Ushers in Oireachtas

midlands69

Just done the online tests for the panel of Ushers in the Oireachtas. Anyone know what the next stages will be or anyone that went through the process before how did you get on??

Agent Smith

midlands69 wrote: »

Just done the online tests for the panel of Ushers in the Oireachtas. Anyone know what the next stages will be or anyone that went through the process before how did you get on??

Genuinely curious how you even applied for that!

midlands69

Hi Agent Smith, I seen it on Public Jobs a couple of months ago and applied then.

Mudmask

Hi, I applied for this too. Have you heard anything since the on-line tests?

gezz36

No, have heard nothing yet!! How did you find the online tests? Any idea what comes next?

Mudmask

gezz36 wrote: »

No, have heard nothing yet!! How did you find the online tests? Any idea what comes next?

I found the online tests okay, apart from technical issues I had with the memory one but I got that sorted at the time. How did you find them? No idea what is next, I had emailed pre-online tests to ask and was told " Further information about the process will be made available to those candidates that progress to the next stage.".

gezz36

Found tests OK..got all done in the time but made a couple of errors I think. I think all the positions that will come from the panel are part-time and current part-time employees get offered any full time positions, from what I can make of the information that was given on the application. I would say a lot of applications for very few positions - in the 1,000's maybe, hard to know!!

midlands69

Anyone hear anything from this process since the online tests? I completed online tests but have heard nothing since.

Mudmask

midlands69 wrote: »

Anyone hear anything from this process since the online tests? I completed online tests but have heard nothing since.

Nothing at all!

gezz36

Results out today...placed 92. Stage 2 for the top 400, anyone else get placed??

Unoriginal

Yeah placed 188, fell down on the *Dependability/Situational Behaviour* section.

Did these aptitude tests so long ago that I can barely remember them though!

gezz36

Well done, thats great, would imagine placements will change after next stage so you can improve on that. You are well up the ranking considering 400 are through.

Mudmask

Unoriginal wrote: »

Yeah placed 188, fell down on the *Dependability/Situational Behaviour* section.

Did these aptitude tests so long ago that I can barely remember them though!

I placed low 200's, came down on that one too but I don't mind can't remember them now either.

curiousoranje

Placed in mid 40's, surprised about my facial recognition memory score as thought I'd done rubbish on it at the time. Supervised exam on Wednesday the 1st.

gezz36

Same here, exam Wednesday 1st....good luck all!!!

curiousoranje

How'd folks find the exam on Wednesday? was a bit nervous at the start but think/hope I did alright!

gezz36

That's great..best of luck in the process.

I did not go as it just would not work financially for me because of travel costs..I was good bit down the grade, in the 90's so might not have had a chance anyway. Starting new job next week so happy out..

Unoriginal

Did mine yesterday morning.

Noone should have a problem with it(unless they got someone else to take the online tests for them)

I presume that it's straight onto interviews after this?

curiousoranje

Results of last weeks test are out on public jobs. Came in top 50 anyway, through to next stage. Not very clear what that stage will entail though!

Mudmask

curiousoranje wrote: »

Results of last weeks test are out on public jobs. Came in top 50 anyway, through to next stage. Not very clear what that stage will entail though!

Didn't make the top 50, let us know what the next stage is when you find out The lack of details has made me more curious!

gezz36

curiousoranje wrote: »

Results of last weeks test are out on public jobs. Came in top 50 anyway, through to next stage. Not very clear what that stage will entail though!

I would guess the next stage is interview so well done, what number were you after the online tests before the supervised test? Good luck with the next stage.

Regus

Placed in 150s and told I am on the panel , presume this basically means its highly unlikely I will be called for interview at any stage in the future considering they are calling just 50 people currently and there cant be too many jobs going after they have selected from that group. Any opinions ?

TallGlass

Regus wrote: »

Placed in 150s and told I am on the panel , presume this basically means its highly unlikely I will be called for interview at any stage in the future considering they are calling just 50 people currently and there cant be too many jobs going after they have selected from that group. Any opinions ?

You might be called, depends how long the panel is kept for. Usually they are kept for a year or two and moved in batch's of 50/60. That's just purely based on observations.

curiousoranje

gezz36 wrote: »

I would guess the next stage is interview so well done, what number were you after the online tests before the supervised test? Good luck with the next stage.

40's in online tests and in teens after supervised. Was googling previous usher recruitment campaign, and apparently a history test was part of the stages. Amazing the hoops you have to jump through for a fairly basic salary job like this!

curiousoranje

Anyone hear anything about this since?

Lenn Brennan

Hi all, did anyone hear anything further on this? A friend of mine made the panel and finished number 14 after interview and was wondering how many positions had been filled/going to be filled.

Cheers

Lenn