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

clubzero

Hope to be offered Dublin shortly, dreading the commute !
Are PAS open to requests for placement near to Heuston ?

bobbysands81

clubzero wrote: »

Hope to be offered Dublin shortly, dreading the commute !
Are PAS open to requests for placement near to Heuston ?

Ask them is there anything in that area.

Approx what number were you on Panel?

clubzero

In the 40s

noodler

clubzero wrote: »

Hope to be offered Dublin shortly, dreading the commute !
Are PAS open to requests for placement near to Heuston ?

Haha.I think that might be a tad specific and unrealistic.

ZolaGood

noodler wrote: »

clubzero wrote: »

Hope to be offered Dublin shortly, dreading the commute !
Are PAS open to requests for placement near to Heuston ?

Haha.I think that might be a tad specific and unrealistic.

I wouldn't say it's totally unreasonable to ask. If PAS are making a batch of appointments and there is one in a dept near Hueston they may consider you. I also know of departments that have a number of locations and a couple of vacancies trying to accommodate new staff in the more favourable location e.g. Justice revenue ...if you don't ask you don't get!!

Riskymove

noodler wrote: »

Haha.I think that might be a tad specific and unrealistic.

Revenue have offices nearby
Think Defence still has some presence in Parkgate street

PAS, Education, Social Protection and Housing are on Northside and handy enough to Heuston

Red Wolf

Riskymove wrote: »

Revenue have offices nearby
Think Defence still has some presence in Parkgate street

PAS, Education, Social Protection and Housing are on Northside and handy enough to Heuston

Also the Insolvency Service which is just around a 10 min walk.

noodler

Yeah, some smaller offices are in the area.

Assuming they don't need specific staff or have their eyes on others on the panel.

Regarding the north side suggestion, well on that logic I'd argue nearly anywhere in the city centre is nearby. I don't think it's what the poster meant.

CalvinBalti

JD1763 wrote: »

You can just ring PAS and ask to speak to someone about the AP competition and your current place on the panel.

Thanks. I called and spoke to a very helpful guy who told me that I will be contacted in the next two weeks.

Riskymove

noodler wrote: »

Regarding the north side suggestion, well on that logic I'd argue nearly anywhere in the city centre is nearby. I don't think it's what the poster meant.

If the poster is concerned about commute time via Heuston I just figured such places would be better than Kildare Street/Stephen's green

you would save 15/20 minutes each way

Mama lion

CalvinBalti wrote: »

JD1763 wrote: »

You can just ring PAS and ask to speak to someone about the AP competition and your current place on the panel.

Thanks.  I called and spoke to a very helpful guy who told me that I will be contacted in the next two weeks.

Do you mind me asking where you are on the panel?

CalvinBalti

Mama lion wrote: »

Do you mind me asking where you are on the panel?

I'm in the mid40s on the panel

shibbyj

Dolly1978 wrote: »

Anyone hear of any regional movement? I am waiting on Westmeath or Galway.

I'm batch 2 and I was assigned Kildare.

bobbysands81

shibbyj wrote: »

I'm batch 2 and I was assigned Kildare.

Congrats!

Approx where on Panel were you?

shibbyj

bobbysands81 wrote: »

Congrats!

Approx where on Panel were you?

Thanks! In first 10 on batch 2 and first 5 for regional.

clubzero

I received my assignment in Dublin also.
46 on open panel.
Have to commend Dave in clearance section in PAS, extremely helpful and professional in his job.

Link3n

clubzero wrote: »

I received my assignment in Dublin also.
46 on open panel.
Have to commend Dave in clearance section in PAS, extremely helpful and professional in his job.

Did you get a Dept near heuston station?

clubzero

Got my own Dept in City Centre so happier still

NoNamesWork

Is it expected that all on Batch 2 for Dublin will get an offer?

harrupminute

NoNamesWork wrote: »

Is it expected that all on Batch 2 for Dublin will get an offer?

I would assume so. I am quite a bit down batch 2 myself so also playing a waiting game. It would seem illogical for PAS to waste resources interviewing a 3rd batch if they didnt expect, at a minimum, to use up all of batch 2 and some of batch 3 (possibly all). Remember the panel runs to Oct next year so a full 12 months to go, plenty opps then. Also remember many on panel may not have Dublin down at all or may have Dublin down but it wont be number 1 preference so may not accept.

Newfoundland88

Interview for batch 3 next week. For all those successfully placed, is the interview as intense as promised? Is it more competency based or wider CS policy based??? Have mountains to read on policy and feeling overwhelmed😵😵

NoNamesWork

Mine was almost entirely competency based with just one general question to list the major policy issues facing the current government.

ZolaGood

Newfoundland88 wrote: »

Interview for batch 3 next week. For all those successfully placed, is the interview as intense as promised? Is it more competency based or wider CS policy based??? Have mountains to read on policy and feeling overwhelmed😵😵

Mine was very much based on my competency examples with a fair bit of time focussed on my own office as it's regularly in the media and I think the board were just interested in it! Happy days for me obviously:)

ZolaGood

Oh and good luck

SpinningDizzy

Do you get an email from PAS to say you have gone for clearance? I'm in the 50s and am on tenterhooks at the moment... Thanks

JD1763

Only message I got was my new assignment think clearance will only be in touch if more documentation is required if you're going to a dept with higher clearance.

sodacake1968

I'm quite high for cork and limerick. Can anybody shed any light on how the panels there are moving

bobbysands81

SpinningDizzy wrote: »

Do you get an email from PAS to say you have gone for clearance? I'm in the 50s and am on tenterhooks at the moment... Thanks

As far as I know the 'Clearance' procedure was initiated a couple of months ago for all on the Panel.

If you're in the 50's you'll be hearing very very soon I'd imagine!

EL23

Anyone had their interview this week? Interested to know what approach the panel are taking. Have heard that some panels go for a very explicit competency based approach (some actually announcing which competency the questions are on before they ask the questions), and allow you to talk through the example, while others go for a more rapid fire, force you into answering very narrow questions and interrupting constantly, so never allowing you really to use the competency examples you have prepared... just interested to know which way they are going this week.

Also seems like some people are getting very detailed policy/current affairs questions and some aren't even being asked a policy question at all...

Makes you wonder as to the fairness of the process, but hey, just have to get the head down and do our best I guess!

CorkBhoy

Interviewed this week - bit of a mix between the form and fairly open policy type questions. My reaction on leaving was that it was quite straightforward. If I was naive I'd say I flew it but I'd be concerned that I was too low-key or summit. Time will tell; anyone know when the interviews for this batch are done?

ammg

CorkBhoy wrote: »

Interviewed this week - bit of a mix between the form and fairly open policy type questions. My reaction on leaving was that it was quite straightforward. If I was naive I'd say I flew it but I'd be concerned that I was too low-key or summit. Time will tell; anyone know when the interviews for this batch are done?

Did mine yesterday. Don't know what to make of it. Wait and see

CorkBhoy

ammg wrote: »

CorkBhoy wrote: »

Interviewed this week - bit of a mix between the form and fairly open policy type questions. My reaction on leaving was that it was quite straightforward. If I was naive I'd say I flew it but I'd be concerned that I was too low-key or summit. Time will tell; anyone know when the interviews for this batch are done?

Did mine yesterday. Don't know what to make of it. Wait and see

Tell me about it...

bobbysands81

CorkBhoy wrote: »

Interviewed this week - bit of a mix between the form and fairly open policy type questions. My reaction on leaving was that it was quite straightforward. If I was naive I'd say I flew it but I'd be concerned that I was too low-key or summit. Time will tell; anyone know when the interviews for this batch are done?

You a Civil Servant already?

CorkBhoy

bobbysands81 wrote: »

CorkBhoy wrote: »

Interviewed this week - bit of a mix between the form and fairly open policy type questions. My reaction on leaving was that it was quite straightforward. If I was naive I'd say I flew it but I'd be concerned that I was too low-key or summit. Time will tell; anyone know when the interviews for this batch are done?

You a Civil Servant already?

Yeah, so have done plenty before. Still none the wiser re judging them.

ammg

CorkBhoy wrote: »

Yeah, so have done plenty before. Still none the wiser re judging them.

Sounds familiar

AhAnne

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ThumbTaxed

Is there another competition on now or when is the next one?

tea and coffee

ThumbTaxed wrote: »

Is there another competition on now or when is the next one?

This is still the 2016 one. Next one will likely be announced next spring or so, imo. This gives them enough time to get next panel into place just in time before this one expires

bobbysands81

ThumbTaxed wrote: »

Is there another competition on now or when is the next one?

So you can boycott it?

NoNamesWork

Anybody know what number this panel is at these days?

SpinningDizzy

NoNamesWork wrote: »

Anybody know what number this panel is at these days?

Mid 50s

Killer K

SpinningDizzy wrote: »

Mid 50s

Did you get your offer today Spinningdizzy?

SpinningDizzy

Killer K wrote: »

Did you get your offer today Spinningdizzy?

Why yes I did, how did you guess!

Killer K

SpinningDizzy wrote: »

Why yes I did, how did you guess!

Lol. Congratulations. Your nervous wait is over!

ThumbTaxed

bobbysands81 wrote: »

So you can boycott it?

Your funny.

No I have now realised that it is better to fail miserably and come 999th on that panel than be top ten in an open panel. The back door loser competition

SpinningDizzy

Killer K wrote: »

Lol. Congratulations. Your nervous wait is over!

Now the real fear starts...

NoNamesWork

ThumbTaxed wrote: »

Your funny.

No I have now realised that it is better to fail miserably and come 999th on that panel than be top ten in an open panel. The back door loser competition

This thread is great for updates on the progress of the panel but I think my favourite bit is reading these intermittent ramblings. I very much enjoy them and this weird bitter character you've created is hilarious, good work.

sodacake1968

ThumbTaxed wrote: »

Your funny.

No I have now realised that it is better to fail miserably and come 999th on that panel than be top ten in an open panel. The back door loser competition

Just curious but what would your recruitment process be

CP30

How has anyone who has done the batch 3 interviews found it?

I contacted PAS today and they reckon the results will be out in 2 weeks time which seems fairly quick!

NoNamesWork

Do you think they'll get far into Batch 3? How many did they call for Batch 3 interviews? It seems like they called it before they even appointed anyone from Batch 2 so they must anticipate a lot of vacancies coming down the line.