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Hibernia PME interview

  • 29-05-2017 10:24AM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13


    I had my interview for the pme in Hibernia college on Friday. The english part went fine but I found the irish section much harder than I was expecting. I'm a long time out of school but I spent 6 months brushing up on my irish, listening to RnaG every day, doing duolingo constantly, brushing up on my grammar, talking in irish as much as I could, I really felt I had done as much as I could. I was really surprised at how fluent the interviwer expected me to be, he was firing questions at me, constantly interrupting me when I was answering and asking another question! He was friendly but I felt under real pressure. So it went ok, I got through it, but I'm gutted I didn't do as well as I had hoped. There was a couple of words I didn't understand but I answered all his questions. Questions he asked that I hadn't prepared were a bit stilted because I got so nervous, so I'm sure my grammar was a bit crap at times! I'm just wondering how fluent are students expected to be going into this course? I know I have to continue improving my irish, but am surprised at the fluency expected at the interview. I am just crossing my fingers I get offered a place now 😣


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 782 ✭✭✭Reiver


    Well done. I had mine a couple of weeks ago. I'm glad it went well for you.

    Don't worry about the Irish being the end all and be all of it. I recommend joining a ciorcal comhr? if you can, it helped me a lot. They didn't want rehearsed answers so it sounds like he was trying to catch you off guard. You answered all his questions so it shows you understood him :) Best of luck with it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 Stolensheep18


    Hi, I have my interview for the spring intake next week. Just wondering has anyone any pointers for the interview? Any replies would be much appreciated!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 Skittlezox92


    Hi Stolensheep18,

    Have you had your interview yet?


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