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PSNI Recruitment - Stage 2 - The Assessment Centre

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  • #2252
    beca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 327 ✭✭beca


    Deleted User wrote: »
    But don't you know we know eveything?! :D

    i wish mrs! getting a tarot card readin tonight... maybe she will shed some light on it....

    i can see a number coming to me... its around 50 or 60 but i cannot tell, the numbers forbid me to tell you :cool:


  • #2253
    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    beca wrote: »
    i wish mrs! getting a tarot card readin tonight... maybe she will shed some light on it....

    i can see a number coming to me... its around 50 or 60 but i cannot tell, the numbers forbid me to tell you :cool:

    50 or 60 Beca ? Well if that reflects your merit score then well done. Of course it is possible that that 50/60 refers to the number of weeks before we get news on the freeze lifting :p

    Do tell us what the Tarot says cos we ain't getting any fresh news elsewhere :D


  • #2254
    beca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 327 ✭✭beca


    delancey42 wrote: »
    50 or 60 Beca ? Well if that reflects your merit score then well done. Of course it is possible that that 50/60 refers to the number of weeks before we get news on the freeze lifting :p

    Do tell us what the Tarot says cos we ain't getting any fresh news elsewhere :D

    well could be AC score but who knows ;)

    its probably the most reliable information we can get at the minute because nobody really knows what happening either way!


  • #2255
    0607
    Closed Accounts Posts: 94 ✭✭0607


    Well after my 3 month ban from the forum,
    Im back with news that I FAILED :D

    Not sure how, maybe just rusty? maybe because I couldnt log in here to get any tips (thanks :rolleyes:) ...

    Or maybe Im just not good enough! :pac:


  • #2256
    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    Sorry to hear your news 0607 , thanks for letting us know.


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  • #2257
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 449 ✭✭ [Deleted User]


    beca wrote: »
    i wish mrs! getting a tarot card readin tonight... maybe she will shed some light on it....

    i can see a number coming to me... its around 50 or 60 but i cannot tell, the numbers forbid me to tell you :cool:

    You would be proper freaked out if she did give you a number that was to mean something and it turned out to be your merit number exactly!

    Here well, ask her where my vetting forms are for me while your at it :D
    Times like these I wish I was blissfully unaware of the boards, I really don't like to buy into the whole thing about the times it takes to receive things being significant, but it's real hard not to think about it when forms are going out and my postie is still AWOL :rolleyes: I would be quite happy waiting if I didn't know!

    Oh, sorry to here your news 0607, good on ya for coming back and posting though :cool:


  • #2258
    Shield
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 9,885 CMod ✭✭✭✭Shield


    0607 wrote: »
    Not sure how, maybe just rusty? maybe because I couldnt log in here to get any tips (thanks :rolleyes:) ...

    You could always read what was on here. All you had to do was hit the Log Out button and you had read access like any unregistered person does.

    I'm not sure many people will support your attempt to establish a link between failing your A/C and being away from the forum, but that's not what this thread is for, so we won't discuss that here.

    If you did it before, you can do it again.


  • #2259
    beca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 327 ✭✭beca


    Deleted User wrote: »
    You would be proper freaked out if she did give you a number that was to mean something and it turned out to be your merit number exactly!

    Here well, ask her where my vetting forms are for me while your at it :D
    Times like these I wish I was blissfully unaware of the boards, I really don't like to buy into the whole thing about the times it takes to receive things being significant, but it's real hard not to think about it when forms are going out and my postie is still AWOL :rolleyes: I would be quite happy waiting if I didn't know!

    my postie has also done a vanishing act :( gonna put out a secret vid camera encase i just keep missing him and there realy is no post

    my reading - basically she could see i wasnt happy in my job, things were an up hill struggle every day and there were a lot of rows. people were tryin to keep something from me but i would still get it, i wouldnt have it long till i would just pack it all in and step into a new career. that ties in with me because im going for a promotion at work and there is a big fight about it at the minute and my boss doesnt want to give it to me (for completly illegal reasons!! RAWR!) timescale is imminent so maybe this freeze is only a NI summer?

    she then said, in the new career, i was to be careful physically not to get hurt as i would be having a baby soon after i started. but she said that she couldnt see any hats hanging on the bed posts when i asked ;)


  • #2260
    shampon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 580 ✭✭✭shampon


    beca wrote: »
    but she said that she couldnt see any hats hanging on the bed posts when i asked ;)

    Ahahahahahahahaha.... probably because the dude is still wearing it.


  • #2261
    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    beca wrote: »
    she then said, in the new career, i was to be careful physically not to get hurt as i would be having a baby soon after i started. but she said that she couldnt see any hats hanging on the bed posts when i asked ;)

    A Garnerville baby ! How wonderful - psni will gladly be Godfather :D


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  • #2262
    Shield
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 9,885 CMod ✭✭✭✭Shield


    delancey42 wrote: »
    A Garnerville baby ! How wonderful - psni will gladly be Godfather :D

    I'd make it an offer it couldn't refuse.

    Anyway.. back to Assessment Centre related stuff...


  • #2263
    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    psni wrote: »
    Anyway.. back to Assessment Centre related stuff...

    .... and on that note : I am guessing the AC's are finished up now , does anyone have any idea when the last ones were held ?


  • #2264
    beca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 327 ✭✭beca


    delancey42 wrote: »
    .... and on that note : I am guessing the AC's are finished up now , does anyone have any idea when the last ones were held ?

    I was told 9th July, that also ment they had them finished up by 12th July holidays :confused:


  • #2265
    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    That sounds about right Beca - means AC's ran for 8-9 weeks in total. Thats a heck of a lot of candidates.


  • #2266
    beca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 327 ✭✭beca


    delancey42 wrote: »
    That sounds about right Beca - means AC's ran for 8-9 weeks in total. Thats a heck of a lot of candidates.

    well rumour had it that 2000 were through to AC (maybe more when the pass mark was dropped) maths:

    12 per AC x 2 AC's per day = 24
    24 x 5 days a week = 120
    120 x 9 weeks = 1080
    1080 x 2 venues per day =2160

    then do that all again with an average of 3 no shows per AC = 1620

    and rough figure for merit list is 1200/1300 allows for those that didnt pass the AC by deloittes pass mark


  • #2267
    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    Gulp ! Those figures do look a tad depressing , many thanks for the maths.

    Beca , from here on in you'll be known as the Carol Vorderman of the forum :)


  • #2268
    beca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 327 ✭✭beca


    delancey42 wrote: »
    Gulp ! Those figures do look a tad depressing , many thanks for the maths.

    Beca , from here on in you'll be known as the Carol Vorderman of the forum :)

    but but but i had to use a calculator! ;) you can thank my many hours per week in a mind numbing monkey work job!

    turn that frown upside down etc etc we made it to the last 1600 odd from nearly 10,000! i think thats pretty damn good! :D


  • #2269
    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    You are of course quite correct , chins up and wait for the thaw.


  • #2270
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 449 ✭✭ [Deleted User]


    beca wrote: »
    well rumour had it that 2000 were through to AC (maybe more when the pass mark was dropped) maths:

    12 per AC x 2 AC's per day = 24
    24 x 5 days a week = 120
    120 x 9 weeks = 1080
    1080 x 2 venues per day =2160

    then do that all again with an average of 3 no shows per AC = 1620

    and rough figure for merit list is 1200/1300 allows for those that didnt pass the AC by deloittes pass mark
    beca wrote: »
    but but but i had to use a calculator! ;) you can thank my many hours per week in a mind numbing monkey work job!

    turn that frown upside down etc etc we made it to the last 1600 odd from nearly 10,000! i think thats pretty damn good! :D

    Deja vu much :D I honestly scrolled down and thought I had been at it again but completely forgot doing it! Well atleast they know they've got a bunch of number crunching freaks they could make use of in the office somewhere if they don't want us as officers!! My numbers weren't far off either!

    I had an officer actually say to me the other day that getting through the AC itself is pretty damn good going, especially first time, and I should be proud of it even if I wasn't to get in in the end...so yeah, I'll just keep thinking of that when I need a little pick me up :)


  • #2271
    cesc77
    Closed Accounts Posts: 874 ✭✭✭cesc77


    Down to the 16 percentile then,with no idea if there are 220 or 440 places...


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  • #2272
    thebakerboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 96 ✭✭thebakerboy


    With them figures its like going onto PSNI's Got Talent!! Would we be at the quarter or semi finals at this point? ....but hold on someone lost the prize money :eek: and filming has been put on hold :mad: until someone finds out who's going to pay it out!!


  • #2273
    shampon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 580 ✭✭✭shampon


    cesc77 wrote: »
    Down to the 16 percentile then,with no idea if there are 220 or 440 places...

    Judging by the chiefs love of numbers and cutting stuff....


  • #2274
    stillhopful
    Closed Accounts Posts: 59 ✭✭stillhopful


    Also have to throw into that numbers pot, those who fail vetting and according to he doc at my medical there's an average of between 2-4 no shows a day and hen there is the unfortunate ones who don't pass the medical, so that number will decrease further


  • #2275
    beca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 327 ✭✭beca


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Deja vu much :D

    :eek: i completly forgot about that! theyr roughly the same yea!

    we be shared carol voderman? ;)


  • #2276
    beca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 327 ✭✭beca


    stillhopful wrote: »
    Also have to throw into that numbers pot, those who fail vetting and according to he doc at my medical there's an average of between 2-4 no shows a day and hen there is the unfortunate ones who don't pass the medical, so that number will decrease further

    true but we have no idea how many get vetted and medicals :pac: this whole thing is so confusing, drives me mad!


  • #2277
    wanadrum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 684 ✭✭✭wanadrum


    I still can't see any reason why Deloite can't tell you your score ahen they say pass/fail, surely your score can't change?

    I wonder if anyone really knows how the whole system works?

    I thought I was through to the 2 parts which should cause me no problems (vetting and medical) but now the freeze. Haven't even got vetting forms :(


  • #2278
    pma1983
    Closed Accounts Posts: 110 ✭✭pma1983


    I wonder when we'll get deloitte feedback and when the merit list will be made available??

    Anyone got thoughts?


  • #2279
    wanadrum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 684 ✭✭✭wanadrum


    Going by what deloitte told us we should get their feedback in August, I have no idea what is will happen on the PSNI side or when.


  • #2280
    Bubbles34
    Closed Accounts Posts: 84 ✭✭Bubbles34


    wanadrum wrote: »
    I still can't see any reason why Deloite can't tell you your score ahen they say pass/fail, surely your score can't change?

    I wonder if anyone really knows how the whole system works?

    I thought I was through to the 2 parts which should cause me no problems (vetting and medical) but now the freeze. Haven't even got vetting forms :(

    I feel your pain wanadrum. Im in the same boat.


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  • #2281
    wanadrum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 684 ✭✭✭wanadrum


    I just wish the process was a bit more fair or transparent. Why can't they keep everyone up to date and give everyone the same information.

    For example - until you recieve vetting forms you are not given any contact details for the psni - so, if your vetting forms got lost in the post and don't get returned within the two weeks, you get kicked out of the process and know nothing about it.

    If you try to use some initiative and acquire a phone number they won't really speak to you and seem quite annoyed that you have called (thankfully I never gave them any details so they can't put a black mark beside my name :) ).

    Limbo was a well chosen word beca/pluginbaby.

    Deloitte or PSNI can do what ever they like with you during the process - you have no real comeback - for example last year when the IST pass mark was lowered I was not called to assessment centre with a mark of 55 - I simply recieved the initial letter stating that I failed and the pass mark was 56.

    I was quite surprised that at the assessment centre all of the roleplays were marked by the same assessors - I would have thought it may be more fair if each person did 1 roleplay with each set of assessors.


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