2020 Executive Officer Civil Service

Our union rep mentioned it

Ukrainians are not being vetted as the situation is deemed an emergency so whoever told you that is telling porkie pies.

I am similar to yourself. Heres hoping!!

I did mine last Thursday and still waiting, hopefully it’s soon 😊

No not yet aislingm999....I think it could be next week as they are doing interviews up till tomorrow.

Any word on Wexford?

Hi Folks

I have received my interview date and time - and it is 20th May so they are still doing them.

I think because of the massive exodus and promotion of staff - EO upwards, during the pandemic, I am guessing they are going to try to get everyone who did an eTray (and passed), an interview.

I do know that there is a huge push to bring staffing levels back up to pre-pandemic levels.

I do not know if the panel will be used beyond June/July but it would not surprise me if it were extended. Moreover, if you think about it, it makes sense to extend seeing as there are loads of EO vacancies that need filling throughout CS.

 These are just my thoughts.

Dublintigger 😊

Wexford are on Batch 3 OOM 39.

It is a general observation - the amount of retirees that occurred over the last two years and the natural promotion progressions that follow. Dont forget that there was a HEO comp at the same time, so EO's would have applied for that and moved on.

Also, back in the office I have noticed that there are a fair number of EO positions vacant - because of the promotions to HEO.

Like I said in my original post, that is my observation and my opinion - always open to correction.

I had my interview earlier in the week and feel exactly the same! I was stopped more or less straight away in my people management competency and they changed the question and in my delivery for results they were interrupting a lot asking smaller questions I was unprepared for. I answered everything but still not convinced I passed, I spent so much time preparing potential answers using the STAR method and didn't really get to use them. Fingers crossed we both pass :)

I think it is the same in other Departments.....

And that is why I think they will place as many as they can from this campaign.

Laoisgem, just because someone is further down the list, does not mean they are less able for the EO role. Alot of people are serving COs for the last few years now and have the requird experience or come from another job that gives them this experience and deserve the chance to at least be interviewed. I don't think the online tests in stage 1 and 2 are sufficient enough to end someone's chance for this.

I never said they were less able for the EO roles. You seem to be missing the point entirely. If they are servicing CO's there is also internal panels.

Thanks @laoisgem for your explanation. But when you said why would they want people from the bottom of the list, it implied that the people at the bottom should be left to start the competition all over again and not get interviewed. The internal competitions do not come around often especially when there is an open panel being used. If you were reading the comments here, you will have noticed that alot being interviewed at the moment are COs and have been waiting 2 years to get an interview. You needed to have 2 years service at the time to apply for the internal competition. When the pressure is on, it's difficult to do well in the online tests but more than likely have the necessary experience and skills. So, I just hope you take that into consideration when you say that they should start a new panel. But when they decide that the panel is up, it's up and there's nothing we can do if not called.

Totally agree with you. I was a couple of months off qualifying for the interdepartmental stream when this competition opened. I have some previous managerial experience but I had never done the EO assessment before. I was quite nervous the whole way through it and I know I didn't do my best at all. Once I finally got to etray and interview stage I was in the top 5 (still waiting to be placed). Those assessment questions are in no way indicative of a person's ability to do the job. Considering how many applicants there are for these positions, anyone who gets to interview stage will have done well.