Defence forces Recruitment 2018

Craigeer · 22-03-2018 11:26am #1

Hey anyone know when they are recruiting for general service ?? Rumours it was march or april

P0dr1ck · 26-03-2018 3:07pm

Ye it started today, you should see it on their website that you can start applying

Itainire · 26-03-2018 4:43pm

Craigeer wrote: »

Hey anyone know when they are recruiting for general service ?? Rumours it was march or april

Yeah open today! Just applied! Fingers crossed

P0dr1ck · 26-03-2018 4:52pm

Itainire wrote: »

Craigeer wrote: »

Hey anyone know when they are recruiting for general service ?? Rumours it was march or april

Yeah open today! Just applied! Fingers crossed

Did you apply for both 1st and 2nd Brigade or just one of them?

Itainire · 26-03-2018 4:58pm

P0dr1ck wrote: »

Did you apply for both 1st and 2nd Brigade or just one of them?

I applied for Kildare and Curragh.. I don't think you can apply for more than one brigade also because it says they try facilitate everyone but can't be take for sure.. do you think apply for them 3 would make any difference in the process?

P0dr1ck · 26-03-2018 5:10pm

I applied for 2nd Brigade and the Navy, didn't have any issues there and was thinking of just applying to 1st Brigade as well, I honestly wouldn't have a clue if it makes any difference if you apply to one or all, maybe someone will post under this and let us know.

Itainire · 26-03-2018 5:19pm

I guess the only thing we can do now is wait to get the psychometric test email.

BadBannana · 29-03-2018 11:18am

My Cadetship feedback included this statement:

"It is planned to launch Cadetship 2018 in the next week or so, please keep an eye on www.military.ie/careers for our online application"

BadBannana · 29-03-2018 11:18am

My Cadetship feedback included this statement:

"It is planned to launch Cadetship 2018 in the next week or so, please keep an eye on www.military.ie/careers for our online application"

Itainire · 29-03-2018 1:41pm

Yeah sorry I was referring to general service

jliz · 03-04-2018 12:44am

I have applied for Army and Navy Cadetships this year, would it be advisable to apply for general service as well? So , if I failed to gain a Cadetship but was accepted as a recruit for General Service and would have a better chance in the next Cadetship Competition after serving a year in the PDF?

fergie199 · 04-04-2018 7:46am

The 1st intake this year for general service aka recruits is this month around 16th an they will be training in county Louth 2brigade

iisbran · 06-04-2018 10:28pm

I'm starting my training in Aiken Barracks Dundalk on the 16th of April yeah. I Applied at November last year so it does take a while to get in (assuming you pass everything)

Donaldboy25 · 13-04-2018 11:33pm

Hey guys can I ask y'all Abit of advice I've got my hearing tested 7 times at hospital and audiologist they said I'm fine last year failed army medical with hearing test yet hospital said I was fine do any of u Kno if I just press the button for hearing would I fail like just keep pressing

fergie199 · 13-04-2018 11:41pm

If ur repeatedly pressing the guys will stop ur test- give you a retest an that’s that. Listen out for the sounds they are not all beeps. Good luck

Donaldboy25 · 13-04-2018 11:47pm

fergie199 wrote: »

If ur repeatedly pressing the guys will stop ur test- give you a retest an that’s that. Listen out for the sounds they are not all beeps. Good luck

Ye I do listen I've spent a lot money getting my ears checked out and I've been told there's nothing wrong with my hearing yet I fail at army hearing test

fergie199 · 13-04-2018 11:56pm

The army has a different standard as opposed to typical tests and it’s all for good reasons- the army hearing test is not exactly the same as a civilian hearing test and is not marked the same.

Donaldboy25 · 13-04-2018 11:59pm

fergie199 wrote: »

The army has a different standard as opposed to typical tests and it’s all for good reasons- the army hearing test is not exactly the same as a civilian hearing test and is not marked the same.

Does anyone know what the actually pass is for the army hearing test like what is a pass

fergie199 · 14-04-2018 12:01am

I don’t think anyone can provide that not unless u speak directly to the army medical board but I would assume it’s got to be above 50% to pass

Itainire · 15-04-2018 8:56pm

So in less than 10 days psychometric test time window will start.. just wondering will the result be immediate after the last day of tests?
How long more or less would pass between psychometric test and fitness test?
Thanks guys

BadBannana · 15-04-2018 10:02pm

Itainire wrote: »

So in less than 10 days psychometric test time window will start.. just wondering will the result be immediate after the last day of tests?
How long more or less would pass between psychometric test and fitness test?
Thanks guys

So last year I did my Psychometric in late April/early May and did my fitness etc near the end of June. They cycle through a good few groups though. One guy did general service fitness and about a week later claimed he had a Cadetship fitness.

Itainire · 24-04-2018 3:21pm

Emails are supposed to arrive today.. can't wait to see what the test looks like

P0dr1ck · 24-04-2018 3:35pm

I had a look at the practice booklets on the mindmill site, if the real tests are anything like those examples then it should be easy enough to do.

BadBannana · 24-04-2018 3:48pm

It's not super difficult but I always found the memory one a bit tough

BadBannana · 24-04-2018 5:09pm

Way different to last year, but it could be because I only applied for the cadetship last year. The test with the arrows pointing in various directions was pretty difficult after a certain point, the directions stopped making sense in my head

Itainire · 24-04-2018 9:10pm

I am italian so I think the most difficult part is that one in which you need remember 3 categories and then find how many words match them.. if you know what I mean, I don't know many type of tools trees or insects haha hopefully there will be common words.. am I doing something wrong or the practice test is only one and it never change?? I did it already few good times and it didn't change

BadBannana · 24-04-2018 9:12pm

Itainire wrote: »

I am italian so I think the most difficult part is that one in which you need remember 3 categories and then find how many words match them.. if you know what I mean, I don't know many type of tools trees or insects haha hopefully there will be common words.. am I doing something wrong or the practice test is only one and it never change?? I did it already few good times and it didn't change

There's only one practise don't worry

P0dr1ck · 24-04-2018 10:41pm

Were you guys able to complete all of the questions or were you cut off mid questions?

Craigeer · 24-04-2018 11:03pm

P0dr1ck wrote: »

Were you guys able to complete all of the questions or were you cut off mid questions?

Ya like its like they have set times and u just keep awnsering qs until time is up

Craigeer · 25-04-2018 10:49am

P0dr1ck wrote: »

Were you guys able to complete all of the questions or were you cut off mid questions?

How did u find it ??

P0dr1ck · 25-04-2018 12:03pm

Not too bad to be honest, I might have messed up 4 or 5 answers altogether, I think I messed up on 1 or 2 in the arrows and then the section where they say "cat is left of dog, dog is right of lion, whats furthest right" but the other sections seemed dead on lol so hopefully I'll get to the next stage

Craigeer · 25-04-2018 12:25pm

P0dr1ck wrote: »

Not too bad to be honest, I might have messed up 4 or 5 answers altogether, I think I messed up on 1 or 2 in the arrows and then the section where they say "cat is left of dog, dog is right of lion, whats furthest right" but the other sections seemed dead on lol so hopefully I'll get to the next stage

Great to hear. Ya same arrows were tricky enough but the rest was ok .. any idea how long the wait will be until we find out . Youd be dieing to know the result lol

P0dr1ck · 25-04-2018 12:33pm

ye hopefully they dont make us wait too long, I never applied before so I have no idea how long we could be waiting for

Itainire · 28-04-2018 12:57pm

I noticed in my test there was no questions about me, my personality etc even tough in the practice booklet there are examples of those kind of questions. Is it normal I didn't get any?

BadBannana · 28-04-2018 1:14pm

Itainire wrote: »

I noticed in my test there was no questions about me, my personality etc even tough in the practice booklet there are examples of those kind of questions. Is it normal I didn't get any?

Last year I got a psychological test before my interview. So it's at a later stage if general enlistment gets those kinds of questions at all

Donaldboy25 · 29-04-2018 10:05pm

Hey guys im just going to do the pyscomteric test was just wondering how much time did you have if anyone can remember please are they hard

P0dr1ck · 29-04-2018 10:08pm

Questions werent that hard, timing wise you might have 5minutes per section

Donaldboy25 · 29-04-2018 10:09pm

Thank you P0dr1ck the sums man is it the same kind as practise or will there be 3 or 4 sums in each question if u get me like will it be just say 15-5 + 9 or likw just 2 sums

P0dr1ck · 29-04-2018 10:11pm

Just two, just like in the practice test

Donaldboy25 · 29-04-2018 10:12pm

Thank you man the sums was there any real hard ones like multiply kind or like just normal kind

Donaldboy25 · 29-04-2018 10:13pm

like on practise the multiply ones were 3x2 is there ones where there like 9x8 things like that

P0dr1ck · 29-04-2018 10:13pm

multiply, divide, add and subtract, nothing hard, just normal stuff

Donaldboy25 · 29-04-2018 10:14pm

Thanks man doing it now lol

P0dr1ck · 03-05-2018 6:58pm

Anyone who applied to the navy, did any of you guys get an email about a Fitness and Information Briefing in Cathal Brugha or naval base in cork? Any idea if its worth going to, I'm guessing its just like an open day in which they show you what you would do in the navy?

Craigeer · 04-05-2018 11:54am

Anyone get any feed back on the army pyc test ??

Itainire · 04-05-2018 6:23pm

Craigeer wrote: »

Anyone get any feed back on the army pyc test ??

I didn't did you?

Warriors4 · 06-05-2018 3:31am

Got the email inviting to interview/fitness this month...? Anyone else?

P0dr1ck · 06-05-2018 9:54am

Warriors4 wrote: »

Got the email inviting to interview/fitness this month...? Anyone else?

Nice one lad, when is your medical and where are you doing it?

Warriors4 · 06-05-2018 11:01am

P0dr1ck wrote: »

Nice one lad, when is your medical and where are you doing it?

Cathal Brugha for the fitness 16th of may, anyone know will the supervised psych test be similar to the online one?

shaneo_carter · 08-05-2018 3:23pm

Has anyone not recieved an email regarding the results of the psych test yet?

P0dr1ck · 08-05-2018 3:25pm

shaneo_carter wrote: »

Has anyone not recieved an email regarding the results of the psych test yet?

Ye I haven't got anything yet lad

Defence forces Recruitment 2018

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