Executive Officer Campaign 2016

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Definitely shouldn't have used a phone app.
Not being able to save to memory was a problem.

jthepope2

Hi all,
Just wondering how quickly things could potentially move for those who are successful with the aptitudes?
The next round would be supervised aptitudes followed by interviews on another day?
Am I right in thinking that people who applied from the previous campaign, as in December 2015ish, have only started in their jobs of late? IE it has taken them a year to get through the stages etc?
What's the quickest people have taken up roles?

py2006

PurvesGrundy wrote: »

I am finding the practice numerical sh1t hard. Not looking good for when I do the real thing tomorrow.:(

Tomorrow is deadline by the way.

Monife

jthepope2 wrote: »

Hi all,
Just wondering how quickly things could potentially move for those who are successful with the aptitudes?
The next round would be supervised aptitudes followed by interviews on another day?
Am I right in thinking that people who applied from the previous campaign, as in December 2015ish, have only started in their jobs of late? IE it has taken them a year to get through the stages etc?
What's the quickest people have taken up roles?

Depends where you come on the panel after interviews. A friend of mine was around no. 20 and took up his preferred location in January 2016. There were people who started before then, much quicker if you choose Dublin.

ahnowbrowncow

jthepope2 wrote: »

Hi all,
Just wondering how quickly things could potentially move for those who are successful with the aptitudes?
The next round would be supervised aptitudes followed by interviews on another day?
Am I right in thinking that people who applied from the previous campaign, as in December 2015ish, have only started in their jobs of late? IE it has taken them a year to get through the stages etc?
What's the quickest people have taken up roles?

It was December 2014, online tests were in february 2015, results came out two weeks later and people were first placed around summer 2015. People are still being placed 2 years on.

I was successful and started last year after I stated I was interested in Dublin as there was no movement locally.

Yeboah

can you do the verbal now and log in later and do the numerical...allowed some time to do exams at work in a private room but wont have time to do both

xDisneyDivax

Just done. A breeze compared to practice ones! But that ain't to say it was easy though. Good luck to those who still have to do it yet!

baba_bear

I'm in the same boat as Yeboah - advice from those who have taken the test would be much appreciated.

Sid_1

You can do the verbal and then take a few minutes of a breather but have to leave computer on. You cant do verbal and log off.

Sid_1

Did mine on Sunday. Definitely not as hard as the practise tests. Pleasantly surprised tbh. Not taking anything for granted though.

baba_bear

Thanks for the advice Sid_1.

Jakeren7

All done, verbal actually not to bad. Numerical found some quite tough even though I got the 8 practice questions right at the start. Good luck everyone

jfrmbray

Is there any way to tell what questions i got right and wrong in the practice verbal? there was a couple that I was unsure of (and subsequently got wrong) that I would like clarification on.

phatkev

Jakeren7 wrote: »

All done, verbal actually not to bad. Numerical found some quite tough even though I got the 8 practice questions right at the start. Good luck everyone

Fairly similar for myself, felt the verbal went ok and got to the end in the Numerical one but there was two early on I just knew I wouldn't be able to do, so made a guess at them and moved on. I think was the right move because I answered the last 3 fairly confidently

Jakeren7

jfrmbray wrote: »

Is there any way to tell what questions i got right and wrong in the practice verbal? there was a couple that I was unsure of (and subsequently got wrong) that I would like clarification on.

Unfortunately not. It be great if it did at least u would know where u went wrong

ahnowbrowncow

jfrmbray wrote: »

Is there any way to tell what questions i got right and wrong in the practice verbal? there was a couple that I was unsure of (and subsequently got wrong) that I would like clarification on.

There is, take note of your answers and then change your answers for the ones you got wrong. It will tell you when you've answered them all correctly

jfrmbray

ahnowbrowncow wrote: »

There is, take note of your answers and then change your answers for the ones you got wrong. It will tell you when you've answered them all correctly

Ah ****, fair enough.

vinegarhill98

Hi all, done the test this morning. No where near in comparison to the practice tests. Good luck all

py2006

Worryingly, one or two people found the practice ones a breeze...

At least that's what they are telling us! ;-)

Monife

py2006 wrote: »

Worryingly, one or two people found the practice ones a breeze...

At least that's what they are telling us! ;-)

Depends which practice ones you're talking about... The practice tests on the SHL website are ridiculously hard but the practice tests sent with the assessment are easy.

LirW

Did it yesterday evening, I don't think I did too bad.
Just on a sidenote, while I was doing the numerical, my boy woke up and went in and was quite upset that I send him out again :rolleyes:

eroc79

LirW wrote: »

Did it yesterday evening, I don't think I did too bad.
Just on a sidenote, while I was doing the numerical, my boy woke up and went in and was quite upset that I send him out again :rolleyes:

I had mine warned to only disturb me if the house was falling down. The joys of trying to find a quiet time to do these things when kids are in the vicinity. Lol

stuchyg

Just finished there. I would bother with the initial link give for practice tests, far too hard and not like the actual tests.

Just do the 8 samples before the real thing.

That being said, fairly sure I have failed the maths, had to guess the last 3 as I was running outta time. Extremely Pissed off cause I finished high on the last EO tests but missed attending my supervised exam.

Areas

I did my tests on Saturday. I didn't mind the numerical, Felt like i got 100% bar 2 questions towards the end. The verbal on the other hand, I can never tell the difference between "False" and "Cannot Tell".
I went to my Aunts house to do them as I knew no one was home there. Still didn't stop my Dad trying to call my half way through to ask me how I was getting on.

starlit

Got the tests done. Went through verbal quickly enough but almost ran out of time for the numerical had to guess a few. Tried my best with it but seemed a bit more straight forward than the shl practice tests! Did the sample practice tests a few times it helped ease into the actual tests. Best of luck everyone!

carnie

Just did it there and I think I've done **** in both tests.

I wasn't as motivated or prepared for this comp compared to others

heffomike54

Folks,

When you click the link to do the second part of the exam (Verbal & Numerical) and the person details screen comes up, it has auto populated with my candidate number as an e-mail address. I changed it to my own personal E-Mail address, did i do right or make a mistake????

Copper_pipe

I left there email address as it was

I assumed it was linked to the login details they sent us so I left it

coffeegal

I changed it to my own email address too. I wondered at the time if I should leave it or not but I really just wanted to get the tests over with.

carnie

Copper_pipe wrote: »

I left there email address as it was

I assumed it was linked to the login details they sent us so I left it

I did the same

meandmymonkey

Done. Glad to have it done.
I wasn't sure about the email either so left it as it was.

eroc79

heffomike54 wrote: »

Folks,

When you click the link to do the second part of the exam (Verbal & Numerical) and the person details screen comes up, it has auto populated with my candidate number as an e-mail address. I changed it to my own personal E-Mail address, did i do right or make a mistake????

I left it as I assumed it's the email address used by pas to set up an shl profile for us.

ilovethistles

I also left it as it was, but freaked afterwards wondering should I have changed it.

py2006

The whole thing is the devil I tell ya

Copper_pipe

Hopefully, we wont be waiting too long to hear the results

VONSHIRACH

Monife wrote: »

Depends which practice ones you're talking about... The practice tests on the SHL website are ridiculously hard

If you practise hard questions then the real test will be much easier. I found the verbal ok and had at least 5 mins to spare, also a few mins to spare in the numerical.

baba_bear

I changed the email details to my own too - fingers crossed it doesn't cause any problems down the line.

Danielle D

baba_bear wrote:

I changed the email details to my own too - fingers crossed it doesn't cause any problems down the line.

Me too, freaking out a bit now about it!

Tpau

Just completed both online tests now. I found the practice samples much more difficult. I was putting it off and just ploughed ahead taking a short break between the verbal and numerical tests. Best of luck everyone.

Mr. FoggPatches

The email address that appears on that screen is your candidate ID @ public jobs or pas.ie if memory serves me correct. I think it links to your message inbox on public jobs.ie

Full Marx

Danielle D wrote: »

Me too, freaking out a bit now about it!

I did that too I was thinking what the **** are those random numbers

PurvesGrundy

Just finished now. I ran out of time for the numerical and missed the final two questions, but managed to complete the prior test.

Sarahsan

Just finished. Much easier than the practice ones for sure, but I know I made quite a few mistakes and rushed at the end  Not too optimistic but hopeful all the same. Hopefully it won't be too long until we get the results. Good luck everyone!

monday monday

Danielle D wrote: »

Me too, freaking out a bit now about it!

I changed the email too.:eek: ive just emailed PAS to make sure this wont cause problems.
I found the numerical ok. I found the verbal much harder. like someone said before found it difficult to pick between false and cannot say.

Danielle D

monday monday wrote:

I changed the email too. ive just emailed PAS to make sure this wont cause problems. I found the numerical ok. I found the verbal much harder. like someone said before found it difficult to pick between false and cannot say.

Will you let us know if you hear back, might give them a call in the morning just to check. Getting worried now!

SunshineKid

Ooops!! I also changed the email address to my own. Freaking out now too!!

monday monday

Danielle D wrote: »

Will you let us know if you hear back, might give them a call in the morning just to check. Getting worried now!

I sure will.

Full Marx

I found the verbal easy but found the numerical very hard and slow going.. ended up randomly guessing a few at the end as I ran out of time, would I have been better letting the time expire? Oh well.

Good luck everyone but I think I messed up the maths ones badly... got 2/3 right maybe but took far too long on them and probably got the final third all wrong. Maths has never been my strong suit at all. I'm capable but it takes me a long time. Bit disheartened now.

eimaj18

Full Marx wrote: »

I found the verbal easy but found the numerical very hard and slow going.. ended up randomly guessing a few at the end as I ran out of time, would I have been better letting the time expire? Oh well.

Good luck everyone but I think I messed up the maths ones badly... got 2/3 right maybe but took far too long on them and probably got the final third all wrong. Maths has never been my strong suit at all. I'm capable but it takes me a long time. Bit disheartened now.

Don't be disheartened. Most of the time you just need to pass the numerical. Looking back on some of my scores, you just needed approx 350 marks out of 800, so it's not too hard to get. Maths not my forté at all, but I have passed every time I've done them. Don't worry.

etar

Danielle D wrote: »

Me too, freaking out a bit now about it!

I changed mine too :-(