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PSNI Recruitment - Stage 1 - The Initial Selection Test

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  • #1712
    DesertCreat_15
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,263 ✭✭✭DesertCreat_15


    Jaysis, not long to prepare so ! :eek:


  • #1713
    MissJC13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 80 ✭✭MissJC13


    DesertCreat_15 wrote: »
    Jaysis, not long to prepare so ! :eek:

    Lol yep! But suppose I'm happy to get it out of the way :) you were in the last campaign weren't you? Least you know you'll breeze it this time! :)


  • #1714
    Graciehart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭Graciehart


    Late July for me!


  • #1715
    DesertCreat_15
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,263 ✭✭✭DesertCreat_15


    MissJC13 wrote: »
    Lol yep! But suppose I'm happy to get it out of the way :) you were in the last campaign weren't you? Least you know you'll breeze it this time! :)

    Still am technically. Hard to know if i'll breeze it tbh ! Be a good one of if i failed this time round and ended up getting in on this current campaign ! :p


  • #1716
    Sthm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 444 ✭✭Sthm


    First session, according to the guidance for applicants booklet, for me.


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  • #1717
    MissJC13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 80 ✭✭MissJC13


    DesertCreat_15 wrote: »
    Still am technically. Hard to know if i'll breeze it tbh ! Be a good one of if i failed this time round and ended up getting in on this current campaign ! :p

    Haha ace! What stage you at of the first campaign?


  • #1718
    LG1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 344 ✭✭LG1985


    DesertCreat_15 wrote: »
    Mines August! Anyones sooner?

    Mine is late July! The thought of doing it again scares me tho!! Lol!!


  • #1719
    DesertCreat_15
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,263 ✭✭✭DesertCreat_15


    MissJC13 wrote: »
    Haha ace! What stage you at of the first campaign?
    Have a familiarisation session soon, than PCA early Aug! Kinda worried if there's not many places left ! :/
    LG1985 wrote: »
    Mine is late July! The thought of doing it again scares me tho!! Lol!!

    Tell me about it ! Shíten bricks already!


  • #1720
    MissJC13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 80 ✭✭MissJC13


    DesertCreat_15 wrote: »
    Have a familiarisation session, than PCA early Aug! Kinda worried if there's not many places left ! :/

    Happy days! Good luck with your PCA :) don't stress on it too much to let it throw you! Do you know roughly how many there is left?


  • #1721
    Mop a top
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭Mop a top


    Good to know I'm not the only one worries about failing this one since I passed last time lol. Late July for me too.


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  • #1722
    LG1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 344 ✭✭LG1985


    Mop a top wrote: »
    Good to know I'm not the only one worries about failing this one since I passed last time lol. Late July for me too.

    Im dreading doing it again!! I would actually cry if i failed it!!


  • #1723
    Mop a top
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭Mop a top


    LG1985 wrote: »
    Im dreading doing it again!! I would actually cry if i failed it!!

    You and me both lol


  • #1724
    LG1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 344 ✭✭LG1985


    Mop a top wrote: »
    You and me both lol

    Really hope u get your call soon!!


  • #1725
    Mop a top
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭Mop a top


    LG1985 wrote: »
    Really hope u get your call soon!!

    Seriously doubt it. No word of these financial forms yet. :'(


  • #1726
    LG1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 344 ✭✭LG1985


    Mop a top wrote: »
    Seriously doubt it. No word of these financial forms yet. :'(

    Iv just checked Experian and nothing showing on mine as of yet! Its awful tho that u have passed everything yet your still waiting :(


  • #1727
    Mop a top
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭Mop a top


    LG1985 wrote: »
    Iv just checked Experian and nothing showing on mine as of yet! Its awful tho that u have passed everything yet your still waiting :(

    So I've no idea why I've signed up to put myself through it all again lol. Glutton for punishment lol


  • #1728
    LG1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 344 ✭✭LG1985


    Mop a top wrote: »
    So I've no idea why I've signed up to put myself through it all again lol. Glutton for punishment lol

    Aint we all sure!! Lol!!


  • #1729
    missyme82
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭missyme82


    got mine through, early july not much time to prepare, I probably won't prepare this time anyway, I know what I'm dealing with but as for passing I'm just as worried as last time, that could have been a fluke as the last 10 answers or so were guesses. I have a problem with getting there though as I got an evening one on a day I work. hoping I have some hours left to take so I can leave an hour early.


  • #1730
    tailsy25088832
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26 ✭tailsy25088832


    missyme82 wrote: »
    got mine through, early july not much time to prepare, I probably won't prepare this time anyway, I know what I'm dealing with but as for passing I'm just as worried as last time, that could have been a fluke as the last 10 answers or so were guesses. I have a problem with getting there though as I got an evening one on a day I work. hoping I have some hours left to take so I can leave an hour early.

    Gutted and raging.messed up my availability and on holiday during my date.sooo gutted been glued to my inbox all week.


  • #1731
    missyme82
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭missyme82


    aw no, well submit your holiday documentation I'm sure they will give you a different date, all they can do is say no, gotta be worth a try.


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  • #1732
    Graciehart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭Graciehart


    For anyone who has done it before; aside from the stuff on the practice test about doing crosswords etc is there anything that we should be doing to prepare? Seen people talking about transfer practice tests? Would these be useful?


  • #1733
    LG1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 344 ✭✭LG1985


    Graciehart wrote: »
    For anyone who has done it before; aside from the stuff on the practice test about doing crosswords etc is there anything that we should be doing to prepare? Seen people talking about transfer practice tests? Would these be useful?

    I didnt do anything for the last one .. I just showed up and sat down .. Lol! If im honest tho its def the worst part ... Just make sure you read everything and people always say to guess answers if your running out of time, I didnt and didnt get it finished but still passed it.


  • #1734
    popolive
    Closed Accounts Posts: 166 ✭✭popolive


    IST test date given and instructions to keep my mouth shut about it- to be expected of course.


  • #1735
    popolive
    Closed Accounts Posts: 166 ✭✭popolive


    I haven't sat this exam yet (to be clear) but flew through the given example of an IST half asleep and got them all right pretty much. (Removed my comment about one question just in case its against the rules to discuss)

    Are my future prospects any different if I get 100% on this exam instead of just a pass ? What mark is a pass ? If I can fly through the example given ,which I did, then is there any point looking for more examples of an IST paper ?


  • #1736
    Sthm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 444 ✭✭Sthm


    popolive wrote: »
    I haven't sat this exam yet (to be clear) but flew through the given example of an IST half asleep and got them all right pretty much. (Removed my comment about one question just in case its against the rules to discuss)

    Are my future prospects any different if I get 100% on this exam instead of just a pass ? What mark is a pass ? If I can fly through the example given ,which I did, then is there any point looking for more examples of an IST paper ?

    Pass mark last campaign was 51/75.

    Obviously subjective, but I'd say the practice paper is easier than the one on the day.


  • #1737
    popolive
    Closed Accounts Posts: 166 ✭✭popolive


    Sthm wrote: »
    Pass mark last campaign was 51/75.

    Obviously subjective, but I'd say the practice paper is easier than the one on the day.

    Thanks . At least with the practice paper it is done in the relative safety of home. At the venue there are a lot of potential distractions, to take your mind off the paper but it seems straightforward if you think logically.


  • #1738
    oztop1234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 518 ✭✭✭oztop1234


    IMO practice paper is a lot easier than on the day. Only really helps to show you the type of questions you'll be asked.


  • #1739
    LG1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 344 ✭✭LG1985


    oztop1234 wrote: »
    IMO practice paper is a lot easier than on the day. Only really helps to show you the type of questions you'll be asked.

    Would def agree with ya there!


  • #1740
    Mop a top
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭Mop a top


    Ditto


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  • #1741
    .S.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 508 ✭✭✭.S.


    Yep, practise is simplier, there's a lot more info to interpret on the day.


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