Garda Recruitment - Applying to join An Garda Siochana

shakin · 28-05-2008 3:32pm

ojewriej wrote: »

They don't keep your form b after you've failed, so you can safely re-use your scenarios. I used the same ones every time, and passed the intervie every time.

thanks ojewriej saves me a lot of hassle having to be imaginative!

daisey · 28-05-2008 3:34pm

shakin wrote: »

as long as you get the tests done first how bad!
oh and your not hurt:D

haha oh ya thats most important

never mind the broken bones

goouch · 28-05-2008 4:47pm

anyone go for day 1.????????????

paddymc1 · 28-05-2008 4:53pm

Went for Saturday the 21st myself. Was told 9am. Anybody doing any of the courses before hand?
Best of luck to all.

horse1 · 28-05-2008 5:10pm

i went for sat 14th. was told 12.30pm

shakin · 28-05-2008 5:20pm

paddymc1 wrote: »

Went for Saturday the 21st myself. Was told 9am. Anybody doing any of the courses before hand?
Best of luck to all.

im at 12:30 that day,not sure what course to do yet

karlokarl · 28-05-2008 5:24pm

I'm in on the 11th at 10.00! When do you fill in your form B?

shakin · 28-05-2008 5:26pm

karlokarl wrote: »

I'm in on the 11th at 10.00! When do you fill in your form B?

when you pass stage 1 afaik

soundlad · 28-05-2008 6:25pm

goouch wrote: »

TO THOSE that have done stage 1 before are ye going to use the same scenarios as you used in stage ii form, i have passesd the interview in the past so i was thinking of just using the same again any advice?????

I passed the interview before too but think i will change my scenarios a small bit . What did you fail on last time if u passed interview before. i was thinking about putting down that i failed and that i had to go back and achieve a high standard by losing enough weight to get in. what do you's think bout that. or is it bad to bring that in

kerry4sam · 28-05-2008 6:40pm

soundlad wrote: »

I passed the interview before too but think i will change my scenarios a small bit ... i was thinking about putting down that i failed and that i had to go back and achieve a high standard by losing enough weight to get in. what do you's think bout that. or is it bad to bring that in

I'll defo be using my re-applying as a scenario in Preparing to Achieve High Standards showing determination; will-power and how committed you are in wanting to succeed to get through ...

paddymc1 · 28-05-2008 6:42pm

soundlad wrote: »

I passed the interview before too but think i will change my scenarios a small bit . What did you fail on last time if u passed interview before. i was thinking about putting down that i failed and that i had to go back and achieve a high standard by losing enough weight to get in. what do you's think bout that. or is it bad to bring that in

Thinking of swap mine around a bit. Going to use my back up ones as the main ones and keep the ones I used last time as my back up ones.

paddymc1 · 28-05-2008 6:46pm

shakin wrote: »

when you pass stage 1 afaik

This is in the mail sent to your account from PAS.

IMPORTANT: Once you have booked a Stage 1 test slot you are required to complete the Stage II Interview Application Form and return by e-mail to garda2008@publicjobs.ie by Thursday 5th June 2008.

paddymc1 · 28-05-2008 6:56pm

Is there anybody here who did not get mail today from PAS? Friend of mine did not get one from them, he's ringing them tommorow to find out what has happened.

dottie · 28-05-2008 7:13pm

I'm on Sat 14th at 3.30pm. Yep, we have to email that form back by June 5th. I have to get thinking now on how to fill it out!:eek:

Best of Luck to everybody.

kerry4sam · 28-05-2008 7:15pm

paddymc1 wrote: »

Is there anybody here who did not get mail today from PAS? Friend of mine did not get one from them, he's ringing them tommorow to find out what has happened.

When I was applying in feb I never received the e-mail when most others did but people here on boards gave me the number to ring to arrange my date for stage1 exam. I phoned the morning the lines opened and got my date and time and phoned PAS afterward and it was just a "clerical error affecting people on one of their mailing lists"

karlokarl · 28-05-2008 8:05pm

Probably a stupid question but do you just fill in all the info on the Interiew App. Form on your computer and then e-mail it back? i.e. no handwriting involved?? Sorry, but not up to date on this kind of thing!!

Dr_MaSoN · 28-05-2008 8:06pm

karlokarl wrote: »

Probably a stupid question but do you just fill in all the info on the Interiew App. Form on your computer and then e-mail it back? i.e. no handwriting involved?? Sorry, but not up to date on this kind of thing!!

yes, its all on the computer.

Its tedious but thats how it has to be done.

DustyMan · 28-05-2008 11:35pm

Hi all, has anyone any opinion of the age limit rule i.e 35. Will it ever be lifted? Sure I know it was from 26 to 35 a couple of years ago but will they raise it again. The majority of forces in UK including PSNI (age limit 50 I believe?), US and Australia have no upper age limit.
Also is it possible they (Gardai) could (as in other forces worldwide) allow people who have served say 2 years in the reserves a chance to apply to the full time force with no conditions regarding age, within reason! ;-)
Just wondering does anyone have any opinions on the above? :cool:

goouch · 29-05-2008 12:50am

I ADDED mine as an E-Mail attachment, and sent it off this evening i wouldnt delay with what they ask for, take yer time at the scenarios as this forms your interview,,,,,

horse1 · 29-05-2008 1:02am

with regards the employment history on the interview app form, can you give your employment history from when you finished college instead of when you finished school. it says school or college. just wondering

srdb20 · 29-05-2008 8:04am

From what i can remember you must give ALL your employment history....

With in reason, i believe there is some stipulation (Read the Form, it should be on it somewhere, unless its changed) on the form about not needing to put down employment details for jobs not lasting longer than 2 weeks or something like that!!

Others Boardsies will confirm, but better to be safe then sorry.

shakin · 29-05-2008 9:37am

goouch wrote: »

I ADDED mine as an E-Mail attachment, and sent it off this evening i wouldnt delay with what they ask for, take yer time at the scenarios as this forms your interview,,,,,

you have to have it in for the 5th so whether you send it now or on the day wont put you up or down:)

sfhawke7w · 29-05-2008 10:55am

help

achieving high standards?

making balanced decisions?

working with others? community or work based

persuading others and taking charge?

have ideas but not sure whether they relevant, can anyone give me some help!

thanks

srdb20 · 29-05-2008 11:14am

sfhawke7w wrote: »

help

achieving high standards?

making balanced decisions?

working with others? community or work based

persuading others and taking charge?
have ideas but not sure whether they relevant, can anyone give me some help!

thanks

They are not looking for you to fill these scenarios with storys of how you saved the day and are some kind of hero.

Some examples below, but with a caveat attached

*TBH you are better off thinking of scenario's that you know and have experience of because it will be easier to talk about and recall.

achieving high standards?
Could be anything, passing a driving test, studying for college exams, preparing for the actual PAS Interview itself.

making balanced decisions?
Dealing with problems in work etc....

working with others? community or work based
Teamwork..... this one is kind of easy to come up with scenario's so need to elaborate

persuading others and taking charge?
Team Leader, Captain of a football team etc,,,

Use examples from your life, trust me this is a much better way to do it, also if you read the scenarios they give a short synopsis including the key values they are looking for, just have a good think about it and you will come up with times when you have used them.

Make sure you have an example of how you would apply all the scenarios to life in AGS.

And have plenty of backups ready, usually its good to have 2 extra just in case.

Final point would be DO NOT LIE, they will sniff it out and unravel you in the interview.

They have interviewed 100's of candidates so they know when your telling lies.

*All the above is just my opinion, but it worked for me.

P.s Sorry about the long post!!!:D

sfhawke7w · 29-05-2008 11:55am

thanks have read them a few times but just not sure what to put down, will have another good read this evening, also found some info on net about skills and experiences and how to elaborate on them so will get working on it.

mc-panda · 29-05-2008 2:43pm

Should an example of how these skills could be used in AGS be included in text on the actual Interview Application Form, or should we just keep this in mind for verbal communication at the interview?

Silly question? Probably. I just want to make sure I dot all my is and cross every t.

ojewriej · 29-05-2008 2:49pm

mc-panda wrote: »

Should an example of how these skills could be used in AGS be included in text on the actual Interview Application Form, or should we just keep this in mind for verbal communication at the interview?

Silly question? Probably. I just want to make sure I dot all my is and cross every t.

Don't put it on the form, but they will ask you about it during the interview.

rebels · 02-06-2008 5:51pm

iam new to this thread i ha ve a hearing aid in one ear really small will this go against me in the process

ojewriej · 02-06-2008 5:56pm

rebels wrote: »

iam new to this thread i ha ve a hearing aid in one ear really small will this go against me in the process

You have to pass a hearing test, so i'm afraid it will.

lehanemore · 03-06-2008 5:07am

DustyMan wrote: »

Hi all, has anyone any opinion of the age limit rule i.e 35. Will it ever be lifted? Sure I know it was from 26 to 35 a couple of years ago but will they raise it again. The majority of forces in UK including PSNI (age limit 50 I believe?), US and Australia have no upper age limit.
Also is it possible they (Gardai) could (as in other forces worldwide) allow people who have served say 2 years in the reserves a chance to apply to the full time force with no conditions regarding age, within reason! ;-)
Just wondering does anyone have any opinions on the above? :cool:

This is a very good question, one I've been thinking about asking in the past.
I know most of the people on here are young and will never have to worry about this but for the people in the know, are there any movements on this? anything on the grapevine?

miked84 · 06-06-2008 1:47am

hi guys, thinking about applying next time, just wanted to know if i'm wasting my time, cause I suffered from depression a few years ago.

if anyone has any links or what legislation applies (or doesn't apply) would be interested.

thanks

Mark37 · 06-06-2008 12:56pm

Hi all,

Has anyone found out the number of people who have applied for Garda 2008 this time round? It will be a good way of finding out how fast the recruitment will go this time round!
If anyone finds out, please let us all no...;)

Geri Boyle · 09-06-2008 10:52pm

Hi Everybody.
I'm a newbie on the board, but I've read through quite alot of the other threads on Garda recruitment (Good idea to split the topic, there was alot of great info on it!)
Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for the info. I've just applied for the Guards myself. My aptitude test is in 2 weeks, and last weekend I did a prep day course (very useful)
Anyway, I also have a quick question if anyone would be kind enough to answer. I filled out my stage 2 form, but just realised that I wasnt supposed to give three scenarios for each question, (which I did-stupidly! :rolleyes: ) but that the a, b and c were actually for different aspects to the scenario. Is this likely to go against me in the interview if I make it that far?
Thanks

Dr_MaSoN · 09-06-2008 10:56pm

Blue Belle wrote: »

Hi Everybody.
I'm a newbie on the board, but I've read through quite alot of the other threads on Garda recruitment (Good idea to split the topic, there was alot of great info on it!)
Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for the info. I've just applied for the Guards myself. My aptitude test is in 2 weeks, and last weekend I did a prep day course (very useful)
Anyway, I also have a quick question if anyone would be kind enough to answer. I filled out my stage 2 form, but just realised that I wasnt supposed to give three scenarios for each question, (which I did-stupidly! :rolleyes: ) but that the a, b and c were actually for different aspects to the scenario. Is this likely to go against me in the interview if I make it that far?
Thanks

dont think it will, but they might just pick one of the examples you named and ask you about a particular one, so you might have to learn off all 12 scenario's rather than 4 now.

Geri Boyle · 09-06-2008 11:05pm

Thanks Dr Mason,
That's ok I dont mind learning them all.. it will be a break from all the analytic reasoning tests I've been doing! Stupid mistake but sure there's not much I can do now I suppose..

ojewriej · 10-06-2008 8:25am

Blue Belle wrote: »

Thanks Dr Mason,
That's ok I dont mind learning them all.. it will be a break from all the analytic reasoning tests I've been doing! Stupid mistake but sure there's not much I can do now I suppose..

A lot of people do that - I've done it twice myself, and passed the interview each time.

Haz33 · 16-06-2008 5:39pm

Blue Belle wrote: »

Hi Everybody.
I'm a newbie on the board, but I've read through quite alot of the other threads on Garda recruitment (Good idea to split the topic, there was alot of great info on it!)
Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for the info. I've just applied for the Guards myself. My aptitude test is in 2 weeks, and last weekend I did a prep day course (very useful)
Anyway, I also have a quick question if anyone would be kind enough to answer. I filled out my stage 2 form, but just realised that I wasnt supposed to give three scenarios for each question, (which I did-stupidly! :rolleyes: ) but that the a, b and c were actually for different aspects to the scenario. Is this likely to go against me in the interview if I make it that far?
Thanks

Wouldn't imagine this will not matter at all. If you fitted 3 scenarios into 1 box, you have a better way with words than me . I got it hard to fit 1 in but as the good doctor says just make sure you know all 12. There is a higher chance of being caught out on interview. Good luck

Haz33 · 16-06-2008 5:49pm

DustyMan wrote: »

Hi all, has anyone any opinion of the age limit rule i.e 35. Will it ever be lifted? Sure I know it was from 26 to 35 a couple of years ago but will they raise it again. The majority of forces in UK including PSNI (age limit 50 I believe?), US and Australia have no upper age limit.
Also is it possible they (Gardai) could (as in other forces worldwide) allow people who have served say 2 years in the reserves a chance to apply to the full time force with no conditions regarding age, within reason! ;-)
Just wondering does anyone have any opinions on the above? :cool:

I know there was a guy in the Feb '08 intake who was 37. He had time served in the defence forces which obviously stood to him. However the definative answer on this can only be answered by the Gardai. I would imagine there is no point in applying they normal way through Publicjobs as the application will not be processed. Ring Garda HQ appointments on (01) 6661644 and ask them straight out is there any intention to increase the upper age limit or on what grounds do they extend this, if any, in special circumstances?
You will then have your answer which I hope you will share here with this thread. Best of luck with your endeavours!

becks4bucks · 18-06-2008 10:57am

new to all this so bare with me! did my test on the 14th , went well. Just a question to haz33 - im 31 and im unsure as to whether they would view this as being too old - like yourself I have had a good few jobs. should i get to the interview , will this pose a problem?

ojewriej · 18-06-2008 11:02am

becks4bucks wrote: »

new to all this so bare with me! did my test on the 14th , went well. Just a question to haz33 - im 31 and im unsure as to whether they would view this as being too old - like yourself I have had a good few jobs. should i get to the interview , will this pose a problem?

I'm no Haz, but I think I can help. It's not a problem at all, there is few of us similar age who went through the process no problem. I'm 28 myself, held about 10 jobs and lived at more than 10 different addresses, here and abroad.

It might slow down your background check a little bit, but that's about it.

In fact, there is a rumour going around that they are looking for "more mature" candidates.

becks4bucks · 18-06-2008 11:17am

cheers for that , funnily enough I was told the exact same thing about the "mature" candidate. Im also married with two kids so that should be enough maturity for them!

sfhawke7w · 18-06-2008 11:30am

i am 34, with a 13yr old boy and have worked plenty of jobs. i feel i have a lot more to offer than an 18yr straight out of school, have worked in various jobs, with various people and have "life experience" which is a big thing nowadays.

should be a laugh in templemore though!! all the auld ones and the young ones!!! wait till you see though the auld ones will be the wildest!!!!

Haz33 · 18-06-2008 11:33am

becks4bucks wrote: »

cheers for that , funnily enough I was told the exact same thing about the "mature" candidate. Im also married with two kids so that should be enough maturity for them!

Yeah becks, like OJ said. You wont have any problems. They do seem to want the older candidate and I too have two kids so it definately doesn't concern them too much.

Haz33 · 18-06-2008 11:34am

sfhawke7w wrote: »

i am 34, with a 13yr old boy and have worked plenty of jobs. i feel i have a lot more to offer than an 18yr straight out of school, have worked in various jobs, with various people and have "life experience" which is a big thing nowadays.

should be a laugh in templemore though!! all the auld ones and the young ones!!! wait till you see though the auld ones will be the wildest!!!!

Yeah I think this is how they get away with not having to employ baby sitters!!

lol

becks4bucks · 18-06-2008 11:48am

cheers lads, did a degree in businesslaw 10 years ago , have worked in accountancy since then with a few companies - for thast three years i have been working parttime and now fulltime as a security guard. really enjoy the whole security aspec ie meeting people , following procedures etc. i made the decision to leave accountancy behind. Ijust dont want to be a security guard for the rest of my life - i really do hope i get into an G.S

Haz33 · 18-06-2008 12:29pm

becks4bucks wrote: »

cheers lads, did a degree in businesslaw 10 years ago , have worked in accountancy since then with a few companies - for thast three years i have been working parttime and now fulltime as a security guard. really enjoy the whole security aspec ie meeting people , following procedures etc. i made the decision to leave accountancy behind. Ijust dont want to be a security guard for the rest of my life - i really do hope i get into an G.S

Good luck with it. Plenty going in your favour. You could be the head of C.A.B. some day.

becks4bucks · 18-06-2008 12:34pm

just getting my foot in the door will do me fine!

ojewriej · 18-06-2008 12:38pm

Haz33 wrote: »

Good luck with it. Plenty going in your favour. You could be the head of C.A.B. some day.

+ 1. I reckon backgrouind in accounting will go a long way

becks4bucks · 18-06-2008 1:31pm

i hope they pass me at stage 1 so i can work on the interview with all my background , hav , oj - are ye both in templemore or are ye in the recruitment process

ojewriej · 18-06-2008 1:36pm

becks4bucks wrote: »

i hope they pass me at stage 1 so i can work on the interview with all my background , hav , oj - are ye both in templemore or are ye in the recruitment process

Oh no, I'm actually Fachtna Murphy, I'll put a word in for you.

Only messing of course, we are after passing eveything, just waiting to be called, background checks are taking ages. Haz might still have a physical to pass, i'm not 100% sure though. Physical is a breeze anyway.

Garda Recruitment - Applying to join An Garda Siochana

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