Prison Officer Recruitment 2016

Harambe1

sticky hurling wrote: »

Oh right I phoned them this week and they said they hope to have results out Monday 5th dec i was told that you have to have it in paragraphs tho is that the case because if it is I'm screwed 🙈

I don't recall writing mine in paragraphs to be honest. Think of the fact that you got through the online, the sit down tests and you have done a report writing, group exercise and interview.

I think that they would be inclined to look more importantly at the interview and as long as you contributed to the group exercise to a satisfactory level im sure the paragraphs thing wont be as big of a deal as you imagine. Just breathe man, we are all in the same boat. I really want this too!

sticky hurling

Haha i know im panicking it was all a blur to be honest. I felt the interviews were ok im paraniod about the report writing because i heard most people go down on that im open to corretion on that though.

sticky hurling

But i dont think these people look more so at one thing than another from dealing with them in the past i know that you must meet the score in each section doesnt matter if you brilliant at one

howarethings30

I'm confident of passing report writing and group exercise but I made a mess of interview.I can have no complaints though people interviewing me were sound and fair.

sticky hurling

How did you structure your report if you dont mind me asking?howarethings30

sticky hurling

Also they asked me flexibilty in the interview and it wasnt listed.

howarethings30

From what I remember I used paragraphs when I wrote about different people in video.

Golf mad 6178

Have any off you guys ever been in a prison or have any of you arranged to try and visit one to see what its like and maybe get to talk so some officers to see what the say its like?

sticky hurling

Golf mad 6178 wrote: »

Have any off you guys ever been in a prison or have any of you arranged to try and visit one to see what its like and maybe get to talk so some officers to see what the say its like?

I have been in a few with the Garda reserve mountjoy limerick and portlaoise mountjoy is like the film in the name if the father reall old the part I saw anyway I remember seeing the Union Jack imprinted into the steel partitions from one floor to another apparently the bought it from and english prison years ago. Let's be honest here folks it's a dangerous job dealing with al sorts with a radio and a pair of handcuffs 😂

Leo Demidov

sticky hurling wrote: »

I have been in a few with the Garda reserve mountjoy limerick and portlaoise mountjoy is like the film in the name if the father reall old the part I saw anyway I remember seeing the Union Jack imprinted into the steel partitions from one floor to another apparently the bought it from and english prison years ago. Let's be honest here folks it's a dangerous job dealing with al sorts with a radio and a pair of handcuffs 😂

You'll be unlikely to have a radio and less likely to carry cuffs within the prison.

Harryhoofer

Interviews have finished. Results are being compiled currently, should be late next week or early the following week just rang Chapter House. I personally found the group interview the trickiest, my group were extremely quiet and didn't say much, that exercise is the best way to determine your personality. The report writing once you got the bones of the story accurate and made no assumptions you should be ok there too, a minimum score is required on all three tests to pass. The interview is the key test, they are generally nice to everyone but that means nothing, what you say means everything. I personally feel age and work experience are big factors for this job. Being extremely young with little life experience is a major negative for this job, but that's just my take on it.

howarethings30

I have three friends who are prison officers.All three joined pretty much straight from school and PO was their first full time job but that was at height of boom.
I agree with above life experience etc has to be of benefit over having none

sticky hurling

yes in the group interview i think if you are with a quiet group and take the lead and try bring others into the convo you should score highly how many did they take to interview?

howarethings30

Shouldn't be too long before we get interview results..someone posted PAS said it could be today..another poster maybe late this week,either way hopefully sooner rather than later.

sticky hurling

howarethings30 wrote: »

Shouldn't be too long before we get interview results..someone posted PAS said it could be today..another poster maybe late this week,either way hopefully sooner rather than later.

I just rang there and met a very helpful girl she said that they called the top 600 and that it was closer to 500 with people not turning up and that they are hoping to have the results out in the nxt week or two

howarethings30

sticky hurling wrote: »

I just rang there and met a very helpful girl she said that they called the top 600 and that it was closer to 500 with people not turning up and that they are hoping to have the results out in the nxt week or two

Thanks for that info,appreciated.

Harambe1

In fairness when I was waiting on the online results I emailed the Public Appointments service and a girl responded and said it would be "next week" at lunchtime and I got them at 4.30pm that day. They could realistically arrive any day over the next 2 weeks

Harryhoofer

sticky hurling wrote: »

I just rang there and met a very helpful girl she said that they called the top 600 and that it was closer to 500 with people not turning up and that they are hoping to have the results out in the nxt week or two

The top 600 passed stage one after stage two it would have been far less than that taken to interview. For 120 jobs it's generally a one in three chance so I'm guessing 400 for interview provided they turned up. It clearly said on our email after stage one the top 600 go through to stage two. No way were 600 interviewed at stage three.

Harryhoofer

Rang chapter house again. It will be end of the week now or early next week. There won't be anything like 120 positions available immediately the guy told me. So according to your panel number that will determine when you are likely to be called.

raze_them_all_

Afaik it's 3 sets of forty being called

DeccieDarcy

Where did this info come from?
The initial campaign info stated this campaign was to recruit 360 over a period of 3 yrs

Shane88

DeccieDarcy wrote: »

Where did this info come from?
The initial campaign info stated this campaign was to recruit 360 over a period of 3 yrs

It still will be 360 over 3 years. 3 classes of 40 people each year or as they are needed

Harambe1

The suspense is almost too much at this stage lads! :-)

howarethings30

I would like to think we will know by next Tuesday at latest

sticky hurling

I would love to know how many are they taking through Imin going to lanzarote Monday it will either make or ruin my trip 😭

eldel1

Does anyone know is the interview a pass/fail scenario or is there a breakdown of scores between the individual/group exercises and interview? Any feedback given?

eldel1

Does anyone know is the interview a pass/fail scenario or is there a breakdown of scores between the individual/group exercises and interview? Any feedback given?

Harambe1

I would love to know if we are graded number 1 to whatever again at this stage or what the craic is with the marking system too. Does anyone know?

Harryhoofer

Harambe1 wrote: »

I would love to know if we are graded number 1 to whatever again at this stage or what the craic is with the marking system too. Does anyone know?

I'd imagine a panel is formed. We will have to be numbered. You can request all the notes from the interview. For the firefighter campaign in March, 486 were interviewed for a panel of 160. This will be similar only there will be 120 forming the panel.

sticky hurling

I thought there would be a panel formed to fill the 360 positions

Harryhoofer

sticky hurling wrote: »

I thought there would be a panel formed to fill the 360 positions

No. This is for the first 120. They will hold an open competition the next two years both for another 120. Which favours anyone who fails here because you can go again in a year.

sticky hurling

Oh right well that cuts down the chances a lot so doesn't it

Harryhoofer

sticky hurling wrote: »

Oh right well that cuts down the chances a lot so doesn't it

Approximately I would say 400 were interviewed. So yes the odds are always in the employers favour. Going to be a long weekend if we don't hear tomorrow.

Harambe1

You also have to take into account that there is a fitness (which some will inevitably fail), a medical (which some may fail), and some people who may decide that the job is not for them. Id estimate to cover 120 positions the panel would need to consist of more than 120 candidates.

I really would like to get this over with tomorrow. Its more drawn out than the OJ Simpson trial at this stage!

sticky hurling

what happens as far as i am aware is just say i scored 11 after stage two if in stage 3 50 people score higher than me they take pefferance that would rank me number 61 if the 10 people that got higher in stage two also did so in stage three so your results in stage two do count for something.by they way ive done these tests before and from my thinking the earlier in the day you get the email the better the fails come around 4 30 5pm

Harryhoofer

sticky hurling wrote: »

what happens as far as i am aware is just say i scored 11 after stage two if in stage 3 50 people score higher than me they take pefferance that would rank me number 61 if the 10 people that got higher in stage two also did so in stage three so your results in stage two do count for something.by they way ive done these tests before and from my thinking the earlier in the day you get the email the better the fails come around 4 30 5pm

My experience is that aptitudes are just to cull the numbers. Your placement means nothing at interview. In fact the interview board don't even know where you came. They just have to interview and place you accordingly. That was how it was for the fire service I did two open competitions twice this year with them. We are all at square one come the interviews.

sticky hurling

well i have done a few for the guards thats how it works your ranking at stage two plays a key how else would they seperate people who got the same marks pone them up they will give you that info no problem

sticky hurling

you are correct in saying that you can pass sombody out at stage 3 but if you dont there stage two ranking comes into play

Harryhoofer

sticky hurling wrote: »

well i have done a few for the guards thats how it works your ranking at stage two plays a key how else would they seperate people who got the same marks pone them up they will give you that info no problem

So by definition then someone who came say number one at stage two, yet just passes the interview is likely to get the job over someone say placed 150 after stage two who does a great interview. If people score the same at interview they will be placed jointly. Very few of us will be scoring the same over three tests at stage three.

Harryhoofer

So essentially then anyone outside the top 120 after stage two is playing major catch up. As they are in the driving seat provided they interview well! After stage two the campaign is no longer controlled by Public Appointments its handed over to the IPS they get x amount to interview without any detail on your stage two ranking (as far as I know). If it is done as you suggest I placed around the 130's after stage two so I'm scared now!

sticky hurling

no they way it works is the top 400 or whatever the number is that got called and if after stage two u were ranked 10 and i was ranked 100 but i scored higher than you in the interview i get called first but but if i score the same as you or less you get the call first. it kinda only applies to people who were ranked high in stage two

sticky hurling

it just means that you wont lose places if you were ranked highly after stage two effectively people have to pass you out to be ranked higher than you

Harryhoofer

sticky hurling wrote: »

it just means that you wont lose places if you were ranked highly after stage two effectively people have to pass you out to be ranked higher than you

Yes but being ranked outside the magic number of 120 going into interview means you have to do better than a portion of them to gain a potential job. And that doesn't even consider others way outside the top 120 doing awesome interviews and bumping you down the ladder. I moved up over 300 places from stage one to stage two. It's amazing what a few right answers can do for your order of merit. Bottom line you would go nuts speculating. We will know soon.

sticky hurling

I dont kmow why you keep mentioning 120 for the bottom line is if you score highly at interview you are elected id say it will be middle of next week when we know

sticky hurling

remember that there will be alot of candidates also applying to the garda comp too who you could lose and fitness and medical all of a sudden you could beat number 200 or more

Harryhoofer

sticky hurling wrote: »

remember that there will be alot of candidates also applying to the garda comp too who you could lose and fitness and medical all of a sudden you could beat number 200 or more

I keep mentioning 120 because someone said your stage two ranking matters. Say those 120 interview better than us all outside 120 they get the job but that won't happen. Most will pass medical and fitness. There will be more drop outs who decide they don't want the job. It's a massive step it's a job designed to test everything about you. There are also a portion of eejits who just love doing aptitudes with no intention of taking any job. They dilute everyone else's chances of getting it simply by being in the pot.

sticky hurling

no i said that you have to score higher than the folks ranked above you at stage two but that would of been the case anyway i woulsnt even say there are 400 30 a day for 3 weeks is 450 i was on week two and heard when i went up that a fair few didmt turn up so id say that went on for the 3 weeks

Bk2k

Hi guys, I ranked sound 900 on assessment and haven't heard anything yet? Just wondering has anyone with a similar score been contacted for next stage?

raze_them_all_

Bk2k wrote: »

Hi guys, I ranked sound 900 on assessment and haven't heard anything yet? Just wondering has anyone with a similar score been contacted for next stage?

top 600 were taken for interviews im afraid

Bk2k

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

top 600 were taken for interviews im afraid

Yeah I knew I missed first stages although a colleuge of mine ranked 680 and has been called recently for interview. I believe the Garda recruitment was similar?