Administrative Officers 2019 in Revenue - Audit and Compliance

West17 · 29-09-2020 9:19pm

monkeylover10 wrote: »

Yes, 7 mins per competency, 5 in total, as Drive & Commitment is marked on overall performance throughout interview.
They will stop you anyway when time is up & move on to the next competency
Best of luck, do you have interview this week?

I don’t think I will have to worry about them stopping me I will be doing very well to get anywhere near itðŸ˜‚, I have interview on Monday 12th.

AtticusFinch86 · 29-09-2020 10:03pm

monkeylover10 wrote: »

Yes, 7 mins per competency, 5 in total, as Drive & Commitment is marked on overall performance throughout interview.
They will stop you anyway when time is up & move on to the next competency
Best of luck, do you have interview this week?

Each competency has about 5 sub headings. Do they accept multiple examples to cover each of those or are you expected to give one or two longer examples that cover all sub headings

monkeylover10 · 29-09-2020 10:14pm

West17 wrote: »

I don’t think I will have to worry about them stopping me I will be doing very well to get anywhere near itðŸ˜‚, I have interview on Monday 12th.

ðŸ€£ you'd be surprised!! The time goes quite quick. They read out the specific bullet points for each competency and then ask a couple of questions. You might really only be talking for 5 mins for each.
The Skype interview was fine also. I actually preferred it to having to travel to Dublin for it.

Best of luck for the 12th, you've a bit of time to practice. I had a week & really only got to recap at the weekend as I am crazy busy at work!!
I wonder how many weeks they are going on for?

West17 · 29-09-2020 10:37pm

monkeylover10 wrote: »

ðŸ€£ you'd be surprised!! The time goes quite quick. They read out the specific bullet points for each competency and then ask a couple of questions. You might really only be talking for 5 mins for each.
The Skype interview was fine also. I actually preferred it to having to travel to Dublin for it.

Best of luck for the 12th, you've a bit of time to practice. I had a week & really only got to recap at the weekend as I am crazy busy at work!!
I wonder how many weeks they are going on for?

Thanks very much for your help, yes not a bad amount of time, I have to start tomorrow. Yes I think it’s great not having to go to Dublin too. Do you need more than the example on the application.

Galantis · 30-09-2020 2:05pm

Interviews were very easy. Box ticking exercise really.

2not4get · 30-09-2020 2:41pm

Does anyone know if these interviews are to cover all streams ? I applied for Data Analytics and Economics stream, but not sure it matters at this stage ? Will they refer to the stream in the interview ?

Anonire · 30-09-2020 3:20pm

2not4get wrote: »

Does anyone know if these interviews are to cover all streams ? I applied for Data Analytics and Economics stream, but not sure it matters at this stage ? Will they refer to the stream in the interview ?

1 interview covers all streams. The board usually confirm at the beginning the streams you've chosen.

emmaneiser · 30-09-2020 6:46pm

2not4get wrote: »

Does anyone know if these interviews are to cover all streams ? I applied for Data Analytics and Economics stream, but not sure it matters at this stage ? Will they refer to the stream in the interview ?

I'm in for the same stream. I would think the interviewers would be different depending on the stream. Haven't been able to find out much about my interview panel. When's your interview?

monkeylover10 · 30-09-2020 7:22pm

West17 wrote: »

Thanks very much for your help, yes not a bad amount of time, I have to start tomorrow. Yes I think it’s great not having to go to Dublin too. Do you need more than the example on the application.

I would have a few extra examples on hand. Every interview will be different I imagine as an answer you give may lead to a question specific to what you've said. They may ask you to explain by way of an example. But whatever they ask will be relative to the competencies of an AO.
Best of luck!

monkeylover10 · 30-09-2020 7:31pm

AtticusFinch86 wrote: »

Each competency has about 5 sub headings. Do they accept multiple examples to cover each of those or are you expected to give one or two longer examples that cover all sub headings

It depends on what questions they ask. I would definitely have examples ready that you could use to cover all sub headings. Any example could cover all the competencies, just hone in on the competency they are asking.
Its hard to remember everything. After the interview, I was thinking why didn't I say that or I should have used that example, but no point beating myself up about it. If nothing else comes of it, it will be experience for future competitions.
Best of luck!

2not4get · 01-10-2020 11:59am

emmaneiser wrote: »

I'm in for the same stream. I would think the interviewers would be different depending on the stream. Haven't been able to find out much about my interview panel. When's your interview?

My interview is on Tuesday the 6th of Oct. Not much detail out there on my interview panel either

Galantis · 01-10-2020 12:00pm

2not4get wrote: »

My interview is on Tuesday the 6th of Oct. Not much detail out there on my interview panel either

What do you need to know about your panel?

2not4get · 01-10-2020 12:58pm

Galantis wrote: »

What do you need to know about your panel?

Nothing in detail but maybe their background would help me understand their question angle better. I will grasp at any straw that may help me

emmaneiser · 01-10-2020 4:48pm

2not4get wrote: »

Nothing in detail but maybe their background would help me understand their question angle better. I will grasp at any straw that may help me

Ya it is helpful to know backgrounds of those interviewing to have an idea of there knowledge of the requirements of the position. Like, I would think they would have an auditor interviewing for that stream but maybe not for the data analytics stream as they wouldn't have the same knowledge base as the position. Helps to understand how technical specialist knowledge may be and what language to use when giving examples.

Galantis · 01-10-2020 4:57pm

emmaneiser wrote: »

Ya it is helpful to know backgrounds of those interviewing to have an idea of there knowledge of the requirements of the position. Like, I would think they would have an auditor interviewing for that stream but maybe not for the data analytics stream as they wouldn't have the same knowledge base as the position. Helps to understand how technical specialist knowledge may be and what language to use when giving examples.

Everyone interviewing will be either a current or past employee of Revenue serving in a position above the role of AO. Hope this helps.

Heart Break Kid · 02-10-2020 3:08pm

emmaneiser wrote: »

Ya it is helpful to know backgrounds of those interviewing to have an idea of there knowledge of the requirements of the position. Like, I would think they would have an auditor interviewing for that stream but maybe not for the data analytics stream as they wouldn't have the same knowledge base as the position. Helps to understand how technical specialist knowledge may be and what language to use when giving examples.

It’s not that useful, having interviewed for both HEO/EO/AO and CO roles as well as Garda roles, many of the panels have held senior Positions al the way up to EX-principles , current APs and HEOs, part time lecturers, consultants at various levels. They just divvy the questions out.

This is probably the only interview I had where they had interest in prior work I’ve had with legislation.

Anonire · 03-10-2020 1:10pm

2not4get wrote: »

Nothing in detail but maybe their background would help me understand their question angle better. I will grasp at any straw that may help me

I always do a quick search to see if I can find any common ground but nothing more. Best of luck with your interview.

It will be nice to finally reach the end of the process. And hopefully make the panel.

BoyLaw937 · 05-10-2020 2:14pm

Just bombed there lads good luck to everyone else.

Galantis · 05-10-2020 2:22pm

BoyLaw937 wrote: »

Just bombed there lads good luck to everyone else.

Oh no! What happened?

BoyLaw937 · 05-10-2020 2:44pm

Galantis wrote: »

Oh no! What happened?

Severe lack of interest on my part probably due to the long wait.

Would say though for anyone still to go to know what their skills are that they will bring to the role of AO (probably clearly write them out and focus on 3 or 4) -
Even if I had of prepped properly i still think this question would have stumped me.

The interviewers are very nice and will prod you for the correct answers.

emmaneiser · 05-10-2020 2:53pm

BoyLaw937 wrote: »

Severe lack of interest on my part probably due to the long wait.

Would say though for anyone still to go to know what their skills are that they will bring to the role of AO (probably clearly write them out and focus on 3 or 4) -
Even if I had of prepped properly i still think this question would have stumped me.

The interviewers are very nice and will prod you for the correct answers.

As they say it probably went better than you think. Which stream are you going for?

05-10-2020 3:03pm

BoyLaw937 wrote: »

Severe lack of interest on my part probably due to the long wait.

Would say though for anyone still to go to know what their skills are that they will bring to the role of AO (probably clearly write them out and focus on 3 or 4) -
Even if I had of prepped properly i still think this question would have stumped me.

You may have done a lot better than you think. Everyone will get caught at some stage through the Interview & I would think that the board will allow for the length of time this comp has gone on, the new format of Skype so hopefully you get a good surprise when the panel results are out.

Thank you for sharing the feedback, much appreciated.

Anonire · 05-10-2020 3:17pm

BoyLaw937 wrote: »

Severe lack of interest on my part probably due to the long wait.

Would say though for anyone still to go to know what their skills are that they will bring to the role of AO (probably clearly write them out and focus on 3 or 4) -
Even if I had of prepped properly i still think this question would have stumped me.

The interviewers are very nice and will prod you for the correct answers.

I know what you mean its gone on so long. As others have said you never know it may have gone better than you think. Fingers crossed

Kilkenny Tom · 05-10-2020 6:50pm

Any idea when the interviews are finished? Just want to get an understanding of when we will hear about panel results...

redbarndoor · 05-10-2020 7:47pm

Mine is next Monday morning. That's going into Week 3 of Interviews. I wonder how many interviews are being carried out each day?

monkeylover10 · 05-10-2020 9:14pm

redbarndoor wrote: »

Mine is next Monday morning. That's going into Week 3 of Interviews. I wonder how many interviews are being carried out each day?

At a guess, would 6 candidates per interview board per day sound reasonable? That's 30 interviews per board a week. Is there more than one board conducting interviews?
If there are 2 boards over 4 weeks that's approximately 240 candidates? Or half that if one board only guessing here.
If there is more than one board obviously theyll get through interviews quicker and we should know sooner. My guess is middle of November, but the way this competition has gone so far, it really could be anytime either this year or next 🤔🤔🤔

Anonire · 06-10-2020 2:42pm

monkeylover10 wrote: »

At a guess, would 6 candidates per interview board per day sound reasonable? That's 30 interviews per board a week. Is there more than one board conducting interviews?
If there are 2 boards over 4 weeks that's approximately 240 candidates? Or half that if one board only guessing here.
If there is more than one board obviously theyll get through interviews quicker and we should know sooner. My guess is middle of November, but the way this competition has gone so far, it really could be anytime either this year or next 🤔🤔🤔

I'd say alot less than 240 interviewed. More than one interview board but I doubt they would be all working every day.
I think we will hear by the end of the month probably around a week after the interviews wrap up.

2not4get · 06-10-2020 3:51pm

Oh I'm still cringing abit :eek:. I thought it was a tough interview, fair for definite but tough. I definitely didn't pass the last competency.
Best of luck to anyone that is left to interview.

Kev M · 06-10-2020 4:09pm

Kilkenny Tom wrote: »

Any idea when the interviews are finished? Just want to get an understanding of when we will hear about panel results...

I'd imagine results by early Nov at the latest, then start date January. But that's just a guess.
The recent AP tax specialist comp had results out within 4 weeks, if that's anything to go by.

BLOSSOM11 · 06-10-2020 6:31pm

Hi, just wondering is the interview solely based on the application form or do they refer to the video assessment we did as well?

BLOSSOM11 · 06-10-2020 6:32pm

2not4get wrote: »

Oh I'm still cringing abit :eek:. I thought it was a tough interview, fair for definite but tough. I definitely didn't pass the last competency.
Best of luck to anyone that is left to interview.

Hopefully you've done better than you thought. It can be so hard to know. Best of luck

Galantis · 06-10-2020 6:35pm

BLOSSOM11 wrote: »

Hi, just wondering is the interview solely based on the application form or do they refer to the video assessment we did as well?

Interview is based on the application form. No mention of the video assessment

BLOSSOM11 · 06-10-2020 6:40pm

Galantis wrote: »

Interview is based on the application form. No mention of the video assessment

Thanks for that. I've interview next Monday so it's one less thing to focus on

Heart Break Kid · 06-10-2020 9:34pm

Clearly I don’t interview well. Avg 20 points per competency but at least 50 needed.

Was doing it more for experience but I surprised I was that bad.

StevenToast · 06-10-2020 9:51pm

Heart Break Kid wrote: »

Clearly I don’t interview well. Avg 20 points per competency but at least 50 needed.

Was doing it more for experience but I surprised I was that bad.

What are you referring to.... AO interview results already?

monkeylover10 · 06-10-2020 10:20pm

Anonire wrote: »

I'd say alot less than 240 interviewed. More than one interview board but I doubt they would be all working every day.
I think we will hear by the end of the month probably around a week after the interviews wrap up.

Yeah, 240 is alot for AO alright, EO definitely, but alot less positions available for AO. If it goes like the AP comp, we should know our fate the last week of October, first week of November.
Hopefully we will make the panel & then be lucky to get a position in our chosen county.
Do you know if we are successful in the interview, will we automatically get placed on the panels we chose on our application form. I selected Accountancy & Tax which they confirmed at the interview. Is that also assessed at the interview or from our academic qualifications?

Rikand · 06-10-2020 10:25pm

My interview is still a couple of weeks away, so dont be in a hurry for results if you've already had your interview

Madamhindsight · 06-10-2020 10:55pm

Heart Break Kid wrote: »

Clearly I don’t interview well. Avg 20 points per competency but at least 50 needed.

Was doing it more for experience but I surprised I was that bad.

When did you do your interview? Did the results just get sent to you by email. You did well, I found it very hard.

Madamhindsight · 06-10-2020 10:58pm

Kilkenny Tom wrote: »

Any idea when the interviews are finished? Just want to get an understanding of when we will hear about panel results...

19th of October is the final day of interviews

Madamhindsight · 06-10-2020 11:00pm

2not4get wrote: »

Oh I'm still cringing abit :eek:. I thought it was a tough interview, fair for definite but tough. I definitely didn't pass the last competency.
Best of luck to anyone that is left to interview.

I'm with you, so cringe.

Anonire · 07-10-2020 9:08am

monkeylover10 wrote: »

Yeah, 240 is alot for AO alright, EO definitely, but alot less positions available for AO. If it goes like the AP comp, we should know our fate the last week of October, first week of November.
Hopefully we will make the panel & then be lucky to get a position in our chosen county.
Do you know if we are successful in the interview, will we automatically get placed on the panels we chose on our application form. I selected Accountancy & Tax which they confirmed at the interview. Is that also assessed at the interview or from our academic qualifications?

I think only about 100 were interviewed in the most recent open EO campaign.

Anonire · 07-10-2020 9:10am

Heart Break Kid wrote: »

Clearly I don’t interview well. Avg 20 points per competency but at least 50 needed.

Was doing it more for experience but I surprised I was that bad.

I'm sorry to hear that. I know how you feel. Have failed many interviews but I believe you can take something away from all of them.
Are you sure it was the AO revenue open campaign, they usually issue results to everyone at the same time.

Pogue eile · 07-10-2020 10:57am

There are no results out for this competition, results will be out 23rd October at the earliest.

StevenToast · 07-10-2020 1:54pm

Pogue eile wrote: »

There are no results out for this competition, results will be out 23rd October at the earliest.

What is HeartBreak Kid talking about then?

AP results?

Madamhindsight · 07-10-2020 2:32pm

StevenToast wrote: »

What is HeartBreak Kid talking about then?

AP results?

Oh yes they came out this week so maybe

Heart Break Kid · 07-10-2020 5:16pm

StevenToast wrote: »

What is HeartBreak Kid talking about then?

AP results?

apologies, general AO

emmaneiser · 07-10-2020 7:16pm

Heart Break Kid wrote: »

Clearly I don’t interview well. Avg 20 points per competency but at least 50 needed.

Was doing it more for experience but I surprised I was that bad.

It’s minimum 55 for this competition ðŸ˜¬ it was tough so I’m not too hopeful

Anonire · 08-10-2020 3:35pm

emmaneiser wrote: »

It’s minimum 55 for this competition &#55357;&#56876; it was tough so I’m not too hopeful

I had my interview this week also.

I just find these type of interviews never get easier. No matter how much prep work I do there are always questions I am caught on.
I found the interview very intense and could not call it either way.

Best of luck to those still to interview and roll on the job offers for those making the panel.

StevenToast · 08-10-2020 3:49pm

Anonire wrote: »

I had my interview this week also.

I just find these type of interviews never get easier. No matter how much prep work I do there are always questions I am caught on.
I found the interview very intense and could not call it either way.

Best of luck to those still to interview and roll on the job offers for those making the panel.

Ya, i feel exactly the same......the interview panel were very fair but it was very intense as you say... with the time restrictions it was moving along at a quick pace.....hard to know what they made of me..

Best of luck to everyone...

AtticusFinch86 · 10-10-2020 5:15pm

Anyone know what exactly the training involves. I've only applied for Donegal office so very unlikely to get a job. However I'm curious about

1. Nature and location of training
2. Duration of training
3. Support available in terms of reimbursements

I've heard varying reports on all above items

I would also hope that, given the current climate, majority of training could be performed remotely

Administrative Officers 2019 in Revenue - Audit and Compliance

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