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t8010789 · 15-01-2019 09:41PM

Can anybody recall the letter you search for on the final wall of letters?

15-01-2019 09:45PM

t8010789 wrote: »

Can anybody recall the letter you search for on the final wall of letters?

T and the first letter of each line

15-01-2019 09:54PM

AssaultedPeanut wrote: »

Good luck. Give yourself a good 2 hours to complete so you can have a little break. The 30 questions section is mind-numbing. But at least it's not timed.
(The other two sections are timed but don't take too long)

Just finished the tests.

Yeah, the 30 SJT questions were painful, I thought I’d never get to the end.
The RAAT was grand, it’s just a verbal reasoning test and I’ve done loads of them in preparation for the Civil Service aptitude tests.
The miniSCAAT is designed so that the majority of people won’t finish it, really checking how you deal under pressure (the time constraint).

Pretty happy with them!

bizidea · 15-01-2019 10:14PM

Miniscaat was fine didnt finish the raat so not sure how it went

15-01-2019 10:22PM

bizidea wrote: »

Miniscaat was fine didnt finish the raat so not sure how it went

It doesn’t matter if you don’t finish the timed tests. What’s more important is that what you did answer was correct. Your score will be compared to a norm score anyway and the majority of people don’t finish timed tests.

Willie Stroker 1976 · 15-01-2019 11:26PM

Just finished stage two testing. After the first part of The Scaat section, I just selected random letters for part 2 and 3. Only way to get it all done as didn’t even get halfway through the first bunch of letters.

Effects · 16-01-2019 12:06AM

You aren't meant to finish all the rows.
You lose marks for getting things wrong in the scaat tests so part 2 and 3 are probably a lost cause.

Willie Stroker 1976 · 16-01-2019 12:16AM

Effects wrote: »

You aren't meant to finish all the rows.
You lose marks for getting things wrong in the scaat tests so part 2 and 3 are probably a lost cause.

Ah no I’m they look at it as me being fast and quick off the mark. I rarely chose quantity over quality but did this time so fingers crossed

empacher · 16-01-2019 12:35AM

Willie Stroker 1976 wrote: »

Ah no I’m they look at it as me being fast and quick off the mark. I rarely chose quantity over quality but did this time so fingers crossed

you are clueless

Willie Stroker 1976 · 16-01-2019 12:37AM

empacher wrote: »

you are clueless

Thats what she said

Daz_ · 16-01-2019 12:37AM

empacher wrote: »

you are clueless

Tounge in cheek , surely ?!...

Willie Stroker 1976 · 16-01-2019 12:47AM

empacher wrote: »

you are clueless

Get a sense of humour. I’d say you’d be some crack in the mess room

Del.Monte · 16-01-2019 08:19AM

This whole thread belongs in AH. :rolleyes:

Hilly Bill · 16-01-2019 10:47AM

empacher wrote: »

you are clueless

Most likely get fast tracked into management then.

dashcamdanny · 16-01-2019 01:20PM

336699 wrote: »

It doesn’t matter if you don’t finish the timed tests. What’s more important is that what you did answer was correct. Your score will be compared to a norm score anyway and the majority of people don’t finish timed tests.

Who told you this?

16-01-2019 01:23PM

I wish Id sorted a mouse for that last test, would have been quicker, using the laptop touch pad didn't make it easier.

Paul_Mc1988 · 16-01-2019 07:08PM

1874 wrote: »

I wish Id sorted a mouse for that last test, would have been quicker, using the laptop touch pad didn't make it easier.

Wouldn't worry i didn't finish any of the letter tests. Came close in the first and second though. just made sure i was consistent and accurate. Just a waiting game now.

idnkph · 16-01-2019 07:42PM

I can't find this job anywhere... Is it not advertising now?

Clever8619 · 16-01-2019 07:48PM

idnkph wrote: »

I can't find this job anywhere... Is it not advertising now?

Applications closed yesterday buddy.

Willie Stroker 1976 · 16-01-2019 10:43PM

https://youtu.be/v-XROuDmDL4

Off topic, but seeing as we are waiting around, some Cool video’s, POV of a trainer driver. He has some other cool videos on his channel.

Jdelaney93 · 16-01-2019 11:10PM

Done the stage two tests on the 03/01/19, playing the waiting game now. Anyone hear anything ?

lledlledlled · 16-01-2019 11:34PM

Jdelaney93 wrote: »

Done the stage two tests on the 03/01/19, playing the waiting game now. Anyone hear anything ?

Not yet, but the test only closed yesterday. I presume everyone will hear at much the same time, when they've had a chance to digest the results. At a pure guess, I'd say a week or so.
Never know, maybe the computer can spit the results out quicker...

17-01-2019 12:03AM

dashcamdanny wrote: »

Who told you this?

That’s how all psychometric tests work. These tests are generally designed by occupational psychologists, I have a little experience in the field, especially analysis of results etc

dashcamdanny · 17-01-2019 12:05AM

lledlledlled wrote: »

Not yet, but the test only closed yesterday. I presume everyone will hear at much the same time, when they've had a chance to digest the results. At a pure guess, I'd say a week or so.
Never know, maybe the computer can spit the results out quicker...

CIE are notoriously slow at this sort of thing.

You could be waiting months , even more...

prinzeugen · 17-01-2019 12:19AM

Willie Stroker 1976 wrote: »

https://youtu.be/v-XROuDmDL4

Off topic, but seeing as we are waiting around, some Cool video’s, POV of a trainer driver. He has some other cool videos on his channel.

If only it were that simple! Here is a short training video from the UK.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WlCaSDgvFiE

Drivers need to learn every inch of the line. Speed limits, signal numbers & what they relate to, geographical stuff (gradients, nearby locations, landmarks, bridges etc).

Then you have the ups and downs. (On the East coast route in the UK you go up to London and down to Edinburgh)

lledlledlled · 17-01-2019 12:20AM

dashcamdanny wrote: »

CIE are notoriously slow at this sort of thing.

You could be waiting months , even more...

I understand the application is back open in six months time. Presumably they'll have progressed some of the initial applications by then?
Do you mean waiting months or more for actual appointments, or this could be the wait time to hear back from the Stage 2 tests? If the latter, that would be slow by any measure.

Clever8619 · 17-01-2019 01:00AM

lledlledlled wrote: »

I understand the application is back open in six months time. Presumably they'll have progressed some of the initial applications by then?
Do you mean waiting months or more for actual appointments, or this could be the wait time to hear back from the Stage 2 tests? If the latter, that would be slow by any measure.

Open again in 6 months? No chance. Applicants in this cycle in the 5 figures. It will take a long time to exhaust that panel.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 17-01-2019 06:37PM

Got an invitation to attend the training center in inchicore for next week. Have to confirm attendance before 17:00 tomorrow !

They sent many practice tests and theres quite a bit in them !

CiboC · 17-01-2019 06:39PM

Me too....!

dar100 · 17-01-2019 06:43PM

Brilliant lads, congrats. Im away all next week, not that i have been sent an email. I wonder if they are doing it in batches? Cant see everyone turning up together

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