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    #482
    4wesome5auce
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭4wesome5auce


    Cml29 wrote: »
    Hi all,

    Anyone else done the assessment centre yet and felt they completely messed up the report?

    I messed it up pretty badly this year and didn't get it finished, but as far as I'm aware most of the marks for the AC are in the roleplays. While I'm not holding my breath, I could surprise myself I suppose.


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    #483
    cazzie23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 45 ✭cazzie23


    Last years AC marks were
    Action plans out of 10
    1st Roleplay out of 20
    2nd Roleplay out of 25
    3rd Roleplay out of 20 and
    Report out of 15
    You had to get 50% to pass so it doesn’t matter if you mess up on one you could get full marks in the others and pass
    The mark system may change and the pass mark may also change this year depending on how well everyone has done
    The IST mark was 34 last year but 33 this year
    Hope that gives people a rough idea of scores


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    #484
    Drtldl
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭Drtldl


    Did anyone from previous years find the AC a bit odd this time round? It was my first go at it and it was not at all what I was expecting from what I’d been told by couple of friends in the PSNI. Kinda reminded me of a murder mystery game.


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    #485
    W221
    Registered Users Posts: 240 ✭✭W221


    Cml29 wrote: »
    Nice to hear you can still achieve a decent overall score even if you feel you completely dived in one of the activities!

    I’m trying to forget about it until the results come out!

    Did you withdraw from 1509?

    Yes, I did withdraw from 1509. The cheating thing that happened at the time set my potential intake back by 6 months or so. I would have been in the second intake around May 2017 from what I can make out. I kinda took the hump but regretting it now! I started my own business as I’d already handed my notice in to my full time job and have been doing that ever since.

    The wait for the AC results is wrecking me too!


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    #486
    cazzie23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 45 ✭cazzie23


    Drtldl wrote: »
    Did anyone from previous years find the AC a bit odd this time round? It was my first go at it and it was not at all what I was expecting from what I’d been told by couple of friends in the PSNI. Kinda reminded me of a murder mystery game.

    No it was just as different last year, like someone else said the role plays aren’t to be solved it’s how you deal with each scenario
    Last year was domestics and anti social behaviour


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    #487
    W221
    Registered Users Posts: 240 ✭✭W221


    Drtldl wrote: »
    Did anyone from previous years find the AC a bit odd this time round? It was my first go at it and it was not at all what I was expecting from what I’d been told by couple of friends in the PSNI. Kinda reminded me of a murder mystery game.

    I found the general format to be mostly the same, even names, places and so on. But the role plays made little sense this time round. Last time I did it, I managed to solve the thing and get an admission :)


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    #488
    Drtldl
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭Drtldl


    W221 wrote: »
    I found the general format to be mostly the same, even names, places and so on. But the role plays made little sense this time round. Last time I did it, I managed to solve the thing and get an admission :)

    Yeah until the very end I wasn’t aware there was anything that could be solved. Definitely missed out on some important info in the role plays. The actors felt so evasive. I asked the last one everything I could think of and then they asked me at the end if I was sure I had nothing left to ask. Definitely missed out on some key info on that one.


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    #489
    W221
    Registered Users Posts: 240 ✭✭W221


    Drtldl wrote: »
    Yeah until the very end I wasn’t aware there was anything that could be solved. Definitely missed out on some important info in the role plays. The actors felt so evasive. I asked the last one everything I could think of and then they asked me at the end if I was sure I had nothing left to ask. Definitely missed out on some key info on that one.

    There’s no way on Earth the 1810 AC could have been solved. It was just geared to see how you deal with the numerous scenarios the actors managed to put forth, to sort the wheat from the chaff if you will. The 1509 AC was totally different in my opinion. Like I say, I found a trail to follow and managed to get someone to break lol. I didn’t get that from 1810 at all. Maybe I’m totally wrong though!

    I just kept waffling away to them on both occasions which usually led to me thinking of something I hadn’t before. It’s all done now, we just gotta sit tight until May! The very best of luck.


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    #490
    NornIron74
    Closed Accounts Posts: 341 ✭✭NornIron74


    Was anybody in here at the coaching class today in Belfast?


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    #491
    Toots123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 151 ✭✭Toots123


    Yes was very good


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    #492
    W221
    Registered Users Posts: 240 ✭✭W221


    NornIron74 wrote: »
    Was anybody in here at the coaching class today in Belfast?

    Didn’t know such a thing existed. Who runs it? Too late for me anyway, AC completed a few weeks ago.


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    #493
    NornIron74
    Closed Accounts Posts: 341 ✭✭NornIron74


    W221 wrote: »
    Didn’t know such a thing existed. Who runs it? Too late for me anyway, AC completed a few weeks ago.

    https://www.facebook.com/notomatoesconsulting/

    It's run by 2 former police assessors, I think today was their last class anyway


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    #494
    NornIron74
    Closed Accounts Posts: 341 ✭✭NornIron74


    Toots123 wrote: »
    Yes was very good

    Yes I found it really helpful.
    Where were you sitting? I was front row third from the right.


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    #495
    JJss1988
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭JJss1988


    NornIron74 wrote: »
    https://www.facebook.com/notomatoesconsulting/

    It's run by 2 former police assessors, I think today was their last class anyway

    Never knew these classes were ran.......too late now I guess


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    #496
    4wesome5auce
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭4wesome5auce


    JJss1988 wrote: »
    Never knew these classes were ran.......too late now I guess

    Hey, always good to know if things don't go as planned this campaign! There's always other campaigns and hopefully these get you well prepared for them.


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    #497
    VickyDoc
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭VickyDoc


    Still waiting to do my assessment.

    Do people know when we would receive the result of it?


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    #498
    4wesome5auce
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭4wesome5auce


    VickyDoc wrote: »
    Still waiting to do my assessment.

    Do people know when we would receive the result of it?

    By 10th May was the official word I believe. I'll double check now.

    EDIT: Yep.


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    #499
    W221
    Registered Users Posts: 240 ✭✭W221


    Yes, as above 10th May. And they’ll make us wait to the exact date :(


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    #500
    Toots123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 151 ✭✭Toots123


    Do we get results via email? I was to do mine end of January but due to other commitments i had to change and been deferred to end of march.


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    #501
    NornIron74
    Closed Accounts Posts: 341 ✭✭NornIron74


    Toots123 wrote: »
    Do we get results via email? I was to do mine end of January but due to other commitments i had to change and been deferred to end of march.

    Yes results will be emailed out, there will be a breakdown of how many marks you got in each section along with merit list number should you pass.


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    #502
    W221
    Registered Users Posts: 240 ✭✭W221


    NornIron74 wrote: »
    Yes results will be emailed out, there will be a breakdown of how many marks you got in each section along with merit list number should you pass.

    Do they give out the merit number with the AC results now?


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    #503
    NornIron74
    Closed Accounts Posts: 341 ✭✭NornIron74


    W221 wrote: »
    Do they give out the merit number with the AC results now?

    I think they do, this is my first time at the AC stage so I could be wrong.


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    #504
    W221
    Registered Users Posts: 240 ✭✭W221


    NornIron74 wrote: »
    I think they do, this is my first time at the AC stage so I could be wrong.

    You could be right, and I hope you are, but they certainly didn’t back when I was going through 1509.


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    #505
    NornIron74
    Closed Accounts Posts: 341 ✭✭NornIron74


    W221 wrote: »
    You could be right, and I hope you are, but they certainly didn’t back when I was going through 1509.

    I checked with someone who has been at AC before and they confirmed it.


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    #506
    W221
    Registered Users Posts: 240 ✭✭W221


    NornIron74 wrote: »
    I checked with someone who has been at AC before and they confirmed it.

    Excellent! I think it used to be you got the ML number after PCA.


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    #507
    LPT2018
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭LPT2018


    Hey folks, still awaiting my AC, have a few weeks to go yet. Loving all the messages on here and support. Best of luck to those who have still yet to do their A/C and well done for the others who have got through it. Roll on May for us all!


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    #508
    W221
    Registered Users Posts: 240 ✭✭W221


    LPT2018 wrote: »
    Hey folks, still awaiting my AC, have a few weeks to go yet. Loving all the messages on here and support. Best of luck to those who have still yet to do their A/C and well done for the others who have got through it. Roll on May for us all!

    Roll on May is right! I did my AC away at the start, May might as well be December! The best of luck with yours.


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    #509
    Army654
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭Army654


    Drtldl wrote: »
    Yeah until the very end I wasn’t aware there was anything that could be solved. Definitely missed out on some important info in the role plays. The actors felt so evasive. I asked the last one everything I could think of and then they asked me at the end if I was sure I had nothing left to ask. Definitely missed out on some key info on that one.

    Glad Im not the only one, during that roleplay I managed to ask every question I could think of and nothing lol


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    #510
    Zero1000F
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭Zero1000F


    AC tomorrow, crapping myself but heres nothing. Kids away for the day and I am sitting cramming everything I know into the few hours left. First time doing AC and hoping I don't end up making a fool of myself with the actors haha!! Good luck to all those still to sit their AC! Fingers crossed!


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    #511
    Toots123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 151 ✭✭Toots123


    Good luck tomorrow. Deep breaths and remember they are only Actors.


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