Executive Officer Campaign 2019 Mod warning #1682

Bobby2004 wrote: »

Might ring 2mro instead and see what they say. Kind of sick if don't get the position after been relatively high on the panel (was 30) and aced interview. Can't really do much more.

I feel if they are interviewing now it must mean there are positions available. I got invited to clearance exactly three weeks after the interview.

What county and how high were ya up the panel. Have a good chance anyway so I won't lose hope but would be nice to get the call sooner rather then later.

Bobby2004 wrote: »

What county and how high were ya up the panel. Have a good chance anyway so I won't lose hope but would be nice to get the call sooner rather then later.

Longford, though I'd prefer Leitirm but nothing doing there, I was OOM 1 in 1.3 after the interview, when I emailed them, there was one person ahead of me, don't know if they were interdepartmental or from batch 1.2.

Itchyfeet89

Anyone doing the tests for Senior Executive Officer?

Samuel T. Cogley

Itchyfeet89 wrote: »

Anyone doing the tests for Senior Executive Officer?

That's a Public Service grade isn't it? It's more akin to AP in the Civil Service.

Itchyfeet89

Maybe HEO?

MFPM wrote: »

Well done, congrats.

Can I ask what (not exact detail) sort of thing you used for civil service values? And what sort of standalone questions they asked?

To be honest it's all a blur now. I thought I said absolute rubbish but scored 42 in that competency. I talked about different departments and how COVID is a challenge for all of dem in dif ways. I name dropped department of education den so they would ask me a question around that which they did. They asked if you could choose a department to go into and why?

Study up on gov structure and ministers. I think I rambled a bit on that.

Did anyone who did the interview on zoom use paper notes and was it allowed?

redmgar wrote: »

Did anyone who did the interview on zoom use paper notes and was it allowed?

I didn't use them as I wasn't sure of the protocol but they made no mention of not being permitted to use notes, so it's probably worth having some cue cards near you with some examples if you feel it's useful.

redmgar wrote: »

Can I ask what (not exact detail) sort of thing you used for civil service values? And what sort of standalone questions they asked?

That's probably the hardest one, particularly if like me you haven't worked in the civil servcie.I found it was the section they spent least time on though and you could be a bit more general than in the other sections.

I just tried to pull out some aspects of my work that could fit under public service ethos...I worked in education settings recently so I talked about being resilient, trying to deliver a professional service, being adaptive to changing situations (I was able to talk about changes to my work during Covid 19 here).

Try to use terms/examples that illustrate your committment to being efficient - professional, having respect for people, having accountability and transparency in your work - I saw those terms in one of the booklets.

redmgar wrote: »

Did anyone who did the interview on zoom use paper notes and was it allowed?

I just asked the interviewers before we began could I have my application form in front of me and they were fine with that.

brianharr1605

fergald wrote: »

Laois not moving at all, placed 14 after aptitude test over a year now.

I placed 13 in laois. I emailed them last week and they said they were currently at No.10

Anyone on here that have been placed in Westmeath or Galway.

for the interview, when you receive your results are each competency given a score or is it an overall score?

Each competency gets a score out of 50

redmgar wrote: »

for the interview, when you receive your results are each competency given a score or is it an overall score?

I did my interview on a fri few weeks back and got results on the Mon

redmgar wrote: »

for the interview, when you receive your results are each competency given a score or is it an overall score?

I did my interview on a fri few weeks back and got results on the Mon

Each competency gets a score out of 50

Apologies to readers of the thread my phone is acting up and double posting.

Bobby2004 wrote: »

Apologies to readers of the thread my phone is acting up and double posting.

Cheers, and a minimum score required for each competency?

redmgar wrote: »

Cheers, and a minimum score required for each competency?

Ya 20 is the min for pass in each. I think if u do anyway decent interview you'll get the marks. I thought I talked a load of waffle but scored in the 40s in 4 of the competencies.

November Golf

Bobby2004 wrote: »

Ya 20 is the min for pass in each. I think if u do anyway decent interview you'll get the marks. I thought I talked a load of waffle but scored in the 40s in 4 of the competencies.

Which 4 competencies did they ask you about? or how did they group the competency questions

Bobby2004 wrote: »

Ya 20 is the min for pass in each. I think if u do anyway decent interview you'll get the marks. I thought I talked a load of waffle but scored in the 40s in 4 of the competencies.

Cheers, I hate interviews. Did they ask you for a different example of the same competency?

redmgar wrote: »

Cheers, I hate interviews. Did they ask you for a different example of the same competency?

The competencies are same for everyone. If u Google competency framework for executive officer you'll get dem. Technically there is 6 competencies but they put the last 2 into 1.

Prob was asked for 2 examples in each. I think in one they asked for 3 examples so always have backups. If they asking or redirecting you it's just dem not happy with your first example.

ConnemaraExile

Maybe a little bit of a digression, but did anyone apply for the communication officer competition?

I was rejected today, with the worst reasoning imaginable, given my experience and the depth of the application I made.

I know we can't canvass, but is there any way to appeal? Genuinely incredulous to be not even make it past the first stage.

ConnemaraExile wrote: »

Maybe a little bit of a digression, but did anyone apply for the communication officer competition?

I was rejected today, with the worst reasoning imaginable, given my experience and the depth of the application I made.

I know we can't canvass, but is there any way to appeal? Genuinely incredulous to be not even make it past the first stage.

What was the reason?