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    #92
    April O Neill II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 536 ✭✭✭April O Neill II


    Dani13xxx wrote: »
    I missed a phone call this morning at around 12 from a private number and was thinking this could be in relation to the aptitude test i sat yesterday. I am not sure however if they would call on private?

    Doubt it was them, and even if it was, they would have left a message.


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    #93
    vinny18
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭vinny18


    Dani13xxx wrote: »
    I missed a phone call this morning at around 12 from a private number and was thinking this could be in relation to the aptitude test i sat yesterday. I am not sure however if they would call on private?

    Hey, They just rang me there about half an hour ago on private number.


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    #94
    Dani13xxx
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭Dani13xxx


    Did they ring to say you did or didnt get it?


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    #95
    April O Neill II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 536 ✭✭✭April O Neill II


    Maaan, if I don't pass this aptitude test, I'll seriously be questioning my brain's ability. No call OR missed call for me today. :(


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    #96
    April O Neill II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 536 ✭✭✭April O Neill II


    Has anyone got an interview lined up yet?

    I'd be a tad gutted if I failed the aptitude test, I've always done well in them.

    I came straight from college so was dressed down, that might not have helped either!


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    #97
    vinny18
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭vinny18


    Dani13xxx wrote: »
    Did they ring to say you did or didnt get it?

    They rang to say I got it


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    #98
    April O Neill II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 536 ✭✭✭April O Neill II


    Interview, baby. ;)

    Was told I scored very highly, and was asked about salary expectations, how would it fit in with college and why I want to work for them in the phone call! Not expecting it to be so in depth, tbh!

    But yay, interview! \o/


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    #99
    nalsa
    Registered Users Posts: 25 ✭nalsa


    April O Neill II wrote: »
    Interview, baby. ;)

    Was told I scored very highly, and was asked about salary expectations, how would it fit in with college and why I want to work for them in the phone call! Not expecting it to be so in depth, tbh!

    But yay, interview! \o/

    Well done! Wat number did they ring you off, private?


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    #100
    April O Neill II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 536 ✭✭✭April O Neill II


    Not a private number for me. Others received calls on private numbers. Prob depends on who rings you, some might have their phones on private, some not.


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    #101
    DoctorDre
    Registered Users Posts: 169 ✭✭DoctorDre


    Anyone had an interview for the branch banking jobs? Wondering if anyone could tell me anything about the role or the interview? Thanks


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    #102
    April O Neill II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 536 ✭✭✭April O Neill II


    April O Neill II wrote: »
    Was told I scored very highly, and was asked about salary expectations, how would it fit in with college and why I want to work for them in the phone call! Not expecting it to be so in depth, tbh!

    And to add to this, the phone call was my alarm clock this morning so I had a big groggy head on me answering the questions. :pac:


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    #103
    syndrome777
    Registered Users Posts: 223 ✭✭syndrome777


    April O Neill II wrote: »
    And to add to this, the phone call was my alarm clock this morning so I had a big groggy head on me answering the questions. :pac:
    did you do aptitude test for contact center or bank branch?

    so did they call you for an interview? do you know when the job starts?



    (I am still waiting for the call after the second interview)


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    #104
    April O Neill II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 536 ✭✭✭April O Neill II


    syndrome777 wrote: »
    did you do aptitude test for contact center or bank branch?

    so did they call you for an interview? do you know when the job starts?



    (I am still waiting for the call after the second interview)

    I did the support centre aptitude test. He said a mid-January start. But bear in mind I haven't had an interview yet, you're way ahead of me in the process. :) But yeah, I got offered the first interview, early next week.


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    #105
    April O Neill II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 536 ✭✭✭April O Neill II


    duffman13 wrote: »
    Worked there for a few months.

    Hi duffman, what hours where the different shifts? Was it just 9 to 5 or where there later ones? Was it all weekday work or was there weekend work too? There's just a few of us on the thread who seem to be wondering about this.

    Thanks!


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    #106
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Any idea on the pay and benefits?


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    #107
    the_shark
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭the_shark


    Got the phonecall this evening,interview early next week.brought the phone with me everywhere all day and of course they rang while I was on the toilet !


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    #108
    April O Neill II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 536 ✭✭✭April O Neill II


    the_shark wrote: »
    Got the phonecall this evening,interview early next week.brought the phone with me everywhere all day and of course they rang while I was on the toilet !

    Ha! :D As long as there was no, erm, noises, I'd say you were grrraaaand. Did they ask you any questions or indicate how your test went? Or just notify you of the interview? Just trying to read my call. :)


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    #109
    the_shark
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭the_shark


    April O Neill II wrote: »
    Ha! :D As long as there was no, erm, noises, I'd say you were grrraaaand. Did they ask you any questions or indicate how your test went? Or just notify you of the interview? Just trying to read my call. :)

    Awkward! Em just salary expectations,how much notice I'd need to give current employer and the year I graduated.


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    #110
    April O Neill II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 536 ✭✭✭April O Neill II


    the_shark wrote: »
    Awkward! Em just salary expectations,how much notice I'd need to give current employer and the year I graduated.

    Same as me so! I haven't had the interview time confirmed yet, must find out tomorrow.


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    #111
    vinny18
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭vinny18


    April O Neill II wrote: »
    Same as me so! I haven't had the interview time confirmed yet, must find out tomorrow.

    Yeah im in the same boat, they said id get an email confirming the time and location. Still waiting though.


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    #112
    bget
    Registered Users Posts: 164 ✭✭bget


    syndrome777 wrote: »
    nope, nothing yet.
    I am dragging my phone everywhere but no call yet

    Me too.. In my second interview last friday the two men who interviewed me said that HR SHOULD be in touch this week so they could get out contracts before christmas to start work on Jan 6th.. So if I dont hear tomorrow Im not completely ruling it out..

    To anyone who mentioned being asked in what year did they graduate can I ask what year did ye graduate in.. Mine was quite a few years ago. But that was mentioned in my second interview and they seemed happy with the reasons I gave them about it..

    Im trying not to get my hopes up. But The way Im kinda thinking is that they held another aptitude test after the one I did so they are obviously looking for quite a few staff and if I passed first interview and second went as well if not slightly better then I have a good chance.. I hope. Hope I hear soon, one way or another..

    April if you want me to pm you some of the kinds of questions they asked at the interviews just let me know.. Thats no problem


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    #113
    April O Neill II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 536 ✭✭✭April O Neill II


    vinny18 wrote: »
    Yeah im in the same boat, they said id get an email confirming the time and location. Still waiting though.

    I'm gonna ring tomorrow if I don't get word, I assume we'll get an email tomorrow if the interview is Monday!


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    #114
    vinny18
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭vinny18


    April O Neill II wrote: »
    I'm gonna ring tomorrow if I don't get word, I assume we'll get an email tomorrow if the interview is Monday!

    Thats exaclty the plan i had in mind too, i was thinking of waiting until about 4 o'clock and if i've not heard anything by then im ringing. Hate this waiting around


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    #115
    nalsa
    Registered Users Posts: 25 ✭nalsa


    the_shark wrote: »
    Got the phonecall this evening,interview early next week.brought the phone with me everywhere all day and of course they rang while I was on the toilet !

    Priceless!! I missed a call from them and tried ringing back but couldn't get through. I'm thinking a toilet conversation was better than none at all!!


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    #116
    April O Neill II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 536 ✭✭✭April O Neill II


    bget wrote: »
    Im trying not to get my hopes up. But The way Im kinda thinking is that they held another aptitude test after the one I did so they are obviously looking for quite a few staff and if I passed first interview and second went as well if not slightly better then I have a good chance.. I hope. Hope I hear soon, one way or another.

    Not to sound airy fairy, but did you get a good feeling about the second interview?

    My gut instinct has never been wrong about interviews. I've always known when I did get the job and when I didn't get it. What's your gut telling you?

    Thanks for the offer on questions, but I think I have all the info I need, just need to prepare now! :)

    I graduated in 2009, but am doing a pgdip this year.


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    #117
    April O Neill II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 536 ✭✭✭April O Neill II


    nalsa wrote: »
    Priceless!! I missed a call from them and tried ringing back but couldn't get through. I'm thinking a toilet conversation was better than none at all!!

    Sure, ring them early tomorrow, you've probably got an interview!


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    #118
    sing_dumb
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭sing_dumb


    Just a word of warning folks, I left AIB earlier this year, after a few years in one of their call centres. I was'nt the only one who left, every day / week people are legging it. It's a damn hard, stressful job, repetitive & demanding. The people I worked with were lovely but management are total €&@?'s......and you are expected to perform at 110% efficiency & achieve impossible Stats. Every minute of your day is monitored & observed & the customers can be nasty, coz they hate banks. I started with a group of 15 and only 2 of us were still there within 2 years. There was a huge amount of absenteeism due to stress related illness & there are absolutely NO perks, not even a diary. QFA fees are only refunded if you pass them and they can and do dismiss people for failing them. Wages are basically on a par with the average factory rates, it's dog-eat-dog with people always watching their backs. Most people hate working there, but need the money. I was lucky I got another job, and I had to adjust to being treated with respect and manners in it, after spending so long been treated like a dog in AIB.


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    #119
    bget
    Registered Users Posts: 164 ✭✭bget


    April, I felt much happier leaving the second interview than I did with the first. I feel like I did enough but I really dont know. Two things Im taking as good signs are 1) the interview flew by was in 40 mins and felt like about 10 and 2) at the end one of the interviewers said there are other questions we could ask but you've demonstrated the skills in the examples you've already given us. I really feel like I should be ok and should have done enough but I just really dont want to get my hopes up ya know. One of the interviewers was lovely, really chatty and friendly but the other was very quiet so was hard to get a gauge on what he was thinking.. time will tell I guess


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    #120
    mtnh
    Registered Users Posts: 52 ✭✭mtnh


    sing_dumb wrote: »
    Just a word of warning folks, I left AIB earlier this year, after a few years in one of their call centres. I was'nt the only one who left, every day / week people are legging it. It's a damn hard, stressful job, repetitive & demanding. The people I worked with were lovely but management are total €&@?'s......and you are expected to perform at 110% efficiency & achieve impossible Stats. Every minute of your day is monitored & observed & the customers can be nasty, coz they hate banks. I started with a group of 15 and only 2 of us were still there within 2 years. There was a huge amount of absenteeism due to stress related illness & there are absolutely NO perks, not even a diary. QFA fees are only refunded if you pass them and they can and do dismiss people for failing them. Wages are basically on a par with the average factory rates, it's dog-eat-dog with people always watching their backs. Most people hate working there, but need the money. I was lucky I got another job, and I had to adjust to being treated with respect and manners in it, after spending so long been treated like a dog in AIB.

    I had a feeling this would be the case! Customers are never really going to appreciate banks calling them up begging for money.

    Hopefully it will look good on the cv anyway.


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    #121
    AuntieMaggie
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭AuntieMaggie


    They just rang me, but I think I have failed the telephone interview :D I was not expecting that call at all and just went blank. Then managed to mumble something in pidgeon English. They said they would email me to inform if I was successful and got an interview but I won't hold my breath.


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