PSNI Recruitment - Stage 1 - The Initial Selection Test

MrsGeneHunt · 23-04-2009 07:52PM

Papa Charlie wrote: »

Howdy people,just a quick one for those who have done their ist this year,was there any questions on percentages or pie charts?hate them :eek:

Negative!!:D

Papa Charlie · 23-04-2009 07:59PM

MrsGeneHunt wrote: »

Negative!!:D

Excellent! You have made my night!!

Che75 · 23-04-2009 09:34PM

They say time is a healer but what they don't tell you is that it goes too bloody quickly during Psychometric Tests. Just back from Belfast now (from the South) after having mine today. Don't feel like I did enough to drag myself over the line. Was cheered up by beautiful Belfast women though..

gigity gigity · 23-04-2009 09:39PM

oh dear is it seriously that bad? first time applying and although im excited to be doing the first test im bricking it. Hate tests and have a feling i have done nowhere near enough prep. im assuming you ran out of time? was it the maths or english?

RoscoPColtrane · 23-04-2009 10:13PM

gigity gigity wrote: »

oh dear is it seriously that bad? first time applying and although im excited to be doing the first test im bricking it. Hate tests and have a feling i have done nowhere near enough prep. im assuming you ran out of time? was it the maths or english?

No. In the big scheme of things its not bad and not an awful lot you can do to prepare. Advice on here is good. Just do what you can do. But really. No bricking it. Thats youre worst obstacle. I know its easy to say. But chillax. Its exciting for sure. Give it a good shot. And cross your fingers. Toes. Legs. Etc. . . Youll be just grand. Its a really good experience.

faceman08 · 23-04-2009 10:30PM

Just done my IST this evening.....absolute nightmare!!

Never seems to get any easier!!!

Good luck to everyone else still to do the IST!!

More waiting now

FM

emz2009 · 23-04-2009 10:33PM

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
THAT WAS HARD!! - you dont get a sec to rethink about anything lol! dont think i done great gonna put it out of myhead for a month and see what happens! just wanted to say good luck to whoever is still to go for theres! Glad its over

RoscoPColtrane · 23-04-2009 10:36PM

emz2009 wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
THAT WAS HARD!! - you dont get a sec to rethink about anything lol! dont think i done great gonna put it out of myhead for a month and see what happens! just wanted to say good luck to whoever is still to go for theres! Glad its over

I thought that was your second go. No?

emz2009 · 23-04-2009 10:39PM

Nope it's my first time applying

Didn't Know what to expect at all but sure we will see what happens! Eeek!

RoscoPColtrane · 23-04-2009 10:45PM

emz2009 wrote: »

Nope it's my first time applying Didn't Know what to expect at all but sure we will see what happens! Eeek!

|Aw. Good for you. I didnt know what to expect. Know now. Second time for me. Good luck. Its like your o levels (maybe GCSEs for you). You think youve done sh**. Your ma is gonna kill ya. Then the results are a complete surprise. Then people catch on. Cant bull**** any further than that. Rumbled. A Levels. Chinese torture. . Cant be havin it.

gigity gigity · 23-04-2009 10:57PM

RoscoPColtrane wrote: »

No. In the big scheme of things its not bad and not an awful lot you can do to prepare. Advice on here is good. Just do what you can do. But really. No bricking it. Thats youre worst obstacle. I know its easy to say. But chillax. Its exciting for sure. Give it a good shot. And cross your fingers. Toes. Legs. Etc. . . Youll be just grand. Its a really good experience.

Cheers dude, found a book on amazon on, how to pass the new police selection tests gonna get it and see if its any use. think I seen it mentioned on this site before so if anybody knows much about it let me know

emz2009 · 23-04-2009 11:01PM

hey gigity maybe i can save ya 6 quid and let ya know that the book didnt help me much for the real thing esp the numerical reasoning part of it - the english examples do help a bit with the t f ct parts but you can find alot of that on the net .. it gives some good advice on the ac though which might help in further stages that I dont know yet (fingers cross i get to find out) but personally for myself i think it will be more useful in other parts rather than the ist Maybe others have other opinions on it

RoscoPColtrane · 23-04-2009 11:01PM

gigity gigity wrote: »

Cheers dude, found a book on amazon on, how to pass the new police selection tests gonna get it and see if its any use. think I seen it mentioned on this site before so if anybody knows much about it let me know

Been there. Done it. Ate the pizza. Worn the T shirt. Got it. With many others. Aye its alright. Anything that can boost your confidence is only a good thang. Go for it. Knowledge is power.........;)

RoscoPColtrane · 23-04-2009 11:06PM

gigity gigity wrote: »

Cheers dude

Erm. Dude??????? What kinda jive talkin is that? Im a LAYYYYYYDEEEEE.....

emz2009 · 23-04-2009 11:10PM

RoscoPColtrane wrote: »

|Aw. Good for you. I didnt know what to expect. Know now. Second time for me. Good luck. Its like your o levels (maybe GCSEs for you). You think youve done sh**. Your ma is gonna kill ya. Then the results are a complete surprise. Then people catch on. Cant bull**** any further than that. Rumbled. A Levels. Chinese torture. . Cant be havin it.

Thanks Lol to be honest i really dont think ill get a good surprise so not going to dwell on it much this time at least I will know what to expect for next years... was rushing too much to really concentrate so dont expect much! But best of luck on your 2nd go.. how far did you go or have went ( if you are still awaiting good news)

RoscoPColtrane · 23-04-2009 11:13PM

All the way baby..... Waiting on vetting. Youll come to hate that word. I have. ....Stick with it (says me).

emz2009 · 23-04-2009 11:17PM

excellent! Well done on passing the ist and ac first time and hears to hearing word about the vetting very soon!

gigity gigity · 23-04-2009 11:22PM

RoscoPColtrane wrote: »

gigity gigity wrote: »

Cheers dude

Erm. Dude??????? What kinda jive talkin is that? Im a LAYYYYYYDEEEEE.....

lol. having difficulty determining some things on here. some things you just cant tell>:p
Think il go ahead with it anyway maybe be a bit o help later if im lucky! how many people do you think make it to the acs out of the 9000?

gigity gigity · 23-04-2009 11:24PM

emz2009 wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
THAT WAS HARD!! - you dont get a sec to rethink about anything lol! dont think i done great gonna put it out of myhead for a month and see what happens! just wanted to say good luck to whoever is still to go for theres! Glad its over

alrite emz did you get the entire paper finished?

RoscoPColtrane · 23-04-2009 11:25PM

emz2009 wrote: »

excellent! Well done on passing the ist and ac first time and hears to hearing word about the vetting very soon!

Cheers. But honestly. Youve always think youve done worse than you actually have. I was really relaxed about it up until I was told about how long vetting could take. Im not very good at waiting at all. Keep on here for support or simply if youre freakin out. Good auld bunch in the same position as yourself. I saw ppl posting theyd got in and it spurred me on. They come back the odd time too.. And of course when you get your good news back about progressing to the next stage.

nickni · 23-04-2009 11:30PM

Believe me i know how you all feel, i done it seven times :eek: lol but the feeling when you get the call makes all the waiting for results, vetting, etc worth while

BTW good luck to everyone doing their IST's for C15

emz2009 · 23-04-2009 11:30PM

gigity gigity wrote: »

alrite emz did you get the entire paper finished?

only due to the no negative marking rule!!

what about yourself there was alot there this evening wasn't there!

emz2009 · 23-04-2009 11:32PM

RoscoPColtrane wrote: »

Cheers. But honestly. Youve always think youve done worse than you actually have. I was really relaxed about it up until I was told about how long vetting could take. Im not very good at waiting at all. Keep on here for support or simply if youre freakin out. Good auld bunch in the same position as yourself. I saw ppl posting theyd got in and it spurred me on. They come back the odd time too.. And of course when you get your good news back about progressing to the next stage.

How long have you been waiting so far? Ita great to see others on the board getting through when i first joined i read nearly every thread there was getting all the info and you could see how some peoples were moving along to the next stage then the next then into gv itself - def keeps you going knowing others are in the same position and do get somewere .. even if it takes a decade getting there!

gigity gigity · 23-04-2009 11:34PM

emz2009 wrote: »

only due to the no negative marking rule!! what about yourself there was alot there this evening wasn't there!

havent had the pleasure of doing it yet, mine is next weekend. dne the practice test from the website a couple of times in between doing three bits of coursework. brain drain. still cant believe thats true tho about the no negative marking il set an alarm for 10 seconds left

emz2009 · 23-04-2009 11:34PM

nickni wrote: »

Believe me i know how you all feel, i done it seven times :eek: lol but the feeling when you get the call makes all the waiting for results, vetting, etc worth while

BTW good luck to everyone doing their IST's for C15

lol that just made my day!! Glad all your hard work paid of!!! WELL DONE

Bifbert · 23-04-2009 11:35PM

gigity gigity wrote: »

RoscoPColtrane wrote: »

lol. having difficulty determining some things on here. some things you just cant tell>:p
Think il go ahead with it anyway maybe be a bit o help later if im lucky! how many people do you think make it to the acs out of the 9000?

I was also wondering how many approximately make it through to the AC? Can anyone make an educated guess or know the figures? Thank you and good luck to everyone, Im really looking forward to getting results now!!!

RoscoPColtrane · 23-04-2009 11:35PM

how many people do you think make it to the acs out of the 9000?[/quote]

Ill hazzard a guess and say that PSNI or MGH is best placed to answer this. Could be anyones guess this depending on who attains the pass mark. Simple answer - dunno.

RoscoPColtrane · 23-04-2009 11:40PM

.... even if it takes a decade getting there![/quote]

A decade???????

everhopefull · 23-04-2009 11:48PM

I did mine today too!! It was awful. Even though i was prepared for it being hard and knew to be careful about running out of time, i still ran out of time!
I'm glad its over but im really not hopeful at all.
I didnt get the 1st part finished and guessed a whole load of others in the 2nd part.
feck it anyways :mad:

MrsGeneHunt · 24-04-2009 07:32AM

RoscoPColtrane wrote: »

how many people do you think make it to the acs out of the 9000?

Sorry I dont know either!

PSNI Recruitment - Stage 1 - The Initial Selection Test

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