Garda Recruitment - Stage 4

ShodenMcClane

Christ, I thought I did well coming out but the longer this wait goes on the more and more I'm replaying all the mistakes from the interview in my head, and the more I think I might have failed. Anyone else feel the same?

djor88

ShodenMcClane wrote: »

Christ, I thought I did well coming out but the longer this wait goes on the more and more I'm replaying all the mistakes from the interview in my head, and the more I think I might have failed. Anyone else feel the same?

Don't think that way pal, what's done is done, no point in mulling it over - it will only make the wait longer and worse. I believe that knowing how an interview went is one of the hardest things to try and think about, because generally, we are self critical.

Try forget about it, and think of the achievement of getting this far.

What happens happens - now back to my own prep!

Archer3083

I just got Form B emailed to me. I thought we were supposed to include details of all our first cousins, but it's just looking for aunts and uncles. Is that right or am I missing a section?

galalala123

jrobertos wrote: »

Will be the end of the month officially. Was told to ring garda hq end of next week. They might be able to tell u how u did.

Is there any truth in this?? Has anyone rang them??

Carroller

I think mine went well and the interviewers were all very nice, but the more i think about it and read this thread i feel my job experience and lack of college lets me down and will go against me. But i cant do any more at this stage.

galalala123

Carroller wrote: »

I think mine went well and the interviewers were all very nice, but the more i think about it and read this thread i feel my job experience and lack of college lets me down and will go against me. But i cant do any more at this stage.

It's tricky for people who are in college or havent worked much to have strong competencies. Im sure you did fine though. Best of luck

ShodenMcClane

Archer3083 wrote: »

I just got Form B emailed to me. I thought we were supposed to include details of all our first cousins, but it's just looking for aunts and uncles. Is that right or am I missing a section?

Yes, that's correct. Just aunts and uncles.

Archer3083

ShodenMcClane wrote: »

Yes, that's correct. Just aunts and uncles.

Thanks for that. It seems I pestered my first cousins for nothing. Better safe than sorry sure! At least I have all the info now.

Jimjoebob09

Just filling out my interview form and I'm just a bit confused.. Regarding the competences/skill areas, are we Spose to put the situations on the form? Getting a bit frazzled

Rothmans

ShodenMcClane wrote: »

Christ, I thought I did well coming out but the longer this wait goes on the more and more I'm replaying all the mistakes from the interview in my head, and the more I think I might have failed. Anyone else feel the same?

Shoden, just don't think too much about it would be my advice. You can never tell with competency based interviews. I've come out of competency-based thinking I aced it, only to be given a PFO. Likewise, I've come out of others thinking I made a balls of it only to be offered a job. You just can't tell tbh!

How banal...

Ah here, I know how you feel Shoden. I felt very disappointed leaving the interview in the first place though. I lost the ability to speak coherently! Just hoping enough good points were made to showcase my abilities and potential.

It is impossible to stop thinking about the interview. In one respect I can't wait to get the results but in another it's good to know I'm still in the race...

Longest wait yet. Goodluck folks.

timwynne

How banal... wrote: »

I lost the ability to speak coherently!.

not good!:(

:eek:

How banal...

Yeah, nerves got the better of me. I'm very happy with myself having reached this stage in the first place and it's all good experience. Looking on the bright side!!

KERSPLAT!

How banal... wrote: »

Yeah, nerves got the better of me. I'm very happy with myself having reached this stage in the first place and it's all good experience. Looking on the bright side!!

I'm sure you were fine, good luck!

Chem Lord

How banal... wrote: »

Ah here, I know how you feel Shoden. I felt very disappointed leaving the interview in the first place though. I lost the ability to speak coherently! Just hoping enough good points were made to showcase my abilities and potential.

It is impossible to stop thinking about the interview. In one respect I can't wait to get the results but in another it's good to know I'm still in the race...

Longest wait yet. Goodluck folks.

Listen, most people are feeling the exact same way as you, including myself! It's so easy to look at all the negatives of what happened during the interview when you are waiting for the results, all that is going through my head right now are all the mistakes I think I made. This is definitely the hardest wait yet, let's just hope we won't be waiting too long to hear back.

Keep yourselves busy ladies/gents... Time will go by faster!

Chem Lord

And best of luck to everyone, be proud of yourselves that you have gotten this far... It's a huge achievement.

misshopeful1

Hey folks, I have my interview today. I genuinely can't wait to have it out of the way! I think i'll feel about a stone lighter this evening ;-) Anyone have an idea of when the medical / fitness tests will begin? The bleep test is a killer! :-P

BRB

misshopeful1 wrote: »

Hey folks, I have my interview today. I genuinely can't wait to have it out of the way! I think i'll feel about a stone lighter this evening ;-) Anyone have an idea of when the medical / fitness tests will begin? The bleep test is a killer! :-P

Also have mine today. I was so calm yesterday. Nerves kicking in now.
Good luck!

djor88

Good luck to all today

Hareton

Not long out of my interview now. Relieved is not the word.

Chem Lord

Hareton wrote: »

Not long out of my interview now. Relieved is not the word.

Great feeling, isn't it?

octigen

When is last interview date? Anyone ask this question???

mickaleen

English interviews over on May 20th.

BRB

Interview done. Absolutely delighted it's all over.

Think it went well. Interview board were pretty nice.

King Ludvig

galalala123 wrote: »

Is there any truth in this?? Has anyone rang them??

I did my interview two weeks ago so I thought I'd chance my arm and gave the aoppointments office a ring today. I was told PAS will be giving out the results and I was given their contact number She did'nt know when results would be out. Ah well, and couple of weeks waiting so!

Rushden

I was told today I'll probably hear around the 26th if I passed and medicals will be mid June starting around the 10th

galalala123

Rushden wrote: »

I was told today I'll probably hear around the 26th if I passed and fitness tests will be mid June starting around the 10th

Medical is first isnt it?? if theyre stuck for time theyll be doing medical and physical only a week or so apart i would assume.

Rushden

galalala123 wrote: »

Medical is first isnt it?? if theyre stuck for time theyll be doing medical and physical only a week or so apart i would assume.

Yeah I edited my post to say medical instead of fitness, yeah she said we'll be busy mid June to end of June if we pass because that's when the medical, fitness and meeting with the super will all happen

galalala123

Rushden wrote: »

Yeah I edited my post to say medical instead of fitness, yeah she said we'll be busy mid June to end of June if we pass because that's when the medical, fitness and meeting with the super will all happen

Fair play you got a fair bit of info. Thanks! I didnt realise they were still doing meetings with the supers!

WilcoOut

Cant wait for the result

would love to get the news next week

Chem Lord

I wonder if they'll be by post with our leaving cert results or online.

Rothmans

BRB wrote: »

Interview done. Absolutely delighted it's all over.

Think it went well. Interview board were pretty nice.

Ya ya, overall I'm reasonably happy with how it went. I felt one or two questions I rambled on and was a bit too vague. Anyone else here get that feeling? Other than that I thought it went quite well.

whysosirius

Chem Lord wrote: »

I wonder if they'll be by post with our leaving cert results or online.

I did my interview on the first day and got my leaving cert back last week so the results won't come in the post with the cert

Chem Lord

whysosirius wrote: »

I did my interview on the first day and got my leaving cert back last week so the results won't come in the post with the cert

I'd say it was pretty nerve-wrecking opening that letter hahaha

whysosirius

Chem Lord wrote: »

I'd say it was pretty nerve-wrecking opening that letter hahaha

Nah I recognised my own writing on the envelope so it was all good

Hareton

Rothmans wrote: »

Ya ya, overall I'm reasonably happy with how it went. I felt one or two questions I rambled on and was a bit too vague. Anyone else here get that feeling? Other than that I thought it went quite well.

Unfortunately I felt that's how my whole interview went

Rothmans

King Ludvig wrote: »

I did my interview two weeks ago so I thought I'd chance my arm and gave the aoppointments office a ring today. I was told PAS will be giving out the results and I was given their contact number She did'nt know when results would be out. Ah well, and couple of weeks waiting so!

What people used to do was ring Garda HQ to find out whether they passed or failed, rather than the PAS.

Rothmans

Hareton wrote: »

Unfortunately I felt that's how my whole interview went

Ah no. I'm sure it's not as bad as you think. Where do you think you fell down, out of interest?

King Ludvig

Rothmans wrote: »

What people used to do was ring Garda HQ to find out whether they passed or failed, rather than the PAS.

That's who I did ring, the appointments office in Garda HQ.

Hareton

Rothmans wrote: »

Ah no. I'm sure it's not as bad as you think. Where do you think you fell down, out of interest?

Ah just think a lot of the answers I gave were too generalised and there were some I couldn't answer. Can't really say more without giving too much away.

wobzilla1

I had the interview this morning.
I think it went well enough.
The interviews were really friendly and it was fairly relaxed.
One or two times I couldn't think of an answer but they'd cut straight in after a second or two with another question so there was none of them long akward silences that happen in a lot of interviews.

Rothmans

wobzilla1 wrote: »

I had the interview this morning.
I think it went well enough.
The interviews were really friendly and it was fairly relaxed.
One or two times I couldn't think of an answer but they'd cut straight in after a second or two with another question so there was none of them long akward silences that happen in a lot of interviews.

It's such a blur tbh. I tell myself not to think back on it, but I can't help it haha. But where that 40 minutes went I just don't know.

ShodenMcClane

Rothmans wrote: »

It's such a blur tbh. I tell myself not to think back on it, but I can't help it haha. But where that 40 minutes went I just don't know.

Exactly how I felt about it too.

teaisgreat

The relief of the interview being over was short-lived! The interview was a blur at first but I keep remembering things I said that I maybe shouldn't cause they weren't very strong answers and things I should've said that I didn't even get the chance to! :-(

WilcoOut

The 40mins were a blink

the postmortem i carried out on what i said has been ongoing since i left the room


should be grand tho

board_stupid

It's my big day tomorrow. I won't be getting much sleep tonight through nerves and revision/additional preparation. It's been so hard to juggle with final college exams but I have done my best to show that as a competency, so hopefully I can turn this negative situation into a positive and make a good go of it. Regardless, congratulations to all who have gotten this far, and I wish all of you the very best of luck.

Copaholic

best of luck tomorrow, give it that last push your nearly there

BRB

board_stupid wrote: »

It's my big day tomorrow. I won't be getting much sleep tonight through nerves and revision/additional preparation. It's been so hard to juggle with final college exams but I have done my best to show that as a competency, so hopefully I can turn this negative situation into a positive and make a good go of it. Regardless, congratulations to all who have gotten this far, and I wish all of you the very best of luck.

Best bet is trying to walk in there calm. I did so much preparation through out 2 weeks and studying for college exams.
Didn't do anything the night before or the morning of my interview. Just used the time to try and relax.

Best of luck, hope it goes well for you in both!

WilcoOut

BRB wrote: »

Best bet is trying to walk in there calm. I did so much preparation through out 2 weeks and studying for college exams.
Didn't do anything the night before or the morning of my interview. Just used the time to try and relax.

Best of luck, hope it goes well for you in both!

I was the same, if your not prepared by then your never going to be prepared!

Had a big hearty relaxing breakfast and then headed in

cool - calm

enjoy it!

timmy99

Is it true the board cant ask questions about current affairs??