Executive Officer in the Civil Service 2026

As long as you’ve wrote them in the text box, you should be ok. They’ll contact down the line if you pass the interview for proof along with references, vetting, etc. I only uploaded my degree certificate and not my final year transcript results so will probably have to send it down the line.

A few people on Reddit in the Civil Service page said to do this with either.

I did it a little where I could with my bullet points. Including buzz words from the EO list of general duties in the second page of competition booklet, like team work, collating, training etc.

I imagine a lot of your key words in your employment history will naturally overlap with either the duties or capabilities without even realising. Mine did a little anyways!

Really they need to fully relate to the capabilities for the interview stage.

you could email pas office. Did you list your qualifications? If yes, they technically do not check until you pass the interview stage.

It’s so crazy to think how slow the process is and that the competition opened in 2024 and still you and so many are waiting this long for an interview!

Reddit has a lot of information on potential questions and I think there is a thread called questions eo and heo may be asked! I think like any interview it’s hard to 100% prepare.

I think this answers it! This was in the EO 2024 thread and was correct as of a June 2024. Can’t remember what page it’s on and it seems to have been deleted since when I try click it..

Definitely at a major advantage if you could do the commute to Dublin by train from Mullingar. Only about an hour. Several in my father’s office commuting from Westmeath but it is 3 days WFH.

Email/call them and bear in mind the closing date is 3pm today.

Most likely you'll get City Centre.

Anyone else worried about not doing well / passing the tests? I’ll thankfully have the CO competition as a second chance to get into the CS if this doesn’t go well.

I’d be very weak with question recognition in maths but found the sample test okay and hoping similar questions will be asked. Not great with the other two categories either… my logic and IQ level is pretty low.

The only practice I’ve done is the sample test on Public Jobs….

I’m feeling quite down as I can’t secure a job since graduating. Two “we’re sorry we’re not taking your application any further” emails today.

Sorry another quick question! Are the tests to be taken at time and date appointed by PAS or can you sit them at a time that suits you. Just hoping not to take time off work.

Definitely. This is my first application for the CS and i'm also applying for CO whenever it opens but the tests are my biggest worry (mostly the fact i want to score high to have a good OOM and get out of my current job ASAP). I wish the practice tests on publicjobs were better and had more varied questions to help us prepare better. But keep in mind that most applicants will likely not have as much preparation as the small minority active on here. Best we can do is take advantage of the information we have.

And never insult yourself, there are enough people in this world that will do it for you!!

According to Reddit, people have started getting emails for the next stage.

Also saw someone say they only got placed last week as an EO after interviewing in June 2024! A year and 8 months… It’s a very slow process. This is why it’s so important to have a low OOM in both the tests and interview.

The Redditor said the email just said they’ve commenced shortlisting and to confirm that they are still interested in a position. No more comments yet about getting this email so not worrying yet!

Thank you very much for this! Yes. Despite the Reddit and Boards threads here being helpful, I do feel there is a lot of misinformation/conflicting information. Even in relation to completing the application form, people were very divided in how to fill in certain parts.

I’ll admit I’ve become a bit dependent to checking and reading current and past Boards and Reddit for information on this campaign. Given its such a slow process, it isn’t the healthiest thing to do. I suppose I’m just trying to lift my spirits and manifest that I will eventually have a career. The mid-20s crisis definitely hit me in the summer and autumn of last year. 

Good advice! When it comes to these kind of competitions they tend to move quite slowly. No point expecting daily updates.

Correct. No one interviewed for a job in June 2024 from the 2024 EO open competition. It did not happen. Actually impossible, as the application only went live the end of the month and didn't close until July 2024 with Online assessments in August 2024, then interviews happened.

Someone is telling porkies....