Guards recruitment September 2016

misslemon

Butterfly2323 wrote: »

Made it through to stage 2 with flying colours!!ðŸ˜
I've booked in for my tests and as I'll be travelling to Dublin I'm just wondering how long do the tests take? I'm at 1.15 so need to know what time train to get home!! Thanks!

I can't remember how long they take, but due to technical difficulties all the sessions on my day overran, so we started 45 min late. No disrespect to the staff at PAS,they're so nice, but the tests aren't exactly run with military precision. So I'd add in a buffer 😜

ryan1305

I've never done them before but I read it can take up to 3 hours.

MrBlack93

Butterfly2323 wrote: »

Made it through to stage 2 with flying colours!!ðŸ˜
I've booked in for my tests and as I'll be travelling to Dublin I'm just wondering how long do the tests take? I'm at 1.15 so need to know what time train to get home!! Thanks!

If I recall correctly last time my test was scheduled at 1:15.

The orientation was on at 15:00 and finished at approx 16:15.

You'll be out at 5 at the very very latest.

GB FAN GALWAY 30

Made it though! Just about mind but I'm there so always a chance. Just a question.. It says in the info for stage two that it's a re test of the verbal and abstract reasoning test. Surely it can't be the same test as in same shapes and passage? Does anyone know how it works?

misslemon

GB FAN GALWAY 30 wrote: »

Made it though! Just about mind but I'm there so always a chance. Just a question.. It says in the info for stage two that it's a re test of the verbal and abstract reasoning test. Surely it can't be the same test as in same shapes and passage? Does anyone know how it works?

Congrats! Thrilled for ye!

It might be the same passage and shapes, but if not it'll be close enough. It's just to check it was actually you who completed the unsupervised stage one tests.

User16

thanks a million.....

GB FAN GALWAY 30

misslemon wrote: »

Congrats! Thrilled for ye!

It might be the same passage and shapes, but if not it'll be close enough. It's just to check it was actually you who completed the unsupervised stage one tests.

Thanks a lot for that. Well done to u to. Nice to get a chance at s 2 anyway... I thought they might change the test in s 2 to the five boxes or something like that. When I did the course we did both. Or passages without tabs would be great..
Thanks again

misslemon

The stage one tests in the last campaign back in January were made by a different company called Savile. They probably showed you both at the course because they weren't sure if PAS would use Savile or Cut-E.

TF1992

Booked in for Monday the 7th

Job sim is stressing me out , I failed that the last time round </3

blueforce89

Do you think there is any difference in doing the tests sooner rather then later, would we get results quicker? Since the format has changed, will people be scored based on the people in there group or overall?

wally19

Hi all, I still havnt got my results ? is there anyone I can contact or should I just wait abit long ?

User16

pas told me not 2hrs ago that not everyone has been notified. im waiting too. we should know by today.

User16

misslemon wrote: »

Fingers crossed for you, hope it goes your way.

thanks a million

Butterfly2323

TF1992 wrote: »

Booked in for Monday the 7th

Job sim is stressing me out , I failed that the last time round </3

Is job sim the same as what we did in round 1 where we had to decide what was the best/worst answer? Like the scenarios?

Depp

Butterfly2323 wrote: »

Is job sim the same as what we did in round 1 where we had to decide what was the best/worst answer? Like the scenarios?

nah they play a short video of you arriving at the scene of an incident and you have to write a report of the incident as quickly as possible. as long as you dont get bogged down and make sure to quickly take down things like phone numbers, names and addresses you shouldnt have any problems! some form of shorthand for names and addresses is a good idea too I just leave out the vowels and I can usually remember them and add them later

Butterfly2323

Depp wrote: »

nah they play a short video of you arriving at the scene of an incident and you have to write a report of the incident as quickly as possible. as long as you dont get bogged down and make sure to quickly take down things like phone numbers, names and addresses you shouldnt have any problems! some form of shorthand for names and addresses is a good idea too I just leave out the vowels and I can usually remember them and add them later

I thought that was the report writing part?? It's my first time applying so I'm only going off what they've sent but it's fairly vague!!

Depp

Butterfly2323 wrote: »

I thought that was the report writing part?? It's my first time applying so I'm only going off what they've sent but it's fairly vague!!

I think you're right actually I have myself confused! the job sim the one where they give you a scenario and a list of possible actions and you rate them isnt it?

Butterfly2323

Depp wrote: »

I think you're right actually I have myself confused! the job sim the one where they give you a scenario and a list of possible actions and you rate them isnt it?

I think that's what I read anyway! But we did something like that in STAGE 1 didn't we?? So I wonder will it be similar enough?

blueforce89

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Stage 2 Assessment Centre will comprise the following: [/font]
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif](a) re-test of the Verbal Comprehension and Abstract Reasoning tests (Repeat of tests from Stage 1 Part [/font]
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif](b) Job Simulation Exercise (Similar to the Assessment Questionnaire in Stage 1)[/font]
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif](c) Report Writing Exercise (Watching a video and writing a report based on what you have seen)[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hope this helps[/font]

Raj08

Hey guys! Congrats to everyone through to stage 2 and best of luck to those still waiting on results.
Booked in for November 7th for the assessment centre, nervous about the report writing part as I'm not the fastest at writing notes!

User16

18:08pm..... i got word IM THROUGH.....Yay

Just missed out on the first 2260, but defo in with a chance early next year. Gives me time to get off the fags and shape up for the medical.

Am thrilled. Congrats to everyone else.

misslemon

User16 wrote: »

18:08pm..... i got word IM THROUGH.....Yay

Just missed out on the first 2260, but defo in with a chance early next year. Gives me time to get off the fags and shape up for the medical.

Am thrilled. Congrats to everyone else.

Brilliant!!! They didn't half make you sweat though!

madcabbage

Anyone know how long we'll be in the assessment center for? Early start time I must say.

TF1992

Job sim gives you a work based scenario and you rate the responses as to what you think the best thing to do in that situation would be.

Test and induction talk last 3/4 hours -

stiimpreza1984

User16 wrote: »

18:08pm..... i got word IM THROUGH.....Yay

Just missed out on the first 2260, but defo in with a chance early next year. Gives me time to get off the fags and shape up for the medical.

Am thrilled. Congrats to everyone else.

Delighted for you that's great news I'm through as well I am sitting mine in two weeks.

User16

stiimpreza1984 wrote: »

Delighted for you that's great news I'm through as well I am sitting mine in two weeks.

cheers. best of luck for it:):). you can warn all us that have to do it next spring:o:o

User16

misslemon wrote: »

Brilliant!!! They didn't half make you sweat though!

honest to God, when 6pm came I decided it must be Monday if at all.
i did do a little Carlton dance if Im honest....lol:cool:

GenericUser1

Does anyone know what the timings are for the afternoon session before I call as I need to look into transport?

TF1992

GenericUser1 wrote: »

Does anyone know what the timings are for the afternoon session before I call as I need to look into transport?

Mines at 1:15

MrBlack93

Just wondering if anyone received their confirmation email?