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HSE/Tusla Assistant Staff Officer Grade IV
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Hi,
Got my date for Interview for Laois / Offaly.
Any one any tips on what they might ask outside of the 6 competencies?
Thanks,
I have my interview on the Tuesday morning, I have colleagues with interviews on Monday and Wednesday, not sure if they go on longer than that. The last interview I did for a temp Grade IV I was asked how I would deal with being pulled in different directions while I was trying to get my work done. Be sure to have an example of when this happened to you previously and how you dealt with it. I was also asked what tools I used to organise myself (Outlook etc.). The most important thing about these interviews is giving examples. Read your application thoroughly but have other examples ready to use.
Best of luck
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Hi hopskipandajump ( love the name by the way!)
Thanks for your reply! Was your interview for Laois/ Offaly? I have mine thurs week the 27th! I did an interview for an Executive officer this year (failed the etray by 6 points unfortunately) a lot of the competencies are similar, it's the questions outside of the competencies that get me a little!
thanks again for your help & very best of luck to you, did they say how long you have to wait to hear how you did?
Yes, did a temp Grade IV for Offaly a few weeks ago, had a letter the following day to say I had been panelled. I did one a few months ago in South Tipp and failed miserably, didn't even get panelled! It was my first interview so it was a wake-up call. While some of the questions throw you as they aren't what you had on your application, every single one of them requires an example of how you have done it before. You can't answer with "I would do this" or "I would do that", it's what you did and how you did it and what the outcome was. Just think about loads of different situations in advance and be ready to use them whenever you think it will fit in to the question asked. Have a few examples such as when you had to participate in teamwork, how you manage your time/multiple tasks, when you had to deal with a difficult situation, when you had to use your initiative in a situation, when you went beyond the call of duty in your work before, when you dealt with a difficult client or colleague. It's hard to have loads of examples but if you have a few in your head, hopefully you'll get to use them. They don't have to be work related either, you could use something from a situation when you were in college or playing a sport. I know I only used 2 examples in my last interview but I managed to scrape through all the same.
I'm applying for the temp Grade IV job in Tullamore as we speak which is on the HSE website, the closing date is this coming Friday. I'm doing an interview for the national Laois/Offaly panel Tuesday 25th. I hope to be more prepared for this interview. Practice makes you that little bit closer to perfect than you were before!:) 0 -
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becmar1989 wrote: »South Dublin posts due to be expressed this week
Any more word about the delays? It's taking ages for Sligo0 -
becmar1989 wrote: »South Dublin posts due to be expressed this week
Whoop!!
Looking forward to that. This waiting is hard work!!0 -
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Am external - order of merit was 35, so am down the list a bit. Hopefully as the times goes by, I'll find a suitable one and there won't be as many on the list.
Grand.... Ok but I thought we only got one chance/offer - and if refused we get taken off the panel?
Or am I wrong in thinking that?
Hope you get what you're looking for 0 -
Nope if you don't reply to the offer it doesn't affect your position on the panel.Dublintigger wrote: »Am external - order of merit was 35, so am down the list a bit. Hopefully as the times goes by, I'll find a suitable one and there won't be as many on the list.
Grand.... Ok but I thought we only got one chance/offer - and if refused we get taken off the panel?
Or am I wrong in thinking that?
Hope you get what you're looking for0 -
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I'm just wondering what happens when a new post becomes available - does the HSE contact the next person on the panel by email or phone? Or is there a weblink we can access and express intrest in on positions coming up?
Are the positions publicly advertised?
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I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but the way it's working from this competition is: if you got panelled for a geographical division, you've the possibility of getting a job out of this. If you've panelled in the top 50, you've a good chance of getting a job soon (Dublin anyway).Dublintigger wrote: »I'm just wondering what happens when a new post becomes available - does the HSE contact the next person on the panel by email or phone? Or is there a weblink we can access and express intrest in on positions coming up?
Are the positions publicly advertised?
Thanks
I'm 35 on Dublin South and have had 8 offers (by email) in 2 separate locations so far. If you are offered a position, you can express an interest in them if that's a post you'd be into (you have a week to do so). If that post doesn't interest you, you just ignore it and it makes no difference to your place on the panel.
If, for example, there are only 10 on a panel. They would get offered a position. Say number 3, 4, 8 and 10 on the panel express an interest in the position, number 3 would get the job as they are the highest. Number 3 would come off the panel and everyone would pretty much be moved up a number.
I think it's a fairly good way of doing things as you only go for positions that interest you.
Anyone get offers for Dublin North yet?0 -
I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but the way it's working from this competition is: if you got panelled for a geographical division, you've the possibility of getting a job out of this. If you've panelled in the top 50, you've a good chance of getting a job soon (Dublin anyway).
I'm 35 on Dublin South and have had 8 offers (by email) in 2 separate locations so far. If you are offered a position, you can express an interest in them if that's a post you'd be into (you have a week to do so). If that post doesn't interest you, you just ignore it and it makes no difference to your place on the panel.
If, for example, there are only 10 on a panel. They would get offered a position. Say number 3, 4, 8 and 10 on the panel express an interest in the position, number 3 would get the job as they are the highest. Number 3 would come off the panel and everyone would pretty much be moved up a number.
I think it's a fairly good way of doing things as you only go for positions that interest you.
Anyone get offers for Dublin North yet?
Geeze
.... reading between the lines here, I'm taking it that anyone who is between 55 & 100 on the panel, may not get a posting? And anyone above that, no chance?
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Dublintigger wrote: »Geeze.... reading between the lines here, I'm taking it that anyone who is between 55 & 100 on the panel, may not get a posting? And anyone above that, no chance?
That seems harsh!!
I think there’s a good enough chance of getting an offer, but it might take a little longer. They’ve to exhaust 50 positions before they move on to the next part - 8 have been offered already. And then, not everyone will still be available for the positions - might have other job opportunities or family circumstances etc that might interfere. I’ve no inside knowledge though - I’m purely speculating.0 -
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