ICT Specialists (Executive Officer level) in Civil Service

KJK1LL3R wrote: »

I just got the following message on my Publicjobs.ie portal from the PAS recruitment manager:


"I am pleased to inform you that you are being assigned as Information and Communications Technology (EO ICT) Specialist, Infrastructure and Operations, with the Department of Agriculture and the Marine – Co Laois.

The Department of Agriculture will contact you directly with regard to your appointment.

Please bring your relevant Academic Qualifications, Driving Licence and Passport with you, for verification, on the day that you take up duty for this post.

I wish you every success in your new position."


Do you guys think I could hand my notice in now or should I still hold out until someone from DAFM contacts me?

Depends on your notice period. If you want to start asap or you could wait till they contact you and arrange a start date with DAFM.

Did you get your starting pay confirmed or did they more than likely say they'll get it sorted after

Has anybody else been placed from this competition since?

the_syco wrote: »

Only seeing the above person getting placed from the 2019 EO ICT competition. Not seeing or hearing about anyone else getting any feedback.

Sorry, it was the 2019 competition I was asking about. Has there even been tests or interviews for 2020 yet?

Any tips on the interviews people, have one scheduled soon and includes both Infra and Networking , but was lucky to be placed well on the OOM
Will the interviews be based on the EO competencies or a technical interview? For any help or advice, thanks in advance

siblers wrote: »

There was a position in Cork for 'ICT Specialist(GRADE V) Infrastructure' where you could apply directly.

Would this have been separate from the online competition? Would it be a more senior role?

If it quoted a grade in Roman numerals, it was for a public service position, possibly in a county council or the HSE. The grades, leave entitlements and salary are different in the public service compared to the civil service. This thread is for the civil service ICT Specialist competition, (Executive Officer ICT).

C.O.Y.B.I.B wrote: »

I got placed in top 10 in Dublin and am starting in a few weeks.

I have tried each year since 2017 to get through this competition and always fall slightly short usually with situational judgement...can you tell how you managed to pass?

alannm37 wrote: »

Hi there, any chance you could inform me on how the interview went. I was recently contacted for the 2nd batch of interviews from the comp last September. I'm aware of the EO competencies, but any specific area they seemed particularly interested in? Any help would be massively appreciated.

Hi there, I was also contacted and I have expressed my interest for the next stage of the recruitment process on 6th April..I haven't heard anything after that.
Did u get any update?

alannm37 wrote: »

Yesterday I received an update on my publicjobs.ie profile informing me of my interview date for the week after next. It could be stream dependant (I'm in the Software Dev stream) so I'd say there'll be an update for you soon enough.

Thanks a lot for your reply .. I am both in software development(rank 71) and infrastructure(rank 56)..
All the best for your upcoming interview.

MagaBot wrote: »

Does anyone know what sort of technical questions are asked during the Infrastructure interview?

For my upcoming SW interview, I'm preparing a high-level overview of what I'd consider my best work to date. I doubt they will try and catch you out with specifics. I'd suggest knowing what you've worked on and have a conversation prepared for it. E.G. Overview, struggles, outcome/results. Not knowing a particular tool is not a bad thing either, just say how you'd approach learning it and give an example of where you applied that approach and how it worked.

the_syco wrote: »

Did my interview on May 20th; anyone know when they get back to you?

Had mine on the 18th May, still waiting to hear back. Hoping it will be tomorrow as it's usually a Friday announcement. Otherwise next week.

My interview was on 19th and got my results yesterday..
My OOM for software development is 9. What are my chances for getting a job?

Please help.. Does anyone have EO ICT information booklet?
Thanks in advance

Marje wrote: »

Booklet attached

Thanks a lot Marje

Hi Newport81,

Any idea's when interview results will be out?

Thanks

Hi,

I received my OOM also. Don't really know how many positions they are looking for but I am guessing they will call many off this panel. I know some departments have huge shortages of IT staff at the moment.

Hi,

I received an OOM of 54 will there chance to get call ?

I was racked 47. is there any chance of a call?

Thanks all.

Hi all, i just received my interview results. OOM place 8. What exactly does this mean? Also no mention of where i would be placed if excepted.

Thanks Hydration. In Software. Any idea of a timeframe after receiving the OOM or is it just a waiting game now.

My EO ICT specialist software interview was on May 19th, 2021, and got an OOM 9.

Revenue offered me a position in July and I started in September.

To everyone who has been placed in OOM, it is just a waiting period but all will be called for a position at some stage.

 Hi all,

Have questions relating to eo ict software development stream.

Do new entrants get trained into a specific area when they start?

Also are they working from home or in offices in general?

Thanks.

Same as normal EO scale. 31,698 first point on scale.

When was this competition run and how long was the panel expected to last for? Any ideas when they might recruit for ICT Specialists at EO grade again?