Executive Officer in the Civil Service 2026

@kikicatena Hi thanks for reply, I only saw the three psychometric tests when I signed in … it was my understanding that you had to pass to get to the written assessment. On the PAS app I click tests completed and then it changed to “we are reviewing your application and will be in touch” …. So I was waiting for further info. on their own app to indicate further advanced. I queried on their app. Then checked my spam and their was an invite to sit the written assessment (I was too late the link had expired) … all email correspondence had gone to my inbox but for some weird unknown reason this email went to spam … morale of story always check spam too!!! ) I contact PAS to explain but I got the standard you didn’t complete all 4 tests. Best of luck to you all 👍

Well, I was certainly delighted when I received the message that I’d passed the first stage, but that was before I saw my scores😂 OOM 4098 in Dublin.
At least I tried😅 This was my first time that I applied for EO

See you next year – let’s see how quickly the queue moves. I wish everyone who makes it through to the interview stage the best of luck🤗

my OOM for open is 3015

Have I any chance of interview

I think if you are outside Dublin you have to do well in Assessments to make sure you get to Interview. Most counties outside Dublin will onl call one or two batches so you need to be high enough up after assessments to get in those batches. Dublin not so much as they will use a lot more batches and go down lists a lot further

What was the batches called for Louth previously would they go up to 100?

One of my mates has an interview for Offaly next week, he’s Top 10 OOM

Hi everyone, this is my first time taking part in a Civil Service competition. My OOM is 13, so I'm hoping I'll be called for an interview, but at the same time I'm feeling quite nervous.

I understand that it will be a capability-based interview and I'm wondering what kind of questions are usually asked to assess skills and motiviation. Will it follow the typical format of ''Tell me about a time when you…''? And after giving an example, will there be follow-up questions, such as which skills helped you in that situation or what you would do if you didn't have sufficient information etc?

Someone posted about a week back saying they’d enquired and PAS said they try to bring forward batches of 80-100 in Dublin, where possible. Maybe an idea to email them yourself and ask about rough batch estimates, given your position. Might get some peace of mind that you’re not missing comms, or if there is an issue, give them a chance to rectify ahead of your slot.

Mid teens here (open) and interview is tomorrow week, got 16 days notice of interview, but only about 48 hours to confirm attendance.

I’m single digits for the north west and no movement…

I'm pretty sure that the open comps have moved towards the capability framework but I might be wrong.

thanks

They are the new ones!

Capabilities Framework for all new open competitions

for dublin? Unlikely. I believe it was mentioned in this thread that up to OoM 1500 was called for interview iirc

I'm in Test OOM later high 300s in Dublin. Does anyone have an idea of when interviews for my batch my come up?

Also I am wondering if one if able to defer the interview for an exceptional circumstance, e.g. a family member seriously ill taking up ones time or a death in the family?

100%. In my last one I felt very unsure of how I did, despite being confident in my answers. The board is meant not to tip their hat, so to speak, on how you did during the interview. At this stage, you know you’ve done your best it’s out of your hands now so try not to dwell