Executive Officer Campaign 2016

uck51js9zml2yt · 20-01-2017 7:30pm

I said she couldnt get the information from me in the test. The blurb said I wasnt allowed!

Did it last night having been up for the preceeding 20 hours travelling home from abroad.

Crunchymomma · 20-01-2017 8:18pm

Dying to get onto part b......Scored really well in them for CO comp so hoping this one goes similarly!!

redcatstar · 21-01-2017 4:07pm

Can anyone tell me if they have received the test section yet. As a friend down the country told me she did and it had to be done by the 20th Jan ????this true
I only did questionaire so far

Corsha · 21-01-2017 4:48pm

redcatstar wrote: »

Can anyone tell me if they have received the test section yet. As a friend down the country told me she did and it had to be done by the 20th Jan ????this true
I only did questionaire so far

Maybe your friend thinks the questionnaire is the test section . Everyone has just done the questionnaire [removed example] . We have to pass this stage to get to the test stage .

Good luck in the next stage . You can do it x

starlit · 21-01-2017 9:26pm

I did the CO exams last year and didn't pass the questionnaire yet they allowed me do the verbal and numerical but passed the two of the them but had to pass all three to continue in the competition. i've found the questions easier for EO competition in past rather than for CO competition for the reasoning ones. I'm wondering are the questions going to be different to the CO reasoning ones?

Has anyone advice as to where you could practice for the verbal and numerical questions?

misslemon · 23-01-2017 11:22am

So do we think we'll be getting the familiarisation material today? If so the testing window could open Thursday?

My job is annoying me today, I could do with some distraction!

caarp · 23-01-2017 9:09pm

misslemon wrote: »

So do we think we'll be getting the familiarisation material today? If so the testing window could open Thursday?

My job is annoying me today, I could do with some distraction!

I was wondering this too. Do you think that the Stage 2 in person tests will be February or March? Any ideas?

misslemon · 23-01-2017 9:24pm

I know batch one of the administrative officer campaign started stage 2 two weeks after the results were released. So by the time we do part 1b and get the results I'd guess we're talking early March.

caarp · 23-01-2017 9:31pm

misslemon wrote: »

I know batch one of the administrative officer campaign started stage 2 two weeks after the results were released. So by the time we do part 1b and get the results I'd guess we're talking early March.

Good stuff. I've no idea if i'll even get through to stage 2 at all but I'm just trying to figure out traveling and all that. Early March seems reasonable for sure. Maybe I'll drop them a line to see if they have any tentative schedule in mind. Cheers!

misslemon · 23-01-2017 9:40pm

No problem

If you get any response let us know!

BeboHun · 24-01-2017 10:12am

Does anyone have any links to any sample tests that we could practice on?
Will they be using the usual cut-e type tests?

py2006 · 27-01-2017 6:20pm

Just got a message on public jobs and a text about tests.

Link will be sent on 2nd Feb. Have till 7th Feb to complete.

Verbal Reasoning (17 minutes time limit, 30 questions)
Numerical Reasoning (17 minutes time limit, 18 questions)

Wheety · 27-01-2017 6:30pm

BeboHun wrote: »

Does anyone have any links to any sample tests that we could practice on?
Will they be using the usual cut-e type tests?

This is the link that was sent.

https://www.cebglobal.com/shldirect/en/practice-tests/

eimaj18 · 27-01-2017 8:40pm

Wheety wrote: »

This is the link that was sent.

https://www.cebglobal.com/shldirect/en/practice-tests/

Feckin' SHL tests! Hate them. Ah well, to practice I will go!

carnie · 27-01-2017 10:19pm

eimaj77 wrote: »

Feckin' SHL tests! Hate them. Ah well, to practice I will go!

Same.. I was hoping for the tab based one as there's less preparation involved.

**** it. Let's be havin' ya SHL!!!!

misslemon · 27-01-2017 11:50pm

They're worse than cut-e? How is that possible?!

xDisneyDivax · 30-01-2017 11:45am

Why did they change assessment providers?? :O

eroc79 · 30-01-2017 1:04pm

xDisneyDivax wrote: »

Why did they change assessment providers?? :O

It was shl last eo comp too

c0rk3r · 30-01-2017 2:49pm

Anyone have any experience of the below companies. Thinking about purchasing one or the other. Or has anyone any book recommendations ?

https://www.jobtestprep.co.uk/shl-verbal-reasoning-test

Or

http://www.practiceaptitudetests.com/numerical-reasoning-tests/

ahnowbrowncow · 30-01-2017 3:17pm

I wouldn't bother. For the last EO competition your numerical reasoning score wasn't counted when ranking, as long as you passed it (about 25%), only the questionnaire and verbal reasoning scores were.

And I don't know how much they can prepare you for reading paragraphs in the verbal reasoning

Areas · 30-01-2017 3:56pm

Just tried the sample numerical test, wow that was tough, really pushed for time. Didn't help though that the person next to me here kept trying to talk about Fair City!

xDisneyDivax · 30-01-2017 4:26pm

Can you only do the tests once or can you do it again?

YourPaceOrMine · 30-01-2017 4:38pm

I took the practice test, are they for real with the numerical test! It's not NASA we're applying to!

Copper_pipe · 30-01-2017 4:42pm

The numerical exam for the LCC positions were a lot easier than what we are given for these...

Areas · 30-01-2017 4:49pm

You can do them a few times, I just did it again, still no where near finishing them in the allocated time.

YourPaceOrMine · 30-01-2017 5:04pm

Yeah I didn't get anywhere near finished, I struggle with maths problem solving and I got more than half wrong. Do these type of questions any relevance to the position we will be filling, if I could complete the questions in that time and get them right I wouldn't be working for EO salary...