Clerical Officer 2023 (Nationwide)

You're the Jimmy Magee of interview questions.

Hi I've been assigned Dept of social Protection Bray anyone know what is like to work in? Thanks

Hi all,

Is anyone currently working as CO in DSP? I'm wondering about the take home pay and the current working hours also has anyone with dyslexia in the Civil Service?

On point 1?

That is not possible on normal TC's & TB's for a normal worker on standard credits.

Gross pay is €555.90 p/w, net pay is a max of €480-ish and thats before any deductions for pensions, income protection or unions etc. which could be €20-40 p/w. This is on normal/single person or even joint assessed and both working.

Yes, you may get €520, but that's if you've excess Tax Credits to use or other Tax Credits to add to your record. And if not worked for a number of months this year too, you'll have excess TC's to use.

I would recommend to use a online Net Pay Calculator and do the sums and your own personal information to see net pay.

Ps. It's gonna be poor starting off TBH and a shock.

Medical for nurse was a urine sample, check height, what i weight i was, blood pressure, reading the letters on the wall with one eye covered each time, colour eye numbers test can I make out the numbers.

Medical for doctor checking my breathing in my back and front upper body, check my neck from bottom to up near jaw, checked my ears, stretch my down to my toes but had bit strain but he said I could improve on that, checked my head move by looking left and right, leaning on my left ear, leaning on my right ear,moving my head around, checked my my mouth, asked if I ever had a drink or drug problem.

Between them took about 40 minutes all together, nurse saw me straight away, took 20 wait for doctor.

I said was everything to him and he said everything is okay and they'd send it off to council.

Well considering I got the email on may 27th stating (see attachment) a 28th of June is a proposed date to start if all going well! They will probably receive the results of my medical today and put everything together and hopefully get back to me tomorrow or Wednesday at latest as I found out from my current job I just have to give a weeks notice so Id give them that this Friday, work up until next Friday and have a week off before I start then 😀!

Haha happy days! Won't be long coming around! I kind of wish I was starting in the middle of July as I have something booked for the first weekend abroad but I'm going to cut my losses on the flights as I feel I couldn't exactly tell them on first day (28th June) that I'd be going away the following Friday to Tuesday and need that time off..I don't think it would come across well just after getting in the door.

asked them while I’m being vetted and they said it ends this month - I’m wondering that too as most departments are doing their own hiring now

the 2024 campaign is just advertised to start this Friday

Thread up for new comp

I’m in the office 5 days a week, but I think that’s not the norm.

Anyone know when this panel closes ?

Are the aptitude tests online more difficult than the ones in real life? I've done the practice tests and performed very badly on them. I scraped a bare pass on verbal and mathematical reasoning and failed the categorising information and error checking ones. I tried the error checking one a few times with only an incremental increase in the score. I have a PhD
(in arts and humanities) and an MSc but have always done terribly on aptitude tests. Are the actual tests like these and does it require a more rational, facts and figures type mind to pass them?