Hse/Tulsa clerical officer competition 2017

Nelly 21 · 27-03-2017 3:24pm

dark crystal wrote: »

Found the verbal easy enough and finished them all, but the numerical was a horror show. Seemed ok enough to begin with, but got gradually harder. The lack of time was a killer on those. I just couldn't calculate fast enough.

Clerical checking was pretty ok, but didn't finish any of them on time.

I'd be surprised if I got anything higher than middle of the pack on these assessments... I hate maths so much!!

Best of luck everyone.

My thoughts are like yours here. I just finished mine, the maths was iffy. I felt some questions had a few things to do in them rather that just figure a percentage. I guessed some. I made a mess of the error checking on with the first couple of questions by clicking in wrong order!!!

Bit of a disaster but there you go!!

doc22 · 27-03-2017 3:53pm

Wasn't that bad taking away the questionnaire and including math will suit me more then PAS exams

misslemon · 27-03-2017 6:24pm

It wasn't too bad! Just did mine there. Verbal was ok, maths was grand but a bit tricky towards the end. Error checking, which I'm awful at, went by so fast I don't know if it went good, bad or indifferent.

But at least it's done now!

trafficlight · 27-03-2017 11:35pm

Just did the tests. found the Verbal OK, the numerical was ok to begin with, got a bit trickier as it went on. The error checking was too fast.. feeling I messed it up but sure its hard to tell. Good luck everyone

sdem1973 · 28-03-2017 9:39am

Did the test last night.... OMG definitely need a mouse and a calculator, way tougher than public jobs test with the timeout so short :-(

Treatycat · 28-03-2017 10:37am

When we originally picked top 2 locations, does this mean we are applying for 2 separate panels or you'll get which ever you are highest on?

amandag116 · 28-03-2017 11:42am

Treatycat wrote: »

When we originally picked top 2 locations, does this mean we are applying for 2 separate panels or you'll get which ever you are highest on?

You get a place on 2 panels and whatever area gets to your number first you will be offered.

Treatycat · 28-03-2017 1:08pm

amandag116 wrote: »

You get a place on 2 panels and whatever area gets to your number first you will be offered.

Thanks I put North Tipperary/East Limerick As No 1 because that's the location I presently work in but other than where I am rest of Tipperary is much too far away so I put Limerick No 2.

Happyilylost · 28-03-2017 6:48pm

Haven't done this one as thankfully I was placed on a different panel recently. In the last clerical it was said that error checking and comprehension goes towards your ranking but the numerical you only need to pass but does not affect your ranking. Anyone know if this is the case in this panel. Have a few friends that are a bit disheartened after the numerical part of the test.

L390 · 28-03-2017 7:43pm

Well in the pas one numerical wasn't counted

fin12 · 28-03-2017 10:20pm

Well that was f*cking horrible esp maths. Il be pleasantly surprised if I pass. I'm sick to death of doing these exams.

Kobe1 · 28-03-2017 10:28pm

I must admit I feel exactly the same.

fin12 wrote: »

Well that was f*cking horrible esp maths. Il be pleasantly surprised if I pass. I'm sick to death of doing these exams.

mayo pixiebell · 28-03-2017 10:29pm

Kobe1 wrote: »

I must admit I feel exactly the same.

My friends was very different to mine. A lot to read in the verbal!

jules86 · 28-03-2017 10:31pm

mayo pixiebell wrote: »

My friends was very different to mine. A lot to read in the verbal!

Did you do your friends or how do you know theirs was so different?

Xenji · 28-03-2017 10:43pm

jules86 wrote: »

Did you do your friends or how do you know theirs was so different?

The tests are not the same for everyone, the questions are randomised as it would be very easy to cheat otherwise.

jules86 · 28-03-2017 10:45pm

Xenji wrote: »

The tests are not the same for everyone, the questions are randomised as it would be very easy to cheat otherwise.

The questions are different but is the screens with the information, paragraphs and graphs etc.,not the same?

L390 · 28-03-2017 11:07pm

Ah Jesus that was so bloody easy ..what are ye all on about !!!!!!

Purpletoes · 28-03-2017 11:10pm

L390 wrote: »

Ah Jesus that was so bloody easy ..what are ye all on about !!!!!!

I agree. I completed all of it and had loads of time

L390 · 28-03-2017 11:11pm

ONLY JOKING WITH MY POST UP ABOVE ......I need a stiff drink ...what a bloody nightmare !!!!! Disgraceful how hard that was ....there wasn't enough time ...and it panics you trying to keep eye on time ...grrrrrrr ....glad it's done .....best of luck everyone .......

Purpletoes · 28-03-2017 11:12pm

L390 wrote: »

ONLY JOKING WITH MY POST UP ABOVE ......I need a stiff drink ...what a bloody nightmare !!!!! Disgraceful how hard that was ....there wasn't enough time ...and it panics you trying to keep eye on time ...grrrrrrr ....glad it's done .....best of luck everyone .......

Well now I come across as cocky and I don't mean to. Genuinely I found it ok though, pretty much the same as the civil service one
Hope you did ok when the results come in

L390 · 28-03-2017 11:15pm

No you don't come across as cocky ...if it was easy for you it was easy ....be happy you found it ok....best of luck to you .....

fin12 · 28-03-2017 11:22pm

Purpletoes wrote: »

I agree. I completed all of it and had loads of time

U must be unreal at apptitude tests because the majority of those tests put in more questions than is even physically possible to answer all if you are trying to be accurate.

Tpau · 28-03-2017 11:24pm

Well it's done now and I was happy with error checking and verbal reasoning although it's hard to know really. The maths was ok but I was far too slow and didn't get to finish them. Best of luck to everybody.

MAC addict · 29-03-2017 12:04am

Do we have to do supervised tests or is it straight to interview in order of merit from these tests?

29-03-2017 12:08am

MAC addict wrote: »

Do we have to do supervised tests or is it straight to interview in order of merit from these tests?

There was no mention in the info booklet they sent out when you applied afaik

fin12 · 29-03-2017 12:12am

Laylah Sour Bassinet wrote: »

There was no mention in the info booklet they sent out when you applied afaik

It says in the email about the actual assessment that HBS recruit reserve the right to invite candidates to undertake a further supervised assessment. Results from the supervised assessment take precedence over those from the on line assessment.

29-03-2017 12:15am

fin12 wrote: »

It says in the email about the actual assessment that HBS recruit reserve the right to invite candidates to undertake a further supervised assessment. Results from the supervised assessment take precedence over those from the on line assessment.

Fair enough- i only glanced at it as I've done a few of these and didn't see it

Purpletoes · 29-03-2017 12:25am

fin12 wrote: »

U must be unreal at apptitude tests because the majority of those tests put in more questions than is even physically possible to answer all if you are trying to be accurate.

Well I generally score pretty high in them to be honest. I have practiced them a lot over the years too. Maybe I felt less stress in this one because I am not relying on it like previous ones..maybe I got everything wrong.. Will find out soon enough.

fin12 · 29-03-2017 12:42am

Purpletoes wrote: »

Well I generally score pretty high in them to be honest. I have practiced them a lot over the years too. Maybe I felt less stress in this one because I am not relying on it like previous ones..maybe I got everything wrong.. Will find out soon enough.

To be honest some people are just naturally good at them, I have to practice a lot but my brother who wouldn't even practice always scores way higher than me.

MAC addict · 29-03-2017 1:18am

fin12 wrote: »

Laylah Sour Bassinet wrote: »

There was no mention in the info booklet they sent out when you applied afaik

It says in the email about the actual assessment that HBS recruit reserve the right to invite candidates to undertake a further supervised assessment. Results from the supervised assessment take precedence over those from the on line assessment.

I noticed this, this is why I asked, however from what I can see it's not stated as the next stage? Thanks for that.

MAC addict · 29-03-2017 1:18am

fin12 wrote: »

Laylah Sour Bassinet wrote: »

There was no mention in the info booklet they sent out when you applied afaik

It says in the email about the actual assessment that HBS recruit reserve the right to invite candidates to undertake a further supervised assessment. Results from the supervised assessment take precedence over those from the on line assessment.

I noticed this, this is why I asked, however from what I can see it's not stated as the next stage? Thanks for that.

L390 · 29-03-2017 7:25am

Jesus they can't put us through that again

mayo pixiebell · 29-03-2017 8:31am

jules86 wrote: »

Did you do your friends or how do you know theirs was so different?

No I didn't do my friends. She done her's in my house cos I have better internet connection and the verbal passages were different topics

jewels0606 · 29-03-2017 12:47pm

I didn't do the practice ones as I found them more unhelpful than helpful with PAS
So the supervised one in pas went much better
Same with the council ones I did no practice and found it easier
So I did no practice with this and found them easy enough except for one or two maths questions where I ran out of time calculating
I find with me if I practice I almost get lulled into a false sense of security and think it'll be easy and I'll be too relaxed
If I'm mentally prepared to concentrate on something hard I do better
Weird but works better for me
When I practice I do sh** lol

everybodyhas1 · 03-04-2017 10:42pm

dulachodladh wrote: »

Just completed mine this morning, I didn't get to finish the numerical there at the end I ran out of time.

When you clicked your links in the email you received you just got brought to samples and then the test, there was no information displayed showing that it was your test with your name/candidate number right? I found that lack of information a bit odd.

Absolutely agree. The link was not well defined. I thought they could do with looking over the emails & revising them. The instructions were not clear.

misslemon · 03-04-2017 11:41pm

I had to email them because my links didn't work. The links said I'd completed the tests when I hadn't. When I emailed them I got a snippy reply saying they'd reset my links, but to be careful because they wouldn't do it again! I had done nothing, it was their glitchy software issue.

I have to say I haven't been impressed with how this campaign has been run so far.

L390 · 03-04-2017 11:44pm

That's why we are applying we will sort the place out lol

everybodyhas1 · 03-04-2017 11:49pm

misslemon wrote: »

I had to email them because my links didn't work. The links said I'd completed the tests when I hadn't. When I emailed them I got a snippy reply saying they'd reset my links, but to be careful because they wouldn't do it again! I had done nothing, it was their glitchy software issue.

I have to say I haven't been impressed with how this campaign has been run so far.

Spelling/grammatical errors in emails, I also had the wrong surname in email.. I actually wondered if it was a hoax as they asked for our pps

L390 · 03-04-2017 11:51pm

PPS NUMBERS ??? why ???

everybodyhas1 · 03-04-2017 11:54pm

L390 wrote: »

PPS NUMBERS ??? why ???

I dunno why, but it was in the application form ... wasn't it? I was weary giving it but as it was advertised in Publicjobs I just want with it. Then the emails did little for my confidence... hmmm....

everybodyhas1 · 03-04-2017 11:55pm

everybodyhas1 wrote: »

I dunno why, but it was in the application form ... wasn't it? I was weary giving it but as it was advertised in Publicjobs I just want with it. Then the emails did little for my confidence... hmmm....

So weird how we all got the incorrect second name email too. ...

L390 · 03-04-2017 11:57pm

This is not with public jobs ...

everybodyhas1 · 04-04-2017 12:01am

L390 wrote: »

This is not with public jobs ...

Oh, sorry. A friend just forwarded the link & he had been talking about publicjobs. Either way, I'm prob just suspicious of professional bodies with poor grammar ðŸ˜…

misslemon · 04-04-2017 12:10am

Why is it not with Public Jobs? Public Jobs aren't perfect but they run things fairly professionally.

I just can't see why the taxpayer is paying for this crowd of illiterate chancers who blame people for their own mistakes when we already fund the Public Appointments Service to manage, you know, Public Appointments.

I'm getting unreasonably annoyed by this...maybe the idea is to raise our blood pressure to simulate the stressful work conditions of a busy HSE/Tusla department?

everybodyhas1 · 04-04-2017 12:18am

misslemon wrote: »

Why is it not with Public Jobs? Public Jobs aren't perfect but they run things fairly professionally.

I just can't see why the taxpayer is paying for this crowd of illiterate chancers who blame people for their own mistakes when we already fund the Public Appointments Service to manage, you know, Public Appointments.

I'm getting unreasonably annoyed by this...maybe the idea is to raise our blood pressure to simulate the stressful work conditions of a busy HSE/Tusla department?

ðŸ˜‰maybe! Ah no, please don't be annoyed. I'm sure it's as fair as can be. Best of luck to all.

natty_asha · 04-04-2017 1:01am

Well I'm out of this comp. got offered a job on the permanent clerical officers panel in my preferred location. Best of luck to you all!

makeupwitch · 04-04-2017 1:42am

Congratulations natty_asha, do you mind me asking what region you were offered the job in? I'm in the 50's in one region and in the 20's in my 2nd region, still no sign of a job

best of luck in your new job

natty_asha wrote: »

Well I'm out of this comp. got offered a job on the permanent clerical officers panel in my preferred location. Best of luck to you all!

natty_asha · 04-04-2017 9:47am

makeupwitch wrote: »

Congratulations natty_asha, do you mind me asking what region you were offered the job in? I'm in the 50's in one region and in the 20's in my 2nd region, still no sign of a job best of luck in your new job

Offer for Carlow. Had kilkenny as my other choice but never heard anything from there after stage one.

Sarahlaois · 06-04-2017 10:57am

Hi all. Do you think we might expect the results from the test on this one shortly? Next week maybe?

everybodyhas1 · 06-04-2017 10:58am

Sarahlaois wrote: »

Hi all. Do you think we might expect the results from the test on this one shortly? Next week maybe?

The 11th, is what I understood the email said.

Hse/Tulsa clerical officer competition 2017

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