Garda Trainee 2019 - Stage 2

lynch1990 · 27-06-2019 2:49pm

Hey, thanks for the reply.To be honest, I am a bit down about it as I’ve studied flat out for 3 weeks practicing everyday. Just the pressure of not being able to sit it again until next year screwed with me a bit. I failed report writing last year too. Would you know how long it typically takes for them to send out the next round of invitations?

revenent · 27-06-2019 6:37pm

lynch1990 wrote: »

Hey, thanks for the reply.To be honest, I am a bit down about it as I’ve studied flat out for 3 weeks practicing everyday. Just the pressure of not being able to sit it again until next year screwed with me a bit. I failed report writing last year too. Would you know how long it typically takes for them to send out the next round of invitations?

How long is a piece of string haha, can depend on who drops out,how many are doing tests and all that. The longest bit is yet to come(vetting) can take months or even more then a year for some, so try get distracted by something rather then waiting for an inbox!

mooju · 27-06-2019 8:38pm

Did mine today, for those that havent done it yet its nothing to get panicked over as long as you actually did the stage one yourself and then looked into the report a bit. Be on the ball with the numbers and names i missed couple of these. Best of luck

PS if the girl in the last group today that offered to mind my phone in her bag is here, gimme a shout :P:rolleyes:

SquireD · 27-06-2019 9:13pm

mooju wrote: »

Did mine today, for those that havent done it yet its nothing to get panicked over as long as you actually did the stage one yourself and then looked into the report a bit. Be on the ball with the numbers and names i missed couple of these. Best of luck
PS if the girl in the last group today that offered to mind my phone in her bag is here, gimme a shout :P:rolleyes:

Ever an opportunist, i like your style!! :P

SquireD · 28-06-2019 11:44am

Quick one all, do you need to provide a print out version of the invitation to attend the Assessment Centre or will a screenshot on your phone do?

r1gskcn9p3y75o · 28-06-2019 12:46pm

SquireD wrote: »

Quick one all, do you need to provide a print out version of the invitation to attend the Assessment Centre or will a screenshot on your phone do?

Screenshot is fine. Bring a bag to keep your phone in when doing the test though.

Mar_mar27 · 30-06-2019 12:23pm

Congratulations everyone on making it to stage two! And good luck to everyone heading up to Dublin tomorrow. Just covering all bases and throwing it out there to anyone who didn't catch what you need to bring with you tomorrow because i have not seen anyone mention it.

1. Printed screen copy of your invitation to stage 2.
2. Photo identification (Passport/drivers licence)
3. Pass port photo with you candidate id and signature on the back.

sazxox · 30-06-2019 7:11pm

Mar_mar27 wrote: »

Congratulations everyone on making it to stage two! And good luck to everyone heading up to Dublin tomorrow. Just covering all bases and throwing it out there to anyone who didn't catch what you need to bring with you tomorrow because i have not seen anyone mention it.

1. Printed screen copy of your invitation to stage 2.
2. Photo identification (Passport/drivers licence)
3. Pass port photo with you candidate id and signature on the back.

Are you tomorrow aswell? what time you in at?

Mar_mar27 · 30-06-2019 8:12pm

I am travelling from Galway so I took the later one of 14.45

Mar_mar27 · 30-06-2019 8:12pm

Travelling from Galway so took the later time slot of 14.45

ericoh97 · 01-07-2019 1:12am

if anyone would like help or advice on any of the stages feel free to give me a private message. I’ve gone through the recruitment process and templemore and currently a member, would have no problem helping people out.

sazxox · 01-07-2019 6:35pm

Mar_mar27 wrote: »

Travelling from Galway so took the later time slot of 14.45

Well what did you think?

al1990 · 02-07-2019 1:53pm

Anybody up today?

Ciano1997 · 02-07-2019 6:58pm

Hi all, just checking in with everyone. Well done to those already who sat the stage 2 exams & best of luck to ever going forward. I’m curious to see where the OOM is at? If anyone could keep us updated.

AD07 · 02-07-2019 8:16pm

Just wondering anyone who did the verbal reasoning already. How were ye for time? I’m abit worried I won’t get a lot done in the time. Thanks

AD07 · 02-07-2019 9:13pm

mooju wrote: »

Did mine today, for those that havent done it yet its nothing to get panicked over as long as you actually did the stage one yourself and then looked into the report a bit. Be on the ball with the numbers and names i missed couple of these. Best of luck
PS if the girl in the last group today that offered to mind my phone in her bag is here, gimme a shout :P:rolleyes:

How did you find the verbal reasoning?

sazxox · 03-07-2019 9:38am

Ciano1997 wrote: »

Hi all, just checking in with everyone. Well done to those already who sat the stage 2 exams & best of luck to ever going forward. I’m curious to see where the OOM is at? If anyone could keep us updated.

I think there still at the first 900

Macu17ab · 03-07-2019 9:43pm

How did you get on with the report writing Sazo? I'm going over the material all week - quite happy I bought the career services course to get used to the appropriate layout before I get to it on Friday!

sazxox · 03-07-2019 10:16pm

The report was grand, not half as much info required as there is in the career services or Garda IP however the vidoes change so yours could be completely different!

Best of luck with it hope it goes well for you

dave143 · 04-07-2019 7:19am

Anyone know how much of a margin of difference can be between repeats in stage 2 and stage 1. Feel like i prob did a little worse in non verbal than stage 1. Hopefully enough to get through.

lucymangoo96 · 04-07-2019 1:32pm

Does any one know what they can fail you on in the reports?

I felt like I did okay but am really not sure as don't know the marking system.

Jamie13 · 04-07-2019 6:18pm

Was number 989 and got called for stage two today, Goodluck everyone

LeeQuilabab123 · 04-07-2019 6:34pm

Hey lads, I just got called for stage 2 today, does anybody know where the venue is ?

Jamie13 · 04-07-2019 6:35pm

LeeQuilabab123 wrote: »

Hey lads, I just got called for stage 2 today, does anybody know where the venue is ?

Opposite Jervis luas stop I think

LeeQuilabab123 · 04-07-2019 6:39pm

Jamie13 wrote: »

Opposite Jervis luas stop I think

Perfect man thanks a million !

whatever76 · 04-07-2019 7:04pm

Got called for stage 2 today . I maybe just over excited but having trouble finding the My Bookings option - its not showing up in the left Nav like they say in my profile - Any pointers ?

daniel1390 · 04-07-2019 7:26pm

Hi All, anyone know how long it will take, im in tomorrow at 11 30.Cheers

sazxox · 04-07-2019 7:27pm

daniel1390 wrote: »

Hi All, anyone know how long it will take, im in tomorrow at 11 30.Cheers

you will be finished at 2pm

Sineadly · 04-07-2019 7:47pm

Hey everyone! I was places 1440 and now today I'm after getting called for stage 2 in 3 weeks. Does anybody know can you defer your garda application for this stage? I'm moving to Spain Monday for the summer as I thought I wouldnt be called until around April next year. TIA

Highball3 · 04-07-2019 9:18pm

whatever76 wrote: »

Got called for stage 2 today . I maybe just over excited but having trouble finding the My Bookings option - its not showing up in the left Nav like they say in my profile - Any pointers ?

Hey, I had the same issue. It was to do with how my personal profile on public jobs was set up and I ended up having to ring up and book over the phone! I would advise ringing straight away in the morning as the offices are closed over the weekend and all the decent slots will be gone by Monday.

Kerry0108 · 04-07-2019 9:20pm

whatever76 wrote: »

Got called for stage 2 today . I maybe just over excited but having trouble finding the My Bookings option - its not showing up in the left Nav like they say in my profile - Any pointers ?

I got called for stage 2 aswell 2day but had to make my booking on the laptop . Hope this helps

mascherano11 · 05-07-2019 1:30pm

What numbers are they up to for calling people to Stage 2 supervised tests?

daniel1390 · 05-07-2019 8:03pm

Did anyone else feel the report writing video was way too fast, found it alot harder than the ones career services gave

BuzzMcdonnell · 05-07-2019 8:38pm

daniel1390 wrote: »

Did anyone else feel the report writing video was way too fast, found it alot harder than the ones career services gave

I was actually the opposite, I thought the test was much easier than the preparation courses.

Macu17ab · 06-07-2019 9:08am

Yeah, just two witnesses and they even repeated the phone numbers. Not too shabby.

I’m gonna email the Garda trainee address to see roughly when the results will be out, if anyone gets a reply before I post the info here feel free to beat me to it ðŸ‘

daniel1390 · 06-07-2019 11:23am

They send end of july I did yesterday

daniel1390 · 06-07-2019 9:50pm

How is the report writing exercise graded does anyone know, is it still possible to pass without getting one of the names of the witnesses, is there marks for structure as well as content. Cheers in advance

Macu17ab · 07-07-2019 10:21am

It’s marked on accuracy of content, grammar, spelling, and structure.

With accuracy being the most important, you would lose more marks for missing a detail like that as opposed to spelling something wrong in one instance, but it’s still not a fail/pass situation if you miss such a detail.

I myself missed the 2nd name of one of the witnesses as she went straight into her address really fast after saying it, which I was very frustrated about. But I did manage to get every other detail of the incident, with a decent enough structure to the report. No doubt I lost some marks on that part, but theres only so much that could be deducted from one mistake.

As long as you jotted down the majority of the details in a coherent and legible manner I’m sure you did fine!

Dublingarda · 08-07-2019 8:20pm

Can anyone who has completed stage 2 say if the style of the Stage 2 test was the same as Stage 1?

Have been through 3 recruitment runs and never saw the test that was given in Stage 1. They must have used a new company.

Debating on whether to purchase a course if the content is nothing similar to what is being used.

Macu17ab · 08-07-2019 9:10pm

It’s the exact same format. When are you sitting stage 2?

Lmklad · 09-07-2019 5:40pm

Anyone near Limerick looking for a pre-interview course can give me a shout.

Frenchjoe87 · 10-07-2019 8:23pm

In 2015 i done a one day prep course for stage 2 with a retired garda who has a company called the garda interview.ie however this time i have decided to purchased the stage 2 prep course from career services and i notice the report writing layout is different. the career services one is more of an informal paragraph based layout where as the garda interview report layout was based on an actual garda report as in you addressed the report to the sergeant in charge at the start and various other little things. i'm wondering does that layout difference matter as long as what was in the video was put into it.

SquireD · 10-07-2019 8:44pm

What dates are the interviews in Stage 3 can anyone remember? I thought the lady at stage 2 said they were around the 19th of August if anyone can confirm?

LN22 · 10-07-2019 9:09pm

SquireD wrote: »

What dates are the interviews in Stage 3 can anyone remember? I thought the lady at stage 2 said they were around the 19th of August if anyone can confirm?

Hi, starting the 19th August was what the lady said to the group that I was in too.

AD07 · 17-07-2019 1:20pm

Anyone know when stage 2 results are out

sazxox · 17-07-2019 1:21pm

AD07 wrote: »

Anyone know when stage 2 results are out

They said end of this month so prob 25th / 26th

AD07 · 17-07-2019 3:07pm

sazxox wrote: »

They said end of this month so prob 25th / 26th

Ok thank you. Hopefully sooner rather than earlier

LeeQuilabab123 · 18-07-2019 4:13am

Anybody know how the upcoming stages will be laid out ? After Stage 2, is it then the Fitness, Medical and interview last ?

r1gskcn9p3y75o · 18-07-2019 8:19am

LeeQuilabab123 wrote: »

Anybody know how the upcoming stages will be laid out ? After Stage 2, is it then the Fitness, Medical and interview last ?

PAS interviews in August. If ya pass then its medical before fitness as far as I could figure out. Email pas they've answered anything I've asked about timelines etc. I think itll be new year before anyone starts medicals etc

Briano1996 · 18-07-2019 11:25am

Got my message today about my acceptance into stage 2. Stage 1 didnt go to plan and I scraped by. Does anyone know what the best prep course would be? Should I try the Sova one as they're the ones supplying the tests?
Thanks

Garda Trainee 2019 - Stage 2

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