Should be posted on publicjobs.ie in the morning. Been a CO now for a year…..hopefully I’ll do well (flunked the interview two years back).
Any tips and tricks and discussion welcome!
Online via Teams
Hi ☺️ does anyone know are the interviews done online or in person?
wow that’s amazing conditions!
I wonder why they removed the choice of 2 locations? I imagine for this campaign that will remove a good few from the Dublin positions. So you'd imagine that should benefit those applying in Dublin compared to older campaigns.
Interesting the WFH/hybrid stuff, there's not guarantee of remote though I'd imagine.
Also I know well from my current job, where it was once a month in Dublin when I joined. Then two times a month, then once a week. Now twice a week and told we could be made go in 5 days a week whenever they want.
Going to Dublin twice a week is no joke especially if you're not in a neighbouring county. Depends where the position is as well within Dublin. Plenty of jobs these days aren't in Dublin city centre they're further out so maybe more difficult for public transport. All stuff to consider I suppose.
Not too bad for my first try
yes, they do have flexi from home and everyone I know has either 3 or 4 days WFH
Yep, at least in the division I work in, and the ones I know people in
Sounds like good advice. How did you score in the end?
Blended makes dublin an ok option for lots of people outside the county, regardless of grade I suppose because vast majority of places will give u 3 days at home .
Just Dublin… where over 90% of the placements are made.
So it's not too weird to compare them regardless in my opinion. Besides I said 2nd or 3rd week of August for the testing and that turned out right lol.
You’re right. WFH varies section to section.
but I think for Revenue there are regular exams and maths skills required?
Just wondering if the there is flexi from home in DCEDIY?
It says everything about the housing crisis, and the reality rather than the myth of public sector pay. EOs can't afford to live in Dublin.
Most civil servants don't work in Dublin.
Says a lot about the way the country is run that there's more EO positions in Dublin than the rest of the country combined. And that's when they have a separate Dublin EO campaign on top of the countrywide.
These days it's going to be extremely difficult to rent or pay/get mortgage in Dublin on an EO salary. I'm not sure how they get COs in Dublin although the pay gap isn't massive from EO either. Has to be tough to get people even in higher roles in Dublin now.
I chose a country location but between mobility and barely any positions going there I wouldn't be too hopeful.
Does anybody know of an app to help brush up on percentages, ratios etc. Is there a DuoLingo for maths?
I used assessment day UK for practice tests. I bought a package and you get 1 year access. I found them much harder then the actual assessments with pas. I got Tina Kronin webinar for interview help.https://www.facebook.com/tinatkservices
https://www.publicjobs.ie/restapi/documents/24307105_EO_2024_Information_Booklet_Final.pdf
hopefully I always do better in interviews than at the tests
At interview they give you scores for each of the competencies and from that you get your OOM.
if it does change at eo, at co it didn’t change after interview your order of merit was based on the tests and the interview was a pass/fail with your your oom remaining the same
It also massively depends on the county you go for . They absolutely flew through the dublin panels last time, and I agree your OOM can really change at interview stage
I have it saved , pm me your email adress if you need it still.
Better waiting to see what company is over the tests, they use different ones. The internal a few weeks ago used AON , numerical and verbal 6 minutes each, 18 questions with negative marking and then situational judgement in the form of instant messages, no time frame.
They don't look at it, need to pass the psychometric tests then in interview slight chance they might ask.
Just to let people know you can jump a lot in the interviews. I was 36 in the open stream after the tests last time and jumped up to no.7 in batch 1 after the interview.So don't lose hope if you don't score as good as you hope. For Timelines I was 7 open panel and started in January so 6 months after the testing roughly. Best of luck everyone.
It's on score of tests. Work experience education comes into interview and scoring after that.
Hi all,
Would anyone have the information booklet? I thought I downloaded it but didn't and now the link is gone, thanks.
does anyone know if they prior work experience or education into your score, or is it all based on your test results?
