mariagirl wrote: » Hi all, does anyone happen to know what score PAS have reached to call Dublin applicants forward to Stage 2? I seen it was a score of 120 or above before Christmas, just windering if they have called forward scored below 120 yet or what number they are at..Thank you
Mbwb wrote: » My score was 117 and I did the video interview yesterday (we have until today to do it)
SmileyPaul wrote: » It's a one shot, no chance to redo.
Thisisit90 wrote: » Does anyone know if you could get one shot to record a reply, or if you can redo it?
Cheeseplant wrote: » Thank you for this. Best of luck with the rest of the competition. I won't be attempting until Monday afternoon!
Crimson_Ghost wrote: » I submitted my video responses yesterday. This was my approach. Review the application form and update some examples. Review the competencies (particularly Leadership, Management and Delivery of Results, and Analysis and Decision-making) so that I made sure my updated examples still hit all of the bullet points. I might have done it right, I might not. That's what I was aiming for anyway.) Overviews were brief because I felt I was getting into too much detail. For management, I just mentioned I had direct reports in my units and explained how I managed their workload and priorities through the PMDS system. Then gave an example of last years achievements in terms of project outcomes. Wrote out my answers as a script. The potential for me to start muddling even with bullet points is too high. Practiced reading the script in as natural a manner as possible, while maintaining eye contact as much as possible with the camera. Like reading the news I suppose. Timed my answers in practice. They came in around the 2:45 mark, but I sped up a bit in the real thing and one was barely over 2 minutes. I'd rather get the main points across and have time left then trying to cram too much into three minutes. Again, who knows how that will go down but I was comfortable with my responses. So in all, I spent half a day preparing and then the 15 minutes to record the interviews. I feel good about it. If its not good enough, I think I can walk away happy at this stage. Not much more I could do. Good luck to everyone. The main thing is to take whatever approach makes your relevant experience come across clearly.
HannahR31 wrote: » I did the video in the first batch - from what I remember I think I launched straight into the STAR. With so little time to get the point across, you want to start getting points straight away not wasting time with pleasantries.
Sparks15 wrote: » Can you take a breather between questions or does it run straight from one to the next?
Cheeseplant wrote: » anyone attempt the video yet? For info my invite says B4, presumably batch 4. I'm still trying to think of opening statements nevermind actual examples!
Kanovara wrote: » Hi, I placed 1329 after stage 1 InterDepartmental & have selected Dublin region. Anyone any idea when I may be called for stage 2 or is that months away? Thanks and congrats to all who have gotten through so far.
TaurenDruid wrote: » It's grand and will be excused as a typo, especially if you downgraded yourself on one of them. There is no specific requirement for a degree for this competition, as another poster pointed out. The only time I've seen this be an issue is, ironically, for lower grades - someone going for EO, just putting "Leaving Cert" down for their qualification, acing the competition and interview, then being excluded because they didn't have 5 honours in their leaving (or whatever it was for that particular competition). Run a household, raise a kid successfully, do really well in a career for a decade and be commended by their managers, but nah, don't have those 5 honours, you're not getting a promotion
Ravelleman wrote: » I can't see the grade being a big issue as long as you have done the degree(s). There is no explicit requirement for you to have a degree or any specific results for AP but it arises indirectly as part of self-development. In my interview, they made the briefest of reference to educational achievement; the assessment was very much focused on work experience via the competencies. For the AO competitions historically, they made you bring your original degree parchment with you to the assessment centre! It was amusing to see everyone walking around from room to room with oversized envelopes that couldn't be bent.
Boysinred wrote: » I’m looking for some advice please. I’ve been placed on the panel but I’ve realised there’s a mistake on my application form. I have my college results incorrect, my degree is down as a 2.1 instead of a 2.2 and I’m unsure if my second degree is correct either as I put 2.1 for this but I think it could be higher, I can’t remember it’s so long ago. The application form didn’t specify college education as a requirement so am I right in saying this won’t be an issue? I really don’t know how I made such a mistake and haven’t been able to sleep properly in days since I realised. This job would change a lot for my family and there’s been a lot of celebrations for me making the panel, can’t believe this has happened and I hope I’m just overthinking it and this won’t make any difference. I haven’t been able to bring myself to confide in anyone about it.
Pdbtsi wrote: » Congratulations! I emailed - they couldn't tell me how quickly the panel will move but they did tell me where I sit in the grand scheme of things - i.e. how many people in total in front of me from all batches - and said I'd be welcome to check back in on progress in the coming months. Might send them another message end of Jan. I'm only on open, so don't know how inter-departmental works.
Mbwb wrote: » Me too! I better go easy on the auld vino over Christmas! I've just started following this thread, so apologies if I missed it but how have people found the video stage?
Nicole2020 wrote: » If it works, it works! Hard to get the full answer on a strict time limit without some notes. How are you finding the new role? Did you come from private or public already? Really interested to hear how people are getting on ☺️
Nicole2020 wrote: » Congratulations, I’m a bit late to the party but I recieved an OOM too. How did you get on with PAS? Does anyone know how it works with regards to the open and indepartmental, how do they decide which gets called etc? I got 13 on the open OOM so just trying to get a feel for where that sits in the grand scheme of things! Commiserations to those who didn’t get through, disappointing at the last stage but hopefully it won’t be as hard next time when you’ve been through it before.
HannahR31 wrote: » I don't know how much I should admit to this but if you set up well you can fully read it and still look like you're looking at the camera... I had my answers on a word document on my laptop. I then used the laptop screen to prop up my phone to record the videos; so the answers were just to the right of the camera. I didn't intend to fully read the answers but I ended up doing pretty much that and I passed; have been an AP now for 4 weeks.
