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2021 Cadetship
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30-04-2021 2:40pm#1
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Applying for Army line cadetship for the first time myself, just wondering if you could give any insight into the group exercise? Any info appreciated mate. Best of luck moving forward lads.
You're given building blocks/materials and given 3 or 4 different prompts and have to communicate as a team and build what the prompt requires. They'll probably do it in the Curragh in which case you're lucky because their materials are easier to work with.
Goodludk in your application this year, I remember your tag from last year's thread. Good luck to everyone else applying as well!
Haha I remember you too! I take it you didn't make it last year in which case good luck this year!
And yeah mcc_c is right, once the online tests start they're pretty quick with the rest of the stages. Roughly every second-ish week a new stage of it goes ahead.0 -
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You're given building blocks/materials and given 3 or 4 different prompts and have to communicate as a team and build what the prompt requires. They'll probably do it in the Curragh in which case you're lucky because their materials are easier to work with.
Haha I remember you too! I take it you didn't make it last year in which case good luck this year!
And yeah mcc_c is right, once the online tests start they're pretty quick with the rest of the stages. Roughly every second-ish week a new stage of it goes ahead.
Unfortunately not but feel a lot more confident this year so here's to hoping!
On another note, have you (or anyone else) received any emails from the Air Corps? I got my Army psychometric link but no word from the AC after the applications closed.
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You're given building blocks/materials and given 3 or 4 different prompts and have to communicate as a team and build what the prompt requires. They'll probably do it in the Curragh in which case you're lucky because their materials are easier to work with.
Haha I remember you too! I take it you didn't make it last year in which case good luck this year!
And yeah mcc_c is right, once the online tests start they're pretty quick with the rest of the stages. Roughly every second-ish week a new stage of it goes ahead.
Thanks for info ladðŸ‘0 -
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Cadetirldub wrote: »Does anyone who has gotten this far before have any advice for the group assessment?
Also I assume we're meant to arrive in training gear?
Group assessment is where you show off your communication skills and ability to perform under pressure as well as outside the box thinking (if you come up with any genius ways to solve the problems
). This is your basic talking in turns, apologise briefly if you cut someone off and listening to ideas during the planning stage. Ask if you're unsure what your teammate means or mention how you think their idea could be improved. All of this goes as well for when you're actually building whatever your prompt requires. Pointing with your finger and demonstrating with your hands helps to paint a clearer picture for everyone so don't be afraid to do that
The obvious don't here is don't shout at your teammates or get angry/indignant and just generally don't be hard to work with.
What I think got me through it was saying mostly everything I did so everyone knew what was going on, repeating out loud my tasks to teammates to "show understanding", definitely make sure you assign roles or subgroups if youse think the solution requires two parts, and a "timekeeper" as the problems are timed.
Lastly be prepared to concede your ideas. You can think you have a brilliant idea but the rest of the group will like a different, simpler idea and at that point you have to prioritise depending on the time left whether you want to try convince the group to your idea or go along with the group to speed up everyone else's preparedness and understanding so you make the most of your building time.
Also it might happen that you've no clue what to do during the building time, in which case you can try your best to help out physically or ask someone what needs to be done. I will also mention here that you will might come up with better ideas as you are building so don't worry if you didn't provide any input during the planning.
This was all my experience so if any of it is not great info or I left something out, etc. please correct me!
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Group assessment is where you show off your communication skills and ability to perform under pressure as well as outside the box thinking (if you come up with any genius ways to solve the problems ). This is your basic talking in turns, apologise briefly if you cut someone off and listening to ideas during the planning stage. Ask if you're unsure what your teammate means or mention how you think their idea could be improved. All of this goes as well for when you're actually building whatever your prompt requires. Pointing with your finger and demonstrating with your hands helps to paint a clearer picture for everyone so don't be afraid to do that
The obvious don't here is don't shout at your teammates or get angry/indignant and just generally don't be hard to work with.
What I think got me through it was saying mostly everything I did so everyone knew what was going on, repeating out loud my tasks to teammates to "show understanding", definitely make sure you assign roles or subgroups if youse think the solution requires two parts, and a "timekeeper" as the problems are timed.
Lastly be prepared to concede your ideas. You can think you have a brilliant idea but the rest of the group will like a different, simpler idea and at that point you have to prioritise depending on the time left whether you want to try convince the group to your idea or go along with the group to speed up everyone else's preparedness and understanding so you make the most of your building time.
Also it might happen that you've no clue what to do during the building time, in which case you can try your best to help out physically or ask someone what needs to be done. I will also mention here that you will might come up with better ideas as you are building so don't worry if you didn't provide any input during the planning.
This was all my experience so if any of it is not great info or I left something out, etc. please correct me!
Edit: sorry this is so long
Thanks for going into so much detail there man. Headed down for the 24th and wasn't sure on what the group assesment entailed myself, good luck with the next stage.0 -
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Cadetirldub wrote: »Just wondering if under Name of Organisation if we should write "Irish Defence Forces" or should we specify whether it is Army, Air Corps or Navy?
And goodluck to everyone starting tomorrow
I would say no harm in specifying, they ask you to be specific in the role so may as well on that section too. Good luck in the next stage everyone!
EDIT: does anyone know if parking is available? I'll be driving myself.0 -
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