NEW 2016 Open and Interdepartmental Assistant Principal in Civil Service competition.

Confused1979

ZolaGood wrote: »

I'm nervous too as I'm late 40's Inter D and 80 open!!

Don't be nervous, it's coming!!!!

Colourspring

Confused1979 wrote: »

I was in the early 40's interd and I think early 70's open. It is an interd offer so I am thrilled.

Delighted for you!! every success in your new post!

I, on the other hand, appear to have been skipped over.....:eek:

Confused1979

Colourspring wrote: »

Delighted for you!! every success in your new post!

I, on the other hand, appear to have been skipped over.....:eek:

Sugar, give them a ring tomorrow. Maybe you are earmarked for a post but they are waiting on some clearance or something. I presume you have Dublin as an option?

Colourspring

Confused1979 wrote: »

Sugar, give them a ring tomorrow. Maybe you are earmarked for a post but they are waiting on some clearance or something. I presume you have Dublin as an option?

Yep, Dublin is my only option - we'll see.

Confused1979

Colourspring wrote: »

Yep, Dublin is my only option - we'll see.

Fingers crossed, it will come tomorrow. Did you check your publicjobs email

ZolaGood

Actually if you were earmarked for justice there might be a delay for vetting -ring tomorrow and hopefully your email is on the way

ZolaGood

And actually as confused was interD then they might not have hit your number on open yet..,tomorrow is your day

Colourspring

ZolaGood wrote: »

And actually as confused was interD then they might not have hit your number on open yet..,tomorrow is your day

Fingers crossed!;)

bobbysands81

Colourspring wrote: »

Yep, Dublin is my only option - we'll see.

Ring them, they're very easy to deal with.

Aoibhin84

is anyone on this in the 1500 plus or have you given up on being called?

Colourspring

Hi there,

Well I finally got my Department - absolutely delighted with the assignment, what a relief:)
Zolagood - I think you're up next!!
Thanks again for all the info and support on this thread fmo fellow boardsies!

gics

Colourspring wrote: »

Hi there,

Well I finally got my Department - absolutely delighted with the assignment, what a relief:)
Zolagood - I think you're up next!!
Thanks again for all the info and support on this thread fmo fellow boardsies!

Congrats. Glad it was worth the wait.

salomon

Colourspring wrote: »

Hi there,

Well I finally got my Department - absolutely delighted with the assignment, what a relief:)
Zolagood - I think you're up next!!
Thanks again for all the info and support on this thread fmo fellow boardsies!

Congrats!

eoinola

ZolaGood wrote: »

I'm nervous too as I'm late 40's Inter D and 80 open!!

lol i am 80 on the open too - seems to be flying in - so much for a not so busy summer!!

gics

eoinola wrote: »

ZolaGood wrote: »

I'm nervous too as I'm late 40's Inter D and 80 open!!

lol i am 80 on the open too - seems to be flying in - so much for a not so busy summer!!

I take it you have Dublin listed as well?

ZolaGood

Colourspring wrote: »

Hi there,

Well I finally got my Department - absolutely delighted with the assignment, what a relief:)
Zolagood - I think you're up next!!
Thanks again for all the info and support on this thread fmo fellow boardsies!

Brilliant! Congrats -I'm frantically refrreshing my email all morning:)

eoinola

gics wrote: »

I take it you have Dublin listed as well?

yep Dublin listed for me

Rosiebeans81

gics wrote: »

Anymore offers for outside of Dublin?

Anyone get word on anything outside Dublin yet?

Aoibhin84

Congrats to all through, are you on in that 1200 first batch?

bobbysands81

For those having their interviews at the moment, how did it go?

salomon

Aoibhin84 wrote: »

Congrats to all through, are you on in that 1200 first batch?

1200 or 120?

Aglomerado

bobbysands81 wrote: »

For those having their interviews at the moment, how did it go?

Very challenging as you would expect at this level, but no nasty surprises. The Board were great, doing their best to direct the candidate towards the right answer.

I'm not sure how to gauge how I got on, I think I may have failed one competency at least. But it's great experience!

Confused1979

Colourspring wrote: »

Hi there,

Well I finally got my Department - absolutely delighted with the assignment, what a relief:)
Zolagood - I think you're up next!!
Thanks again for all the info and support on this thread fmo fellow boardsies!

Congrats - delighted for you. Well done.

salomon

Spoke to PAS this morning, he said that they're nearly finished the initial spurt and after that it'll be in dribs and drabs. I'm in the 110s so I'll be after the spurt apparently

Confused1979

well, it was a nice spurt!!! Hopefully your offer will come through soon.

trashcan

Aglomerado wrote: »

Very challenging as you would expect at this level, but no nasty surprises. The Board were great, doing their best to direct the candidate towards the right answer.

I'm not sure how to gauge how I got on, I think I may have failed one competency at least. But it's great experience!

Up tomorrow. Just want it to be over at this stage.

ZolaGood

salomon wrote: »

Spoke to PAS this morning, he said that they're nearly finished the initial spurt and after that it'll be in dribs and drabs. I'm in the 110s so I'll be after the spurt apparently

Agh hope the spurt gets to me:)

salomon

ZolaGood wrote: »

Agh hope the spurt gets to me:)

I'd imagine it will. I think the spurt ends when they hit the 100s. Wonder if theyve taken off the AP1s and first secs cos that'll really mess things up for PAS if they havent

bobbysands81

Aglomerado wrote: »

Very challenging as you would expect at this level, but no nasty surprises. The Board were great, doing their best to direct the candidate towards the right answer.

I'm not sure how to gauge how I got on, I think I may have failed one competency at least. But it's great experience!

Hope you get it.

We're marked on 6 competencies but how many do they ask you specific questions on and do they make it obvious and say "Ok, tell me why you make a good leader?"

Were you asked any general type questions?

Aglomerado

bobbysands81 wrote: »

Hope you get it.

We're marked on 6 competencies but how many do they ask you specific questions on and do they make it obvious and say "Ok, tell me why you make a good leader?"

Yes there are very clear demarcations as to which board member is examining which competencies and you know when they are finished with one and moving to the next.

I've no way of telling how I did but I've a feeling I'll score low / fail on leadership.

bobbysands81

Aglomerado wrote: »

Yes there are very clear demarcations as to which board member is examining which competencies and you know when they are finished with one and moving to the next.

I've no way of telling how I did but I've a feeling I'll score low / fail on leadership.

Don't they leave some competencies out?

I think they only ask questions on 4 of them.

Aglomerado

bobbysands81 wrote: »

Don't they leave some competencies out?

I think they only ask questions on 4 of them.

Drive and commitment is implicitly examined across all other competencies as far as I could tell.

bobbysands81

Aglomerado wrote: »

Drive and commitment is implicitly examined across all other competencies as far as I could tell.

Specialist Knowledge, Expertise and Self Development, is that not a general one too or did they ask specific questions on it?

salomon

For the love of God don't forget commitment to public service values. Citizens first!

eoinola

74 on the open was the last one to be called as of today.

Aglomerado

bobbysands81 wrote: »

Specialist Knowledge, Expertise and Self Development, is that not a general one too or did they ask specific questions on it?

Specific AFAIK. It's kind of jumbled up in my memory as I've had loads going on at work/ outside work on top of the interview, I still haven't had the chance to reflect properly on it all... maybe interpersonal and communication skills was one of those general ones! Just glad it's over tbh!

CKanza123

eoinola wrote: »

74 on the open was the last one to be called as of today.

Did PAS tell you this? Was that this morning?

eoinola

CKanza123 wrote: »

Did PAS tell you this? Was that this morning?

Yep - called them about 3 or so today.

ZolaGood

eoinola wrote: »

74 on the open was the last one to be called as of today.

Given that we are the same number eoinola there could be more than one person at each of 75-79 meaning another day or two of torture:). I'm ringing later because I want to suss out my regional panel now that my Dublin offer 'might' be imminent

CKanza123

How can there be two people at the same number?

Also, anyone with Sligo as a choice, no appointments there yet and none likely in near future

ZolaGood

CKanza123 wrote: »

How can there be two people at the same number?

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I don't know but I presume we got identical scores in the interview.

Rosiebeans81

ZolaGood wrote: »

I don't know but I presume we got identical scores in the interview.

I have exactly the same position as someone else also. I'd presumed its the identical scores at interview.

Siskey

Number 75 on the open, got my nod today!

gics

Congrats!

Past30Now

Siskey wrote: »

Number 75 on the open, got my nod today!

27 to go for me. When there was mention of reaching 70 on Tuesday I was thinking I might get the nod before the weekend. Looks like its slowed considerably.

Confused1979

but I think we were in the 40's or early 50 on Friday evening so they have made huge strides in a few days. Plus all those 27 ahead of you might not have a Dublin pick! stay positive,

salomon

Past30Now wrote: »

27 to go for me. When there was mention of reaching 70 on Tuesday I was thinking I might get the nod before the weekend. Looks like its slowed considerably.

Looks like all of us past 80 will be in the "dribs and drabs"

Radial

I'm late 70's Open. Keeping my fingers crossed I hear shortly.

Good luck to everyone else on the panel. We'll all get there eventually.

CKanza123

salomon wrote: »

Looks like all of us past 80 will be in the "dribs and drabs"

I hope the spurt lasts a wee bit longer. 19 places to go for me...

salomon

CKanza123 wrote: »

I hope the spurt lasts a wee bit longer. 19 places to go for me...

I'm over 40 places away so here's hoping!