2024 Assistant Principal in Civil Service

Hi There well done that is great you made it through. I am just trying to gauge scores Sit + verbal and what it equates to in order of merit. I hope you don't mind me asking what was your score for the Sit and Verbal overall?

I’m not involved but the first step is always the tests.

People lie all the time on their forms. It really isn’t a good indication of anything.

The tests show some aptitudes. The forms show different skills. The final stage shows more again.

It’s not perfect but for wide scale recruitment like this, it has to be a certain way. The amount of work evaluating forms isn’t worth what they’d get in return if they had to review everyone who enters

Will everyone who passed have their form reviewed and given a new oom or will it be in batches only?

Right in the middle of mid January. Good shout 👍

Hello! 1032 overall.

Hello! Thanks so much for this. Is it possible so that you could get a notification in a few weeks e.g. Batch 2 OOM X, whereas around the same time, someone could get a notification saying Batch 1 OOM Y? Or, is it the case that Batch 2 will only be scored once all those in Batch 1 go through the necessary stages and they must move on and create a second batch i.e. there could be a few months’ wait to even know if/when you’re shortlisted?

Tbh I found the interview tough enough but fair. I've worked in the CS abroad, and in comparison the interviews here are more personable and less scripted, which puts you at ease. They ask a lot of questions in quick succession, so I spent some time whittling down my examples and really tried to relay my experience abroad to be relevant to Ireland. I think with all mid to senior level CS interviews all you can do is prepare your examples, have some of the key phrases from the performance level indicators in the back of your mind and be clear and confident. It's up to the interview panel on the day then!

Best of luck with the next Stage everyone

OOM is exclusively based on your test scores. Being private sector, public sector, or civil service has no impact on your OOM at this stage.

See post #399 who scored 1,106 and "is just under 700 for open stream in Dublin". I scored 1200+ and am a little outside 100 on the OOM. Theres approximately 600 people between that poster and me which is a little over 100 in test scores. We're talking a 2-3 question swing I'd imagine. A huge number of people appear to be bunched in the 1,100's.

I still don’t understand what’s pushing me back down the oom, is it because I chose Dublin? Thanks for replying

I asked “is it because I applied to Dublin” which you’ve clarified with thanks, however there’s no need for your smart arse comments regarding how you’re struggling to see why I can’t understand. Really no need for it. Kindness goes a long way …

I'm glad you got your question answered.

There was no smart arse comment. All the information is quite clear, you applied to Dublin and ranked on Dublin applications. I genuinely had no idea what you didn't understand and I made a statement regarding that. You'll need thicker skin to survive as an AP if you're successful. This entire thread is in good faith.

They didn't get me a new OOM but they did give me a score on my application and invited me to interview a few days later