cadetship 2019

laoch na mona

Hi I'm thinking of applying for the cadetship this year just wondering can you apply for both the army and navy in the same competition? also for the Equestrian cadetship what level of experience with horses is expected? I've a lot of experience working with horses but never competed in show jumping

Ducky00

laoch na mona wrote: »

Hi I'm thinking of applying for the cadetship this year just wondering can you apply for both the army and navy in the same competition? also for the Equestrian cadetship what level of experience with horses is expected? I've a lot of experience working with horses but never competed in show jumping

Yes you can apply for both but be prepared to do 2 fitness tests etc. Not about the equestrian cadetship but I do know that you have to actually show horse handling skills, riding skills in the barracks and have a portfolio with videos of you riding and handling. But someone else please correct me if I'm wrong here

laoch na mona

thanks, application submitted anyway I assume I won't hear anything for a few weeks

BittysHill1998

Anyone know anything about the assessment stage of the Cadetship application process?

What does it entail?

BittysHill1998

Psychometric tests for the Army and Navy 2019 Cadetship competitions should be out next week

Worried94

I’ve seen on other threads that psychometric testing has a deadline of the 15th of May but I only got an email on the 13th to say they’d be out by the end of the week along with all the provisional dates for the fitness tests, interview and medical tests. Has anyone got the same email?

BittysHill1998

That 15th of May deadline is just for general service. The Cadetship psychometric test deadline will be around the 25th of May

RJ123

Anybody got any replies regarding psychometric on if you’ve passed or not?

laoch na mona

RJ123 wrote: »

Anybody got any replies regarding psychometric on if you’ve passed or not?

Not yet was wondering how long I'd expect to wait

RJ123

laoch na mona wrote: »

Not yet was wondering how long I'd expect to wait

Yeah It’s a bit annoying given that’s it’s less than two weeks away from the first provisional fitness date they gave us in the email. Then again, the gap between the last provisional fitness/group assessment and first interviews was only 6. Kinda frustrating it’s pushed that close to each other for scheduling purpose.

RJ123

RJ123 wrote: »

Yeah It’s a bit annoying given that’s it’s less than two weeks away from the first provisional fitness date they gave us in the email. Then again, the gap between the last provisional fitness/group assessment and first interviews was only 6. Kinda frustrating it’s pushed that close to each other for scheduling purpose.

6 days*

SierraLima

Hi guys,
Are these dates and timeframes applicable to the air core cadetship too? I finished the online psychometric tests before the deadline and have yet to hear anything back (deadline was 12 noon on 31/5)
If anyone hears anything please do share!

BittysHill1998

SierraLima wrote: »

Hi guys,
Are these dates and timeframes applicable to the air core cadetship too? I finished the online psychometric tests before the deadline and have yet to hear anything back (deadline was 12 noon on 31/5)
If anyone hears anything please do share!

The email with the provisional dates says that its Army only

RJ123

Hopefully comes out tomorrow. Waiting is hard lol

RJ123

Just heard back from the army going on the 24th. Waiting on navy now

R0ibeard1997

RJ123 wrote: »

Just heard back from the army going on the 24th. Waiting on navy now

Heard back from the army myself there same date as yourself, no word from air corps but didn't think I did too well in it to be fair.

RJ123

R0ibeard1997 wrote: »

Heard back from the army myself there same date as yourself, no word from air corps but didn't think I did too well in it to be fair.

They all do different dates so I wouldn’t get too worried yet. Air corps is the most selective tho

R0ibeard1997

RJ123 wrote: »

They all do different dates so I wouldn’t get too worried yet. Air corps is the most selective tho

Touch wood anyways! Good luck with your training see you up there

BittysHill1998

Aye heard back there lads. Got the 24th of June. Must be a small enough pool of candidates

R0ibeard1997

BittysHill1998 wrote: »

Aye heard back there lads. Got the 24th of June. Must be a small enough pool of candidates

Wonder what the stats are this year in terms of applicants. Ye travelling far for it? Coming from Galway myself

BittysHill1998

R0ibeard1997 wrote: »

Wonder what the stats are this year in terms of applicants. Ye travelling far for it? Coming from Galway myself

There must be less applicants this year. How long do you have to drive? I’m coming from Armagh so it’s about 4 hours

RJ123

BittysHill1998 wrote: »

There must be less applicants this year. How long do you have to drive? I’m coming from Armagh so it’s about 4 hours

I’ll be coming from cork so same 4 hours for me

BittysHill1998

RJ123 wrote: »

I’ll be coming from cork so same 4 hours for me

Fair play. All these Kildare and Dublin ones have it easy haha

R0ibeard1997

4 hours jaysus I thought my 2 hours was rough enough! I reckon fitness and psychometric will be grand it's the group assessment I'm à bit worried about, not really sure how to prep for it

SierraLima

R0ibeard1997 wrote: »

Heard back from the army myself there same date as yourself, no word from air corps but didn't think I did too well in it to be fair.

No word myself from the air core.
Hoping it’s by end of week. Fingers crossed!

BittysHill1998

Has anyone ever done the group assessment? Anyone know anything about it?

And aye the Air Corps is always a bit after the Army because there usually less candidates.

Dara206

Have done a couple group interviews with other companies ie not the Defence Forces, it is usually to gauge how you collaborate with others, so how you voice your ideas and also let others voice theirs. Quickly allows people to see who is a team player and who is a show off. Also highlights if someone is a "passenger", someone who will stay quiet and let others take charge, so no presence..

TheWarChicken

I'm looking at enlisting as an officer next year, but I'll still be in Leaving Cert year when the competition comes up. Is that going to stop me for a year or is it worked around the holidays?
Do I need a third level qualification, it says that there are options to do it through the army after the training is finished but ye all seem to be talking about the degrees you already have.
Thanks

BittysHill1998

TheWarChicken wrote: »

I'm looking at enlisting as an officer next year, but I'll still be in Leaving Cert year when the competition comes up. Is that going to stop me for a year or is it worked around the holidays?
Do I need a third level qualification, it says that there are options to do it through the army after the training is finished but ye all seem to be talking about the degrees you already have.
Thanks

You can apply from leaving cert and A-Levels. Requirements will be a more difficult

RJ123

Anybody hear anything?

BittysHill1998

RJ123 wrote: »

Anybody hear anything?

Nothing. It’s not looking good

RJ123

BittysHill1998 wrote: »

Nothing. It’s not looking good

They said they would tell us if we didn’t get in as well so I wouldn’t worry yet. I’m going to call though because it’s important ant for my scheduling and they said it should be out by now

BittysHill1998

RJ123 wrote: »

They said they would tell us if we didn’t get in as well so I wouldn’t worry yet. I’m going to call though because it’s important ant for my scheduling and they said it should be out by now

Failed candidates are usually told a few days after successful ones

RJ123

BittysHill1998 wrote: »

Failed candidates are usually told a few days after successful ones

He said you would know either way same day

RJ123

RJ123 wrote: »

He said you would know either way same day

Plus they are usually late one of the cadets joked that you would probably hear a few days after they tell you they will. It’s only one day past the expected day and it’s still morning I tried calling but nobody answered

RJ123

BittysHill1998 wrote: »

Failed candidates are usually told a few days after successful ones

Just talked to them we will know later today

BittysHill1998

RJ123 wrote: »

Just talked to them we will know later today

Cheers. The wait is killing me 😅.

BittysHill1998

RJ123 wrote: »

Plus they are usually late one of the cadets joked that you would probably hear a few days after they tell you they will. It’s only one day past the expected day and it’s still morning I tried calling but nobody answered

Best of luck to you anyway!

Ducky00

BittysHill1998 wrote: »

Best of luck to you anyway!

Check your emails. Should have gotten one now

RJ123

Ducky00 wrote: »

Check your emails. Should have gotten one now

Didn’t receive anything when did you get it

Ducky00

RJ123 wrote: »

Didn’t receive anything when did you get it

About 10 mins ago

Ducky00

RJ123 wrote: »

Didn’t receive anything when did you get it

About 10 mins ago

RJ123

Ducky00 wrote: »

About 10 mins ago

Did you get an invite?

Ducky00

RJ123 wrote: »

Did you get an invite?

Got an interview

BittysHill1998

Ducky00 wrote: »

Got an interview

What day?

RJ123

Ducky00 wrote: »

Got an interview

Got one too! Looks like the email didn’t go through yesterday caused a panic

BittysHill1998

RJ123 wrote: »

Got one too! Looks like the email didn’t go through yesterday caused a panic

Congrats

Ducky00

BittysHill1998 wrote: »

What day?

Monday

Ducky00

RJ123 wrote: »

Got one too! Looks like the email didn’t go through yesterday caused a panic

Nice one. Yeah Monday was a bit of an internal panic day haha

P0dr1ck

I didn't get one yet so panic stations are in place haha

BittysHill1998

Ducky00 wrote: »

Nice one. Yeah Monday was a bit of an internal panic day haha

Same. Short turn around for the interview.