PSNI Recruitment - Stage 1 - The Initial Selection Test

cesc77 · 22-04-2010 11:49PM

Havent posted here yet as I was apprehensive after doing my ist...been 6 years since my last one and got through to the end pool..Its taken me til now to try again .Well Ive got a date and having been one of the last to apply my ist was early april and my assessment day is in July.Theres a lot of huffy wee people on here who are jumping on the slightest thing just because they failed....just an observation...but the standard of spoken English is horrendous here...oh and I wont be giving tips on how you may equal/better my score ...this is not a gcse ...any tips you give and you are still in the running...dupit

beca · 22-04-2010 11:50PM

fefe5 wrote: »

Good job on the list beca!

lol no bother! its the OCD in me! i think maybe instead of everybody copying and pasting, just post a pass or fail and we can keep track of it and update it every so often? other wise these pages are gonna get very long?!

23-04-2010 12:01AM

beca wrote: »

lol no bother! its the OCD in me! i think maybe instead of everybody copying and pasting, just post a pass or fail and we can keep track of it and update it every so often? other wise these pages are gonna get very long?!

Yes yes! I do like a good list, nice one! But I agree, everyone posting it over and over again will completely wash out this thread, probably would be best if you "the great list keeper" could keep us updated every now and then

Oh and cesc77, what brings you back to it again after so long if you don't mind me asking?

beca · 23-04-2010 12:06AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Yes yes! I do like a good list, nice one! But I agree, everyone posting it over and over again will completely wash out this thread, probably would be best if you "the great list keeper" could keep us updated every now and then

Deal, but you all owe me a beer in the bar in GV ok? finding more replies left right and centre, so just updating by editing that one single post.

we should start a campaign for all the boardies that are gonna be recruited to be put in 1 intake :pac: :pac: (impossible i know but one can dream)

for all you OCDers out there, the full unadultered names list is sitting at 59 and the passes are currently at 22/23. think this shows being on Boards is an advantage if the usual odds are 2/9 and we are gettin 2/6 if you get my drift?

Double Oh Seven · 23-04-2010 12:16AM

I'm joining the pass list, thankfully. I was expecting the worst, so I'm over the moon.

This is my second time applying, missed it by 3 marks last year.

When I lifted the letter off the ground I could tell there were two sheets of paper inside (I can still remember the sting of feeling a one-sheeted envelope last year), so my heart started pounding. Then I read the first sentence saying I'd passed and immediately lifted the phone notifying trusted friends and family.

AC is mid-June.

Did the IST 18th March.

Best of luck to the people still waiting, and remember this volcano 'crisis' has thrown off communications on a global scale, so be patient with Deloitte for a few more days yet.

Rentacop · 23-04-2010 12:19AM

Double Oh Seven wrote: »

I'm joining the pass list, thankfully. I was expecting the worst, so I'm over the moon.

This is my second time applying, missed it by 3 marks last year.

When I lifted the letter off the ground I could tell there were two sheets of paper inside (I can still remember the sting of feeling a one-sheeted envelope last year), so my heart started pounding. Then I read the first sentence saying I'd passed and immediately lifted the phone notifying trusted friends and family.

AC is mid-June.

Did the IST 20th March.

Best of luck to the people still waiting, and remember this volcano 'crisis' has thrown off communications on a global scale, so be patient with Deloitte for a few more days yet.

Great news mate, really pleased for you. Obviously when you speak with such clarity about the previous sting, I know it means something to you

Well done and best of luck

beca · 23-04-2010 12:21AM

Double Oh Seven wrote: »

I'm joining the pass list, thankfully. I was expecting the worst, so I'm over the moon.

This is my second time applying, missed it by 3 marks last year.

When I lifted the letter off the ground I could tell there were two sheets of paper inside (I can still remember the sting of feeling a one-sheeted envelope last year), so my heart started pounding. Then I read the first sentence saying I'd passed and immediately lifted the phone notifying trusted friends and family.

AC is mid-June.

Did the IST 18th March.

Best of luck to the people still waiting, and remember this volcano 'crisis' has thrown off communications on a global scale, so be patient with Deloitte for a few more days yet.

well done smartie! ill put you on the big bad list :cool:

Double Oh Seven · 23-04-2010 12:41AM

Rentacop wrote: »

Great news mate, really pleased for you. Obviously when you speak with such clarity about the previous sting, I know it means something to you Well done and best of luck

Thank you kindly. You're right, it means a lot to me. Shame about your result, however, take it from someone speaking from experience; next recruitment campaign will be here before you know it, it seems like a flash since last time. So get back on the horse and put yourself through the stress and strain again, because it will be worth it in the long run.

Shield · 23-04-2010 01:14AM

I just deleted nearly 50 off topic posts on this thread, and I'm not half done yet. Keep the chit-chat to the General Thread, or just make one of your own.

Keep it on topic please.

steven123455 · 23-04-2010 04:21AM

Hi all first time on the site just got word yesterday i passed ist. How do you go about obtaining your mark, and does your mark have any bearing on your merit place or is it just a pass or fail test?

Little Loki · 23-04-2010 04:42AM

steven123455 wrote: »

Hi all first time on the site just got word yesterday i passed ist. How do you go about obtaining your mark, and does your mark have any bearing on your merit place or is it just a pass or fail test?

At this stage it is used as a pass or fail to get onto the AC stage. Marks for the IST may be used later to further narrow the numbers if needs be. You can get you scores after you do the AC when you get your AC marks.

Congrats!

steven123455 · 23-04-2010 04:48AM

Does anybody know how many jobs are available for this particular recruitment drive? Last year I read that there was 440 jobs available but only two hundred and something places where offered.

Blaze90 · 23-04-2010 08:37AM

Alabama2010......................PASS
Banditt
Beca.................................PASS
bee007
Big-Mac
Blaze90.............................PASS
Bubbles34..........................PASS
carmadman
Chunkerz...........................PASS
ClareDonkey
Delancy42
Double Oh Seven................PASS
Dubbhoy
Fatony
Fefe5................................PASS
forestgrump
grad10...............................PASS
gigity gigity........................PASS
Hanging_on
hereshoping........................PASS
Hotel glo............................PASS
Jclegs
joeguevara
KB-1991.............................PASS
kirsty2010..........................PASS
mika_
MILLBILLIES........................PASS
MissGee.............................PASS
Misterjay
monty156a.........................PASS
odin_ie
pathway
Peter Green........................PASS
pluginbaby2112...................PASS
Princess Deity.....................PASS
PurpleLadyBird
Rio2009
Robocop_N.I.......................PASS
roboturnip..........................PASS
Russo
sexystaff
sammich............................PASS
Sgtmort.............................PASS
slimmboyfat
Stay_Frosty
Stay_in_Kampucher
sydnor...............................PASS
tashamc
thebakerboy.......................PASS
Tommy-Kerry
Troy bayliss
Unistudent2009
Von Clinkerhoff
wannabe2010
wanadrum..........................PASS
Zeus Intercept

Don't want to be forgotten about

tashamc · 23-04-2010 08:49AM

Blaze90 wrote: »

Alabama2010......................PASS
Banditt
Beca.................................PASS
bee007
Big-Mac
etc

Wow, when's it's put together, there's a lot of passes, good to see! Hopefully i'll be able to add to that today... or next week or whenever the postie decides to grace me with anything but a bill!!

manutdmad · 23-04-2010 09:21AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Wow rentacop sorry mate, I was simply stating that in such a massive competition I was happy enough just getting through the first stage, it's a brutal competition and I've failed before, but I didn't come on here jumping on people for it. You have no right to judge my people skills, you don't know me or anything about me, just as I have no right to judge you, and seeing as your seemingly so easily set off, I'm not even goin to say anything more on the matter.

Congrats/commiserations to all

And for the record wannabe I'm a she lol it's so awkward talking and not knowing what people are on here!

...and get this list up would ya beca!

You can sure stand up for yourself!

Done my Ist same day as yours 24th, hoping will have something in the post either way today. Will be disapointed if i fail because i got through last year to the a/c centre.

wannabe2010 · 23-04-2010 09:37AM

I PASSED!!!!!!!!

Early June for me!

Hope you guys get yours soon.. it's ridiculous how good of a feeling it is to pass even the first stage! Thanks so much everyone on this thread for all your advice.. esp that post by beca

beca · 23-04-2010 09:39AM

wannabe2010 wrote: »

I PASSED!!!!!!!! Early June for me!

Hope you guys get yours soon.. it's ridiculous how good of a feeling it is to pass even the first stage! Thanks so much everyone on this thread for all your advice.. esp that post by beca

nice to know its appreciated! congratulations, ill add you to the pass list when i get home tonight

wannabe2010 · 23-04-2010 09:47AM

Little Loki wrote: »

(ps it'd be good if you could slot your name in alphabetical order.

(lmao everyone knows about my obsession with alphabetrical order)

beca · 23-04-2010 09:50AM

26 passes from an original list of 59?!

i think boards could make a quare profit on this place if thats the results we are getting! its nearly 50%

Pink Britney · 23-04-2010 09:53AM

Hoping for some news, any news... today...:D

wanadrum · 23-04-2010 10:31AM

Can anyone tell me if they challenged their result last year - I got a fail letter saying I got 55 and required 56, yet others here are saying the passmark was 55?

Very strange system this is.

c1964 · 23-04-2010 10:39AM

Hi Wanadrum, the pass mark last year was 56 and the previous year 51. It varies each contest.

Pink Britney · 23-04-2010 11:00AM

wanadrum wrote: »

Can anyone tell me if they challenged their result last year - I got a fail letter saying I got 55 and required 56, yet others here are saying the passmark was 55?

Very strange system this is.

Ah really sorry to hear that, hope you will try again next year if it is really what you want do. Its such a tough process isnt it. Im still waiting.. Can I ask are you NI or South just none of us down South have got any letters yet and hoping there might be something at home for me this evening would just like to know either way now.

wannabe2010 · 23-04-2010 11:03AM

55? I thought it was 53 this year?

beca · 23-04-2010 11:04AM

wannabe2010 wrote: »

55? I thought it was 53 this year?

it is 53 this year! 55 was last years pass mark although if i knew my pass this year was based on 55 pass mark, id be more extatic than i already am! :pac:

Little Loki · 23-04-2010 11:10AM

FAIL. 48. boo.
my bf waiting on his results, hope he gets in instead.
Sure regret not filling in the last 25% of th paper now, which means I only answered 55 questions.
Wow this feels rude, but I knew it would.

wanadrum · 23-04-2010 11:10AM

Hi there - no need to be sorry just now - I got a letter yesterday with a pass and date for AC in mid June.

My question was in reference to last year as I was failed with 55 needing 56 but some people said the pass mark was 55 - was just curious.

The system is crazy - I am from NI - I actually grew up right beside Police Headquarters and from an early age I have wanted to be a police officer, specifically a dog handler (but thats probably harder to get in to than Garnerville). Find the whole situation very demoralising as I really do want to join but the shear number of applicants along with the fact that I'm not in any of the groups specifically targeted make it difficult.

All the best for your application, I was very happy to pass IST this time, but I'm trying not to get too excited since there is still a very long way to go and the statistics would say my chances are low.

beca · 23-04-2010 11:12AM

wanadrum wrote: »

Hi there - no need to be sorry just now - I got a letter yesterday with a pass and date for AC in mid June.

My question was in reference to last year as I was failed with 55 needing 56 but some people said the pass mark was 55 - was just curious.

The system is crazy - I am from NI - I actually grew up right beside Police Headquarters and from an early age I have wanted to be a police officer, specifically a dog handler (but thats probably harder to get in to than Garnerville). Find the whole situation very demoralising as I really do want to join but the shear number of applicants along with the fact that I'm not in any of the groups specifically targeted make it difficult.

All the best for your application, I was very happy to pass IST this time, but I'm trying not to get too excited since there is still a very long way to go and the statistics would say my chances are low.

dont stress over last year, its all finished and done with. well done for this year though! ill put you on the list!

Pink Britney · 23-04-2010 11:21AM

wanadrum wrote: »

Hi there - no need to be sorry just now - I got a letter yesterday with a pass and date for AC in mid June.

My question was in reference to last year as I was failed with 55 needing 56 but some people said the pass mark was 55 - was just curious.

The system is crazy - I am from NI - I actually grew up right beside Police Headquarters and from an early age I have wanted to be a police officer, specifically a dog handler (but thats probably harder to get in to than Garnerville). Find the whole situation very demoralising as I really do want to join but the shear number of applicants along with the fact that I'm not in any of the groups specifically targeted make it difficult.

All the best for your application, I was very happy to pass IST this time, but I'm trying not to get too excited since there is still a very long way to go and the statistics would say my chances are low.

OMG blonde moment if ever there was I took you up wrong well done!

Good Luck with the next stage!

wanadrum · 23-04-2010 11:30AM

I was just shocked that the pass mark appears to have been fluid - and when you miss it by 1 mark and other people pass with the same score it is not nice - I mean the process is nasty enough with out having double standards over the pass mark.

I'm pleased now to have finally passed it.

Where does the statistic of 2000 of 9000 passing come from - is that definite?

PSNI Recruitment - Stage 1 - The Initial Selection Test

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