Just opened today! Anyone know what percentage of job offers are based outside Dublin just out of curiosity?
Yeah, hopefully it might change something and some results are changed. Was it the same guy interviewing on everyone who failed?
Hopefully they see sense, and you are given the benefit of the doubt, over the opinion of a seemingly inexperienced interviewer.
As a poster above said, everyone this happened to should definitely appeal. Hopefully they recognise the pattern are sort it out.
I know someone Who had an interview lately for Dublin and she said it was more like a chat, very little competency asking, I’ll have to ask did she pass after hearing about this interviewer
Oh jeez it sounds awkward now. Sorry about yer interviews lads. Can ye give the rest of us an example of the hypothetical questions you got?
Not that it matters because I'm not in Dublin
This was what annoyed me the most. He wouldn't even let anyone use the examples that they had prepared, when all the public service interview advice highlighted the importance of example.
This does not sound right so many failed on competencies yet were not given a competency based interview or a chance to give examples.
For anyone that's making an appeal/complaint, here's how to do it here:
You need to do it within 5 days of today's results.
I had failed the interview in the 2020 competition, found it very difficult. The interviewers were 25 mins late coming on and then only lasted 20 mins. I felt like they didn't let me speak at all, and then there was a lot of connection difficulties and by the time it would reconnect they would just move on without letting me answer. I had spent so long preparing my competencies and they didn't ask me any relevant questions to use them. She started asking the question for the 4th competency and then said oh you've actually already answered that so I don't even need to ask you this question but then failed me on that competency which I felt was very unfair. I'm expecting to be interviewed in the next batch and absolutely dreading it already as it sounds similar to my last one and I don't feel like there's anyway to properly prepare given that it doesn't seem to tie in with the competencies they tell you to prepare. Very disheartened hearing other people's feedback so far. They don't seem to be giving people a fair chance.
Did anybody actually pass the interview?
Sorry to hear about the interview results people, this seems very odd. As previous posters mentioned it’s worth appealing if as it seems one interviewer seemed completely unfair. They do need to stick to the rules of a competency based interview.
I did the interview in 2018 and it was very straightforward, panel were lovely and I remember on boards at the time that the majority of people passed so this is quite peculiar. Will be called soon for interview so nervous enough after reading these comments
Yes and delighted 3rd go at this. I think I had different interviewers was definitely competency based and although I was hurried a bit didn’t get any off the wall questions. Only Kind of hypothetical question was about how I might fit into a new department.
for anyone that didn’t pass I know how gutting it is but don’t give up.
Can I apply for comms officer aswell as EO or can only do one at a time?
I don't see why not if you qualify for both.
You can as @Jaffa20 said once you qualify. I’m in 2 other comps at the moment.
Hi All, best of luck with the interview/applications...would anyone know when this opens up again for people to apply, would it be 2023 or later this year
If it's like the 2020 campaign it'll run for two years, so 2024. But I'm open to correction
Hello everyone,
Does anyone have any information as to the next steps following interview. I was placed OOM 16 following this and I was wondering is there anything that I should start to get in order.
I’ve applied for police clearance in the two countries that I have lived in for more than six months. Do I just wait for further instruction now? Also, is there any idea as to time frame or how the next few weeks should play out? Thank you!
The 2022 information booklet states "It is not envisaged that appointments will be made from this competition after 30 June 2024." So the next campaign probably won't open for applications until early 2024
I've just sent off my request for an informal review. Just remember, you only have 5 working days to submit a request for review or a complaint.
PAS will issue your clearance form. Once thats done generally a week or two, you should get your offer.
Best of luck I have heard of people requesting a review and getting a pass fingers crossed 🤞
Hi all, my OOM is 495 can anyone give me an idea of when i should be called for an interview?
For anyone doing an appeal, after you email, you'll get sent a form to fill in and it's this that needs to be in on Friday.
They don't need to know reasoning at this stage. They just need that when you're requesting the formal appeal.
For the informal appeal, they just need to know exactly what you're appeal, then they send on the material and then you give your reasoning for formal appeal.
Having had one interview in my whole life, hearing everyones bad experiences is not exactly ideal 🤐
I wonder when they'll bring the rest of the country into this. I know for a fact that there is EO vacancies to filled in ym department and they aren't interviewing yet
ģot the below in response to asking when interview likely
"At present we have only called candidates from Dublin to Stage 2 Interview for the Executive Officer 2022 Competition.
We hope to hold further interviews in early October however no set dates have been put in place."
Ah so I'd say they have a few people who passed from the 2020 panel that they would like to place during the month
I think the vast majority of EO roles are coming up in Dublin as alot of the existing Dublin eo's are moving out of Dublin to the regional offices. There's long waiting lists of existing civil servants that want to get positions in their local offices. There would be few positions coming up in some smaller counties on this open EO panel.
That depends on your county? Seems only Dublin is being interviewed at the moment and from the sounds of it I'd hope this issue with the fail rate/rude interviewer gets sorted before anyone else is called.
Yeah its for Dublin, anybody have a rough idea of when I should be called? Just want to make sure I am well prepared!
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