Executive Officer in the Civil Service 2026

Yes you’re correct. And there was some in the assessment that were “cannot say” too. Too many people are over thinking things, in the verbal assessment you could have all the options as “false” aswell.

There’s no point dwelling on something you can’t change. Focus on completing the remaining exams and see what happens.

I did it last night, was bored reading them by the last few lol leaving the written one to last, I find it much easier doing one per day, last comp I did all 4 in one sitting. The written one is pain tbh

I competed SJ and Verbal on Monday. Time was an issue with verbal as I didn’t practice enough under the pressure whereas I had 10 minutes to spare with SJ.. but got it all done just wish I had time to review my answers for verbal.

Don’t say that about the written!! I am tackling it tonight and then the numerical on Friday or Saturday, depending how I feel.

Completed situational today. Thought that was mostly ok.

Completed verbal reasoning as well.
A few threw me a bit.

My brain was totally fried after it.

I think it’ll be the weekend before I get to the other 2 due to 2 hour commute , work, and wanting to see my children for a little bit before getting things ready for the next day. I’d be too tired to start into them 😅

Someone on reddit was saying we could only have a laptop and no external monitors, or a single monitor with a PC, something about how it's one device/one screen. This wasn't a requirement for AO as far as I could tell, I had an external monitor attached to my laptop. Does anyone else know if we can have a monitor and a laptop screen?

I'm an idiot.

16% is 0.16, not 1.16.

Anyone who did numerical feel the practice test on Public Jobs is enough to be prepared? If the questions are similar to that and only 9 are needed to pass, I’d feel confident.

At this stage, it’s too late to buy any test packages and I think they’re quite pricey.

About to start the essay now. Very worried for the time with this one and hate not feeling prepared.

Don’t be honestly if you only need 8 or 9 correct you’ll pass them if you get enough done within the time. Don’t spend ages on the longer ones focus on the easy ones. Doing the SJ tonight and written tomorrow sigh

I just completed the written task. It was honestly straight forward, the only problem was the time as I ran out of time like the verbal..

Unfortunately, I only got 338 Words which is definitely on the lower side. I only hit 100 words for the second part due to the time.

It was very roughly formatted and I was repeating a lot of what was in the brief..

Think it’s a little too low and vague to qualify at interview. I was struggling with what to say for part A but found part B way easier but didn’t get enough words in..

I’d say to anyone yet to do it to brush up on responding quickly/typing up emails and the language to use. Easy if you’ve been working in an office based position. The copy and paste buttons were annoying as hell. They really slowed me down as well.

The situation judgement practice and real was actually good for giving advice about what to do for the second part.

The maths timing can’t be any worse right? 😅

Just finished the SJT, had 15 mins to spare.. thought it was grand tbh, I have worked with EOs so I know how to answer majority, written tomorrow woohoo.

I totally blew the written exam, did the first part which was relatively straightforward BUT rather than clicking next I clicked submit DOH so I basically only completed half to the assignment!

Unfortunately, you need to answer both parts to progress. I don’t think I have 100 words (the minimum required) for the first part so not looking good either for me. It’s all a learning curve!

I’d restart your laptop and if nothing changes, contact the support ASAP.