Garda Recruitment - Stage 3 2016/2017

MrBlack93

New thread with regards to the interview to avoid confusion

RedmondHR

Bit early to start this no

smiley963

RedmondHR wrote: »

Bit early to start this no

Think positive ha 😬

MondeoMan92

Little bit early but at least we have a point of reference now instead of tripping over other threads

RedmondHR

Sup Bitches, Im here!

Achilies

Anyone having trouble downloading the form?

RedmondHR

Yea, in work and doing it on my phone. Will do it properly when I get home.

Achilies

I have tried two different computers and it stills says that adobe is not up to date,even after downloading the recent one.

baldshin

I'm working in a printing shop, with all the latest software imaginable, and can't get it open!

RedmondHR

Will try it when I get home, If I have any luck and you still dont will send it to you.

Achilies

baldshin wrote: »

I'm working in a printing shop, with all the latest software imaginable, and can't get it open!

Yeah it looks like they probably forgot to upload it or there is something wrong etc.

MrBlack93

Hi,

Congrats to those who passed today.
I've got a question, at what time of day did you receive your message on the publicjobs website? I'm having an issue here where I got a text and an email notifying me that I have a message but there's no new messagel in my public jobs inbox??? Anyone else experiencing this??

Elliot192

Can't open that form for love nor money!

Elliot192

MrBlack93 wrote: »

Hi,

Congrats to those who passed today.
I've got a question, at what time of day did you receive your message on the publicjobs website? I'm having an issue here where I got a text and an email notifying me that I have a message but there's no new messagel in my public jobs inbox??? Anyone else experiencing this??

I got mine around four thirty, if that helps?

Elliot192

Anyone have any luck opening that interview form?

dosyrosy1990

Achilies wrote: »

Anyone having trouble downloading the form?

Did you get to download the form?

dosyrosy1990

RedmondHR wrote: »

Yea, in work and doing it on my phone. Will do it properly when I get home.

Can you send me on link please? Mine won't open.

dosyrosy1990

RedmondHR wrote: »

Yea, in work and doing it on my phone. Will do it properly when I get home.

Can you send me on link please? Mine won't open.

RedmondHR

DosyRosy! Open the file.
Download the file and save it to you computer.
Open the file through your documents.
Should work that way.
If not will send it too you.

Aishlingoc

Is the order of merit where we placed out of everyone doing the 2nd stage?

RedmondHR

Yea, order we will be called up for interviews i'm guessing.

Aishlingoc

RedmondHR wrote: »

DosyRosy! Open the file.
Download the file and save it to you computer.
Open the file through your documents.
Should work that way.
If not will send it too you.

Tried this and it didn't work for me, any chance you could send on the link in your own time, thanks.

Elliot192

Feeling a bit sick looking at that interview form! (Thanks for the tip on how to open it btw) I don't have any community/voluntary experience. Also big gaps in my employment history. Is that me gone?

Depp

know them feels! its very Intimidating

df14

The 2 questions on the interview form is hardly all they will judge us on is it? Surely there's going to be more info given to us when we get our date and times??

Mudmask

df14 wrote: »

The 2 questions on the interview form is hardly all they will judge us on is it? Surely there's going to be more info given to us when we get our date and times??

Have you recieved the information about competencies? There are six you will have to demonstrate to the interviewers using examples. I can't remember them at the moment but I think they should be available online or at least in the thread on the interviews from the last competition.

df14

Mudmask wrote: »

Have you recieved the information about competencies? There are six you will have to demonstrate to the interviewers using examples. I can't remember them at the moment but I think they should be available online or at least in the thread on the interviews from the last competition.

Ya I saw them alright mentioned from before but didn't receive anything mentioning them so was just wondering

Mudmask

df14 wrote: »

Ya I saw them alright mentioned from before but didn't receive anything mentioning them so was just wondering

Ah yeah if you haven't gotten them yet it will come with your date and time

Just checked my message from last year, you will get a familiarisation booklet with your invitation to interview, just a couple of pages. The competencies were: Resilience, Serving the Public, Problem Solving, Interpersonal skills, Personal Effectiveness and Commitment to the role.

df14

Mudmask wrote: »

Ah yeah if you haven't gotten them yet it will come with your date and time

Just checked my message from last year, you will get a familiarisation booklet with your invitation to interview, just a couple of pages. The competencies were: Resilience, Serving the Public, Problem Solving, Interpersonal skills, Personal Effectiveness and Commitment to the role.

Nice one thanks

Depp

anyone know of anywhere where you can do like a mock interview or whatever?

Montague4LC

Do people know if its very hard to pass this test if youre not a garda reserve?
And lets say your order of merit is 300 does that mean you placed 200th out of the 1700 that did stage 2?

RedmondHR

Depp wrote: »

anyone know of anywhere where you can do like a mock interview or whatever?

Maybe careerservices ? None available at the moment sadly!

Turbo T

Depp wrote: »

anyone know of anywhere where you can do like a mock interview or whatever?

Have a look at www.gardaip.com.

flyton5

Depp wrote: »

anyone know of anywhere where you can do like a mock interview or whatever?

I know of a recently retired sergeant who does competency based interview prep. Includes filling out the forms with you etc. If you pm me i'll find out if she can accommodate people. A friend of mine did it before the last campaign and he's now stationed in Kildare. I'm booked in with her for Monday. Price is lower than anywhere else I've seen and she says it will take about 2 hours in total.

Edit: She's in South Dublin and you have to travel to her.

Af88

MrBlack93 wrote: »

Hi,

Congrats to those who passed today.
I've got a question, at what time of day did you receive your message on the publicjobs website? I'm having an issue here where I got a text and an email notifying me that I have a message but there's no new messagel in my public jobs inbox??? Anyone else experiencing this??

What date did you do your stage 2? I sat mine on April 1st but haven't heard anything back.

RedmondHR

Should we put our Leaving cert as a qualification yous think ?

tictac__x

RedmondHR wrote: »

Should we put our Leaving cert as a qualification yous think ?

I would think so, anything you got a certificate for I think, thats what I'm putting in anyway ☺

RedmondHR

Yea, I dunno. The layout does not really suit it for the leaving cert:/
Anyone else having difficulties for section B? Cant seem to enter anything at all!

df14

More info today I wonder???

stringbox

Lads can somebody send me a link to the application form? I'm on holidays and back on Friday and I can't open the form in the internet cafe here.

I don't have admin priviledges on a public computer so I can't open it!

This computer doesn't have the latest version of adobe so it won't open the PDF.

AnMuinteoirOg

Check yer inboxes

RedmondHR

Got mine there, now the fun part :P

Af88

Anyone got their result that sat the test on April 1st?

Elliot192

Lads, a word of warning to anyone filling out the interview pdf form. Save and keep saving it! Adobe just crashed on me and I lost the lot! We can still send it in tomorrow, right?

Elliot192

Ok - probably stating the obvious - but it wasn't to me in my sleep deprived state - maybe type out what you want to say in a word doc or something then cut and paste into the pdf form (as well as saving all the time). Had fierce trouble with it all last night. The form kept closing down on me. Sometimes it kept the changes I made and sometimes the )(*&^@£;&$* did not. Lesson most definitely learned. Make your lives easier. Now I need to sleep!

stringbox

Everyone get the form in yesterday? I got my date too.

df14

Anyone know if you need girlfriends family on form b? I know it says partner but is that engaged or what?

RedmondHR

df14, I dont think we need to put our girlfriends family on it. I wont be, less effort and think it only asking for legal technicalities .If for some reasons turns out I need to put it on it, will I will just say I am single.

df14

RedmondHR wrote: »

df14, I dont think we need to put our girlfriends family on it. I wont be, less effort and think it only asking for legal technicalities .If for some reasons turns out I need to put it on it, will I will just say I am single.

I rang hrm yesterday to ask and they said only if living together which I am so I've no way around it

RedmondHR

Yea suppose no way around it, also girlfriend probably wouldn't like it as well!

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