Administrative Officers 2018 in Revenue - Audit and Compliance

Mac0783

Congratulations, best of luck.

jw_sweetman

Does anyone know what proportion of the roles are exclusively audit oriented? The job spec is a lot more broad than the Rev EO, not to mention the four panels that are being established as part of it.

Wonderstruck

Hey does anyone have the information booklet, I see it was taken off the Revenue website.

jw_sweetman

Here you go.

audrey2014

Well, just out. Done and dusted. Hard to know how it went. Board were nice and made me feel comfortable. Questions were probing. Answered everything as best I could. Now the wait to find out the results! Best of luck to those who are yet to be interviewed.

Mac0783

It must be a great relief to have it over and done with, i'm still working on mine. Any out of the ordinary questions? Did you feel they focused on anything in particular?

audrey2014

Mac0783 wrote: »

It must be a great relief to have it over and done with, i'm still working on mine. Any out of the ordinary questions? Did you feel they focused on anything in particular?

Nothing really. Really focused on the leadership potential obviously as it's a management role. No weird questions. They didn't focus really on the audit role. Only how
I could apply skills as an AO.

Mac0783

audrey2014 wrote: »

Nothing really. Really focused on the leadership potential obviously as it's a management role. No weird questions. They didn't focus really on the audit role. Only how
I could apply skills as an AO.

Well that's good to know, i'm working on describing my "leadership skills" as we speak. Are you in Revenue, do you have staff?

audrey2014

Mac0783 wrote: »

Well that's good to know, i'm working on describing my "leadership skills" as we speak. Are you in Revenue, do you have staff?

Yes in revenue but have no staff as only a CO. I'm on an EO panel but no movement

annononon

irumudikkilli wrote: »

I have been placed in the ICT panel and starting in Limerick.

If you don't mind me asking, what number were you placed (number) in the ICT panel ? or whereabouts ? Thanks.

jw_sweetman

audrey2014 wrote: »

Well, just out. Done and dusted. Hard to know how it went. Board were nice and made me feel comfortable. Questions were probing. Answered everything as best I could. Now the wait to find out the results! Best of luck to those who are yet to be interviewed.

Just wondering, did they give you any indication as to when the panel(s) will be established and any starting dates?

audrey2014

The boards know nothing about the panel or the results. That I know for sure. Interviews are on til the 30th. They probably release results on the Friday depending on how quickly they want to fill positions. I'm not feeling confident 😥

irumudikkilli

annononon wrote: »

If you don't mind me asking, what number were you placed (number) in the ICT panel ? or whereabouts ? Thanks.

Hi, I was placed at the top. In my initial application, I had put down both Dublin and Limerick as the option, and chose Limerick when they called. There is also another person starting with me on the same date in Limerick. Don't know how many they are placing in Dublin.

sharky86

I've an interview this week but really feeling nervous about it. Any suggestions on how to prep for it

annononon

irumudikkilli wrote: »

Hi, I was placed at the top. In my initial application, I had put down both Dublin and Limerick as the option, and chose Limerick when they called. There is also another person starting with me on the same date in Limerick. Don't know how many they are placing in Dublin.

Thanks for reply, well done on being placed at the top. I'm abit down the list on the panel but I'm hoping to get a position in Limerick.

Do you know if any more are being placed in Limerick ? Or is it just the two of ye at the moment?

Also, did they explain to you what you'd be doing actually doing when starting or in the first few months? Development, training.. etc ? And do you have a CS degree yourself ?

Apologies for all the questions ! Its the first public sector job I've applied for so I'm trying to get a feel for the process etc ..

irumudikkilli

annononon wrote: »

Thanks for reply, well done on being placed at the top. I'm abit down the list on the panel but I'm hoping to get a position in Limerick.

Do you know if any more are being placed in Limerick ? Or is it just the two of ye at the moment?

Also, did they explain to you what you'd be doing actually doing when starting or in the first few months? Development, training.. etc ? And do you have a CS degree yourself ?

Apologies for all the questions ! Its the first public sector job I've applied for so I'm trying to get a feel for the process etc ..

No worries. This the first public sector job for me too and I have been feeling my way forward :-) At the moment, it seems to be two starting Monday (HR suggested the date so that we can start together) in Limerick.

My interview for this competition (Audit and Compliance) was on 25th late evening, so had to go with the bird in hand and withdrew when HR phoned me about this competition.

I found the Revenue HR process (including the Garda e-vetting) very fast and efficient compared to what I have seen in private sector in many cases. Since I lived in other countries for more than 6 months, I already got vetting certificates from those countries as well just in case I got an offer.

They have not indicated what the duties are other than asking me to report. I have math degrees, not CS. In the interview I said I preferred a Technical Architect or Policy Advising role. Not sure what they have in store, but as others have indicated, Revenue seems to be a good place to work for in terms of various specialisations and opportunities.

Hope to meet you soon in Limerick when your turn comes :-)

annononon

irumudikkilli wrote: »

No worries. This the first public sector job for me too and I have been feeling my way forward :-) At the moment, it seems to be two starting Monday (HR suggested the date so that we can start together) in Limerick.

My interview for this competition (Audit and Compliance) was on 25th late evening, so had to go with the bird in hand and withdrew when HR phoned me about this competition.

I found the Revenue HR process (including the Garda e-vetting) very fast and efficient compared to what I have seen in private sector in many cases. Since I lived in other countries for more than 6 months, I already got vetting certificates from those countries as well just in case I got an offer.

They have not indicated what the duties are other than asking me to report. I have math degrees, not CS. In the interview I said I preferred a Technical Architect or Policy Advising role. Not sure what they have in store, but as others have indicated, Revenue seems to be a good place to work for in terms of various specialisations and opportunities.

Hope to meet you soon in Limerick when your turn comes :-)

Thanks for the info and best of luck with it ! Yes, there does seem to be alot of specialisation opportunities there And yea, fingers crossed hope to see you there at some stage.

Fakeblondexxx

Hi all,

Just wondering how long is the interview itself?

Are they splitting the interview into 4 competencies or will specialist knowledge get its own slot?

I know drive and commitment will be examined throughout the interview.

jw_sweetman

Have my interview on the 24th. If anyone whos had theirs already has any pointers I'd greatly appreciate it.

audrey2014

jw_sweetman wrote: »

Have my interview on the 24th. If anyone whos had theirs already has any pointers I'd greatly appreciate it.

Know about audit and compliance role. Specific focus on competencies.

Mac0783

So I did the interview, am not filled with confidence after it. But if this is of any help to anyone, you get 7 minutes per competency, they ask a lot of questions and I didn't find I got much of a chance to tell them the full competency example I had. They also quizzed on the summaries I had given for each competency rather than the full example i had given.

Do we know how long the interviews are going on for?

audrey2014

Mac0783 wrote: »

So I did the interview, am not filled with confidence after it. But if this is of any help to anyone, you get 7 minutes per competency, they ask a lot of questions and I didn't find I got much of a chance to tell them the full competency example I had. They also quizzed on the summaries I had given for each competency rather than the full example i had given.

Do we know how long the interviews are going on for?

Until the 30th. I came out of mine feeling somewhat happy but as the time has gone on I'm getting flashbacks and less confident of a positive outcome.

audrey2014

audrey2014 wrote: »

Until the 30th. I came out of mine feeling somewhat happy but as the time has gone on I'm getting flashbacks and less confident of a positive outcome.

I felt they did the same to me. Are you currently in revenue

Mac0783

No, Dept. of Education. Did you feel this asked a lot of questions? Did you get to go through your examples?

audrey2014

Mac0783 wrote: »

No, Dept. of Education. Did you feel this asked a lot of questions? Did you get to go through your examples?

The first one yes, second, no, Third yes, 4th yes,. 5th he used my example again in the third one. We're you asked about audit and compliance? I wasn't.

Mac0783

I dont think so, why do you want to work in revenue, what could you bring to the role, what research did you do for today's interview. She did ask under the expertise bit, in what way it would be appropriate / relevant to Revenue. Christ the more I think about it, the worse I think I did. .

CZ 453

Was there one tough panel and one nice one?

Mac0783

Oh god, I think mine were fairly tough, there were two ladies and one man, a blonde lady was the Chair..

Who did you have and how would you rate the interview?

CZ 453

I didn't interview. From what I heard, it was a very difficult interview for some. And some seemed to just cruise. The difference being the panel was either nice and going through the motions or absolutely grilling the candidates. That's why I asked was there two panels.

audrey2014

Mac0783 wrote: »

Oh god, I think mine were fairly tough, there were two ladies and one man, a blonde lady was the Chair..

Who did you have and how would you rate the interview?

I didn't have that panel. I had two gents and one lady. Mine didn't feel tough but I'm not confident. I've done loads of interviews though in last 12 months.