Executive Officer 2017 - Tax, Audit & Compliance

je551e

Anyone know if interviews are finished?

Keogh08

Interviews finished Thursday 12th October. Could still be some time before we hear back if there were 300 interviews over the six week span.

purplegold114

Was there really 300 interviews???

ahnowbrowncow

purplegold114 wrote: »

Was there really 300 interviews???

Easily, that's only 10 a day and I think there was two interview panels.

purplegold114

ahnowbrowncow wrote: »

Easily, that's only 10 a day and I think there was two interview panels.

I know there was 2 panels, I'm just thinking would they have done 10 a day? Lunches, public service hours etc.. And were they doing them on Mondays or Fridays?

The interviews were running at at least 40 mins also, breaks in between maybe 20mins?

Keogh08

Even if they only did six a day, two panels for six weeks is still 360 interviewees. I'd say six a day is low water as there was 50 minutes between myself and the previous candidate.

I was told the interviewers will pass their assessments upstairs and it will be a few weeks from the final interview date of the 12th October before we hear anything.

je551e

Keogh08 wrote: »

Interviews finished Thursday 12th October. Could still be some time before we hear back if there were 300 interviews over the six week span.

Thanks

Another long wait so

purplegold114

Keogh08 wrote: »

Even if they only did six a day, two panels for six weeks is still 360 interviewees. I'd say six a day is low water as there was 50 minutes between myself and the previous candidate.

I was told the interviewers will pass their assessments upstairs and it will be a few weeks from the final interview date of the 12th October before we hear anything.

I think that number is a bit crazy but maybe. Looks like a long wait ahead anyway according to what you're saying!

Optiplexy99

je551e wrote: »

Thanks

Another long wait so

Could possibly hear back result before Bank holiday weekend then maybe?

I've a feeling it will be this Friday _ I don't know why - just gut feeling

fg1406

They mark the interviewees as they go along but depending on how many successful candidates there were they may need to do another exercise to whittle down the numbers. It'll probably be another few weeks.

je551e

Optiplexy99 wrote: »

Could possibly hear back result before Bank holiday weekend then maybe?

I've a feeling it will be this Friday _ I don't know why - just gut feeling

Hope you’re right, just dying to know . But more I go over my interview the more I think I didn’t

dragonflyblue

je551e wrote: »

Hope you’re right, just dying to know . But more I go over my interview the more I think I didn’t

I'm the same.

So there could possibly be another selection method like second interview or presentation or whatever still ahead of us so? Oh 'ek!

je551e

dragonflyblue wrote: »

I'm the same.

So there could possibly be another selection method like second interview or presentation or whatever still ahead of us so? Oh 'ek!

I don’t know would they have time to do that with a start date of January but I could be wrong , completely new to all this

fg1406

dragonflyblue wrote: »

I'm the same.

So there could possibly be another selection method like second interview or presentation or whatever still ahead of us so? Oh 'ek!

No I doubt that. There usually is a minimum score per compentency in an interview i.e. 40/100. If there are 100s of people qualifying on the basis of these marks, they may adjust the minimum score to 50 or 55/100 to whittle down candidates.

dragonflyblue

fg1406 wrote: »

No I doubt that. There usually is a minimum score per compentency in an interview i.e. 40/100. If there are 100s of people qualifying on the basis of these marks, they may adjust the minimum score to 50 or 55/100 to whittle down candidates.

According to the e-mail we got inviting us to interview we have to get at least 55% on each competency:

"Each of the above five areas will be scored and you must reach a minimum standard of 55% in each area to be considered successful at interview."

Optiplexy99

je551e wrote: »

Hope you’re right, just dying to know . But more I go over my interview the more I think I didn’t

well Friday come & gone - No sign of anything

Maybe before the bank holiday weekend!!!

je551e

Optiplexy99 wrote: »

well Friday come & gone - No sign of anything

Maybe before the bank holiday weekend!!!

Today’s Thursday isn’t it?

Sevenup79

When do you think results will be out? This evening may be a bit soon. I'm thinking Thur or Fri next week.

pokkets

I just rang them there. They said results should be out towards end of next week.

Optiplexy99

je551e wrote: »

Today’s Thursday isn’t it?

Oops - LOL - yes it was Thursday!!!
had Friday on the brain!!!
Sorry

Optiplexy99

Sevenup79 wrote: »

When do you think results will be out? This evening may be a bit soon. I'm thinking Thur or Fri next week.

I reckon so!! def before Bank holiday id say!!

je551e

pokkets wrote: »

I just rang them there. They said results should be out towards end of next week.

great to hear

je551e

Here’s hoping we’ll all know by this day next week.

purplegold114

pokkets wrote: »

I just rang them there. They said results should be out towards end of next week.

Just seen this, great to hear! Not long now then
😓!!

dragonflyblue

pokkets wrote: »

I just rang them there. They said results should be out towards end of next week.

Not too long more to wait so!

Wonder where the positions will be now though. All this and still no idea where the positions are.

je551e

dragonflyblue wrote: »

Not too long more to wait so!

Wonder where the positions will be now though. All this and still no idea where the positions are.

I know that’s the thing mightn’t even have a place where we want after all of it

Optiplexy99

je551e wrote: »

I know that’s the thing mightn’t even have a place where we want after all of it

I assume the positions are Nation wide - In every Tax district esp as 6 weeks of interviewing!
Just my thinking on it anyway............
I assume also that may be given a choice on Location perhaps!!??

je551e

Optiplexy99 wrote: »

I assume the positions are Nation wide - In every Tax district esp as 6 weeks of interviewing!
Just my thinking on it anyway............
I assume also that may be given a choice on Location perhaps!!??

I hope so because if I do get through I’m not in a position to move

SunshineKid

Optiplexy99 wrote: »

I assume the positions are Nation wide - In every Tax district esp as 6 weeks of interviewing!
Just my thinking on it anyway............
I assume also that may be given a choice on Location perhaps!!??

I wouldn't assume anything except that the majority of jobs will be Dublin and maybe a few of the larger offices in other cities around the country. Just because there is a Revenue office in your local home town, that does not mean there will be a vacancy there. Sorry to be a killjoy and I really hope that I am wrong but I speak from experience. I would be an EO in Revenue right now if I was willing to work in Dublin but it's not an option for me. Hell I'd be an AO if I was willing to go to Dublin. Your options are really limited when you can't work in the big smoke.

je551e

SunshineKid wrote: »

I wouldn't assume anything except that the majority of jobs will be Dublin and maybe a few of the larger offices in other cities around the country. Just because there is a Revenue office in your local home town, that does not mean there will be a vacancy there. Sorry to be a killjoy and I really hope that I am wrong but I speak from experience. I would be an EO in Revenue right now if I was willing to work in Dublin but it's not an option for me. Hell I'd be an AO if I was willing to go to Dublin. Your options are really limited when you can't work in the big smoke.

Thanks , just hope the best so .

When are you told where the vacancies are, do you know?

barneystinson

je551e wrote: »

Thanks , just hope the best so .

When are you told where the vacancies are, do you know?

You don't. Individual vacancies that can be filled may or may not arise. The majority of EO recruitment in recent years has been in batches / groups at specific locations (Kilkenny, Navan, Dublin, Galway to name a few).

Along with that, in other tax districts, where management can make a successful business case (due to loss of staff through retirement, promotion, transfer etc) then they might get the odd EO.

This was in itself a departure from how recruitment would've been done previously so maybe they'll revert to individual recruitment, impossible to know.

je551e

barneystinson wrote: »

You don't. Individual vacancies that can be filled may or may not arise. The majority of EO recruitment in recent years has been in batches / groups at specific locations (Kilkenny, Navan, Dublin, Galway to name a few).

Along with that, in other tax districts, where management can make a successful business case (due to loss of staff through retirement, promotion, transfer etc) then they might get the odd EO.

This was in itself a departure from how recruitment would've been done previously so maybe they'll revert to individual recruitment, impossible to know.

Thanks for that

SunshineKid

je551e wrote: »

Thanks , just hope the best so .

When are you told where the vacancies are, do you know?

As far as I know, you're not told anything until you get a phone call from Revenue offering you a vacancy in some location which you can accept or reject. It can be difficult to get information from them. Even the HR people don't know in advance where the vacancies are until they get a request in from a region looking for staff. The whole purpose of this competition is to create a panel from which they can pull staff if required.

Optiplexy99

SunshineKid wrote: »

I wouldn't assume anything except that the majority of jobs will be Dublin and maybe a few of the larger offices in other cities around the country. Just because there is a Revenue office in your local home town, that does not mean there will be a vacancy there. Sorry to be a killjoy and I really hope that I am wrong but I speak from experience. I would be an EO in Revenue right now if I was willing to work in Dublin but it's not an option for me. Hell I'd be an AO if I was willing to go to Dublin. Your options are really limited when you can't work in the big smoke.

Yes I agree
Same here

je551e

SunshineKid wrote: »

As far as I know, you're not told anything until you get a phone call from Revenue offering you a vacancy in some location which you can accept or reject. It can be difficult to get information from them. Even the HR people don't know in advance where the vacancies are until they get a request in from a region looking for staff. The whole purpose of this competition is to create a panel from which they can pull staff if required.

Thanks so that start date of January 2018 was just to cover themselves in case a vacancy arises then . so the start date could be anytime within the year of expiration of the panel.

SunshineKid

je551e wrote: »

Thanks so that start date of January 2018 was just to cover themselves in case a vacancy arises then . so the start date could be anytime within the year of expiration of the panel.

So they could create a panel with 170 on it for example and maybe offer positions to the first 100 people on the panel. That first 100 will be starting in January 2018 but the remaining 70 could be offered positions at any time during the course of the year or the lifetime of the panel but no guarantee if you make the panel that you will get a job especially if you are near the bottom. It all depends on how many vacancies arise during the lifetime of the panel. But certainly there will be a good chunk that will start in January 2018.

SunshineKid

SunshineKid wrote: »

So they could create a panel with 170 on it for example and maybe offer positions to the first 100 people on the panel. That first 100 will be starting in January 2018 but the remaining 70 could be offered positions at any time during the course of the year or the lifetime of the panel but no guarantee if you make the panel that you will get a job especially if you are near the bottom. It all depends on how many vacancies arise during the lifetime of the panel. But certainly there will be a good chunk that will start in January 2018.

The guy that did my interview told me they are expecting around 60 vacancies for Dublin if that's of any help to anyone

je551e

SunshineKid wrote: »

So they could create a panel with 170 on it for example and maybe offer positions to the first 100 people on the panel. That first 100 will be starting in January 2018 but the remaining 70 could be offered positions at any time during the course of the year or the lifetime of the panel but no guarantee if you make the panel that you will get a job especially if you are near the bottom. It all depends on how many vacancies arise during the lifetime of the panel. But certainly there will be a good chunk that will start in January 2018.

Thanks SunshineKid , sorry for all the questions

SunshineKid

je551e wrote: »

Thanks SunshineKid , sorry for all the questions

No problem, I hope that you get placed where you want to be. Not long left to wait now surely. Although I am about 99% sure that I didn't make the panel this time around.

Densey12

Best of Luck to everybody!!
I hope we do hear this week!!
The wait is a killer!

je551e

SunshineKid wrote: »

No problem, I hope that you get placed where you want to be. Not long left to wait now surely. Although I am about 99% sure that I didn't make the panel this time around.

Thanks Best of luck to you

Eoc2207kei

je551e wrote: »

Thanks Best of luck to you

Afraid I rang there and "results will be out next week" was the answer I was given.

purplegold114

Eoc2207kei wrote: »

Afraid I rang there and "results will be out next week" was the answer I was given.

The suspense is killing me! Every time I open my emails I have a mini heart attack. Another week of this so!

fg1406

I've decided that if on the off chance i get offered a place, I'll turn it down. I don't think I want to work remotely and go to businesses alone auditing. I'd love the job if it was a desk based exercise in the office but the remote working and travelling for what really isn't a great salary isn't appealing. I am still very curious as to how I did though!

Eoc2207kei

purplegold114 wrote: »

The suspense is killing me! Every time I open my emails I have a mini heart attack. Another week of this so!

I'm sorry I didn't have better news! I think we're all in that sinking boat of suspense! I suspect a lot met the qualifying standards so they have probably needed to do further screening.

SunshineKid

fg1406 wrote: »

I've decided that if on the off chance i get offered a place, I'll turn it down. I don't think I want to work remotely and go to businesses alone auditing. I'd love the job if it was a desk based exercise in the office but the remote working and travelling for what really isn't a great salary isn't appealing. I am still very curious as to how I did though!

I feel the same. I don't think I would like the travelling part either. I spent the last 2 years really wanting this job but my circumstances at home have changed and I need to give priority to my family now over anything else. I don't think that this is the job for me anymore so if I don't make the panel, I'm not going to care either way.

barneystinson

SunshineKid wrote: »

I feel the same. I don't think I would like the travelling part either. I spent the last 2 years really wanting this job but my circumstances at home have changed and I need to give priority to my family now over anything else. I don't think that this is the job for me anymore so if I don't make the panel, I'm not going to care either way.

What's all this about travelling and remote working? Where's this coming from?

je551e

Eoc2207kei wrote: »

Afraid I rang there and "results will be out next week" was the answer I was given.

No way! I could cry

SunshineKid

barneystinson wrote: »

What's all this about travelling and remote working? Where's this coming from?

Barneystinson, I know it's not travelling as such but it is working on-site and I was led to believe that approximately 50% of the time would be spent on-site away from the desk??

fg1406

barneystinson wrote: »

What's all this about travelling and remote working? Where's this coming from?

I was told that this job entailed working off site going to business/farms etc doing audits. I was even specifically asked about it at interview.