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Garda Reserve - Interview/Report-Writing (see Moderator note: POST#1)

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  • #122
    karlokarl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 109 ✭✭karlokarl


    Cheers Kilkcat! By the way does anyone know who to e mail/contact about the application process?? Cheers!!


  • #123
    shakin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭shakin


    is the report writing the same in the gr as it is in the regular garda interview?


  • #124
    lehanemore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 319 ✭✭lehanemore


    shakin wrote: »
    is the report writing the same in the gr as it is in the regular garda interview?

    You are given a scenario in a booklet (story board with pictures) that gets re-used, as opposed to being shown a video, you have to compile your report with dates, times places, witness statement#1, witness statement#2 and so on, leaving out the irrelevant information that's also included, it's do-able but time runs out just like in the regular test.


  • #125
    shakin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭shakin


    lehanemore wrote: »
    You are given a scenario in a booklet (story board with pictures) that gets re-used, as opposed to being shown a video, you have to compile your report with dates, times places, witness statement#1, witness statement#2 and so on, leaving out the irrelevant information that's also included, it's do-able but time runs out just like in the regular test.

    im going to do a prep course for the full time gardai and was wondering will the interview material in that be useful for the gr interview?


  • #126
    lehanemore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 319 ✭✭lehanemore


    shakin wrote: »
    im going to do a prep course for the full time gardai and was wondering will the interview material in that be useful for the gr interview?

    the GR interview is big on community involvement, teamwork, life experience, dealing with new challenges, "making a difference" :rolleyes:that kind of thing.

    Edit: you will be interviewed specifically on the 3 examples below from the notes for candidates;

    The interview board will be particularly interested in hearing about your experiences in the following areas:
    (a) Making a difference in your community
    (b) Working as part of a team
    (c) Dealing with a new challenge


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  • #127
    shakin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭shakin


    lehanemore wrote: »
    the GR interview is big on community involvement, teamwork, life experience, dealing with new challenges, "making a difference" :rolleyes:that kind of thing.

    Edit: you will be interviewed specifically on the 3 examples below from the notes for candidates;

    The interview board will be particularly interested in hearing about your experiences in the following areas:
    (a) Making a difference in your community
    (b) Working as part of a team
    (c) Dealing with a new challenge

    4i think id manage b and c but a looks tricky. do we fill out a form smilar the garda full time one, bfore the interview?


  • #128
    lehanemore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 319 ✭✭lehanemore


    shakin wrote: »
    4i think id manage b and c but a looks tricky. do we fill out a form smilar the garda full time one, bfore the interview?

    http://http://www.publicjobs.ie/downloads/06053_Garda_Reserve_Supplementary_Form.doc

    if the link doesn't work, google Garda Reserve Application Form, or alternatively you'll find it on the publicjobs.ie website.


  • #129
    CO19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 690 ✭✭✭CO19


    When you go into the public appointments office for your interview,do you go to reception and say what you're there for or what's the story ?


  • #130
    karlokarl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 109 ✭✭karlokarl


    Hey CO19, I haven't done the interview yet myself but I presume there would be a specific area to go to for the GR interviews. You doing it soon?
    I applied last week and I got an e-mail the other day saying that the interview would be in mid may and they'd be writing to me shortly with the exact date....that was fairly quick for an interview date wasn't it??


  • #131
    CO19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 690 ✭✭✭CO19


    karlokarl wrote: »
    Hey CO19, I haven't done the interview yet myself but I presume there would be a specific area to go to for the GR interviews. You doing it soon?
    I applied last week and I got an e-mail the other day saying that the interview would be in mid may and they'd be writing to me shortly with the exact date....that was fairly quick for an interview date wasn't it??

    That certaintly is quick Karl,I've been waiting since January for an interview date just got a letter on Wedenesday saying I have it this Wednesday at 11.


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  • #132
    CO19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 690 ✭✭✭CO19


    So can anyoe tell me where you go when you go into the public appointments office ? do you just go up to reception and say what you're there for or is there a specific area for reserve applicants to go to ?


  • #133
    leinsterdude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 523 ✭✭✭leinsterdude


    You just go in and say what you are there for, all manner of interviews take place there for all types of public jobs.


  • #134
    CO19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 690 ✭✭✭CO19


    They seem to be fast tracking things now,I did my interview on Wednesday then got a call on Thursday evening to say I had passed and to fill in the GR2 form,they're never that quick getting back to people.


  • #135
    lehanemore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 319 ✭✭lehanemore


    CO19 wrote: »
    They seem to be fast tracking things now,I did my interview on Wednesday then got a call on Thursday evening to say I had passed and to fill in the GR2 form,they're never that quick getting back to people.

    nice one CO19;)

    what kinda questions did you get?


  • #136
    CO19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 690 ✭✭✭CO19


    lehanemore wrote: »
    nice one CO19;)

    what kinda questions did you get?

    Cheers lehan ;),ah they asked the usual stuff they seem to ask everyone,what I do in my community,what have I done that involved team work,any challenges I've encountered.They pretty much kept it on the 3 main points that's on the notes for candidate's i.e making a difference in your community,working as part of a team and dealing with challenges.
    I was in for half an hour but it felt like 2 mins I couldn't beleive how fast it went in.


  • #137
    Stephen321
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭Stephen321


    How long do interview results for the reserve take to come out, does anyone know


  • #138
    leo bowes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17 ✭leo bowes


    Stephen321 wrote: »
    How long do interview results for the reserve take to come out, does anyone know

    on average you should get a reply within 2 weeks


  • #139
    karlokarl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 109 ✭✭karlokarl


    Yeah I think they are getting quicker with the process. I applied 3 weeks ago and I have an interview this Wednesday. What should you wear for the interview??


  • #140
    kaizersoze1980
    Closed Accounts Posts: 732 ✭✭✭kaizersoze1980


    karlokarl wrote: »
    Yeah I think they are getting quicker with the process. I applied 3 weeks ago and I have an interview this Wednesday. What should you wear for the interview??


    same as you'd wear to any interview, a suit!


  • #141
    karlokarl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 109 ✭✭karlokarl


    Well, had the interview today. Report writing was fine, just not too sure about the interview itself. The interviewers didn't really reveal much or say anything encouraging....that's just the way it's run I suppose! Now for the wait for the results.....


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  • #142
    CO19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 690 ✭✭✭CO19


    Same with me Karl they didn't give any sort of hint etc at how it went when it was finished,if it's still being done the way mine was 2 weeks ago you should get a call tomorrow or Friday at some point asking you to fill out the GR2 form if you've passed but as I said before this may have just been a once off thing with me in the fast reply back to me.


  • #143
    djpaddy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭djpaddy


    I passed my interview and test back in february,and i am still waiting for them to get in contact with me for interview with sargeant and to recieve gr2 form. has anybody else been waiting this long or longer?


  • #144
    CO19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 690 ✭✭✭CO19


    You haven't gotten the GR2 form :eek: I'd get onto them and find out what's going on,I'd say it's an error on their part somewhere along the line.


  • #145
    karlokarl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 109 ✭✭karlokarl


    Thanks CO19! Was just a bit worried cause like yourself I'm fairly young (only 21) and am in college, although I do have a bit of work experience behind me! Hopefully I'll hear back with a good result soon!!


  • #146
    karlokarl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 109 ✭✭karlokarl


    Hey, got a letter today saying that I hadn't passed the interview stage so a bit disappointed. Have applied for full time though so hopefully that will go a bit better!!


  • #147
    shakin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭shakin


    karlokarl wrote: »
    Hey, got a letter today saying that I hadn't passed the interview stage so a bit disappointed. Have applied for full time though so hopefully that will go a bit better!!

    hard luck man, was it the interview or report? did you do any prep courses?


  • #148
    kerry4sam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,127 ✭✭✭✭kerry4sam


    karlokarl wrote: »
    Hey, got a letter today saying that I hadn't passed the interview stage so a bit disappointed. Have applied for full time though so hopefully that will go a bit better!!

    At least you have some idea of what the interview for An Garda Siochana will be like and it won't be as daunting for you ... Yeah saw that you applied for An G.S. , good luck with that process karlokarl :)


  • #149
    karlokarl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 109 ✭✭karlokarl


    Thanks guys! Don't know where I went down, think it was the interview! I applied for feedback so should find out what exactly went wrong. As I said, I'm only 21 and got the impression in the interview that they were loking for older people with more work experience because they started off by asking me bout my job when my application clearly said college student! Hopefully the interview for An G.S. won't be based so much around job experience and community involvement!! Ah well..time will tell!


  • #150
    karlokarl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 109 ✭✭karlokarl


    Oh, by the way, Shakin, I didn't do any prep courses cause there's nothing really to prepare for. It's all about your community and life so you can't exactly do a course for that! The report writing went fine I felt - plenty of time. Have you applied for the Reserves?


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  • #151
    CO19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 690 ✭✭✭CO19


    Sorry to hear that Karl :( you probably got two gits for interviewers,mine just stuck to the 3 things that the notes for candidates says i.e community involvement-team work and differences you've made in your community that's it, so I wouldn't be really blamin yourself for not gettin through as I said you may have just been unfortunate with the two you got for the interview.


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