PSNI Recruitment - Stage 1 - The Initial Selection Test

spankers24 · 20-05-2009 06:20PM

Don't be freaking out yet, lol. The best way I've had it described to me was in an old practice test.

True = Follows on logically from the passage or the statement cannot be challenged.
False = Does not follow on logically from the statement or the statement can be challenged.
Can't tell = There is insufficient information in the passage to decide whether the statement is true or false.

Most of the time it will be one word that makes the difference between false and can't tell.

KB-1991 · 20-05-2009 06:28PM

Just dont think im the greatest at verbal reasoning lol !

lets just hope i dont feel the desire to throw the pencil in temper tomorrow or that would definetely be me out of the equation for life ! lol

spankers24 · 20-05-2009 06:37PM

I'm the same! lol
I think everyone is in the same boat when it comes to telling the difference between the false and can't tell questions. But, its definitely not a good idea to throw the toys out of the pram in the test. The people with clip boards and facial hair tend not to like that!

Are you doing the one they give you?

KB-1991 · 20-05-2009 06:53PM

Done the one they sent me its easy compared to the tests ive been doing on the internet, on the psni 1 i got 2 wrong on verbal reasoning and none on the numerical bit....but then again its suppose to be an easy practice paper compared to the real thing anyhow ack well ! i'll just give it my best shot and if not theres always next year

spankers24 · 20-05-2009 07:03PM

Good work. Some of the ones on the web are a lot harder that the real thing. Just make sure you don't leave any out on both bits. How have you been finding the times for the tests?
You will be fine!

Jill77 · 20-05-2009 07:15PM

Have any of those others who have hit the 1 month mark with me phoned yet? I am gonna bring my letter into work tomorrow and phone, 1 calender month exactly!

Chelsea555 · 20-05-2009 07:18PM

KB-1991 wrote: »

Got my IST tomorrow WAHEEEYY ! let the fun begin

Good luck for tomorrow mate!!;)

KB-1991 · 20-05-2009 07:23PM

spankers24 wrote: »

Good work. Some of the ones on the web are a lot harder that the real thing. Just make sure you don't leave any out on both bits. How have you been finding the times for the tests?
You will be fine!

The times are going well actually, thats one thing im shocked at....lol

KB-1991 · 20-05-2009 07:23PM

Chelsea555 wrote: »

Good luck for tomorrow mate!!;)

Thank You

stephen142 · 20-05-2009 07:57PM

Hey guys.

i passed last year but going for it again tomorrow

my test is tomorrow morning

any of you guys got some good internet tests i can do to help me a wee bit? already read both books about the test and done all the tests from it. so, any good wee websites for a quick touch up before tomorrow morning?

any help wud be appreciated. cheers.

KB-1991 · 20-05-2009 08:03PM

stephen142 wrote: »

Hey guys.

i passed last year but going for it again tomorrow

my test is tomorrow morning

any of you guys got some good internet tests i can do to help me a wee bit? already read both books about the test and done all the tests from it. so, any good wee websites for a quick touch up before tomorrow morning?

any help wud be appreciated. cheers.

http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/tests/verbaltest.htm someone else recommended this site on the IST boards, although im finding the questions in it pretty hard especially the numerical tests

good luck for tomorrow

The wobbler · 20-05-2009 11:36PM

Ahh

its been a week, since i sat my ist. . .the way you guys are talking i might not ever get my results lool

but i hope it come soon =D

How are you all

everhopefull · 21-05-2009 12:01AM

Ahh I cant take this waiting anymore:mad:
Am heading away for a week tomorrow and wont be able to check my post until i get back. Maybe it'll arrive in morning before i go...as if!!!

Seriously, its best to just get on with your lives and try to put it to the back of your heads. Obviously this is easier said than done. booo.:(

Bubba1981 · 21-05-2009 12:06PM

It's been one calendar month since I've done the IST and the postman arrived this morning...there was a letter from Deloitte...and I've PASSED!!!

:D:D Through to the next stage - thought for sure I'd failed too! Good luck to everyone else waiting for results, hope it happens for you guys!

Slave_To_Sound · 21-05-2009 12:13PM

Bubba1981 wrote: »

It's been one calendar month since I've done the IST and the postman arrived this morning...there was a letter from Deloitte...and I've PASSED!!! :D:D Through to the next stage - thought for sure I'd failed too! Good luck to everyone else waiting for results, hope it happens for you guys!

Ah thats great well done Bubba, did they give you your AC date (obviously dont give date) or do you have to wait for it ? Oh im getting nervous now just one more day to wait for mine

RoscoPColtrane · 21-05-2009 12:14PM

Bubba1981 wrote: »

It's been one calendar month since I've done the IST and the postman arrived this morning...there was a letter from Deloitte...and I've PASSED!!! :D:D Through to the next stage - thought for sure I'd failed too! Good luck to everyone else waiting for results, hope it happens for you guys!

Really well done....Bet youre over the mooooooooonnnn!!!!!!!

tfitzgerald · 21-05-2009 12:16PM

well done bubba 1981 let me be the 3rd to congratulate you

:):):)

Bubba1981 · 21-05-2009 12:18PM

Cheers guys for your notes of congrat's, yeah really over the moon, I think dinner out somewhere with the Mrs is called for tonight as she's had to listen to me moan over the past while about how nervous I was etc. They gave me a date for the AC and to be honest it's not that far away at all, don't want to give details but need to do some serious prep work now. They also didn't include a breakdown of scores for the IST so I have no idea what the pass mark is for it, I thought they would because I know they have done in the past.

21-05-2009 12:32PM

Pass mark is 55

I was 3 off...:(

Oh well, not the first time, but probably the last for me. Good luck to the rest of you guys and girls, its a good career, if you can get in... lol

Cheers.

Slave_To_Sound · 21-05-2009 12:38PM

0607 wrote: »

Pass mark is 55

I was 3 off...:(

Oh well, not the first time, but probably the last for me. Good luck to the rest of you guys and girls, its a good career, if you can get in... lol

Cheers.

Not to worry 0607 there will be plenty of us in the same boat with that pass mark there is no way i got that many right either.

sorry to hear you didnt pass good luck with whatever you do if you dont apply again

smyff · 21-05-2009 12:48PM

0607 wrote: »

Pass mark is 55

I was 3 off...:(

Oh well, not the first time, but probably the last for me. Good luck to the rest of you guys and girls, its a good career, if you can get in... lol

Cheers.

ul dude, i still have a few more days of waiting then. im starting to have doubts now!

congrats bubba

The wobbler · 21-05-2009 01:19PM

ahh congrats on that pass (:

but saddly in seeing the 55 pass mark i highly doubt i will be passing ):

Good luck the rest to the rest of you guys

MustBeCrazy · 21-05-2009 01:37PM

Got the pass letter for IST through today (I am still waiting to hear from C14) - very pleased. Friend of mine had her IST same day sadly didn't pass

. Would have been nice to have her go through the whole crazy experience with me. I wonder will they lower the pass mark this year again like they did last year when not enough passed

My sister should get her results next week so fingers crossed for her.

Congratulations Bubba and commiserations to those who didn't quite make it this year - it's all experience for next year.

smyff · 21-05-2009 01:41PM

MustBeCrazy wrote: »

Got the pass letter for IST through today (I am still waiting to hear from C14) - very pleased. Friend of mine had her IST same day sadly didn't pass . Would have been nice to have her go through the whole crazy experience with me. I wonder will they lower the pass mark this year again like they did last year when not enough passed
My sister should get her results next week so fingers crossed for her.

Congratulations Bubba and commiserations to those who didn't quite make it this year - it's all experience for next year.

nice one MBC, havent saw you about for a while! i still have a few days. its gonna kill me. i wonder how many times i can wash my car this weekend so the time passes quicker.

Chance? · 21-05-2009 02:35PM

I got the pass letter today too, and AC is very very close! :eek:

Very pleased to get through again, but really hoping I get in from last campaign so I don't have to go through all the waiting again this year!

Good work to everyone who gets through and comiserations to those who just miss out, keep trying if its the job you really want, you will get it.

MustBeCrazy · 21-05-2009 02:40PM

smyff wrote: »

nice one MBC, havent saw you about for a while! i still have a few days. its gonna kill me. i wonder how many times i can wash my car this weekend so the time passes quicker.

Thanks smyff

You could always come clean my house if that would help pass the time for you?

The waiting is a killer no matter how many times you've been through it isn't it :P

Not looking forward to the a/c though and it's soon. I thought I'd done well in it last year only to find I hadn't scored quite as highly as I thought. Still don't really know how and where I went wrong so not overly confident I will do any better this time round. Hmmmm well that's enough of a ramble for today. I'm off the the land of oblivion again :cool:

MBC x

neoruss · 21-05-2009 02:41PM

i passed last year but didn't this year. gutted. got 53 and pass is 55. thats it for me . not gonna try anymore . you need to be in mensa to get in. they keep changing the pass mark every year.

21-05-2009 02:51PM

Just in relation to an earlier post, I dont think theres any chance they will lower the pass mark like some of you have said they did last year.

Thats why it took them so long this year to get results out - most of the tests have now been sat, havent they? so they just made sure they got the average right this time.

bc84 · 21-05-2009 03:09PM

just got a phonecall from the missus.

passed the IST thankfully. Roleplays a lot closer than i thought it would be, even with the others on here saying the same. ah well, least it'l get it over with.

only thing is, the venue is a camel ride away, in comparison to my last AC.

Was hopeful i wouldnt have to do it again but if im lucky enough for a call, i can't see it being before then

heedtheball · 21-05-2009 03:10PM

Hi well done all those who passed, I gather the pass mark is 55, Is that 55 questions right or 55% ?

PSNI Recruitment - Stage 1 - The Initial Selection Test

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