HSE/Tusla Assistant Staff Officer Grade IV

eimaj77 wrote: »

Just finished now myself. Both of them went well - am confident I answered most of them correctly, but the time flew by! It's very frantic! A poster above asked whether timing will come into play - so if two people got the same amount of questions done, but one did it quicker, the quicker person will be placed higher on the list. That's probably where I'll fall down as I answered them all, but the timing was off. Ah well!

Best of luck to everyone else. Don't leave it to the last minute tomorrow.

ooops i had a like 30 seconds left for some of the parts and let the time run down to give myself a little break... silly

Messed up during the error checking section, was caught up trying to work through it fast, my mouse hit something and next thing i got the message saying responses loaded. Just wondering how many sections of 8 questions was there?

claregal1 wrote: »

No it only finished a few weeks before this one came on - I wasn't eligible to apply for it so had to apply externally but quite a few long timers grade 3's in my office did apply- they haven't been called for interview yet though ....

How come you weren't able to apply internally...seems odd if you've been there for some time. You would think that they would prefer people like you who have knowledge of the system as you already work there.

claregal1 wrote: »

I haven't been working long enough with the HSE to apply and all sections are different and have different functions and roles- it is like Revenue, you could have been working in Debt Management in one office and only be trained in that and then transfer out and be working in paye only and would have to be retrained again.

HSE ran a Grade III competition last year for specific purpose contracts which is what I am on now, but have still applied for the new Grade III and Grade IV as well.

Oh that's a shame, is your role in a hospital?

I remember that campaign as I was annoyed that I missed it, but glad to be on the right track for the permanent campaign which would be great if something comes out of it. Fingers crossed for all of us. Thanks for the info.

claregal1 wrote: »

Hi , no I'm not in a hospital , based in an office setting but can travel alot. Don't want to say too much on this but if you have any questions PM and I will try and help you .

Ah sounds interesting. Thanks I understand. Best of luck with the competition.

trafficlight wrote: »

Really... Have they been many placed as a result of the internal competition or is it still ongoing?

The internal competition is running at the same time as this competition. It is limited to people currently in a temporary appointment as a Grade 4. 20 percent of positions are to be filled from the internal panel and 80 percent from this panel.
The internal applicants have submitted competency based applications that will be evaluated in September to see who goes to the next stage of interviews.

Jellytots82 wrote: »

Hi Can anyone tell me when the aptitude results should issue for this competition. I can't find the email with the dates. thanks

Yes Wednesday according to the information given. Hope we all do well. Best of luck everyone.

Bit disappointed. Got 78th percentile. Hopefully I get something with that

131 81st percentile. Bit disappointed as felt I did very well.

I wouldnt even say what percentile i received. Absolutley dumbfounded how it was even possible to do as bad as I have. Walked away from the test feeling like it was a walk in the park. I would love to see my answers again. Totally confused.
But well done to all that got on well!

Hi all,
New to boards forum, just received results for assistant staff officer too got 120 58th percentile, I don't think its too bad, I may not get called first time around, but I was reading the threads and 144 - 95th percentile ,mine 120 was 58th, not to much of a difference in the points but there is in the percentages. So my question is overall ((roughly)how many people went for these tests? And what areas did they select? I selected Tipperary and Limerick. And I'm not too sure it makes a difference, I am a Temporary Clerical Officer at the moment, and I scored 12th over all for county Tipperary, and a few people who scored lower than me started jobs before I did. So my does it make a difference after round one once you passed?
Thanks Maggie

oh, well if it was 10,000 guess I wont get called then...... ah well I will practice for the next one! Thanks Good luck to all too.

Scored 119 - which gives me only 56 percentile I did much better with the clerical officer one. Seems strange how they work out the percentiles and someone here got 144 which gave them 95 percentile. Thought I'd done much better, but I guess it all depends how many jobs are available in a particular location and how many applied to that area. As far as I know this score is for the entire cohort of people who applied and not based on the area of choice. Best of luck everyone who scored high... let us know if ye are called to the next stage.

Ya think it's entire cohort that's what it says on my results email anyways