Garda stage 3 - preparation

vodkacz

Hi,

I am of many who succeeded in stage 2 and were invited to stage 3 For the previous stages I prepared myself using careerservices.ie website and attending two courses in Cork. Now regarding stage 3 - I have two options to prepare this time.

Option 1 - careerservices again - it is held in group of people and all is explained by retired superintendent from Garda (150E cost)

Option 2 - ex-superintendent Noel Mcloughlin - individual one-to-one meeting, covering everything that is needed to successfully complete stage 3 (300E - cost, he claims to have 98% passed interviews).

I am wandering if any of you have any previous knowledge regarding both options and would you be able to tell me which should I choose to have more chances passing the interview. Maybe some reviews regarding Mr. Noel Mcloughlin could help as well, as I am so far very satisfied with careerservices. However, Noel was recommended to me by a good friend putting me in confusing state of mind

So please any advice on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot for your help and good luck in stage 3

ForeverYoung90

vodkacz wrote: »

Hi,

I am of many who succeeded in stage 2 and were invited to stage 3 For the previous stages I prepared myself using careerservices.ie website and attending two courses in Cork. Now regarding stage 3 - I have two options to prepare this time.

Option 1 - careerservices again - it is held in group of people and all is explained by retired superintendent from Garda (150E cost)

Option 2 - ex-superintendent Noel Mcloughlin - individual one-to-one meeting, covering everything that is needed to successfully complete stage 3 (300E - cost, he claims to have 98% passed interviews).

I am wandering if any of you have any previous knowledge regarding both options and would you be able to tell me which should I choose to have more chances passing the interview. Maybe some reviews regarding Mr. Noel Mcloughlin could help as well, as I am so far very satisfied with careerservices. However, Noel was recommended to me by a good friend putting me in confusing state of mind

So please any advice on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot for your help and good luck in stage 3

I did prep course for each stage with career services including stage 3. It was very good went through each competency in detail and gave little tips throughout. I passed my interview and would highly recommend. Best of luck.

vodkacz

thanks a lot ForeverYoung90. I've been thinking about careerservices myself just needed somebody to back me up on this one Thanks again

clairelouise95

vodkacz wrote: »

Hi,

I am of many who succeeded in stage 2 and were invited to stage 3 For the previous stages I prepared myself using careerservices.ie website and attending two courses in Cork. Now regarding stage 3 - I have two options to prepare this time.

Option 1 - careerservices again - it is held in group of people and all is explained by retired superintendent from Garda (150E cost)

Option 2 - ex-superintendent Noel Mcloughlin - individual one-to-one meeting, covering everything that is needed to successfully complete stage 3 (300E - cost, he claims to have 98% passed interviews).

I am wandering if any of you have any previous knowledge regarding both options and would you be able to tell me which should I choose to have more chances passing the interview. Maybe some reviews regarding Mr. Noel Mcloughlin could help as well, as I am so far very satisfied with careerservices. However, Noel was recommended to me by a good friend putting me in confusing state of mind

So please any advice on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot for your help and good luck in stage 3

I've heard a lot of good things about Noel! I'm planning on going to him for help, I'm placed around the 350 mark! I'd recommend him. He's ment to be the best in Ireland!

vardy98

Hi guys, I am thinking of doing the preparation courses that careers services do, I definitely need help with the aptitude tests and the interview stage for sure, could anyone tell me who have done the preparation courses especially for the interview stage can you tell me how helpful were they? Did they help you with the competences, how to structure answers and all, did they do 1 on 1 work or all group work.

vodkacz

Hi vardy98,

I would surely recommend Careerservices for stage 1 and stage 2. I did them both and was really pleased with the amount of information provided and well covered material - top marks. When it comes to stage 3, I also went for Careerservices but I have to admit that it is a group course and therefore not customized and focused only on you. You will hear other people's examples for different competences, which might be helpful if you are out of and ideas, but I personally believe that it is wiser to do one-to-one as you will be the main focus and the examples will be based on your application form, making it very customized and more detailed. I chose Careerservices because it was the cheapest (150E) and could not afford private ex-superintendent or sergeant at that time. So save some money and find a very good one-to-one preparation when it comes to stage 3 i.e. http://www.gardainterview.ie/stage-3-2016.html or http://www.gardaip.com/garda-interview-preparation. The first one is cheap enough 180E (I discovered that one too late) and the other is 300E. Gud luk!

vardy98

Thank you Vodkacz for your reply you have helped me decide what to now, I'm going to do stage 1 and stage 2 prep courses with careers services, and I am going to do stage 3 prep course with the first option you mentioned that was 170 euro, I looked them up and they seem really good especially since its one on one, I will see when it comes closer to the time, I am waiting for the next recruitment campaign but I just wanted to see what courses at available, so thanks again.

vardy98

What community work would be good to do, I was thinking of going to help at my local bingo handing out tickets, would this be good to do, or what I mean would it fall under any of the competences in the interview, any other advice would be appreciated.

vodkacz

Any community work would be greatly appreciated by the Board Members (looks great on the application form). But if you are seriously thinking about becoming a Garda I would consider joining Garda Reserve.

vardy98

Are the Garda reserve taking anyone on how do you apply for that, does there be a recruitment campaign for that? I cant find anything.

Cedric87

vardy98 wrote: »

Are the Garda reserve taking anyone on how do you apply for that, does there be a recruitment campaign for that? I cant find anything.

You'll be past retiring age before you get called for the Garda reserve. I am waiting on a training date for the last 1.5 years I applied in 2012

vardy98

Oh my god, that's a long time, ill forget about that I think, cheers mate.

Cedric87

vardy98 wrote: »

Oh my god, that's a long time, ill forget about that I think, cheers mate.

It really is but there is a new campaign for reserves planned for next year.