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PSNI Recruitment - Stage 1 - The Initial Selection Test

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  • #1742
    Graciehart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭Graciehart


    What's the attire for ist? Don't want to show up looking like odd one out! Although I've a while to wait yet


  • #1743
    LG1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 344 ✭✭LG1985


    I wore jeans to the IST but the AC is smart clothing .. :)


  • #1744
    Graciehart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭Graciehart


    LG1985 wrote: »
    I wore jeans to the IST but the AC is smart clothing .. :)

    Is that what most people were wearing? :)


  • #1745
    LG1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 344 ✭✭LG1985


    Graciehart wrote: »
    Is that what most people were wearing? :)

    at my last ones there were people wearing tracksuits .. Suits and then the majority were just smart casual .. Jeans/dressy top etc .. Or jeans and a shirt for fellas :)


  • #1746
    19087
    Closed Accounts Posts: 428 ✭✭19087


    Don't think it matters at all what you wear to IST! I wore jeans and a hoodie, I doubt anyone even notices. It's only ac when they are looking at you.


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  • #1747
    Homer01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,640 ✭✭✭Homer01


    Anyone with GCSE Maths & English could pass the IST (if there was no time limit and you completed at home).

    It's all about working under pressure. Classroom conditions with very strict timings :eek: Getting your brain to do the right things under these conditions can be tough.

    Also it makes no difference if you scrape a pass or get 100%, they don't count IST scores further down the line. They could but at the minute they don't.
    The actual pass mark has been known to change so obviously you'll want to be as high up there as you can go :)


  • #1748
    popolive
    Closed Accounts Posts: 166 ✭✭popolive


    Graciehart wrote: »
    What's the attire for ist? Don't want to show up looking like odd one out! Although I've a while to wait yet

    http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/russian-interior-ministry-forced-ban-short-skirts-cut-sleeves-police-uniforms-0

    You could try this :)



    Seriously though,at any exam I ever attended the students were dressing as comfortably as possible. Just dress to blend in with the locals.


  • #1749
    crinkley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 941 ✭✭✭crinkley


    Homer01 wrote: »
    Anyone with GCSE Maths & English could pass the IST (if there was no time limit and you completed at home).

    It's all about working under pressure. Classroom conditions with very strict timings :eek: Getting your brain to do the right things under these conditions can be tough.

    Also it makes no difference if you scrape a pass or get 100%, they don't count IST scores further down the line. They could but at the minute they don't.
    The actual pass mark has been known to change so obviously you'll want to be as high up there as you can go :)

    Ah no! I was pretty confident for the IST, well use to these tests and thought if I scored pretty high it would stand to me. It's the part I'm least dreading


  • #1750
    Mop a top
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭Mop a top


    That's much better than ours lmao!!!

    I just wore a pair of smart/casual trousers, kitten heeled Mary Janes and a fine knit jumper, handbag to match the shoes obviously :P sorry guys, it has to be done


  • #1751
    Homer01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,640 ✭✭✭Homer01


    Re IST dress code; wear whatever you'd normally wear that day. I'll be at work so I'll be in a shirt and tie. If I was off it would be jeans and t-shirt :)

    On IST day you are literally just a number.
    If you turned up in your Nazi fancy dress with obscenities tattooed on your face then you might draw attention from Deloitte lol


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  • #1752
    Graciehart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭Graciehart


    Ha ha popolive maybe an ann summers police woman outfit then :)


  • #1753
    Mop a top
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭Mop a top


    Graciehart wrote: »
    Ha ha popolive maybe an ann summers police woman outfit then :)

    You should see the one I have!!!! My best friend was marrying a PC so we all dressed in cop outfits and stuck her in a robbers outfit. Best nights banter I had in along while!!! Of course I couldn't do traditional cop outfit, went as SWAT, wishful thinking lol


  • #1754
    Graciehart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭Graciehart


    Mop a top wrote: »
    You should see the one I have!!!! My best friend was marrying a PC so we all dressed in cop outfits and stuck her in a robbers outfit. Best nights banter I had in along while!!! Of course I couldn't do traditional cop outfit, went as SWAT, wishful thinking lol

    Paint a sandwich board navy with swat in white and the birthday suit underneath ha ha that should get some attention!!


  • #1755
    Mop a top
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭Mop a top


    http://www.dunbarcostumes.co.uk/acatalog/LEG-AVENUE-Sexy-SWAT-Commander-Costume-83630-4516.html

    Wonder which one they'd prefer now. That swat one or the Russian one lmfao!!! Although the SWAT one wasn't that short thankfully!!!!!


  • #1756
    Graciehart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭Graciehart


    As long as those fishnet stockings weren't forgotten in sure either would please ha ha


  • #1757
    Mop a top
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭Mop a top


    Hat was the best bit lmao


  • #1758
    popolive
    Closed Accounts Posts: 166 ✭✭popolive


    Mop a top wrote: »
    Hat was the best bit lmao

    Nahh the letters 'SWAT' should have been positioned on the rear ;)


  • #1759
    Mop a top
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭Mop a top


    I like it just the way it is cheers.


  • #1760
    popolive
    Closed Accounts Posts: 166 ✭✭popolive


    sorry I hope you didn't interpret me the right way. I mean the wrong way lol


  • #1761
    Mop a top
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭Mop a top


    Didn't interpret you in any way. Just take most people with a pinch of salt on here


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  • #1762
    tailsy25088832
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26 ✭tailsy25088832


    So relieved got new date today for after hols.woop woop.


  • #1763
    crinkley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 941 ✭✭✭crinkley


    Is it true your IST score doesn't count and it's pass/fail?


  • #1764
    DesertCreat_15
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,263 ✭✭✭DesertCreat_15


    Well it counts in the sense that you will get your AC sooner - I think-


  • #1765
    Sthm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 444 ✭✭Sthm


    crinkley wrote: »
    Is it true your IST score doesn't count and it's pass/fail?

    It'll be used to calculate merit order when it comes to placing those with the same AC score.

    Last campaign, some candidates sat some of the first ACs with IST scores in the 50s, with higher scores sitting it later. Doesn't look like it has a bearing on your AC date, unless they change that this campaign.


  • #1766
    19087
    Closed Accounts Posts: 428 ✭✭19087


    DesertCreat_15 wrote: »
    Well it counts in the sense that you will get your AC sooner - I think-

    I don't think that was the case last time. I scored fairly high and had a late AC!


  • #1767
    DesertCreat_15
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,263 ✭✭✭DesertCreat_15


    Thanks for keeping me right, people!

    Forget everything i've ever said crinkley! :P


  • #1768
    wannabegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 307 ✭✭wannabegard


    Is the mock exam provided on the joinpsni website the exact same as the real test or are there differences?


  • #1769
    Mop a top
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭Mop a top


    wannabegard wrote: »
    Is the mock exam provided on the joinpsni website the exact same as the real test or are there differences?

    Last time there was a passage, underline 20 spelling and grammar mistakes, then several small passages with the T/F/CT and then an A4 sheet cramped with info and they gave you multiple choice questions based on the info provided. Pretty much like the mock one but lots more of it.


  • #1770
    wannabegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 307 ✭✭wannabegard


    Mop a top wrote: »
    Last time there was a passage, underline 20 spelling and grammar mistakes, then several small passages with the T/F/CT and then an A4 sheet cramped with info and they gave you multiple choice questions based on the info provided. Pretty much like the mock one but lots more of it.

    cheers man!!


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  • #1771
    Mop a top
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭Mop a top


    wannabegard wrote: »
    cheers man!!

    Lol wrong gender :P but your welcome


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