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NEW 2018 Assistant Principal Officer Competition

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    #1922
    Remind me
    Registered Users Posts: 871 ✭✭✭Remind me


    sarah_keegs wrote: »
    Hi all, My interview is on the 12th, and I just got the details of all of the board members, and chairperson. I'm struck by the fact that the panel will be all male, the only female will be the chairperson. As it stands, this is the case for every interview date with the exception of the 10th. Don't PAS have some obligation to gender balance on the panels?

    The panel is 3 people?


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    #1923
    PhoenixParker
    Registered Users Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭PhoenixParker


    sarah_keegs wrote: »
    Hi all, My interview is on the 12th, and I just got the details of all of the board members, and chairperson. I'm struck by the fact that the panel will be all male, the only female will be the chairperson. As it stands, this is the case for every interview date with the exception of the 10th. Don't PAS have some obligation to gender balance on the panels?

    The panel is three people, one of whom is female.
    That meets their gender balance obligation.


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    #1924
    sarah_keegs
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭sarah_keegs


    PhoenixParker wrote: »
    The panel is three people, one of whom is female.
    That meets their gender balance obligation.

    So is the chairperson part of the panel? Is the PAS person just there for process?


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    #1925
    knockanroe
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭knockanroe


    sarah_keegs wrote: »
    So is the chairperson part of the panel? Is the PAS person just there for process?

    The PAS person is the note taker.

    Just for info, my chairperson is male and the other two board members are female. My interview is on the 9th.


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    #1926
    sarah_keegs
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭sarah_keegs


    knockanroe wrote: »
    The PAS person is the note taker.

    Just for info, my chairperson is male and the other two board members are female. My interview is on the 9th.

    Okay, got it. When we have panels where I work now, the chairperson is non voting...guess that isn’t the case here.


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    #1927
    irishbigfoot
    Registered Users Posts: 246 ✭✭irishbigfoot


    knockanroe wrote: »
    The PAS person is the note taker.

    Just for info, my chairperson is male and the other two board members are female. My interview is on the 9th.

    Yep PAS rep is there to bring you in and take notes so will not ask any questions.

    The chairperson and the two board members will take specific competencies to talk about individually so you will be addressing one person directly and they will not be cutting across each other asking you questions.

    Just to note that there is more than one interview panel in operation for this- can only compare to my colleague who is in this batch as well and its completely different board members.


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    #1928
    Summer2019
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭Summer2019


    irishbigfoot wrote: »
    Yep PAS rep is there to bring you in and take notes so will not ask any questions.

    The chairperson and the two board members will take specific competencies to talk about individually so you will be addressing one person directly and they will not be cutting across each other asking you questions.

    Just to note that there is more than one interview panel in operation for this- can only compare to my colleague who is in this batch as well and its completely different board members.

    It seems that interviews are starting on the 3rd of April and finishing on the 12th of April, is that correct? So that's 8 days of interviews . How many interview boards are there, do we know apart from the 2 mentioned above?
    Maybe we can roughly work out how many people will be interviewed in this batch!!


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    #1929
    irishbigfoot
    Registered Users Posts: 246 ✭✭irishbigfoot


    Summer2019 wrote: »
    It seems that interviews are starting on the 3rd of April and finishing on the 12th of April, is that correct? So that's 8 days of interviews . How many interview boards are there, do we know apart from the 2 mentioned above?
    Maybe we can roughly work out how many people will be interviewed in this batch!!

    Dates for my board are from 3rd to the 15th - weekends excluded so 9 days.
    No idea how many boards though or how many people they are going through in one day.


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    #1930
    Max Mustermann
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭Max Mustermann


    irishbigfoot wrote: »
    Dates for my board are from 3rd to the 15th - weekends excluded so 9 days.
    No idea how many boards though or how many people they are going through in one day.

    Batch 1 had 4 boards doing 8 interviews each per day, so that's potentially 288 interviews over the 9 days, which sounds about right to me.


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    #1931
    Summer2019
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭Summer2019


    irishbigfoot wrote: »
    Dates for my board are from 3rd to the 15th - weekends excluded so 9 days.
    No idea how many boards though or how many people they are going through in one day.

    I can't imagine them going through more than 7 interviews a day. So if there are 3 boards x 7 candidates x 9 days = 189 people interviewed...(maybe I am completely wrong)


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    #1932
    Summer2019
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭Summer2019


    Max Mustermann wrote: »
    Batch 1 had 4 boards doing 8 interviews each per day, so that's potentially 288 interviews over the 9 days, which sounds about right to me.

    Really? That's a lot of interviews!!


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    #1933
    PhoenixParker
    Registered Users Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭PhoenixParker


    Batch 1 was split into two sets of interviews. This batch is the same size as batch 1 but they're doing all the interviews together.


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    #1934
    Max Mustermann
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭Max Mustermann


    PhoenixParker wrote: »
    Batch 1 was split into two sets of interviews. This batch is the same size as batch 1 but they're doing all the interviews together.

    They're also interviewing all 'Regional only' candidates to date.


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    #1935
    Hendrix77
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭Hendrix77


    Some one of you knows if they are going to get all the people that passed stage 1 a chance to get to stage 2?


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    #1936
    PhoenixParker
    Registered Users Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭PhoenixParker


    Max Mustermann wrote: »
    They're also interviewing all 'Regional only' candidates to date.

    That's included in my calculations.

    The Dublin only group was 750 people. (Batch 1.1 and 1.2)

    This group is everyone up to oom 1500 minus those 750, so it's another 750 people.


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    #1937
    Summer2019
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭Summer2019


    PhoenixParker wrote: »
    That's included in my calculations.

    The Dublin only group was 750 people. (Batch 1.1 and 1.2)

    This group is everyone up to oom 1500 minus those 750, so it's another 750 people.

    Actually another poster said they have reached up to 2000 in oom in open and around 1200 in interd.


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    #1938
    PhoenixParker
    Registered Users Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭PhoenixParker


    Summer2019 wrote: »
    Actually another poster said they have reached up to 2000 in oom in open and around 1200 in interd.

    They shortlisted batch 3 last week which I believe brings them that far.

    Batch 2 was up to 1500 and it's that group who are being interviewed now.


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    #1939
    Summer2019
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭Summer2019


    PhoenixParker wrote: »
    They shortlisted batch 3 last week which I believe brings them that far.

    Batch 2 was up to 1500 and it's that group who are being interviewed now.

    I get what you mean. Thanks


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    #1940
    HelloPeeps
    Registered Users Posts: 43 ✭HelloPeeps


    I got details of my interview board today. I have worked in the same Department as one of them and had would have had dealings with them on a fairly remote basis - should I tell PAS?

    I can’t remember any specific interactions but my role would have included assessing/allocating funding requests, reviewing business plans etc of their team.


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    #1941
    Summer2019
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭Summer2019


    Max Mustermann wrote: »
    Batch 1 had 4 boards doing 8 interviews each per day, so that's potentially 288 interviews over the 9 days, which sounds about right to me.

    From these potential 288 candidates being interviewed how many would actually get on a panel? Is. It 50% pass rate?


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    #1942
    Summer2019
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭Summer2019


    Hendrix77 wrote: »
    Some one of you knows if they are going to get all the people that passed stage 1 a chance to get to stage 2?

    It would be great if they did but who knows? I am in the same boat, passed all 3 tests in stage 1 but didn't score high enough to be called yet.


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    #1943
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,285 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    sarah_keegs wrote: »
    Hi all, My interview is on the 12th, and I just got the details of all of the board members, and chairperson. I'm struck by the fact that the panel will be all male, the only female will be the chairperson. As it stands, this is the case for every interview date with the exception of the 10th. Don't PAS have some obligation to gender balance on the panels?

    The chairperson, the two board members and the PAS representative for mine- are all female.


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    #1944
    Max Mustermann
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭Max Mustermann


    Summer2019 wrote: »
    From these potential 288 candidates being interviewed how many would actually get on a panel? Is. It 50% pass rate?

    It should be if it's consistent with batch 1.

    Panel 1.1 is 70+ and panel 1.2 is 50+, so maybe 130 panel positions in total (Dublin).

    Batch 2 will also have individual regional panels.


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    #1945
    Summer2019
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭Summer2019


    Max Mustermann wrote: »
    It should be if it's consistent with batch 1.

    Panel 1.1 is 70+ and panel 1.2 is 50+, so maybe 130 panel positions in total (Dublin).

    Batch 2 will also have individual regional panels.

    They might call another batch or more to stage 2 by Christmas if they continue like this...


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    #1946
    Remind me
    Registered Users Posts: 871 ✭✭✭Remind me


    HelloPeeps wrote: »
    I got details of my interview board today. I have worked in the same Department as one of them and had would have had dealings with them on a fairly remote basis - should I tell PAS?

    I can’t remember any specific interactions but my role would have included assessing/allocating funding requests, reviewing business plans etc of their team.

    If and when the board member sees your name and feel it’s a conflict of interest they will remove themselves.


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    #1947
    HelloPeeps
    Registered Users Posts: 43 ✭HelloPeeps


    Thanks, that makes sense. It was a good while ago so they mightn't remember me.


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    #1948
    Max Mustermann
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭Max Mustermann


    Summer2019 wrote: »
    They might call another batch or more to stage 2 by Christmas if they continue like this...

    I wouldn't rule it out but I'd say they'll have enough in Batch 2 to meet demand for another 6 months or so, which is why I was surprised that they called Batch 3 already.


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    #1949
    Summer2019
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭Summer2019


    Max Mustermann wrote: »
    I wouldn't rule it out but I'd say they'll have enough in Batch 2 to meet demand for another 6 months or so, which is why I was surprised that they called Batch 3 already.

    You are right...I shouldn't keep my hopes up.


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    #1950
    Remind me
    Registered Users Posts: 871 ✭✭✭Remind me


    The panel is open until October next year so I’d be amazed if a 4th wasn’t called.

    Not sure what vacancies are like at AP but at AO there is massive demand.


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    #1951
    Max Mustermann
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭Max Mustermann


    Summer2019 wrote: »
    You are right...I shouldn't keep my hopes up.

    Still 19 months to go on this competition, so at this stage based on progress to date it looks like they will get to batch 4 and maybe more at some stage. When that might happen depends on the rate of progress through Batches 2 and 3, so I would watch this space, and I hope your number comes up.


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