daa graduate programme

Puttin it out there

Anyone else get asked for references??

Katrina28

yip.... u any idea wot that might mean??

jp28287

I would say its a good thing unless someone says a bad thing

Puttin it out there

Anyone know what they intend to pay?

Katrina28

no idea at all! has any one been offered a position yet??

crzg

I know 2 people who have been offered places

Katrina28

thats brilliant, they did great! when did they hear?

jp28287

I got an offer yesterday.

Katrina28

congratulations! id say u wer glad the waiting was over! think i mite b outta luck

StudentXY

Hey guys,

Has anyone applied to the 2011 grad programme? I did the online tests a few days ago has anyone heard anything if they have done it so far?

It was hard enough loads of reading!

shoutman

Hey, I applied and have completed first round interviews. Was told 1100 applicants this year for between 5 and 8 places.

Took about a week to hear back from them after the online tests.

StudentXY

Oh wow, thats a lot of competition I'd say I have no chance now How did the interview go? Was it long, mostly competency based? Still no word on how I got on yet *fingers crossed* :P

shoutman

15 minute interview that basically went over the application. Went fine, but have decided that two years working in a semi-state company sounds a bit too much like hell so am going to decline a job if offered.

x43r0

shoutman wrote: »

15 minute interview that basically went over the application. Went fine, but have decided that two years working in a semi-state company sounds a bit too much like hell so am going to decline a job if offered.

Private Sector FTW at the moment I'd say

exam88

My flatmate and I both applied... I completed my online tests a few days before him... He got his PFO:( today and I still haven't received anything... positive or negative? Frustrationation.

StudentXY

Well I would say no news is good news to be honest! from the sounds of it they sound out their PFO's before they send out the good news, so fingers crossed for ya! I did my online test about 10 days ago and they said they would have a reply to me within 7 and I have yet to hear anything, so hoping it is a good sign, although the competition does sound pretty steep with 1100 applying for 5/6 jobs

rodgpodg

So has anyone here been invited to DAA next week?

pixielady

Yes - I wonder if there will be many at it?

rodgpodg

How did you find it?

Redsser

Has anyone heard any news yet?

shoutman

I had a "final interview" yesterday, people being called until tomorrow I believe.

rodgpodg

A final interview? Wow, can't believe they're still goin,' how was it

shoutman

rodgpodg wrote: »

A final interview? Wow, can't believe they're still goin,' how was it

Seemed pretty similar to the previous two interviews, but I'm guessing it's conducted with the people who succesfull applicants would eventually be working with.

pixielady

I also had the final interview yesterday - when do you reckon that we will hear?

shoutman

Last final interviews are taking place tomorrow, so I presume we'll hear before the weekend.

rodgpodg

Anyone got asked for references? It must be down to the very last few by now...

shoutman

Yup got asked to, but have accepted another job, so going to be withdrawing my application now.

rodgpodg

shoutman wrote: »

Yup got asked to, but have accepted another job, so going to be withdrawing my application now.

Must be worth it?

shoutman

rodgpodg wrote: »

Must be worth it?

Hopefully , best of luck with getting an offer from the DAA.

pixielady

I am also waiting on a reference check - I hope it all goes well!

Silvermist89

Hey, wondering if anyone could tell me what the online assessment consists of ? Just curious, considering applying next year.Thanks

Lux23

Has anyone got an internal HR email address for the DAA?

shoutman

Online tests were numerical and verbal reasoning if I remember correctly, google shl practice tests and you should see some examples.

Silvermist89

Thanks for that,
Lux23.

duckily

hi all, just jumping in here, id initially been turned down after the my interview in july, but now they've called to ask me in for another interview. Seems they'd had a few on the waiting list, and since some of you have turned positions down, theres a few open i suppose. So what was the next interview like? was there a presentation to do? also in my interview, the interviewer mentioned there would be an assessment centre as the next and final stage, but it seems from reading your comments that there was another 2 interviews and no mention of assessment centre?

any help ye can give would be greatly appreciated. Also, i'm interviewing for something else too but would prefer the DAA job if it pays in any way well, but can't find out how much it pays online, and it would probably be rude to ask in interview. If its not too brash to ask, could anyone who's already signed their contract let me know, if they wouldnt mind, even by private mail?

shoutman

Hey, offer for an application with a post grad was 26k for 2 years, not sure what it is for someone with just an undergrad.

For me it was interview in IFSC then assessment centre which consisted of group discussion, competency based interview and a presentation. Then the final step was a interview in dublin airport with someone who you would potentially be working under.

It was all very straight forward, do research on the DAA, what problems there are with the organisation, what threats they're facing etc.

Best of luck and feel free to fire me a pm if you want to ask any more questions.

duckily

ok thanks a mill thats a great help! hopefully it wont be too much of a grilling!

ededdandeddie

Hate being a pain and dragging up an old thread.... got through to the final round of the grad programmer 2013.... is there anyone on here that actually got through the Grad programme before and could give a run down on what its actually like to work for the DAA....? i.e promotions opps, day to day stuff? do u get to travel? is the work different on a day to day basis etc. I have done placement before for a company and found the work very repetitive and boring and hope this isn't the case with the DAA.

Im looking more along the lines of strategy in the DAA..