Irish Army Psychometric Tests 2014

conorgreene92

Does anyone know anything about the psychometric tests for the army? how hard they are? whats asked? ways to prepare?

Thanks.

twinydavid

conorgreene92 wrote: »

Does anyone know anything about the psychometric tests for the army? how hard they are? whats asked? ways to prepare?

Thanks.

Its very very simple. Done it last year. Very easy

twinydavid

conorgreene92 wrote: »

How did ya got on after? did ya get result or anything?

Yeh each test was ranked out of 800 i think. Scored around 700 in both. The maths was quite easy it was basically just sequences of numbers with one number missing and you have to work out the missing one. Verbal was just reading a passage and answering questione. Very easy. The pass score will depend in how well everybody does. They will only take the top 2-300 to the next stage

twinydavid

conorgreene92 wrote: »

How long after test was done did they let you know of ur results? Different this year with the online testing

Thanks for your answers

Test was the 1st july. Results recieved 20 july. Qualifying score in the numerical reasoning was 385 and verbal was 454. Id say they've gone online to save costs.

twinydavid

conorgreene92 wrote: »

Any tips on way i could prepare?

If you got a decent grade in junior cert maths you will be fine.However i bet they will use the same online test provider that they recently used for the garda aptitude tests ( public jobs is in charge of aptitude tests for both competitions) Worst case scenario they will. Google SHL aptitude tests. For sure it will be this site we will be doing our tests on

conorgreene92

Ok will do

You got yours coming up aswell??

twinydavid

conorgreene92 wrote: »

Ok will do

You got yours coming up aswell??

We are all in the same boat now. Tests this month. Repeats in june. Then who knows when the interview and medical will be. Pain in the arse to be honest we will be lucky to know by septemeber.

Ben1994

Does anyone know wheres the best place to go to do a full try out of one? Ive never had to do one before now.

twinydavid

Safe to say the pyscometric will be a walk in the park. Far too easy. Educational requirements should be higher than 2nd class maths and english

killer91

Anybody else get the emails detailing what to expect for the tests next week?

It looks fairly straightforward.

TacAide

killer91 wrote: »

Anybody else get the emails detailing what to expect for the tests next week?

It looks fairly straightforward.

No not yet but I applied for 1 Brigade, each brigade send their information out at different times, the test however, cover 2 aspects:

Verbal comprehension: how well can you understand and carry out an instruction I think around 40 questions to evaluate (open to correction).

Numerical Reasoning: Sequences of numbers, spot the pattern and work out the equations. Cant remember how many questions there are on that particular test.

But as you said fairly straight forward. Nothing to get stressed over.

Ben1994

killer91 wrote: »

Anybody else get the emails detailing what to expect for the tests next week?

It looks fairly straightforward.

Yeah i got one this morning, they sent a practice test too and it seemed very easy.

lilgit2

My son passed the fitness and hasntnheard anything..2.of his friends got emails.could there be a problem?

twinydavid

I must say this years test is much trickier than last years. Very time constraining.

Ben1994

I just completed mine there. The time is very tight especially for the maths.

twinydavid

Ben1994 wrote: »

I just completed mine there. The time is very tight especially for the maths.

Did you manage them all? I didnt. But i know what I answered were all right

Ben1994

twinydavid wrote: »

Did you manage them all? I didnt. But i know what I answered were all right

I managed all but 2 of the maths questions thats it. I think i got everything else right but im not getting my hopes up.

Packoman

The time really does fly for the maths.

Is this a pass/fail before the repeat? Or will everyone be called for the repeat?

hammerfist

im pretty sure if you dont pass the unsupervised you wont be sitting the supervised? same process as the gardai..how did everyone find the difficulty for the verbal, was it time constraining aswell as the maths?

It wasn't me!

Not terribly tough in terms of time (Was very annoyed to miss the last question in the maths) but some of the language used in it was very poor and unclear. Have to just make the best effort in that case and hope it's what they were going for.

hammerfist

So you get the 24 done in time,. Anyone know what the deal is with negative marking, is it minus half the mark for the question or what?

limk2014

All the questions are easy but the timing is the hardest part. I answered 13 of the 15 maths questions I think, and I know the ones I answered were right and I answered all of the other 24 and I am confident I got them all right. Does anyone have any idea when we'll find out the results or whether we passed?

karas911

If I answered 13 out of 24 questions on the verbal test , what are the chances of me passing??

Fallen96

When do you think we will find out or results from the test

shanemulh92

Did anyone get a response yet, or know when we will be informed?

callum wallace

shanemulh92 wrote: »

Did anyone get a response yet, or know when we will be informed?

i am the same as you shane i am conscious i have not been replied to yet, has anyone heard anything from them yet?

twinydavid

Would be nice if they told us the dates of results and interviews its nearly holiday season for gods sake!

Irishboy!

Anyone know when we will here something back?

Packoman

Anyone heard anything back yet?

Irishboy!

Nope, heard nothing atall

Packoman

Just got an email about an interview. I assume that means I passed, didn't say anything about the test though.

Irishboy!

Thats strange, the retest is ment to be end of June? Where did u apply for? What dates ur interview?

Packoman

Collins Barracks, Cork. My interview is on Monday, 12th May.

Irishboy!

Packoman wrote: »

Collins Barracks, Cork. My interview is on Monday, 12th May.

Wasn't expecting them to come around so soon, did it say anything about bringing a cv or any references with ya?

Packoman

Didn't say anything about a CV or references. The email has a list of things to bring (copy of the email, birth cert, photo etc.) and there's an attachment which outlines the topics of the interview and what they mean. All fairly straight forward.

Irishboy!

Packoman wrote: »

Didn't say anything about a CV or references. The email has a list of things to bring (copy of the email, birth cert, photo etc.) and there's an attachment which outlines the topics of the interview and what they mean. All fairly straight forward.

Thats good i suppose, least it dont seem too difficult.. Wonder if anyone else got one?? Hope to get mine soon, best of luck with it anyways

Ben1994

I got an email too for Collins barracks 12th of May.

kev_costo94

Is this interview you got for reserves or pdf?

Packoman

Pdf for me.

kev_costo94

Hows this possible? do you not have a retesting in june, i thought the interviews were after the 2nd sitting

Packoman

I thought the same. I reckon I'll still have to resit the test if I get through the interview.

kev_costo94

Do you know yourself has anyone else got interviews?

Packoman

Well Ben1994 up the page has, and we're both at Collins Barracks so it's probably different for each place.

kev_costo94

Its just an odd thing for the PDF to be doing because i was told the interview wasnt till july, Best of luck anyways

john3000

Hi Lads,

I have got confirmation of interview to be held in Cork next week just to let you know, does anybody know how many candidates will be through to the interview stages as a matter of interest? Thanks

kev_costo94

thought people who passed the test would have got retested in june before an interview, like the email stated..
just a bit worried as I havent heard anything, did you even hear anything about the Psychometric test score or did they just ask for an interview?

john3000

I can only say what was stated in my email and the sequence was fitness test, pyschometric testing, then interview if successful here then retesting and medical lads

kev_costo94

My email just says, if the applicant is sucessful the psychometric test will be retested in the Curragh from 23rd-27th June? nothing mentioned about an interview.. bit confused here now don't know what to do

john3000

Yes I got the same but it also says interviews being held between the 12th and the 16th I think, I wouldn't worry if you haven't heard anything yet as I'm sure they would have to contact you either way. Give it a day or two!

Fallen96

Did you receive the email today

Irishboy!

Got my email for interview today, curragh on the 15th of May, said nothing about psychometric testing though