My cousin is on the open panel, she did her interview about two weeks ago & got her results a week later (she passed)
She was told a 3-4 week wait for results and if it went past 4 weeks to contact PAS but she heard within a week!
I am 244 OOM in the Open Dublin Competition and I haven't received the email asking for my intention to interview yet? :(
Of those currently being interviewed for Dublin, i know there were interviews all last week but do any of our posters have any this week or next week? Trying to suss out when results may issue
Sounds like it! Best of luck 🍀
Hi.
was just wondering was the OOM for the open or inter dept? And what position were you before the interview? I’m at 8 and 15 so hoping for a call for interview.
thanks
Best of luck to all going forward with interviews / results
I got the same as you but with an added paragraph that the position was 100km from my house and as it was greater than 45km I could turn it down and keep my place on panel. Which I did… so I’d imagine you have a position within 45 km of your home!
Yes exactly, keep to the point, use the competency buzzwords in the examples & not to worry if they cut across your answer-they're actually helping you elaborate on what you've already given them.☺️
Best of luck if I’m honest I think I got the best point across in the last minute round up they give you, hopefully it was enough to redeem my warbling though some of it
if I can give any advice to those coming after us keep your competencies clear, concise and to the point.
Time is very much of the essence use it wisely
Well done. I had my interview today as well. They were both lovely but like you-I was interrupted a good few times mid example. They told me at the start they would do this if I hit points they were looking for & if they needed extra info. I wouldn't worry.
Best of luck now, hopefully we won't be waiting too long for results, 1-2 weeks maybe.
Hi WishfullT,
They wouldn't go to the bother of putting you through clearance unless they had a position for you. Well done and good luck in your new post.
Thank you so much. The above is super helpful, particularly to people who have never gone through the process before.
can I ask though, you said you were offered the place pending clearance? I am currently going through clearance but no mention of placement.
The email stated I was under consideration for a position pending clearance, as I am a regional I’m wondering if there is a position at all?
Just completed my interview they were very friendly but moved me along not sure if that’s good or bad only time will tell.
I’m happy enough I think I got my points across but who knows
I think there are a lot of people lurking hereabouts in the hope of getting an idea of how long they'll be waiting for the next step, whatever that might be - I certainly was, until I got to the end of the process.
I just signed my EO contract and this is how it went for me. Might be useful to some in estimating their own timeline, although I know it probably wouldn't shed much light for those in other counties or in the Interdepartmental competition etc.
14/8/20 - Stage 1 Questionnaire
9/10/20 - Stage 1 results: Dublin Open OOM ~550
5/2/21 - Stage 2 eTray
23/4/21 - Stage 2 results: Dublin Open OOM ~300
01/07/21 - Invitation to interview
3/8/21 - Stage 3 Interview
10/8/21 - Stage 3 Interview Result: Batch 2 OOM~50
22/9/21 - Offer of assignment with the DSP, pending clearance
15/11/21 - Start date as EO (taking enough time to give notice and take a wee breath before the new gig - they would have had me start on Nov 1)
A long aul road. YMMV.
Good luck to everyone still in the process. 👍️
I got my Inter OOM of 6 and open of 16 for Tipperary. A bit low down the pecking order, but I'm curious if anyone has been placed in Tipp yet?
Hi all.
I had my interview the 16 sept ans got my results last Friday 24th! Have a OOM 3 for Longford batch 2 ( I think)
I received an email on Tuesday asking for documents as I am under consideration. Does anyone know if this means that I will be called soon?
Also in people’s experience how long does clearance take?
Thanks
The email address I've always used, and always receive prompt replies from, is LargeVolumeRecruitment5@publicjobs.ie. Use EO 2020 in the subject line.
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?
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!
Hope your interview went well! Good luck.
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.
Hi Keeks101
I’m batch 3 Dublin Open 12x Interdepartmental Dublin 3x
fingers crossed that you are called soon
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.
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.
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..
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!
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.
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 ☺️
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
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.
