Civil Service Clerical Officer Campaign 2017 (Dublin)

cornel08biz

Does anyone know how many they hired last year ?

Sharon2017

I just went over the message they sent me again confirming my place in the OOM and at the end it says the following:



Please note that interviews are expected to commence in February 2018

Sharon2017

Has anyone got an invitation to interview for this one yet?

isabella5

They said February

Sharon2017

isabella5 wrote: »

They said February

Interviews should commence in Feb but I assumed they'd be giving people a few weeks notice so I expect people quite high up on the list should start to hear soon

Aoibhin84

I wonder where the vacancies are, I've heard Peoplepoint....

Claireyy

Sharon2017 wrote: »

Interviews should commence in Feb but I assumed they'd be giving people a few weeks notice so I expect people quite high up on the list should start to hear soon

You usually get about two to three weeks notice. They were still interviewing from the 2016 panel last week so I’d say it’ll be another week or two before people hear!

R777B

Does anyone know how quickly they get through interviews? As in, if they call people for interviews in February, does anyone know how many they will call forward?

Birdy25

Does any one know how many are in Batch 1 for 2017?

Moving2017

PAS are the only ones that can answer that question with certainty...

Birdy25 wrote: »

Does any one know how many are in Batch 1 for 2017?

rachaelworld

I just called PAS and spoke to someone in the department dealing with our campaign. I asked if there was any clarity on when the invites for interviews might go out and she said that they were expecting to start the call outs early to middle of February, and early does not mean the first few days, so it sounds like the 2nd week of February (however I've just realised that the first few days of Feb fall at the end of a week so the 2nd week is a bit earlier in the month) and she said they would give 7 to 10 days notice before the interview date.

I forgot to ask how many they would be calling at a time so maybe someone else can call and ask that however I did tell her that my OOM is up around 250.

Anyway, my feeling is the first interviews will start around the 12th or 13th of Feb or at least in that week

Sarah2018

When i got my stage 2 results i rang PAS to clear up a few things .I got batch 1 oom 650. Wasn't sure if it was good , or bad! The lady on the phone told me there is roughly 1200 in batch 1 and that there are plenty of vacancies on Dublin. Currently a TCO for the last 3 years working 9 months on 3 off on a rolling 3 year panel with good overtime! . going to be commuting a fair distance to Dublin as well if i get in ..anything for permanency! Good luck to all!

mascherano11

Just got an email to attend for interview on 7th of Feb i was no35 in OOM

Sharon2017

mascherano11 wrote: »

Just got an email to attend for interview on 7th of Feb i was no35 in OOM

Brilliant congrats! Anyone else get an interview? I’m 187 on the OOM so hope I won’t be too long waiting

mascherano11

Any idea what to expect in the interview and how long before you think people will actually be assigned jobs?

Sharon2017

mascherano11 wrote: »

Any idea what to expect in the interview and how long before you think people will actually be assigned jobs?

I think take a look at the expected qualities of a civil servant on the PAS website and think of a few examples of how you demonstrated those in other jobs. I don’t think you’d need to prep too much and with an OOM of 35 you’ll be one of the first to get an offer I’d imagine!!

Crunchymomma

mascherano11 wrote: »

Any idea what to expect in the interview and how long before you think people will actually be assigned jobs?

Make sure you know your competencies and have examples for each. I had mine done out in STAR format. Interview lasted about 40 mins.

fin12

Crunchymomma wrote: »

Make sure you know your competencies and have examples for each. I had mine done out in STAR format. Interview lasted about 40 mins.

Crunchy momma are u giving a list of what competencies they will ask in the email?

isabella5

Good luck with your interview

Crunchymomma

fin12 wrote: »

Crunchy momma are u giving a list of what competencies they will ask in the email?

Competencies were listed in original information booklet I'd say or I think they can be found on publicjobs.ie also. I don't have them saved anymore as its almost a year and a half since I did mine

fin12

Crunchymomma wrote: »

Competencies were listed in original information booklet I'd say or I think they can be found on publicjobs.ie also. I don't have them saved anymore as its almost a year and a half since I did mine

Ok thanks, sorry last question can you remember how many you prepared?

Crunchymomma

fin12 wrote: »

Ok thanks, sorry last question can you remember how many you prepared?

i prepared 2 examples for each competency. they did end up asking me about a certain competency in relation to a particular job which i hadnt prepared but muddled through it. make sure you understand what they want you to demonstrate with each competency so that you can thijk on your feet if needs be and hit all the points

cornel08biz

Hi Guys,
Are they organizing interviews once they have an available position or they will be interviewing the whole batch ?
Did anyone else receive the e-mail ?

Crunchymomma

cornel08biz wrote: »

Hi Guys,
Are they organizing interviews once they have an available position or they will be interviewing the whole batch ?
Did anyone else receive the e-mail ?

They interview in batches and then do vetting and reference checks as positions become available

Sharon2017

Crunchymomma wrote: »

They interview in batches and then do vetting and reference checks as positions become available

I haven’t heard of any other interviews yet I am 187 OOM so it will be interesting to see how quickly they’ll get to my batch from the few who’ve been invited so far!

rachaelworld

Just got my invite to interview and I'm around 250 OOM, set for the 14th at 11ish so that's a relief to know now. Now for the prep :-/

Sharon2017

I've had mine too. Feb 14th (how romantic)

tigerwoods

Great news,they seem to be flying with the interviews.Hope they keep up the pace as I am in the 900's.Best of luck to the both of you.

cornel08biz

Best of luck everybody! Interesting... i m late 300 and i haven't received the invite .. anybody else the same ?
I guess they will be interviewing everybody in February ÷ March

barrier86

quick question.

how is everyone preparing for their interview?

have you a link to suggested material?

Sharon2017

This is what we'll need:

https://www.publicjobs.ie/publicjobs/publication/document/17170108__Stage_3_Familiaristion_for_candidates.pdf

barrier86

Sharon2017 wrote: »

This is what we'll need:

https://www.publicjobs.ie/publicjobs/publication/document/17170108__Stage_3_Familiaristion_for_candidates.pdf

that you for the reply and good luck!

isabella5

Just wondering Sharon2017 if you have heard anything with your oom as poster below you has lower higher oom and has been called to an interview

Cathyban

Hi there. I’m OOM 270 and got invitation for 12 Feb. good luck to everybody

Sharon2017

isabella5 wrote: »

Just wondering Sharon2017 if you have heard anything with your oom as poster below you has lower higher oom and has been called to an interview

Yep I'll be Feb 14th! Thanks for asking

cornel08biz

Hi ,

Did anyone with oom between 300 and 400 receive the invite?

isabella5

I'm 308 and haven't heard yet

Starlady7

Hi there, I'm new to this. My oom is 363, awaiting news of the interview. Delighted to have finally passed the exam! I've done quite a few over the years. For anyone reading this who hasn't done the exam yet or has been unsuccessful my advice is 1. Don't give up. 2.check out career services.ie their online tutorial really helped me. 3. Unless they say there's negative marking in the numerical do by all means do wild guessing if you are running out of time, as you have a one in three chance of getting the right answer. It can make all the difference

Sharon2017

Re the form we have to fill out:

Does one of the references actually have to be our most recent employer?

Because for me...(a) its a crap temporary job in the meantime while I wait for something better
(b) They don't provide references they'll only confirm that I work there

Can I give someone else?

Claireyy

Sharon2017 wrote: »

Re the form we have to fill out:

Does one of the references actually have to be our most recent employer?

Because for me...(a) its a crap temporary job in the meantime while I wait for something better
(b) They don't provide references they'll only confirm that I work there


Can I give someone else?

I’m pretty sure the reference form is just to confirm that you worked there, how many sick days etc. They don’t contact anybody until they reach your place on the panel so you could probably leave them off or include them but put a note explaining the situation. Wouldn’t worry too much about it, they only contact one out of three anyway!

Jessym50

Hi,
Just wondering my OOM is batch 1 570 is this good? Has anyone been contacted near my number?

bookworm66

Jessym50 wrote: »

Hi,
Just wondering my OOM is batch 1 570 is this good? Has anyone been contacted near my number?

I'm OOM 563, which I'm happy with, and haven't heard anything yet. Not sure if they will wait for the first round of interviews to be done before they call the next round.

Anfearcaomh

Had my interview today, both people were nice and friendly, focused on the competencies mainly, asked about college and sport as well as work based on what they saw on my CV...

I didn't prepare that much and I felt I did well on some questions and poorly on others...

I'll let ye know if the light preparation approach is a bad decsion or not when I hear back from them!

Starlady7

Hi there,
Thanks a mill for the info. I'm a bit nervous of the competancy based interviews so any help is greatly appreciated. Can I ask how they phrased the questions? Like "can you give an example of how you worked well in a team in X job" or were the questions more complicated/tricky than that? Many thanks!

Anfearcaomh

Starlady7 wrote: »

Hi there,
Thanks a mill for the info. I'm a bit nervous of the competancy based interviews so any help is greatly appreciated. Can I ask how they phrased the questions? Like "can you give an example of how you worked well in a team in X job" or were the questions more complicated/tricky than that? Many thanks!

The first five minutes was a general going over my CV, she asked me what was best educational achievement was...I just said a project I had done which caught me out because the second person started on the competencies and asked specifically about it in relation to that project. All the other ones were as you said give me an example when etc...so the only thing I would say was if you bring something up be prepared for them to go further on that topic because I couldnt really remember the specific s of it and had to think on the spot!

Starlady7

Anfearcaomh wrote: »

The first five minutes was a general going over my CV, she asked me what was best educational achievement was...I just said a project I had done which caught me out because the second person started on the competencies and asked specifically about it in relation to that project. All the other ones were as you said give me an example when etc...so the only thing I would say was if you bring something up be prepared for them to go further on that topic because I couldnt really remember the specific s of it and had to think on the spot!

Thank you so much for that - it's great to get an idea of how the interview goes. I'm sure you did very well! Let us know how you get on. Best wishes.

Periplectomenus

I suppose they didn't give time-frames did they as to when you'll get the new OOM after the interview? Also the competency questions were they all based on the clerical competencies listed in the familiarisation material?

Claireyy

Periplectomenus wrote: »

I suppose they didn't give time-frames did they as to when you'll get the new OOM after the interview? Also the competency questions were they all based on the clerical competencies listed in the familiarisation material?

Your OOM doesn’t change after the interview, unless of course you fail. You usually find out 10 days later whether you passed or not but sometimes it can take longer!

The interview is extremely straight forward and is focused on the competencies in the familiarisation material. I think there’s 6 and the interviewers go through three each. You will be expected to give EXAMPLES for every question and you get marked for this. For example: How do you work under pressure? I work very well under pressure. In my previous job I juggled many tasks at once. I made to-do lists so as not to get overloaded etc etc

Periplectomenus

Oh interesting. So pass means you'll get a job whenever it arises according to current OOM. Sounds like its fairly easy to 'pass' in that case! Does anyone know - In terms of the placements. DO they place by which department they feel would suit the individual best based on their skill set or is just just whatever crops up?

Claireyy

Periplectomenus wrote: »

Oh interesting. So pass means you'll get a job whenever it arises according to current OOM. Sounds like its fairly easy to 'pass' in that case! Does anyone know - In terms of the placements. DO they place by which department they feel would suit the individual best based on their skill set or is just just whatever crops up?

Yes exactly! Just keep using examples and you’ll be fine! I’m not sure on the other stuff but I’d like to think so! Obviously it’s wherever have vacancies but I do think they try to place you where they think you’ll be suited! I’m starting with Justice next week and I still don’t know which section as HR told me that they’ll look through my skills and experience and see where is best so here’s hoping you’re right!