applied to it as well, done assesment and got phone interview. Today i got call that my phone interview was succesful and that I have another assesment to do in Dublin next week. Did anyone else got such call?

when did you do the phone interview geralt?

Geralt

evosteo wrote: »

when did you do the phone interview geralt?

I had my phone interview yesterday

andrew241983 wrote: »

Ye I got the call to say I was successful in my interview and have to do another assessment next week... Fingers crossed

When exactly is your one? Mine is on Tuesday

evosteo

so you both got a call back shortly after your interview,

not looking good here, i did mine last thur:(

andrew241983

evosteo wrote: »

so you both got a call back shortly after your interview,

not looking good here, i did mine last thur:(

I wouldn't read anything into the time frame mate .. She said to me on the phone they are trying to get through the back log of people

andrew241983

Geralt wrote: »

I had my phone interview yesterday



When exactly is your one? Mine is on Tuesday

Ye mine is Tuesday mate.. All the best in urs