2018 Campaign

Malonegirl96 · 01-10-2018 9:30pm

Ze0tech wrote: »

Malonegirl96 wrote: »

Don’t think calls for nov are done yet, they will almost certainly do further intakes until the new list is ready to get feet on the ground which they definitely need. Keep positive

I'm in the same boat as arniez12 and starting to worry about it abit. Submitted another application anyways. Fingers crossed I don't need it.

Oh defo another application just as a back up. But even if they fastrack people from this new campaign they wouldn’t be ready until August 19 so plenty of time for us

Eire_1600 · 01-10-2018 11:12pm

Hi everyone,

I’ve applied for this campaign which will be my first. I want to complete the Level 2 application of numbers ASAP, does anyone know where I can sit this (either online or in a centre)? Best of luck to everyone.

Thanks in advance for any answers.

Goonerdee · 01-10-2018 11:50pm

Eire_1600 wrote: »

Hi everyone,

I’ve applied for this campaign which will be my first. I want to complete the Level 2 application of numbers ASAP, does anyone know where I can sit this (either online or in a centre)? Best of luck to everyone.

Thanks in advance for any answers.

Find your nearest college or even community centre, some of them run essential skills courses for free.

JayJay999A · 02-10-2018 7:50pm

Hopefully this is third time lucky for me.... anyone any good resources for practicing IST? Application just completed and I want to get started and need practice practice practice! :)

Jay66 · 02-10-2018 8:26pm

Hey folks don't know what the IST is actually like from what iv read its verbal reasoning and situational judgement tests. My partner signed me up to a website called how2become iv been doing verbal reasoning tests on it but there isn't any situational judgement tests hope this is of some use to you folks.
Any advice be much appreciated with what yous are learning with.

BlueCop8790 · 02-10-2018 8:38pm

Jay66 wrote: »

Hey folks don't know what the IST is actually like from what iv read its verbal reasoning and situational judgement tests. My partner signed me up to a website called how2become iv been doing verbal reasoning tests on it but there isn't any situational judgement tests hope this is of some use to you folks.
Any advice be much appreciated with what yous are learning with.

Last year I just used online resources to help me practice and it helped me to get a pass. You'll find plenty of SJT's online. Also time yourself and complete them as quick as possible as it will give you a feel of the real exam.

Jay66 · 02-10-2018 9:00pm

Cheers bluecop8790

NornIron74 · 02-10-2018 9:09pm

The SJT is what I really need to practice more on this time as it was what made me fail last year.

KN1231999 · 02-10-2018 9:37pm

BlueCop8790 wrote: »

Looks like they’re looking for 400+ Officers in this campaign. Reasonable amount considering it’s just under a year from the last recruitment drive.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/psni-launch-recruitment-drive-for-400-officers-37371773.html

Good to see and gives good motivation and hope to smash this campaign

Banterbus28 · 02-10-2018 10:47pm

The numbers stated are a red herring they will take as many as they can. I.e. take as many as the purse allows.

They arent going to get to 400 and stop.

Wild.Wild.West · 03-10-2018 10:16am

Banterbus28 wrote: »

The numbers stated are a red herring they will take as many as they can. I.e. take as many as the purse allows.

They arent going to get to 400 and stop.

also they have to replace anyone that leaves the force :-)

redsox101 · 03-10-2018 11:35am

Anyone who's applied for the latest 2018 campaign get a email yet confirming your application?

Eire_1600 · 03-10-2018 3:31pm

Can anyone from the North please confirm if this online course would be a GCSE equivalent? It is a Key skills application of number course and will take approximately 12 weeks to complete or less.

Banterbus28 · 03-10-2018 3:38pm

Eire_1600 wrote: »

Can anyone from the North please confirm if this online course would be a GCSE equivalent? It is a Key skills application of number course and will take approximately 12 weeks to complete or less.

No. Must be from an accedited body. Need to enroll in a fast track course at a college

Eire_1600 · 03-10-2018 3:53pm

Banterbus28 wrote: »

No. Must be from an accedited body. Need to enroll in a fast track course at a college

Thanks for the help. I’ve found a Halloween fast track course in a college so hopefully I get a position in it and get the assessment completed by January.

Thanks again for the help I really appreciate it.

janedoe8 · 03-10-2018 4:28pm

redsox101 wrote: »

Anyone who's applied for the latest 2018 campaign get a email yet confirming your application?

Yeah I got one earlier today. Basic stuff, reiterating the details of the IST etc

NornIron74 · 03-10-2018 5:23pm

redsox101 wrote: »

Anyone who's applied for the latest 2018 campaign get a email yet confirming your application?

Yes just got it a few minutes ago, it's looking like the IST will be on at the very start of November then.

Goonerdee · 04-10-2018 9:54am

Eire_1600 wrote: »

Banterbus28 wrote: »

No. Must be from an accedited body. Need to enroll in a fast track course at a college

Thanks for the help. I’ve found a Halloween fast track course in a college so hopefully I get a position in it and get the assessment completed by January.

Thanks again for the help I really appreciate it.

Hi Eire I had been trying to message you. It was only to say to try recruitment agencies or adult education centres about online/distance learning courses. Better going through them as a lot of online companies claim they are accredited when they arent. At least those I mentioned above would be able to point you towards to right ones. But hopefully that college course works out for you. Its always best to have a physical structure you can visit I believe.

Jay66 · 08-10-2018 4:49pm

Hey folks just wondering what people are doing to prepare for the IST?

Keeno1888 · 09-10-2018 10:46pm

Has anyone any idea on a time frame of the stsges? IST, PCA, Medical etc? How much months in between going from previous campaigns

Banterbus28 · 09-10-2018 11:46pm

Keeno1888 wrote: »

Has anyone any idea on a time frame of the stsges? IST, PCA, Medical etc? How much months in between going from previous campaigns

IST opens November 1st.

Results December.

Assessment centres run Jan-March or April.

Then it Merit list will be released.

Remaining stages progress in merit order.

Better you do at the AC the quicker you are processed

Malonegirl96 · 09-10-2018 11:47pm

Keeno1888 wrote: »

Has anyone any idea on a time frame of the stsges? IST, PCA, Medical etc? How much months in between going from previous campaigns

Provided you pass the ist it all comes down to the AC, your score determines if or how quickly you will progress through the next stages

jwhdkl5736 · 10-10-2018 5:37am

Good luck to everyone in the 1810 campaign. If you want it enough and you're persistent enough, you can achieve this. My own experience is that dreams can be realized with effort. Your time will come folks. I said I would never become one of those people who ditch boards as soon as they get into the training college but with the amount of work ahead, I won't have much spare time. I'll drop in regularly though to see how you're all getting on and maybe I'll be able to communicate to you all with a better sense of what college life is like.

Aimforstars · 10-10-2018 4:19pm

I am new here and only recently received confirmation of my application. What should I do next?

I notice lots falter at AC stage? Is there anything I can do to be prepared?

Are there any books to assist through the entire process?

BlueCop8790 · 10-10-2018 6:01pm

Aimforstars wrote: »

I am new here and only recently received confirmation of my application. What should I do next?

I notice lots falter at AC stage? Is there anything I can do to be prepared?

Are there any books to assist through the entire process?

Hey ! Welcome to the boards. I would firstly recommend that you focus on the IST before thinking about the AC. The test contains both a verbal reasoning test and situational judgment test. You’ll find plenty of materials online that you can use to help you prepare for this stage but you can also purchase some books off eBay or amazon. Good luck !

Wild.Wild.West · 11-10-2018 2:59pm

This is random but I want to say it now.

If you are good enough and pass IST and AC stages you will the Physical Competence Assessment (PCA) AKA the fitness test.

For anyone that isn’t aware I have done all of the stages and pass all of them and should start GV this year so I know what I am talking about.

It’s amazing the amount of people failing the PCA and still not passing the repeat as we speak. There is quite a lot actually that fail it. It amazes me because this is your opportunity from today to prepare yourself for it. You have months to get yourself organised. Apart from carless mistakes you should pass this no problem. It really isn’t that hard if you prepare for it. Like 3 mins 54 seconds going all out isn’t a big ask.

This post isn’t to bum and blow its quite simply to tell you all now, Get the finger out, start preparing, lose a bit of weight if needs be and go smash it when it comes.

What excuse will you give this time next year when you fail it?? You got a heads up.

love WWW :-)

Ciano1997 · 12-10-2018 1:48am

First time applying for PSNI. I'll plant myself here. Wishing everyone the very best of luck. Hope someone we all reach our full dreams and potential. I'm also looking to chat to candidates or Officers from the ROI who have applied or are serving as a PC with Psni.

Kind regards
C

E18 · 16-10-2018 5:20pm

Also wanted to wish everyone the best of luck applying in 2018!
Completed my application form 2 days ago and received confirmation today.
Looks like IST will be the beginning of November.. Time to get practising, this is the bit i'm worried about the most.

BlueCop8790 · 19-10-2018 12:16pm

Well that’s recruitment now closed. Good luck to everyone that’s applied. How’s the IST prep going ?

E18 · 19-10-2018 12:33pm

That's the start of the rollercoaster now guys! Good luck!

I'm really worrying about the IST @bluecop8790.. I have been doing bits and pieces online, my minds coming around to the verbal reasoning, but the situational judgement is all over the show, sometimes scoring enough, sometimes no where near enough. There is too many options at times that feel correct, how about yourself?
Really don't want to fall off on the first hurdle so any advice from anyone is really appreciated.

BlueCop8790 · 19-10-2018 1:34pm

Completely agree mate, the one thing I’d stress to people doing their exam is be aware of time when completing the exam. The amount of people that ran out of time and then feel just short of a pass last year was high. It’s okay being able to answer the questions but being able to do it under pressure and quickly is another struggle.

E18 · 19-10-2018 3:57pm

Thanks Bluecop8790,

I've been reading through 1710 campaign thread, can't believe it's now our turn.

Will keep that in mind, thank you. The ones I have found online are timed but i'm sure its maybe a different duration for the PSNI one, all we can do is keep practising and hope for the best!

Would really love a shot at the AC so finGers crossing everything to scrape through the IST.

KN1231999 · 20-10-2018 1:15am

Some advice for the IST, i successfully passed it last year on my first go by a good bit so if i can pass on some pointers to help i would be honored
Keep a time on your phone of how long you have left(it really helps)
Get into a mindset of how to answer the questions (keep doing practice questions over and over trust me it helps alot, you will get faster and an eye for the right thing to answer.
Stay focused and calm ( i would recommend a red bull if you are able to take it!
dont lose concentration, there's no reason why you cant finish the IST within the time frame

BlueCop8790 · 20-10-2018 2:16pm

Just out of curiosity, did any boardies attend the coaching class for the IST?

Ze0tech · 20-10-2018 5:31pm

BlueCop8790 wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, did any boardies attend the coaching class for the IST?

I didn't as I didn't know about them until I passed the IST. What I will say is that the AC coaching I went on was worth the money and it gave me a different angle on how to approach certain tasks in the AC itself. If you feel it would help if say do it.

BlueCop8790 · 20-10-2018 5:36pm

Ze0tech wrote: »

BlueCop8790 wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, did any boardies attend the coaching class for the IST?

I didn't as I didn't know about them until I passed the IST. What I will say is that the AC coaching I went on was worth the money and it gave me a different angle on how to approach certain tasks in the AC itself. If you feel it would help if say do it.

I passed the IST last year myself but decided to attend the one today just to refresh my memory and help me improve on my mark. In my opinion I think it was pretty beneficial. I would recommend them to others looking for some extra tips and advice.

E18 · 22-10-2018 4:16pm

KN1231999 wrote: »

Some advice for the IST, i successfully passed it last year on my first go by a good bit so if i can pass on some pointers to help i would be honored
Keep a time on your phone of how long you have left(it really helps)
Get into a mindset of how to answer the questions (keep doing practice questions over and over trust me it helps alot, you will get faster and an eye for the right thing to answer.
Stay focused and calm ( i would recommend a red bull if you are able to take it!
dont lose concentration, there's no reason why you cant finish the IST within the time frame

Really appreciate that, thank you.

Just finished reading last campaigns full thread.. what a rollercoaster.
Looking forward to getting on this rollercoaster with you all.. reading about the fitness test i'm gonna have to get my butt into gear ( but thats even wishful thinking to get that far.. this IST has me doubting i'm gonna get past it!)

Good luck everyone, are some of you waiting it out still for last campaign also?

The Rookie · 23-10-2018 11:21pm

Lockie101 wrote: »

Hey everyone! This is our year! I can’t remember when I last spoke to everyone but in less than 2 weeks I get a contract from the MDP and still am completely undecided if it is actually something I want to pursue

MDP looks good...I had thought about it myself a few years ago but didn't apply. How was your assessment for that?

djs1990 · 24-10-2018 12:21pm

Hey,
Just joining this site, a serving PC actually told me about it as I was talking to him and his partner about applying.

Like a lot here this isn't my first time applying, I last applied in 2015 and failed the AC, had absolutely no idea what iw as doing, so hoping to improve upon that!

E18 · 24-10-2018 12:34pm

djs1990 wrote: »

Hey,
Just joining this site, a serving PC actually told me about it as I was talking to him and his partner about applying.

Like a lot here this isn't my first time applying, I last applied in 2015 and failed the AC, had absolutely no idea what iw as doing, so hoping to improve upon that!

Good luck and welcome to the boards.
Was the Ist performed online back in 2015 also?

janedoe8 · 24-10-2018 1:15pm

Does anyone know which test publisher Deloitte uses for the IST? It would be handy to know the particular style of test they use etc

janedoe8 · 24-10-2018 2:45pm

janedoe8 wrote: »

Does anyone know which test publisher Deloitte uses for the IST? It would be handy to know the particular style of test they use etc

Got an email from them saying that they make their own tests. Great! Lol

djs1990 · 24-10-2018 3:09pm

E18 wrote: »

djs1990 wrote: »

Hey,
Just joining this site, a serving PC actually told me about it as I was talking to him and his partner about applying.

Like a lot here this isn't my first time applying, I last applied in 2015 and failed the AC, had absolutely no idea what iw as doing, so hoping to improve upon that!

Good luck and welcome to the boards.
Was the Ist performed online back in 2015 also?

Hi E18,

It was yea, same process as it is at the moment, you do it online then again at the AC, had a quick check of my emails and really happy to see I have my feedback from it.

If you're wondering the feedback isn't tailored to you individually, just gives you your result and the pretext of what you were actually doing, a good memory refresh!

E18 · 24-10-2018 3:14pm

djs1990 wrote: »

E18 wrote: »

djs1990 wrote: »

Hey,
Just joining this site, a serving PC actually told me about it as I was talking to him and his partner about applying.

Like a lot here this isn't my first time applying, I last applied in 2015 and failed the AC, had absolutely no idea what iw as doing, so hoping to improve upon that!

Good luck and welcome to the boards.
Was the Ist performed online back in 2015 also?

Hi E18,

It was yea, same process as it is at the moment, you do it online then again at the AC, had a quick check of my emails and really happy to see I have my feedback from it.

If you're wondering the feedback isn't tailored to you individually, just gives you your result and the pretext of what you were actually doing, a good memory refresh!

Aw great, I'm sure you will do just as well then in your IST this time as you did back in 2015.
I think I have exhausted the google freebie links! Maybe I should just keep going over them.

Ze0tech · 25-10-2018 9:36am

djs1990 wrote: »

Hi E18,

It was yea, same process as it is at the moment, you do it online then again at the AC, had a quick check of my emails and really happy to see I have my feedback from it.

If you're wondering the feedback isn't tailored to you individually, just gives you your result and the pretext of what you were actually doing, a good memory refresh!

It was still the data card test in 2015 as it was marked out of 75!

Cand1 · 25-10-2018 1:25pm

And it wasn't online. You had to go to a test centre for it.

djs1990 · 25-10-2018 4:42pm

Ze0tech wrote: »

djs1990 wrote: »

Hi E18,

It was yea, same process as it is at the moment, you do it online then again at the AC, had a quick check of my emails and really happy to see I have my feedback from it.

If you're wondering the feedback isn't tailored to you individually, just gives you your result and the pretext of what you were actually doing, a good memory refresh!

It was still the data card test in 2015 as it was marked out of 75!

Actually, you're right, my bad :O, sorry!

However there was also parts of the test done online, perhaps it was just the SJT or the verbal reasoning test, it was again tested at the AC.
The data card test was just done at the AC...if my memory serves me correctly.....which it already hasn't

, although I do remember it being particularly difficult.

Yea apologies for getting it wrong, clearly my memory doesn't stretch back perfectly 3 years ago

Ze0tech · 25-10-2018 4:45pm

djs1990 wrote: »

Actually, you're right, my bad :O, sorry!

However there was also parts of the test done online, perhaps it was just the SJT or the verbal reasoning test, it was again tested at the AC.
The data card test was just done at the AC...if my memory serves me correctly.....which it already hasn't , although I do remember it being particularly difficult.

Yea apologies for getting it wrong, clearly my memory doesn't stretch back perfectly 3 years ago

There were no parts online back then. Only the primary application was.

djs1990 · 25-10-2018 4:53pm

Ze0tech wrote: »

djs1990 wrote: »

Actually, you're right, my bad :O, sorry!

However there was also parts of the test done online, perhaps it was just the SJT or the verbal reasoning test, it was again tested at the AC.
The data card test was just done at the AC...if my memory serves me correctly.....which it already hasn't , although I do remember it being particularly difficult.

Yea apologies for getting it wrong, clearly my memory doesn't stretch back perfectly 3 years ago

There were no parts online back then. Only the primary application was.

Then I'm completely confused cause I did some online....

I did do a fair few assessment centres that year as I had just graduated university....

Feel like it'll be best for me to just keep my mouth shut at this point as I'm must be mixing the PSNI recruitment with other company's recruitment.

Least I have the emails...I definitely applied for the post before, clearly I have very limited memory of it :ermm:

Ze0tech · 25-10-2018 4:57pm

Lol. Never worry. Good luck for the IST!!!

2018 Campaign

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