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Administrative Officer 2020 in the Civil Service

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  • Registered Users Posts: 308 ✭✭FenFlynn


    Aleece2020 wrote: »
    You and me both! I got an email from PAS today and thought it must be it, but it was for the Temporary CO assessment. :(

    Did you get results yet for the recorded interview?
    It seems to be taking ages for the recorded interviews results to be out. I wonder if we are waiting for all the specialised streams to finish and results out before the assessment centre.


  • Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭TheRoyce


    Any guesses on when the results from the specialised stream interviews might be out?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,761 ✭✭✭AngryLips


    TheRoyce wrote: »
    Any guesses on when the results from the specialised stream interviews might be out?

    FenFlynn wrote: »
    Did you get results yet for the recorded interview?
    It seems to be taking ages for the recorded interviews results to be out. I wonder if we are waiting for all the specialised streams to finish and results out before the assessment centre.


    The deadline to complete the video interview for the business/finance stream is tonight.


  • Registered Users Posts: 308 ✭✭FenFlynn


    AngryLips wrote: »
    The deadline to complete the video interview for the business/finance stream is tonight.

    I meant for the relational stream, I think they went straight to recorded interview, just trying to get a timeframe.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭Aleece2020


    FenFlynn wrote: »
    Did you get results yet for the recorded interview?
    It seems to be taking ages for the recorded interviews results to be out. I wonder if we are waiting for all the specialised streams to finish and results out before the assessment centre.

    Nothing here yet. I had a message from someone who emailed about the results and they were it’d be next Monday the 23rd before the results start coming out.


  • Registered Users Posts: 308 ✭✭FenFlynn


    Aleece2020 wrote: »
    Nothing here yet. I had a message from someone who emailed about the results and they were it’d be next Monday the 23rd before the results start coming out.

    Grand thanks! They are taking their time. We could be waiting a while for the TS result as well then


  • Registered Users Posts: 82 ✭✭jw_sweetman


    Does anyone have any idea as to when the business/finance vid interview results are coming out? Deadline was only last week so i doubt it'll be today anyway.


  • Registered Users Posts: 13 greensoda


    Is there anyone but me who has submitted their application form and wasn´t invited to an interview yet?


  • Registered Users Posts: 44 PeachL00pies


    greensoda wrote: »
    Is there anyone but me who has submitted their application form and wasn´t invited to an interview yet?

    Interviewed for Health Policy Analyst but didn't get anything back in relation to the application form for the standard AO competition.


  • Registered Users Posts: 9 BellaCiao


    greensoda wrote: »
    Is there anyone but me who has submitted their application form and wasn´t invited to an interview yet?

    I applied for the general stream and also haven't heard anything back since sending in the application form.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭Govannan


    BellaCiao wrote: »
    I applied for the general stream and also haven't heard anything back since sending in the application form.

    Don't think anyone has.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭Aleece2020


    BellaCiao wrote: »
    I applied for the general stream and also haven't heard anything back since sending in the application form.

    I applied for a few different streams, the status of mine so far are:

    Developmental Specialist Officer: OOM received; not called to further tests or interviews yet as they only took a small batch forward.

    Third Secretary: OOM received, not called to further tests or interviews yet as they only took a small batch forward.

    General Stream: OOM received, not called to further tests or interviews yet as they only took a small batch forward.

    Industrial Relations: No word back as of yet; went straight to video interview/recorded interview with no other tests beforehand.


  • Registered Users Posts: 16 Mogs121


    Hi,

    Has anyone got through to the presentation stage for IGEES? Any ideas on what the exercise might be?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 461 ✭✭silent_spark


    Industrial Relations ‘live’ interview invites are out. Still no sign of an OOM though.


  • Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭La Bamba


    Would anyone know where the assessment centre/s would be ?


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,285 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    La Bamba wrote: »
    Would anyone know where the assessment centre/s would be ?

    In PAS on Capel Street, Dublin 1.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,114 ✭✭✭Augme


    All assessments will be done online this year and you won't be asked to attend anything in person.


  • Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭ddpas


    Anyone heard anything yet?


  • Registered Users Posts: 308 ✭✭FenFlynn


    ddpas wrote: »
    Anyone heard anything yet?

    Not a peep


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  • Registered Users Posts: 44 PeachL00pies


    Health stream results are out for the second stage.


  • Registered Users Posts: 13 pluggedout


    Maybe they are working their way through the 2019 General Stream panel before proceeding to next stage. They just formed a new one in November so would make little sense if they didn't exhaust that first I guess.p


  • Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭ddpas


    Results also out for the business and finance stream :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 308 ✭✭FenFlynn


    ddpas wrote: »
    Results also out for the business and finance stream :)

    They are probably waiting for every stream to do the assessments together. The general stream just goes straight to assessment centre, whereas some streams have to go through a recorded interview first.


  • Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭ddpas


    The next stage of the finance stream is an interview and presentation, seems to have skipped assessment centre entirely!


  • Registered Users Posts: 19 Wyattwouldnt


    ddpas wrote: »
    The next stage of the finance stream is an interview and presentation, seems to have skipped assessment centre entirely!

    I might be wrong but I thought the assessment centre was the interview and presentation?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 308 ✭✭FenFlynn


    ddpas wrote: »
    The next stage of the finance stream is an interview and presentation, seems to have skipped assessment centre entirely!

    I presume you made it through to the next round, congratulations!
    There hasn't been anything on the general stream so far since stage 1 results were out.


  • Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭ddpas


    I might be wrong but I thought the assessment centre was the interview and presentation?

    Fair that could be it yeah! Just for the third sec competition the assessment was a written exercise and not an interview


  • Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭ddpas


    FenFlynn wrote: »
    I presume you made it through to the next round, congratulations!
    There hasn't been anything on the general stream so far since stage 1 results were out.

    Thanks a mil! I'd say there are a lot more candidates in the general stream so that could explain the delay


  • Registered Users Posts: 175 ✭✭R777B


    Has anyone contacted PAS about what the next possible steps for the general stream will be?

    If its the case that they have completed pre-recorded video interviews for the specialized streams, and created new OOM's based on that - will they pull all of the specialized steams and the general stream (based on OOM from the original aptitude tests) forward for interviewing/presentation together?


  • Registered Users Posts: 19 Wyattwouldnt


    ddpas wrote: »
    Fair that could be it yeah! Just for the third sec competition the assessment was a written exercise and not an interview

    Who knows at this stage! I think we still have an assessment centre coming up for third sec too unfortunately 😅 Provided we pass the last one...


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  • Registered Users Posts: 82 ✭✭jw_sweetman


    Got my results for the business/finance video interview. Was told that I passed, but didn't score high enough to progress onto stage 3. Did anyone else get this? I'm assuming this means I'm out of the stream now?


  • Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭ddpas


    Who knows at this stage! I think we still have an assessment centre coming up for third sec too unfortunately �� Provided we pass the last one...

    Is stage 4 not an interview? Can't cope with how long the process is


  • Registered Users Posts: 308 ✭✭FenFlynn


    Only 253 called forward for the general stream, I don't know what's delaying them to be honest. Already finished stage 3 for the Third Sec.


  • Registered Users Posts: 308 ✭✭FenFlynn


    Who knows at this stage! I think we still have an assessment centre coming up for third sec too unfortunately �� Provided we pass the last one...

    There is only an interview left after the precis. Fingers crossed for that one, hopefully we hear something next week


  • Registered Users Posts: 19 Wyattwouldnt


    ddpas wrote: »
    Is stage 4 not an interview? Can't cope with how long the process is

    Is it? Oh that would be great. I must be mixing up competitions haha.


  • Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭TheRoyce


    Anyone hear from the HR stream yet?


  • Registered Users Posts: 14 Yer_Wan_1202


    Got my results for the business/finance video interview. Was told that I passed, but didn't score high enough to progress onto stage 3. Did anyone else get this? I'm assuming this means I'm out of the stream now?

    Yeah same with me! I didn't realise the score to get through to stage 3 would be so high - you need an average of nearly 80 per question, but only 40 to pass?!


  • Registered Users Posts: 9 BellaCiao


    Just received a message from PAS there about the next stage.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭floorpie


    BellaCiao wrote: »
    Just received a message from PAS there about the next stage.

    Same.

    "Candidates who applied, and are eligible for more than one stream, will attend for interview once". Wish I'd just ticked the boxes for all competitions now :S

    Also FYI: " By taking part you are also agreeing that you will not share the content of the presentation brief with anyone, either in person, on social media or by any other means."


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭floorpie


    I've not yet interviewed during the Zoom era, and never for a job whose interviews need suits (I'm in tech), what does everyone recommend wearing for something like this?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 308 ✭✭FenFlynn


    floorpie wrote: »
    Same.

    "Candidates who applied, and are eligible for more than one stream, will attend for interview once". Wish I'd just ticked the boxes for all competitions now :S

    Also FYI: " By taking part you are also agreeing that you will not share the content of the presentation brief with anyone, either in person, on social media or by any other means."

    Which stream is that for? I haven't heard anything yet


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 461 ✭✭silent_spark


    Got my results for the business/finance video interview. Was told that I passed, but didn't score high enough to progress onto stage 3. Did anyone else get this? I'm assuming this means I'm out of the stream now?

    Yep. Same here. I wasn't sure if I'd go ahead with the video interview or not, but I'm glad I did. It's good to realise the standard required. I scored 80 / 67 / 66, 213 in total but required 231 to proceed.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2 5001800


    Got my results for the business/finance video interview. Was told that I passed, but didn't score high enough to progress onto stage 3. Did anyone else get this? I'm assuming this means I'm out of the stream now?

    Same with me but I was only 1 point away from progressing. Is there a way to appeal to see if they will bump up my score by 1 point!


  • Registered Users Posts: 308 ✭✭FenFlynn


    floorpie wrote: »
    I've not yet interviewed during the Zoom era, and never for a job whose interviews need suits (I'm in tech), what does everyone recommend wearing for something like this?

    I'd always wear business attire for an interview, suit and trousers or skirt, no matter where I do it, but it's just personal choice. It makes me feel right in the mood as opposed to the casual wear everyday.


  • Registered Users Posts: 308 ✭✭FenFlynn


    5001800 wrote: »
    Same with me but I was only 1 point away from progressing. Is there a way to appeal to see if they will bump up my score by 1 point!

    That's a killer! If I were you I wouldn't be discouraged by that though, they always seem to run out after one round. You'll be the first to be called forward should that happen this year.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭PhoenixParker



    Yep. Same here. I wasn't sure if I'd go ahead with the video interview or not, but I'm glad I did. It's good to realise the standard required. I scored 80 / 67 / 66, 213 in total but required 231 to proceed.
    5001800 wrote: »
    Same with me but I was only 1 point away from progressing. Is there a way to appeal to see if they will bump up my score by 1 point!

    If you reach the qualifying mark, you will be called forward if they do another round of interviews.

    The application booklet will outline an appeals procedure.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭floorpie


    FenFlynn wrote: »
    I'd always wear business attire for an interview, suit and trousers or skirt, no matter where I do it, but it's just personal choice. It makes me feel right in the mood as opposed to the casual wear everyday.

    Thanks. I wouldn't wear casual but I'm in two minds between just shirt/shirt tie, and full suit. And it was the general stream!


  • Registered Users Posts: 308 ✭✭FenFlynn


    floorpie wrote: »
    Thanks. I wouldn't wear casual but I'm in two minds between just shirt/shirt tie, and full suit. And it was the general stream!

    Sorry, do you mind me asking what your OOM is, I'm slightly after 100 but haven't heard anything yet for the/ general stream. Thanks


  • Registered Users Posts: 308 ✭✭FenFlynn


    Has everyone from the General stream heard news about the next stage? Still no notification here, I emailed them to ask how many were brought forward. Getting concerned that I didn't make shortlisting based on application form or my form wasn't submitted properly. That would just be too much! Hopefully it's just only top 100 called forward first.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭floorpie


    FenFlynn wrote: »
    Has everyone from the General stream heard news about the next stage? Still no notification here, I emailed them to ask how many were brought forward. Getting concerned that I didn't make shortlisting based on application form or my form wasn't submitted properly. That would just be too much! Hopefully it's just only top 100 called forward first.

    I sent you a PM


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