Garda Recruitment - Stage 2 - The Interview

soundlad

Had interview today. was terrible. i so failed. i never got a chance to properly explain my sceanarios or anything kept been asked different questions and going off the point. lookin like november at earliest for me again to reapply
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Ladyt

soundlad wrote: »

Had interview today. was terrible. i so failed. i never got a chance to properly explain my sceanarios or anything kept been asked different questions and going off the point. lookin like november at earliest for me again to reapply
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hi ya
i too thought i failed the interview but i got in, seriously when you think you failed something often it happens that you havent so be positive and you never know that letter to say youve passed could be in the post

horse1

Hi all,

just back from doing the interview. i tought the report writing and the verbal evaluation were the hardest. i didnt get half the info down in the report writing. they talk so fast. definetly didnt pass it. the verbal evaluation was also hard.

in the interview, make sure u know ur scenarios inside out. they will twist questions around to try and catch you out. know how a garda would use them. i wasnt asked anything about the phases or subjects. they just stuck to the scenarios. make sure you have back ups.

looks like il have to go through it again. def didnt pass.

if anyone has any questions just ask.

best of luck to everyone

ta moko

I have interviw next week and my background checks are in progress already

Dolph Starbeam

Has anyone from batch 2 recieved dates fro the interview yet? It 2 weeks today since i found out i passed the aptitude test so i was expecting to know by now?:D

Geri Boyle

MOG7 wrote: »

Has anyone from batch 2 recieved dates fro the interview yet? It 2 weeks today since i found out i passed the aptitude test so i was expecting to know by now?:D

No, i'm also still waiting... patiently... or not.

pvt.joker

ta moko wrote: »

I have interviw next week and my background checks are in progress already

Interesting....did you ring HQ to find out?


I've never heard of that happening, doesnt make much sense to start them before they know if you've passed the interview or not!
Good luck in the interview

Bohs123

Hi all, had interview yesterday, second time doing it think it went ok had a female superintendant who was very nice.
Report writing was tough very short and very fast one actor had a thick dub accent which was kinda hard to understand and I'm from Dublin.
Just have to play the waiting game again now.
Best of luck to everyone else who is up in the next few weeks

Dolph Starbeam

Blue Belle wrote: »

No, i'm also still waiting... patiently... or not.

What date did you get the result of the aptitude test Blue Belle?

Geri Boyle

MOG7 wrote: »

What date did you get the result of the aptitude test Blue Belle?

The 2nd July. It feels so long ago now! You??

Dolph Starbeam

Blue Belle wrote: »

The 2nd July. It feels so long ago now! You??

4th:(

ta moko

pvt.joker wrote: »

Interesting....did you ring HQ to find out?


I've never heard of that happening, doesnt make much sense to start them before they know if you've passed the interview or not!
Good luck in the interview

Didn't ring HQ one of my references told me they contacted him last monday

Geri Boyle

ta moko wrote: »

Didn't ring HQ one of my references told me they contacted him last monday

I'm not sure that's necessarily your background checks underway. I met with my local sergeant at the start of the week and he expressed his intent to call my referees, but he hasn't even sent my form to HQ yet.

ta moko

Blue Belle wrote: »

I'm not sure that's necessarily your background checks underway. I met with my local sergeant at the start of the week and he expressed his intent to call my referees, but he hasn't even sent my form to HQ yet.

Fair enough at least something is going on any who.

Thanks Blue hope you get date soon waiting aint nice.

keep you eyes on public jobs tho i didn't get an email to say there was a message up for me untill a week after i spotted the message on the mesage board .

but if your like me you will be checking 10 times a day;)

ojewriej

Blue Belle wrote: »

I'm not sure that's necessarily your background checks underway. I met with my local sergeant at the start of the week and he expressed his intent to call my referees, but he hasn't even sent my form to HQ yet.

Merting a segeant is a beginning of a background check.

They used to start these checks after the interview, but when the process sped up, they start them earlier.

Dolph Starbeam

Has anyone who has ever signed on the dole been asked any questions about it in the interview? I signed on a couple years ago after leaving college while i couldn't get work so i'm just wondering if it will come up. Cheers

Mark37

Hi all,

Could anyone that has done stage 2 this year tell us all the different types of scenarios shown this year in the report writting?? i.e missing child, car crash etc. Thanks for any help!;)

pvt.joker

we're not allowed discuss the specifics of any scenarios I'm afraid.

psni wouldn't be too pleased

Mark37

pvt.joker wrote: »

we're not allowed discuss the specifics of any scenarios I'm afraid.

psni wouldn't be too pleased

We always did last year??? PSNI can we??? it was a great help for people!

pvt.joker

This is from the charter

I posted details on a scenario in april and got warned



"The following is written in the charter for all to see:

# You may not describe, in any way, details of any role plays, video clips, examinations, questionnaires, spoken word or physical task that may be used in the recruitment process of any employer. Helping someone prepare for an interview is fine, but telling someone what the questions are before the exam is cheating.

If I see any instances of people describing a confidential scenario, video clip or role play that was used by ANY recruiting Emergency Services, I will be handing out bans.

The last thing boards.ie need is another lawsuit on their hands."

ojewriej

pvt. joker is right, we don't do it anymore.

And it's only fair to be honest.

You can try to search the old thread for them, but I think they were all erased.

ta moko

MOG7 wrote: »

Has anyone who has ever signed on the dole been asked any questions about it in the interview? I signed on a couple years ago after leaving college while i couldn't get work so i'm just wondering if it will come up. Cheers

Im on the dole now

There is no shame admitting you are or were unemployed

Life is not all straight forward

look at it as a challenging time that thankfully you were able to overcome because you tackeled it head on and since you have not found youself in a simular position.

difficult situation overcome or dealt with
make a positive out of every negaive

The Dude 87

soundlad wrote: »

Had interview today. was terrible. i so failed. i never got a chance to properly explain my sceanarios or anything kept been asked different questions and going off the point. lookin like november at earliest for me again to reapply
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Hey soundlad, I had mine tuesday and like yourself thought it was terrible!!:( Just wondering are sure it is november or even around that rime when we can apply again??? I thought it would have been alot later myself eg. january or febuary???

Shield

No you can't anymore. These are intellectual property and yes, I personally erased all references to any scenario or videos in any pre-existing thread when this forum was born.

ojewriej wrote: »

pvt. joker is right, we don't do it anymore.

And it's only fair to be honest.

You can try to search the old thread for them, but I think they were all erased.

kerry4sam

The Dude 87 wrote: »

Hey soundlad, I had mine tuesday and like yourself thought it was terrible!!:( Just wondering are sure it is november or even around that rime when we can apply again??? I thought it would have been alot later myself eg. january or febuary???

you can re-apply 6months after your first applied ... so if you applied in May08 then November is the nearest available month to re-apply ...

you may just get lucky IF you have to re-apply in that we know that their will be another one toward the end of this year around Oct/Nov.

I'd wait for your brown envelope though before resigning to the fact that you do actually have to re-apply

soundlad

The Dude 87 wrote: »

Hey soundlad, I had mine tuesday and like yourself thought it was terrible!!:( Just wondering are sure it is november or even around that rime when we can apply again??? I thought it would have been alot later myself eg. january or febuary???

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november is earliest we can apply again so just hope that they call again then. what did you think you went down on in the interview ?

The Dude 87

kerry4sam wrote: »

you can re-apply 6months after your first applied ... so if you applied in May08 then November is the nearest available month to re-apply ...

you may just get lucky IF you have to re-apply in that we know that their will be another one toward the end of this year around Oct/Nov.

I'd wait for your brown envelope though before resigning to the fact that you do actually have to re-apply

soundlad wrote: »

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november is earliest we can apply again so just hope that they call again then. what did you think you went down on in the interview ?

Oh well that some good news anyway i thought the earliest would be nest year sometime!!:)

I thought the interview was really though and that the verbal evalution was tricky too! But like kerry4sam says you never know till you get that envelope!

soundlad

The Dude 87 wrote: »

Oh well that some good news anyway i thought the earliest would be nest year sometime!!:)

I thought the interview was really though and that the verbal evalution was tricky too! But like kerry4sam says you never know till you get that envelope!

hopefully be 1 at the end of the year anyway. ye it is hard to know but you get a fair idea. not lookin forward to getting the envelope . should get it next week sometime. can u appeal the interview result by any chance ??

kerry4sam

soundlad wrote: »

hopefully be 1 at the end of the year anyway. ye it is hard to know but you get a fair idea. not lookin forward to getting the envelope . should get it next week sometime. can u appeal the interview result by any chance ??

according to PAS their will definitely be another one toward the end of this year ...

You can appeal in writting to PAS asking firstly for an informal review and if you are not satisifed with that result you can write again asking for a formal review, which will be done by some-one not asociated with the initial process

soundlad

kerry4sam wrote: »

according to PAS their will definitely be another one toward the end of this year ...

You can appeal in writting to PAS asking firstly for an informal review and if you are not satisifed with that result you can write again asking for a formal review, which will be done by some-one not asociated with the initial process

Thanks kerry4sam. has anyone ever heard of anyone getting through by appealing there interview result ??

kerry4sam

soundlad wrote: »

Thanks kerry4sam. has anyone ever heard of anyone getting through by appealing there interview result ??

not by interview result no but i have heard of 2people successfully appealing report writing result and having it over-turned ... one posted here on boards but i can't find the link from the archived thread though

goouch

kerry4sam wrote: »

not by interview result no but i have heard of 2people successfully appealing report writing result and having it over-turned ... one posted here on boards but i can't find the link from the archived thread though

Thats odd that you have that info from PAS as they told me they can not guarantee when the next recruitment stage will be until a month prior however going by the past Nov would be likely, and when i appealed Verbal evaluation section i was told no one had ever won the appeal that was from head of PAS i dont want to post her name here but she was sure of her facts,(unless they won their appeal after may 08) but she also said theres always a 1st so head up guys thats if anyone has to appeal.

if you to appeal do it straight away, you do get very good feedback on the interview even if you pass it and the report writing section the bad news on the feedback is if like me you only fail on the verbal evaluation it simply says you didnt score high enough to pass(but ring and speak to the name at the end of the page and youl be told by how much you didnt pass by.Thats if your able to take such news as one point

goouch

The Dude 87 wrote: »

Oh well that some good news anyway i thought the earliest would be nest year sometime!!:)


Dude 87 you are right the earliest you could apply is next year or the 2nd recruitment to come if that makes scence,you do have to skip a recruitment. i know this as i had to skip the last recruitment they say 6mths but when they then start to recruit for stage1 the email they send clearly states eg say if they recruit in November 08 it will say if you attented stage 1 between 1st June and 30th July 08 then you CAN NOT apply for this intake.Nothing is worse than thinking you can apply and finally getting that Email its better to know now but but but nobody knows if you have to think about all of the above yet fingers crossed youl do gr8 just relax youve done your best you too SOUNDLAD AND ALL WHO HAVE DONE STAGE 2.;)

kerry4sam

goouch wrote: »

Thats odd that you have that info from PAS as they told me they can not guarantee when the next recruitment stage will be until a month prior however going by the past Nov would be likely, and when i appealed Verbal evaluation section i was told no one had ever won the appeal that was from head of PAS i dont want to post her name here but she was sure of her facts,(unless they won their appeal after may 08) but she also said theres always a 1st so head up guys thats if anyone has to appeal.
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I never said that i got that info from PAS goouch...I said "not by interview result no but i have heard of 2people successfully appealing report writing result and having it over-turned ... one posted here on boards but i can't find the link from the archived thread though" ... never mentioned PAS. One is a friend currently in Henry Street in Limerick and the other one was based on the postings here on boards by the person.

Based on prior recruitment drives their should be one in August but their won't be one in August this year but they are looking at Oct/Nov for the only remaining recruitment drive this year.

The Dude 87

goouch wrote: »

Dude 87 you are right the earliest you could apply is next year or the 2nd recruitment to come if that makes scence,you do have to skip a recruitment. i know this as i had to skip the last recruitment they say 6mths but when they then start to recruit for stage1 the email they send clearly states eg say if they recruit in November 08 it will say if you attented stage 1 between 1st June and 30th July 08 then you CAN NOT apply for this intake.Nothing is worse than thinking you can apply and finally getting that Email its better to know now but but but nobody knows if you have to think about all of the above yet fingers crossed youl do gr8 just relax youve done your best you too SOUNDLAD AND ALL WHO HAVE DONE STAGE 2.;)

I know wht your saying alright goouch:) I did it lat november and couldn't apply again until this campaign!

Cheers:)

goouch

kerry4sam wrote: »

I never said that i got that info from PAS goouch...

On the 18/07 you posted


according to PAS their will definitely be another one toward the end of this year ...
Yes you did say PAS but what im saying is they will not guarantee the next recruitment untill 3-4 weeks prior, anyone who has been waiting knows this, you should also read the posts on when to re-apply i know it aint fun waiting but you do have to skip an intake :cool:

kerry4sam

goouch wrote: »

kerry4sam wrote: »

I never said that i got that info from PAS goouch...

On the 18/07 you posted


according to PAS their will definitely be another one toward the end of this year ...
Yes you did say PAS but what im saying is they will not guarantee the next recruitment untill 3-4 weeks prior, anyone who has been waiting knows this, you should also read the posts on when to re-apply i know it aint fun waiting but you do have to skip an intake :cool:

You used to have to skip a recruitment drive ... In previous years their were 4recruitment drives a year: Feb/May/August/November ... but this year with none in August they are looking at Oct/Nov.

If it will be in November you won't need to skip a drive if you applied in May 08 as it would be after the 6month from first app (hope this makes sense)

Stephen321

kerry4sam wrote: »

goouch wrote: »

You used to have to skip a recruitment drive ... In previous years their were 4recruitment drives a year: Feb/May/August/November ... but this year with none in August they are looking at Oct/Nov.

If it will be in November you won't need to skip a drive if you applied in May 08 as it would be after the 6month from first app (hope this makes sense)

Their is an intake in August, im fairly sure of this.

kerry4sam

Stephen321 wrote: »

Their is an intake in August, im fairly sure of this.

I hope your info is correct and it means i can re-apply then and not have to wait until the end of the year ... mind my asking how up-to-date your info/source is?

upto 2weeks ago their wasn't going to be one in August ... there was one in May than ran into June due to the number of people who applied and when i made a phonecall i was informed the won't be one in August but their would be one toward the end of this year and they were looking at Oct/Nov ...

pvt.joker

Stephen321 wrote: »

kerry4sam wrote: »

Their is an intake in August, im fairly sure of this.

Do you mean an intake into templemore (which is confirmed), or a recruitment drive?
If a recruitment drive, where did you find this out?

kerry4sam

pvt.joker wrote: »

Stephen321 wrote: »

Do you mean an intake into templemore (which is confirmed), or a recruitment drive?
If a recruitment drive, where did you find this out?

you've assigned a quote to me there pvt.joker by accident i'm certain ... just edit the post and delete quote=kerry4sam ... It was stephen321 who said that

Stephen321

kerry4sam wrote: »

I hope your info is correct and it means i can re-apply then and not have to wait until the end of the year ... mind my asking how up-to-date your info/source is?

upto 2weeks ago their wasn't going to be one in August ... there was one in May than ran into June due to the number of people who applied and when i made a phonecall i was informed the won't be one in August but their would be one toward the end of this year and they were looking at Oct/Nov ...

An intake into Templemore, i thought that was what you were on about.
I got a bit mixed up

goouch

kerry4sam wrote: »

You used to have to skip a recruitment drive ... In previous years their were 4recruitment drives a year: Feb/May/August/November ... but this year with none in August they are looking at Oct/Nov.

If it will be in November you won't need to skip a drive if you applied in May 08 as it would be after the 6month from first app (hope this makes sense)

The next recruitment drive!! PAS are not able to confirm when this will take place its better just to wait than to guess. I think there is a group starting on the 5th of Aug,
Kerry4Sam Time will tell and we willl agree to differ,:p

So anyone up for interview this week or is it all waiting for the postman???

Murphy(Cork)

Waiting on the post-man :rolleyes:

horse1

how long does it take to get the results.

quirkek2

horse1 wrote: »

how long does it take to get the results.

took me about 10 days to hear and i did my interview in may.

shakin

anyone in batch 2 get an interview date yet?

soundlad

goouch wrote: »

The next recruitment drive!! PAS are not able to confirm when this will take place its better just to wait than to guess. I think there is a group starting on the 5th of Aug,
Kerry4Sam Time will tell and we willl agree to differ,:p

So anyone up for interview this week or is it all waiting for the postman???

im confused so do you have to skip a recruitment drive or is it ok as long as it is six months since the last one . the way i understood it was that you just had to wait six months. waiting on post man would kill or else ill kill the post man

DecTipp

shakin wrote: »

anyone in batch 2 get an interview date yet?

No still waiting i got my appitute test results on the 2nd of June and still waiting to be called for the interview

greydiamond

Anyone else waiting on interview date??