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2020 Executive Officer Civil Service

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    #4862
    Gracepearl
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭Gracepearl


    Thanks for all the helpful info regarding the interviews- Will try to plan my answers using the STAR method.

    Just wondering if anyone knows how all 6 competencies are broken down during the interview? i.e. Is there specific time given to each competency or are some of the competencies scattered throughout the interview/overlap with others?

    Also I was wondering if anyone is having difficulty accessing their PDF application forms from the public jobs site? I’ve tried viewing it from a variety of different pc’s & devices and it never seems to load?

    thanks!



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    #4863
    Redsettee90
    Registered Users Posts: 63 ✭✭Redsettee90


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117941818#Comment_117941818

    They will tell you which competency is being tested.

    The interview seems very fair they ask you leading questions to get you to do well if possible.



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    #4864
    T900i
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭T900i


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117941818#Comment_117941818

    I was having difficulty getting mine to open no matter what I did. I emailed PAS as it was a software issue for me and they emailed the fix to me and my application I’ll look for the fix and send it to you



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    #4865
    T900i
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭T900i


    Please see below

    fix for downloading application form as received from PAS hope it helps


    This sounds like an Adobe issue. I’ll paste some instructions below which should help:


    The first thing I would suggest is checking that Adobe is set as your default PDF reader. It may be that you have not got Adobe 7.0.5 (or higher) set as your default PDF reader. Some operating systems (Windows in particular) don't auto-default a new download like Adobe. They revert to their generic PDF reader (which cannot interact with our active PDF e-form).


    So whilst you might have downloaded and even installed Adobe, your system might not actually be using it. My advice is to go into your settings menu and manually set Adobe as your default PDF reader. This should solve the problem. 


    If it doesn’t, and you are using the “Google Chrome” web browser, try the following;


    If, when you attempt to download the PDF application form, you are seeing a white page containing the message 'please wait...', you may be encountering an issue with Chrome. Whilst Chrome will download and save the PDF application form, it doesn’t open PDF’s using Adobe, it tries to open PDF’s as a tab within the web browser, causing the PDF to crash.


    To work around this issue, please follow these steps;

     

    1.        Ensure Adobe has been set as your default PDF Reader.

    2.        Shut Chrome down temporarily.

    3.        Navigate to the “Downloads” folder on your computer. The PDF application form will have saved to this location.

    4.        Double click on the PDF application form icon and Adobe should open it (alternatively, right click on the PDF application form icon and select


    “Open With” from the drop down menu, then select “Adobe”).


    If your issue persists please contact me again and I will try to assist you further.



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    #4866
    VD91
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭VD91


    Hi, I saw a comment on a DPER circular earlier regarding moving from Public Service to Civil Service on promotion and keeping your scale if higher than minimum but less that maximum of the CS scale. Has anyone left the Public Service for the Civil Service not via promotion but just through open competition for same grade? I got to keep my increment date, takeover my annual leave accumulated but they wouldn't allow me keep the wage of the Public service role even though it was higher than that of the starting CS Salary Scale. I was curious as I was advised people before me did the same and got to keep their wage until the point that the CS Scale was higher.



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    #4867
    mrmoon
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭mrmoon


    Hey how long were people waiting to hear back if they had passed Etray, I done mine on 24th August and haven’t heard anything yet.


    cheers



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    #4868
    Vologda69
    Registered Users Posts: 923 ✭✭✭Vologda69


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117944846#Comment_117944846

    I switched and kept my ps salary (Off point) as the scales were different and also the increment date. Will go to next increment next Spring



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    #4869
    LISAMC38
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭LISAMC38


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117945369#Comment_117945369

    Results generally take 2 months.



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    #4870
    furrybones
    Registered Users Posts: 870 ✭✭✭furrybones


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117945851#Comment_117945851

    Painfully long wait :/

    "Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts"



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    #4871
    T900i
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭T900i


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117945369#Comment_117945369

    I completed my Etray on 17th June and received my results 09 August

    My interview is this week

    I’m Dublin only, hope this helps



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    #4872
    divillybit
    Registered Users Posts: 505 ✭✭✭divillybit


    Haven't got my etray results for Roscommon yet despite doing the etray back in June. I wonder are there many counties where no etray results have been issued?



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    #4873
    furrybones
    Registered Users Posts: 870 ✭✭✭furrybones


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117948897#Comment_117948897

    That's quite a while! Have you contacted PAS to ask about the results?

    "Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts"



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    #4874
    EO2019
    Registered Users Posts: 161 ✭✭EO2019


    Anymore movement in the regions? Doesn’t seem like many people are getting placed.



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    #4875
    divillybit
    Registered Users Posts: 505 ✭✭✭divillybit


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117949217#Comment_117949217

    Didn't contact PAS as I just reckoned there wouldnt be too many vacancies coming up in Roscommon.. I did get my OOM results for Longford though.



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    #4876
    furrybones
    Registered Users Posts: 870 ✭✭✭furrybones


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117949347#Comment_117949347

    I would contact them. That seems like too long a time to be waiting for results.

    "Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts"



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    #4877
    cyning
    Registered Users Posts: 3,251 ✭✭✭cyning


    How fast or slowly are people finding they are being placed in areas outside Dublin? I’m top 3 in my county and would love to have some sort of idea when I might hear!



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    #4878
    Whistledown
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭Whistledown


    Hi all

    I haven't been on this for a while but has anyone any update on offers from Offaly or Westmeath for EO 2020. I had to choose my County in May but haven't heard anything since



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    #4879
    CaitCat
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭CaitCat


    Hi all, I just had my Dublin interview and wanted to say thank you to everyone for sharing such great tips and advice on here. It really helped me through the whole process.



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    #4880
    VitreousLife
    Registered Users Posts: 98 ✭✭VitreousLife


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117953464#Comment_117953464


    best of luck to you for your results! hopefully you won’t be waiting too long to hear


    Any tips for the rest of us? 😂 I’m like a bag of nerves already and my interview isn’t until the end of the week. Stomach is just in knots already



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    #4881
    Keeks101
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭Keeks101


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117948044#Comment_117948044

    Hi, what batch were you in and what OOM? I was batch 3 and just waiting for an interview i But seems to be taking forever. Thanks in advance ☺️



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    #4882
    laoisgem
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭laoisgem



    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117952476#Comment_117952476

    Hi Whistledown,

    I'm on the panel for Offaly and sat the Etray exam last month, still waiting on the results and all going well a date for interview. I'm in the top 10 for Offaly so its a very slow process. Hopefully someone on the Westmeath panel can shed some light on where they are at.



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    #4883
    Gracepearl
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭Gracepearl


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117953554#Comment_117953554

    Absolute best of luck to you for your interview,

    mine is tomorrow at 1pm- I’m very nervous aswell but I’ve got a couple of examples for each competency prepared- There is a document with effective performance indicators for each competency on the public jobs site which I have used to help prepare myself I have found it very helpful!

    im better in writing than speaking so I hope I can explain my answers well enough tomorrow!



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    #4884
    cw67irl
    Registered Users Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭cw67irl


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117953464#Comment_117953464

    I had mine today, definitely the toughest CS interview iv sat. Hopefully did enough to get it across the line. Happy overall although one competency wasnt great.. Fingers crossed anyway..


    Im assuming we were among the first batch of interviews so results could be 4/5 weeks out..



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    #4885
    CaitCat
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭CaitCat


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117953554#Comment_117953554

    Write down the civil service values and the competencies and have them in front of you.

    Try to have examples for all of the values and competencies from your previous roles and experience. Make the answers short because they keep to a tight schedule.

    At the end of the day they are doing multiple interviews across many days so try to stand out and remember they are just people like you.

    I counted to 3 before I answered some questions so I didn't get flustered.

    Also, have ID and a drink nearby. They asked if I had ID even though I sent ID electronically. I didn't have one nearby so they said they would check the one I sent, but it's worth having one to hand.



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    #4886
    CaitCat
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭CaitCat


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117957106#Comment_117957106

    Also, they went through my application, I had it to hand so I could see what I wrote (It's in my applications on Public Jobs)

    I also read a PDF called A Guide to the Civil Servicre the day before the interview and that helped me understand aspects of the service better.



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    #4887
    T900i
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭T900i


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117954719#Comment_117954719

    Hi Keeks101

    I’m batch 3 Dublin Open 12x Interdepartmental Dublin 3x

    fingers crossed that you are called soon



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    #4888
    Gracepearl
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭Gracepearl


    Just finished my interview 🤞🏻the panel were very nice but time got away from me a bit towards the end of the interview!

    be prepared to be cut off halfway through an answer folks 🙈

    Found it quite manageable overall but there were more questions than I thought there would be. They follow the competencies as they are listed so no massive curveballs.

    Best of luck to all interviewing this week.



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    #4889
    LISAMC38
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭LISAMC38


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117955156#Comment_117955156

    Hope your interview went well! Good luck.



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    #4890
    VitreousLife
    Registered Users Posts: 98 ✭✭VitreousLife


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117957106#Comment_117957106

    Thanks so much for your advice.



    Interview done and dusted so now it’s just a waiting game I guess.. anyone get any indicators of when results would be or?

    they never said to me!



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    #4891
    divillybit
    Registered Users Posts: 505 ✭✭✭divillybit


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117949363#Comment_117949363

    Is info@publicjobs.ie the correct email address to query the slow OOM results or is there a specific email address for the EO competition?



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