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PSNI Recruitment - Stage 1 - The Initial Selection Test

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  • #212
    Bifbert
    Closed Accounts Posts: 129 ✭✭Bifbert


    Can someone please clarify that you do not get marks deducted for incorrect answers? Is this true? Should you then answer EVERY question to give yourself the best chance? thank you


  • #213
    Shield
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 9,856 CMod ✭✭✭✭Shield


    No marks deducted for incorrect answers. The questions get progressively harder so you won't have time to read them all. About 30 seconds from the end, tick random boxes in the ones you didn't get to. You have a chance of getting a few right, whereas leaving them blank guarantees you no mark.


  • #214
    MrsGeneHunt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,012 ✭✭✭MrsGeneHunt


    Bifbert wrote: »
    Can someone please clarify that you do not get marks deducted for incorrect answers? Is this true? Should you then answer EVERY question to give yourself the best chance? thank you

    As far as we know, theres not negative marking.
    If you find a question is taking too much time, guess the answer and move on, there are more questions than there is time to complete them all.


  • #215
    MrsGeneHunt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,012 ✭✭✭MrsGeneHunt


    The big lad beat me to it!


  • #216
    Bifbert
    Closed Accounts Posts: 129 ✭✭Bifbert


    Thats great thanks for your help!!!


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  • #217
    manaka
    Closed Accounts Posts: 160 ✭✭manaka


    Thanks Nickni, Ill give them a buzz on friday to see.


  • #218
    manaka
    Closed Accounts Posts: 160 ✭✭manaka


    Ha i posted on the wrong thread, dont know how that happened! Id better make sure i answer the right questions on the ist!! Ha. I think there should be grammar tests in the ist too. Any support?


  • #219
    potatopeeler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭potatopeeler


    I found an interesting document online with comprehensive stats regarding c1-c7, including pass rates for all aspects of recruitment , a breakdown of the medical failure reasons etc. Its a bit out of date but it might be helpfull ?


    http://www.psni.police.uk/eqia_recruitment_full_report.pdf


  • #220
    manaka
    Closed Accounts Posts: 160 ✭✭manaka


    potatopeeler wrote: »
    I found an interesting document online with comprehensive stats regarding c1-c7, including pass rates for all aspects of recruitment , a breakdown of the medical failure reasons etc. Its a bit out of date but it might be helpfull ?


    http://www.psni.police.uk/eqia_recruitment_full_report.pdf


    Anyone know how it was possible to be exempted from the IST according to the above document, probably not applicable now. And did they actually do firearm 'stuff' with candidates!?


  • #221
    tu justicia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭tu justicia


    whats the best training method for the ist? it looks like I got my scheduled for late august...

    thank you for your answers!


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  • #222
    MustBeCrazy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 399 ✭✭MustBeCrazy


    tu justicia wrote: »
    whats the best training method for the ist? it looks like I got my scheduled for late august...

    thank you for your answers!

    Late August :eek::eek::eek: - Why so long? Last campaign the assesment centres were all over by late August.

    As for training methods - brain training is good and 11 plus papers. There is also a book available from Amazon called How to Pass the Police Selection System, and although more relevant to England, it does have some practice questions in it. It's all about speed so getting your brain into a fast gear for the few days before your test will help.


  • #223
    RoscoPColtrane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 453 ✭✭RoscoPColtrane


    tu justicia wrote: »
    whats the best training method for the ist? it looks like I got my scheduled for late august...

    thank you for your answers!

    Maybe its because there are so many applicants this year that your IST is so late. MBC is right. Its all about getting the old grey matter going. There are loads of books on verbal and numerical reasoning on the internet. Theres only so much you can do in preparation for the IST. Timing is the issue on the day though.


  • #224
    tickle_monster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 405 ✭✭tickle_monster


    with all this talk of 11+ papers i saw this on the bbc its only 15questions in 10minutes, i really need to brush up on the ole maths got 12/15 so its not hard lol :)
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7773974.stm


  • #225
    RoscoPColtrane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 453 ✭✭RoscoPColtrane


    tickle_monster wrote: »
    with all this talk of 11+ papers i saw this on the bbc its only 15questions in 10minutes, i really need to brush up on the ole maths got 12/15 so its not hard lol :)
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7773974.stm

    Very good TM. Based on that Im your intellectual equal. :D


  • #226
    MustBeCrazy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 399 ✭✭MustBeCrazy


    RoscoPColtrane wrote: »
    Very good TM. Based on that Im your intellectual equal. :D

    Not one to gloat but I just did it and got 15/15 with over 5 minutes remaining! :D:eek:

    Must point out that my eldest daughter just did the 11 plus last year so I have had a lot of practice :p

    Haven't done any other practice for IST yet and it's next week so better get started...


  • #227
    tickle_monster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 405 ✭✭tickle_monster


    RoscoPColtrane wrote: »
    Very good TM. Based on that Im your intellectual equal. :D

    lol hey my intellectual twin, we should now plot world domination :D
    MustBeCrazy wrote: »
    Not one to gloat but I just did it and got 15/15 with over 5 minutes remaining! :D:eek:

    Must point out that my eldest daughter just did the 11 plus last year so I have had a lot of practice :p

    Haven't done any other practice for IST yet and it's next week so better get started...

    well done!! but you did have an unfair advantage :P i havent seen an 11+paper in 10/11 years (if im 21 now how long ago does that make it) lol can still remember them being colour coded yellow was easiest :D
    you'll sail through the IST then :D good luck for next week mine isnt until may so ive plently of time should really get to work on the maths :o


  • #228
    MustBeCrazy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 399 ✭✭MustBeCrazy


    tickle_monster wrote: »
    lol hey my intellectual twin, we should now plot world domination :D



    well done!! but you did have an unfair advantage :P i havent seen an 11+paper in 10/11 years (if im 21 now how long ago does that make it) lol can still remember them being colour coded yellow was easiest :D
    you'll sail through the IST then :D good luck for next week mine isnt until may so ive plently of time should really get to work on the maths :o

    Well, I came out of last year's IST in a state of shock - was not expecting the maths part to be sooooo difficult at all. Will at least be a little more prepared for that this year! It took me at least a minute at the start to figure out what I was supposed to do.

    Thanks for the good luck wishes, same to you :)


  • #229
    tu justicia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭tu justicia


    RoscoPColtrane wrote: »
    Very good TM. Based on that Im your intellectual equal. :D



    this one was really hard, I got some of them wright at least...but the real problem was the time...yikes... as for the time schedule for my ist, I think its mainly because im not from the uk...


  • #230
    RoscoPColtrane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 453 ✭✭RoscoPColtrane


    tickle_monster wrote: »
    lol hey my intellectual twin, we should now plot world domination :D



    Ive started ........;). Phase 1. Join PSNI.... Its all going tickety boo.


  • #231
    RoscoPColtrane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 453 ✭✭RoscoPColtrane


    tu justicia wrote: »
    this one was really hard, I got some of them wright at least...but the real problem was the time...yikes... as for the time schedule for my ist, I think its mainly because im not from the uk...

    TIME TIME TIME ..... It will become ingrained...


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  • #232
    RoscoPColtrane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 453 ✭✭RoscoPColtrane


    RoscoPColtrane wrote: »
    TIME TIME TIME ..... It will become ingrained...

    Is that a word??????


  • #233
    MrsGeneHunt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,012 ✭✭✭MrsGeneHunt


    Well everyone, this week sees the real kick off of C15 with the start of the ISTs.

    Good luck everyone! :D


  • #234
    PapaYankeeGirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,006 ✭✭✭PapaYankeeGirl


    Yeah good luck everyone!:D


  • #235
    Che75
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭Che75


    When I go for my IST this week I'm gonna yell out five or six nicknames off this Boards just to see who turns around!


  • #236
    Bifbert
    Closed Accounts Posts: 129 ✭✭Bifbert


    Che75 wrote: »
    When I go for my IST this week I'm gonna yell out five or six nicknames off this Boards just to see who turns around!

    That would be so funny!!!! But seriously good luck to everyone I'm quite looking forward to it in a strange way!


  • #237
    valetudo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭valetudo


    psni wrote: »
    No marks deducted for incorrect answers. The questions get progressively harder so you won't have time to read them all. About 30 seconds from the end, tick random boxes in the ones you didn't get to. You have a chance of getting a few right, whereas leaving them blank guarantees you no mark.

    Is this for definite? I don't want to say for example pick like 20 (A's) in a row and whoever is marking it thinks that I have clearly just ticked boxes to score marks and marks negatively for it or not at all.....?


  • #238
    PapaYankeeGirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,006 ✭✭✭PapaYankeeGirl


    Che75 wrote: »
    When I go for my IST this week I'm gonna yell out five or six nicknames off this Boards just to see who turns around!


    Problem is everyone will look around, they'll theink you're crazy, then you'll be escorted off the premises! :D


  • #239
    smyff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,013 ✭✭✭smyff


    haha theyll just look at you n not think twice about doing that to you PYG! good luck to everyone. im nervous as for mine! pressure to do well


  • #240
    manaka
    Closed Accounts Posts: 160 ✭✭manaka


    PapaYankeeGirl wrote: »
    Problem is everyone will look around, they'll theink you're crazy, then you'll be escorted off the premises! :D

    Actually, if someone did that, they'd know who the person was shouting it....they MustBeCrazy! :P lol

    Anyways, I had to check up what an 11 plus is as I hadnt a clue what they are. I dont see much comparison between them and the IST. Being able to assimilate lots of data in things such as timetables/schedules etc is needed. It is a good idea to understand what you are looking at first before you attempt any of the questions!

    But here's a link to 11 plus stuff for the fans of it

    http://www.11plusonline.net/

    For the verbal reasoning (for the maths, add, subtract, dividle, multiply practice needed) part of the IST I personally favour:

    http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/tests/verbaltest.htm

    Lots of other tests on this site which are quite good and a more difficult than the 11 plus which is what it needed!! and one more for luck...

    http://www.psychometric-success.com/downloads/download-practice-tests.htm

    Good luck peeps


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  • #241
    valetudo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭valetudo


    Nice one Manaka, my IST is tomorrow and those are just what I need.

    Based on the practice test available on the jobpsni website, are those exactly the 2 types of questions to expect ie the true/false/can't tell and the maths question, or will there be other types of questions other than the ones given in the practice test? For example will there be anything like this http://www.psychometric-success.com/practice-papers/Psychometric%20Success%20Numerical%20Ability%20-%20Reasoning%20Practice%20Test%201.pdf

    or this http://www.psychometric-success.com/practice-papers/Psychometric%20Success%20Verbal%20Ability%20-%20Word%20Relationship%20Practice%20Test%201.pdf

    Thanks.


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