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Interdepartmental Higher Executive Officer 2020 - (Serving Civil Servants ONLY)

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    #242
    keepkeyyellow
    Registered Users Posts: 705 ✭✭✭keepkeyyellow


    Anyone know when the results will be out?


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    #243
    eimaj18
    Registered Users Posts: 442 ✭✭eimaj18


    Just finished. Tough, but a tiny bit easier than the practice ones I was doing on AssessmentDay.co.uk Was working a few numerical out, have the answer and then that wasn't a choice! Doh! Just picked the nearest one to it. Some phrased very badly. The verbal were tough as always - the difference between TRUE/FALSE and CANNOT SAY is always debatable for me! Oh well, done now.

    Usually results are out anything from a couple of days to a week or two after the closing date. So, earliest Friday, but doubtful.


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    #244
    Kenevil
    Registered Users Posts: 161 ✭✭Kenevil


    keepkeyyellow wrote: »
    Anyone know when the results will be out?

    We probably won't get results until we've completed stage 1 b


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    #245
    westhamlady
    Registered Users Posts: 76 ✭✭westhamlady


    Did the assessment, when I was showing my ID, though it was prefect on the screen but once I accepted it , it was very blurry, should I contact Public Jobs about this or wait and see. Found the numerical very difficult so don't think I will get very far in this comp.


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    #246
    Littlefinger
    Registered Users Posts: 774 ✭✭✭Littlefinger


    Kenevil wrote: »
    We probably won't get results until we've completed stage 1 b

    What is stage 1b? I don't see any mention of it in the info book


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    #247
    Kenevil
    Registered Users Posts: 161 ✭✭Kenevil


    Littlefinger wrote: »
    What is stage 1b? I don't see any mention of it in the info book

    They don't say what it is but more than likely it will be a situational judgement test. Unless its not a test and its short listing


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    #248
    Littlefinger
    Registered Users Posts: 774 ✭✭✭Littlefinger


    Kenevil wrote: »
    They don't say what it is but more than likely it will be a situational judgement test. Unless its not a test and its short listing

    strange if there is a separate stage for the situational judgement test. If memory serves the last time i went for HEO they had that with the rest of the testes inpart a.


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    #249
    Dublintigger
    Registered Users Posts: 569 ✭✭✭Dublintigger


    Kenevil wrote: »
    We probably won't get results until we've completed stage 1 b

    It seems to be a long process.....


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    #250
    RC01
    Registered Users Posts: 82 ✭✭RC01


    I know it is different now as the test style has changed, however when I did the EO competititon in 2019 it was situational first, then shortlisted to complete numerical and verbal. Perhaps someone who has done the recent EO Competition may know?


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    #251
    keepkeyyellow
    Registered Users Posts: 705 ✭✭✭keepkeyyellow


    Kenevil wrote: »
    We probably won't get results until we've completed stage 1 b

    I assumed we’d find out results after 1a so they only take successful people into 1b
    RC01 wrote: »
    I know it is different now as the test style has changed, however when I did the EO competititon in 2019 it was situational first, then shortlisted to complete numerical and verbal. Perhaps someone who has done the recent EO Competition may know?

    Like this!


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    #252
    connectq
    Registered Users Posts: 115 ✭✭connectq


    Could I used phone to record yourself and my work computer to do the test? Work computer does not have a camera. Or should I should I borrow a laptop to complete both together?


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    #253
    RC01
    Registered Users Posts: 82 ✭✭RC01


    There is recordings during the assessment so I would borrow a laptop if you could.


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    #254
    eroc79
    Registered Users Posts: 461 ✭✭eroc79


    connectq wrote: »
    Could I used phone to record yourself and my work computer to do the test? Work computer does not have a camera. Or should I should I borrow a laptop to complete both together?

    There's apps you can use to turn your phone into a webcam.
    I've used droidcam in the past


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    #255
    Longfordgal
    Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭Longfordgal


    Hi all, Thanks for all the really great tips, I'm planning on taking the exams tomorrow... Has anyone taken the 2 exams in different sittings?, is that possible?


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    #256
    eimaj18
    Registered Users Posts: 442 ✭✭eimaj18


    Longfordgal wrote: »
    Hi all, Thanks for all the really great tips, I'm planning on taking the exams tomorrow... Has anyone taken the 2 exams in different sittings?, is that possible?

    I'm not sure but it does say that if you have any connection problems, you can log back in and take up from when you left off. So I would guess so but I can't say definitively. It's quite short though so I would just go for it if you can.

    Best of luck.


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    #257
    italodisco
    Registered Users Posts: 1,426 ✭✭✭italodisco


    Well I did the practice tests and I'm shocked at how my maths abilities have declined lol

    Not very confident now, will do it late tonight or tomorrow. Definitely rattled though


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    #258
    Dagner88
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭Dagner88


    Just did the test there. Found verbal reasoning okay, numerical was very difficult. Some of the answers I was getting wasn't an option so had to guess a few! Sayong this, I did find the sova system better thelan previous ones. Fingers crossed I did enough to go to next stage.

    Best of luck everyone!!


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    #259
    Kenevil
    Registered Users Posts: 161 ✭✭Kenevil


    italodisco wrote: »
    Well I did the practice tests and I'm shocked at how my maths abilities have declined lol

    Not very confident now, will do it late tonight or tomorrow. Definitely rattled though

    In any of the practice ones i was doing it was all %increase, %decrease, getting % of a no for example what % is 18 of 100 and ratios.
    Alot of the questions i got in the test were averages a few %'s 1 ratio question. All very wordy questions too


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    #260
    Kenevil
    Registered Users Posts: 161 ✭✭Kenevil


    Dagner88 wrote: »
    Just did the test there. Found verbal reasoning okay, numerical was very difficult. Some of the answers I was getting wasn't an option so had to guess a few! Sayong this, I did find the sova system better thelan previous ones. Fingers crossed I did enough to go to next stage.

    Best of luck everyone!!

    I found that with the numerical too I had one graph i couldn't make heads nor tails of all 3 of those were complete guesses...


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    #261
    Dalio
    Registered Users Posts: 76 ✭✭Dalio


    Quick question there is no deductive reason on this one right?


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    #262
    hellr
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭hellr


    Dalio wrote: »
    Quick question there is no deductive reason on this one right?

    Just verbal and numerical


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    #263
    caarp
    Registered Users Posts: 173 ✭✭caarp


    Kenevil wrote: »
    In any of the practice ones i was doing it was all %increase, %decrease, getting % of a no for example what % is 18 of 100 and ratios.
    Alot of the questions i got in the test were averages a few %'s 1 ratio question. All very wordy questions too

    I'm sure you did great. Wouldn't it be great if they just asked simple math questions without all the verbage? Are there any currency exchange conversion questions?


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    #264
    Rabaen
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭Rabaen


    Did mine yesterday, not feeling very confident about it. Like @Kenevil I had one graph where all 3 questions made no sense in relation to the information given.

    Had some issues with the bar graphs not being clear about what numbers they stopped at.

    Anyway, I'll just hope that I did well enough to get through.


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    #265
    applejunkie
    Registered Users Posts: 367 ✭✭applejunkie


    Can you use your phone as a calculator? I just realised I don't have an actual calculator, I can go buy one if I need to but would be handier if I can use my phone


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    #266
    eimaj18
    Registered Users Posts: 442 ✭✭eimaj18


    applejunkie wrote: »
    Can you use your phone as a calculator? I just realised I don't have an actual calculator, I can go buy one if I need to but would be handier if I can use my phone

    I had the same thought and was just going to put phone on flight mode, have phone open on calculator and show that in the video when you pan the room. I was doing it in my parent’s-in-law’s house so they could mind the kids and they had a calculator. Was clunky so would’ve preferred the phone.


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    #267
    Blueskies2019
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭Blueskies2019


    applejunkie wrote: »
    Can you use your phone as a calculator? I just realised I don't have an actual calculator, I can go buy one if I need to but would be handier if I can use my phone

    The simple answer is No. Unless you are taking the actual test on the mobile. Have a look at the Pre-test link!


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    #268
    lucat
    Registered Users Posts: 337 ✭✭lucat


    Rabaen wrote: »
    Did mine yesterday, not feeling very confident about it. Like @Kenevil I had one graph where all 3 questions made no sense in relation to the information given.

    Had some issues with the bar graphs not being clear about what numbers they stopped at.

    Anyway, I'll just hope that I did well enough to get through.

    I had one nonsensical graph that asked you to predict absentee rates for the Charity sector for 2017...when there was no way to predict that as the rates fluctuated for the previous years. It was bizarre. I think there might have been a mistake in the question, it seemed like something was left out. I also had the same issue with not being able to see clearly where the bars stopped for a lot of them. I could see it was half way-ish between 10 and 20, but was it at 15, 16 or 17?

    Not ideal.


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    #269
    insert name here 123
    Registered Users Posts: 388 ✭✭insert name here 123


    Hi, can I ask, for those applying for this comp.

    How much experience do you have managing staff? I am right in thinking you would need to have good few years experience (managerial) before applying?

    Just curious to get an idea. Don't need exact details, just generally speaking...


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    #270
    Uncle Pierre
    Registered Users Posts: 1,467 ✭✭✭Uncle Pierre


    I did the tests myself last night and am just going to give up thinking about them....and reading about them here too.

    For instance, I didn't get questions about a charity and absentee rates, and because of this whole "adaptive" thing, I don't know if that's because I wasn't doing well enough to get the "tougher" questions, or if that was actually supposed to be one of the "easier" ones and I was getting "tougher" ones instead.

    Will say though that I got the shipping container ones and am confident that I worked them out properly, and that normally I do pretty well on numbers anyway.

    As for the verbal ones....they didn't seem to get noticeably easier or harder as I went along. That could mean that either I was doing so poorly that even the "easier" ones didn't seem easier, or else I was doing so well that even the "tougher" ones didn't seem tougher!

    Suppose we'll all find out in due course anyway. Good luck to all.


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    #271
    eroc79
    Registered Users Posts: 461 ✭✭eroc79


    Uncle Pierre wrote: »
    I did the tests myself last night and am just going to give up thinking about them....and reading about them here too.

    For instance, I didn't get questions about a charity and absentee rates, and because of this whole "adaptive" thing, I don't know if that's because I wasn't doing well enough to get the "tougher" questions, or if that was actually supposed to be one of the "easier" ones and I was getting "tougher" ones instead.

    Will say though that I got the shipping container ones and am confident that I worked them out properly, and that normally I do pretty well on numbers anyway.

    As for the verbal ones....they didn't seem to get noticeably easier or harder as I went along. That could mean that either I was doing so poorly that even the "easier" ones didn't seem easier, or else I was doing so well that even the "tougher" ones didn't seem tougher!

    Suppose we'll all find out in due course anyway. Good luck to all.

    I'm sure you did well.
    You have the right mindset too. You could definitely drive yourself crazy over thinking it.
    Best of luck to everyone


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