Principal Officer 2025

I got between 40 and 44 in three and around 30ish in one.

DFHERIS 2 days and AG 3 days in office

Sure, if they interview 36 now, maybe 20ish get on a panel for Batch 1.1.

Then another 30-40 called for Batch 1.2, which turns into another panel of 20ish.

Assuming that exhausts Batch 1, they'd shortlist another chunk from the original OOMs (those over 150 up to maybe 300, if the guesses in this thread are right) to make batch 2, rinse and repeat, etc.

Though as this is only a year panel, it would be fair to be skeptical about anything beyond Batch 1

An I right in saying you did the interview from the last panel for this? Is there anything you would be willing to share on what type of presentation they asked for?

Ah no worries, thanks anyway!

The purest speculation on my part, but there must have been widespread dissatisfaction with some of the POs recruited via that process.

Not the final batch, but the ones who came earlier and actually got a job overwhelmingly not being of the required standard and departments avoiding the panel for later recruitment. I've definitely seen POs really struggle when they come in at PO grade. I think certain backgrounds may appear like a good fit on paper but not translate for reality.

This time they've shortlisted on "relevant" experience and asked people to identify which areas they have relevant expertise in. Seems like they're trying to identify role fit more carefully.

Sorry the response that said you wouldn't get a posting in Finance or DPER

Has anyone done an interview under this new Capability Framework or have any idea how it would differ from the old competency based interviews?

FYI invites have issued for the first block of interviews.

Thanks for the heads up. Do you know what they are asking for re presentation?

The familiarisation booklet says the OOM isn't going to be how people are assigned, that they'll be matching up skills initially and only referring to the OOM if there are two candidates deemed to be equivalently qualified. Seems like a huge amount of extra work for publicjobs and makes the smaller batch make more sense.

I also don't think there are going to be any appointments outside Dublin being realistic. Especially if they actually do end the panels from this in March.