2022 Executive Officer Civil Service

Would anyone be willing to share the assessment information booklets from this competition?

Just curious about what company provided the psychometric testing to PAS?

Anyone interviewing at the moment for Cork? Any idea of turnaround time for interview results? I didn’t get a chance to ask at the end of my interview and hoping I won’t be waiting too long to hear. Thanks

Anyone have any interviews questions they were asked? Mainly in terms of leadership. Any tricks to it?

Yes I was told about 2 weeks for results.

Anyone from Panel 11 external recently been assigned? To where? Thanks x

What is the NPT?

Has anyone interviewed recently? How do you feel it went? I had one this week. I thought it went ok and was quite positive after it, but it's very hard to tell. It definitely was much tougher than my CO interview. I really wish I had touched on a few other things during the interview but was moved along quite quickly and wasn't able to expand. I understand they need to try and fit all the questions in with the allotted time.

I did my interview a fews ago, was positive after but still had doubts I had done enough, did alot better than I had imagined ,so keep positive , results were out very quickly too

Has anyone got any knowledge or experience of how it works being a new EO and wishing to return to be a CO? Is it possible and do you return to the department you came from if different to the one you’re currently in?

How long does clearance take if staying in the same department

It’s the National Processing Team. Deals with all schemes! Pretty sure they are able to work from home 4 days a week. Not 100% on that but that’s what I’ve heard

Yes I work from home 4 days a week. I didn’t have to wait until I passed probation either!

How long did your interview last? I have mine next week but am unsure what to expect, first time interviewing for Civil service. Would you be able to share any of the topics that they asked you about please? Thank you!

Hello there, firstly, congratulations to all of you who got through the competition. I can imagine it’s not easy…I have entered the 2023 EO competition & would be very grateful for some advice. I am currently an CO & although,I really like my Dept, am really struggling financially on CO wages. I am very aware that I am not the only person in this situation and other people are in worse situations 😔I don’t have a partner to help share costs so I have had to borrow money from family members to pay elec bills, mortgage payments etc and at 50 years of age,that is really humiliating…So I really want & NEED to give this my best shot. Can I ask you lovely people,how did you prepare for the assessments?in particular the maths test? It has been a long time since I sat a maths exam-I am 50 after all😄I have seen online -Executive Officer preparation packs-but there is a fee involved-€180. Has anybody done this? Is it worth it? Are there any free resources online that might help me? I would really appreciate any advice on this.I have previously worked in hospitality so do have a lot of people skills which has been noticed in my Dept. My hospitality career ended overnight because of the pandemic. So hence I applied to the Civil Service. As I said, I do really like my Dept & believe in the work we are doing. I really don’t want to move back to the Private Sector just for monetary reasons😔but at the same time, I need to be able to live & pay my bills. Hence, I really want to give this application my best shot. Apologies for the long post & thanks in advance.

Thanks OkDublin. That is reassuring as I am VERY worried about the maths. It is also good to be aware of the timeframe as well so thank you.