Civil Service Tests: Executive Officer

reesie

Just wondering if anyone is planning dong these tests in the RDS next week?
or if anyone has done them b4?

presume clothing doesn't matter?

whiskeyman

I am.
Just got email about it at weekend.
Havent read up about the test yet though... would be interested to hear from anyone who did them before.

eoinf

there must be more than one test mine isnt till the middle of october. Is there info packs with sample q's available.

reesie

eoinf wrote:

Is there info packs with sample q's available.

yea you can find all the stuff on the website www.publicjobs.ie

o and by the way, apparently all the letters they're sending out have the wrong dates!

hooker

yea I presume casual dress is ok?!

IronMan

Hi,

Was looking at this with interest. Is there a way of just applying to the Civil service, and not an individual post on publicjobs.ie? I have a degree in IT, and would like to get out of that infernal industry as soon as possible. Had a look on publicjobs, but it seems to be individual posts you apply for and not a general application. Can anyone correct me on this?

TheBigLebowski

Every so often they advertise for Clerical Officers and Executive Officers which are general civil service posts but the closing date is now past...

whiskeyman

reesie wrote:

o and by the way, apparently all the letters they're sending out have the wrong dates!

yup - the letter I received this morning had my test for Saturday, but my email / message on publicjobs said Tuesday.
I just got an SMS from publicjobs.ie saying to "ignore letter by post today re test day and check email asap".

[Jackass]

TheBigLebowski wrote:

Every so often they advertise for Clerical Officers and Executive Officers which are general civil service posts but the closing date is now past...

So did you apply on the website or something? How did you hear about it? And does anybody know when they will next be recruiting? I presume this RDS thing isn't something I can just show up to

And what is the position like do you have any idea? Pay/type of work and so on??

I would be interested at looking into this further...

BuffyBot

Well, check out publicjobs.ie for more on the role etc.

You can't turn up on the day - only if you've been invited. When the next competition is, is anyones guess.

penexpers

DubGuy wrote:

So did you apply on the website or something? How did you hear about it? And does anybody know when they will next be recruiting? I presume this RDS thing isn't something I can just show up to

And what is the position like do you have any idea? Pay/type of work and so on??

I would be interested at looking into this further...

I think it was advertised in the press?

This EO competition is the first one for EO in about three years I think. The pay starts off on just over €28,000. They might be having a CO competition next year but the pay for that is €20,000.

As for what type of work it is, it could literally be anything.

penexpers

eoinf wrote:

there must be more than one test mine isnt till the middle of october. Is there info packs with sample q's available.

Yep, there'll be thousands of people taking these exams. I went for a job in the CSO last year and I think around 7,000 people took the exams and there were only about 10 jobs at the end of it. You should be sent an info pack in the post, at least I was.

arctic lemur

I got the EO last year. I tried the CO and AO tests a good few times and no luck times. Did the EO and got lucky! The best thing to do is practise numerical reasoning. The tests are logical. Dress dosen't matter for the test. Keep an eve on public jobs.ie for upcoming vacancies. Yes they send info packs in the post (well they did when i did the exam).

whiskeyman

well, how did people get on?
Verbal reasoning was ok - but I think many felt the hlaf hour went to fast or they werent aware of the time limit (seemed like plenty of groans after).
Numerical reason was ok, but you had to work very fast!
Job simulation was interesting - I wonder how many people answered as to how they'd react as opposed to what they thought the examiners wanted to hear.

Anyone know when the results (do we get them?) or the next round is?

eoinf

where abouts in the RDS is shelbourne hall

whiskeyman

eoinf wrote:

where abouts in the RDS is shelbourne hall

Enter via Anglesea road. There's a hall on the left - I think this is Simmonscourt hall.
Keep walking straight ahead and its around 100m up on the left.
It's signposted at the's staff around the place... along with 100s of others doing the exam.
Good luck!

Agent Smith

anyone know when the next round of these are?

reesie

whiskeyman wrote:

well, how did people get on?
Verbal reasoning was ok - but I think many felt the hlaf hour went to fast or they werent aware of the time limit (seemed like plenty of groans after).
Numerical reason was ok, but you had to work very fast!
Job simulation was interesting - I wonder how many people answered as to how they'd react as opposed to what they thought the examiners wanted to hear.

Anyone know when the results (do we get them?) or the next round is?

Thought they were grand...
ran outta time for the numerical one but am thinkin most people probably did as I was moving pretty fast..
seems crazy to have so many people sitting the tests for so few jobs!

aliveandkicking

reesie wrote:

Thought they were grand...
ran outta time for the numerical one but am thinkin most people probably did as I was moving pretty fast..
seems crazy to have so many people sitting the tests for so few jobs!

Yeah I ran outta time for the numerical test too, think i got to about question 30 of 37 so i missed out on the last 7. I enjoyed the job simulation questions, I would love to know which answers are awarded the highest marks.

How long will it be before the results are posted?

TerrorFirmer

My Contract with the HSE Ends tomorrow, I was just a regular Clerical Officer, but let me tell you it was the best job I ever had, and I am very bummed it's ending.

Fantastic job. Pay, to be fair, is only so-so, but the enviroment, co-workers and general work buzz was absolutely brilliant. For once in my life I didn't mind getting up on Monday Mornings.

penexpers

agent smith wrote:

anyone know when the next round of these are?

Probably in about 2-3 years.