Administrative Officers 2018 in Revenue - Audit and Compliance

Joem123556

Joem123556 wrote: »

Definitely yeah.

But a very remote location I chose nonetheless!!!

Rikand

I got the same email

I took it to mean that despite being inside the top number, that there were no positions in my chosen area and that's why i wasn't called to interview. But maybe I would get called in the new year

engiweirdo

Dont think everyone got that email with results anyway. I certainly didnt at least.

audrey2014

Did that email only issue today? My chosen counties I think we're Limerick cork Tipp but open to correction!

November Golf

What were the test results/ratings for? Like what stage.

When did the email issue?

Fooker

I rang to clarify as I was placed within the 129 too. They have effectively called to 82. If 3 people got #1 the next number is #2 not #4. It doesn't make sense, but there you go...

Fooker

Fooker wrote: »

I rang to clarify as I was placed within the 129 too. They have effectively called to 82. If 3 people got #1 the next number is #2 not #4. It doesn't make sense, but there you go...

Yeah it's quite unclear, because there's no way to know how many people are ranked on each score. So if I'm ranked #127, I could effectively be the 254th person on the list when you include multiple same-score candidates.

It would help if they told you "there are 253 people ranked higher than you on this list" to give a bit more clarity.

Joem123556

Ah I see, thanks for ending the confusion!! Until next year so...

Ciaran

audrey2014 wrote: »

I'm on the verge of a breakdown now. If the phone rings once more time I'm going to hurl it out the window. It'll make a satisfactory noise when it hits the pavement from 5 floors up. I've one more competency to do and I don't know where to start. I know what I want to say but my brain is not functioning

It's painful, isn't it.

I think anyone who can get these forms completed deserves the job on that basis alone!

jw_sweetman

Ciaran wrote: »

It's painful, isn't it.

I think anyone who can get these forms completed deserves the job on that basis alone!

To be fair, I'd say 80% of that frustration is from.the leadership potential competency...

audrey2014

Well got it in. Finally. God I'm exhausted!

Mac0783

It's done. Rewriting an entire competency at 12.25 was either genius or imbecilic, time will tell. I will forget all about it now, until the panic starts again in January.

So who am i up against? Accountants? Auditors? Serving civil servants with a wealth of management experience?

audrey2014

Mac0783 wrote: »

It's done. Rewriting an entire competency at 12.25 was either genius or imbecilic, time will tell. I will forget all about it now, until the panic starts again in January.

So who am i up against? Accountants? Auditors? Serving civil servants with a wealth of management experience?

I'm a serving civil servant with SOME experience but a LOT OF leadership potential 😜

irumudikkilli

Mac0783 wrote: »

It's done. Rewriting an entire competency at 12.25 was either genius or imbecilic, time will tell. I will forget all about it now, until the panic starts again in January.

So who am i up against? Accountants? Auditors? Serving civil servants with a wealth of management experience?

I am from private sector trying for the Data Science stream. Had the interview for the ICT stream last week, it was a thorough workout, they come at you from all the angles. That experience will hopefully help here!

audrey2014

Just got my interview date. 15th January.

Mac0783

Are you morning or afternoon? No email in yet. Does it say anything about e-tray or presentation or is it just an interview?

Mac0783

Monday 21st. Any idea where Ship street gate is? I googled it there and it's Dublin castle, but which entrance or building i have no idea. Well that's definitely not going to help my stress levels on the day.

audrey2014

Mac0783 wrote: »

Are you morning or afternoon? No email in yet. Does it say anything about e-tray or presentation or is it just an interview?

Just interview. In the afternoon

audrey2014

Mac0783 wrote: »

Monday 21st. Any idea where Ship street gate is? I googled it there and it's Dublin castle, but which entrance or building i have no idea. Well that's definitely not going to help my stress levels on the day.[/qu

Pass out the Olympia and keep going a couple blocks. Enter Dublin Castle from that street and pass out the stamping building it'll be on your left keep going, turn right and then it's a small entrance after the one for the Chester Beatty library

Aglomerado

http://www.dublincastle.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DublinCastle_Maps_website.pdf

Handy map here. Best of luck.

Mac0783

thanks so much, i dont know Dublin that well at all and i can only imagine my stress levels that day.

jw_sweetman

Is there anyone here whos been through one of these competitions before? Just wondering, could anyone clarify the differences between the four panels?

irumudikkilli

jw_sweetman wrote: »

Is there anyone here whos been through one of these competitions before? Just wondering, could anyone clarify the differences between the four panels?

I went through the ICT competition interview and got placed in the panel. I have an interview for this competition on Jan 25 (in Data Science/Statistics/Economics stream). The ICT interview was strictly competency based and there was also a presentation followed by Q&A on that. Since there is no presentation in this interview, it might be a bit less stressful! They do ask probing questions on your examples and it might help if you have additional examples. Practice is the key. I am from Cork and practiced with rdinterviews@gmail.com and I would highly recommend him. I am from private sector all my life and this was all completely foreign to me.

LFC1990

irumudikkilli wrote: »

I went through the ICT competition interview and got placed in the panel. I have an interview for this competition on Jan 25 (in Data Science/Statistics/Economics stream). The ICT interview was strictly competency based and there was also a presentation followed by Q&A on that. Since there is no presentation in this interview, it might be a bit less stressful! They do ask probing questions on your examples and it might help if you have additional examples. Practice is the key. I am from Cork and practiced with rdinterviews@gmail.com and I would highly recommend him. I am from private sector all my life and this was all completely foreign to me.

Great ad

jw_sweetman

Is there anyone here who's currently working as an AO in Revenue? I've heard that in a lot of departments AOs more or less serve as badly paid HEOs, and I'm curious if this is the case with Revenue as well.

Sir Ophiuchus

jw_sweetman wrote: »

Is there anyone here who's currently working as an AO in Revenue? I've heard that in a lot of departments AOs more or less serve as badly paid HEOs, and I'm curious if this is the case with Revenue as well.

I'm not, but my friend is. Revenue goes their own way in a lot of things. From what I've heard from her, she's treated very well. Lots of specialised work, options for career development and training (they want people to get qualifications in the area and will pay for them), and she was once given a commendation and small cash bonus by her boss.

audrey2014

Sir Ophiuchus wrote: »

I'm not, but my friend is. Revenue goes their own way in a lot of things. From what I've heard from her, she's treated very well. Lots of specialised work, options for career development and training (they want people to get qualifications in the area and will pay for them), and she was once given a commendation and small cash bonus by her boss.

Revenue really are excellent to work for in the grand scheme of things. Some AOs serve as HEOs in my building, but are treated properly. AOs generally don't have staff.

irumudikkilli

I have withdrawn from this competition. Good luck to everyone going to the interviews.

Sir Ophiuchus

irumudikkilli wrote: »

I have withdrawn from this competition. Good luck to everyone going to the interviews.

Out of curiosity, why, after all the work you've put in getting tutoring for the interview?

irumudikkilli

Sir Ophiuchus wrote: »

Out of curiosity, why, after all the work you've put in getting tutoring for the interview?

I have been placed in the ICT panel and starting in Limerick.

Mac0783

Congratulations, best of luck.

jw_sweetman

Does anyone know what proportion of the roles are exclusively audit oriented? The job spec is a lot more broad than the Rev EO, not to mention the four panels that are being established as part of it.

Wonderstruck

Hey does anyone have the information booklet, I see it was taken off the Revenue website.

jw_sweetman

Here you go.

audrey2014

Well, just out. Done and dusted. Hard to know how it went. Board were nice and made me feel comfortable. Questions were probing. Answered everything as best I could. Now the wait to find out the results! Best of luck to those who are yet to be interviewed.

Mac0783

It must be a great relief to have it over and done with, i'm still working on mine. Any out of the ordinary questions? Did you feel they focused on anything in particular?

audrey2014

Mac0783 wrote: »

It must be a great relief to have it over and done with, i'm still working on mine. Any out of the ordinary questions? Did you feel they focused on anything in particular?

Nothing really. Really focused on the leadership potential obviously as it's a management role. No weird questions. They didn't focus really on the audit role. Only how
I could apply skills as an AO.

Mac0783

audrey2014 wrote: »

Nothing really. Really focused on the leadership potential obviously as it's a management role. No weird questions. They didn't focus really on the audit role. Only how
I could apply skills as an AO.

Well that's good to know, i'm working on describing my "leadership skills" as we speak. Are you in Revenue, do you have staff?

audrey2014

Mac0783 wrote: »

Well that's good to know, i'm working on describing my "leadership skills" as we speak. Are you in Revenue, do you have staff?

Yes in revenue but have no staff as only a CO. I'm on an EO panel but no movement

annononon

irumudikkilli wrote: »

I have been placed in the ICT panel and starting in Limerick.

If you don't mind me asking, what number were you placed (number) in the ICT panel ? or whereabouts ? Thanks.

jw_sweetman

audrey2014 wrote: »

Well, just out. Done and dusted. Hard to know how it went. Board were nice and made me feel comfortable. Questions were probing. Answered everything as best I could. Now the wait to find out the results! Best of luck to those who are yet to be interviewed.

Just wondering, did they give you any indication as to when the panel(s) will be established and any starting dates?

audrey2014

The boards know nothing about the panel or the results. That I know for sure. Interviews are on til the 30th. They probably release results on the Friday depending on how quickly they want to fill positions. I'm not feeling confident 😥

irumudikkilli

annononon wrote: »

If you don't mind me asking, what number were you placed (number) in the ICT panel ? or whereabouts ? Thanks.

Hi, I was placed at the top. In my initial application, I had put down both Dublin and Limerick as the option, and chose Limerick when they called. There is also another person starting with me on the same date in Limerick. Don't know how many they are placing in Dublin.

sharky86

I've an interview this week but really feeling nervous about it. Any suggestions on how to prep for it

annononon

irumudikkilli wrote: »

Hi, I was placed at the top. In my initial application, I had put down both Dublin and Limerick as the option, and chose Limerick when they called. There is also another person starting with me on the same date in Limerick. Don't know how many they are placing in Dublin.

Thanks for reply, well done on being placed at the top. I'm abit down the list on the panel but I'm hoping to get a position in Limerick.

Do you know if any more are being placed in Limerick ? Or is it just the two of ye at the moment?

Also, did they explain to you what you'd be doing actually doing when starting or in the first few months? Development, training.. etc ? And do you have a CS degree yourself ?

Apologies for all the questions ! Its the first public sector job I've applied for so I'm trying to get a feel for the process etc ..

irumudikkilli

annononon wrote: »

Thanks for reply, well done on being placed at the top. I'm abit down the list on the panel but I'm hoping to get a position in Limerick.

Do you know if any more are being placed in Limerick ? Or is it just the two of ye at the moment?

Also, did they explain to you what you'd be doing actually doing when starting or in the first few months? Development, training.. etc ? And do you have a CS degree yourself ?

Apologies for all the questions ! Its the first public sector job I've applied for so I'm trying to get a feel for the process etc ..

No worries. This the first public sector job for me too and I have been feeling my way forward :-) At the moment, it seems to be two starting Monday (HR suggested the date so that we can start together) in Limerick.

My interview for this competition (Audit and Compliance) was on 25th late evening, so had to go with the bird in hand and withdrew when HR phoned me about this competition.

I found the Revenue HR process (including the Garda e-vetting) very fast and efficient compared to what I have seen in private sector in many cases. Since I lived in other countries for more than 6 months, I already got vetting certificates from those countries as well just in case I got an offer.

They have not indicated what the duties are other than asking me to report. I have math degrees, not CS. In the interview I said I preferred a Technical Architect or Policy Advising role. Not sure what they have in store, but as others have indicated, Revenue seems to be a good place to work for in terms of various specialisations and opportunities.

Hope to meet you soon in Limerick when your turn comes :-)

annononon

irumudikkilli wrote: »

No worries. This the first public sector job for me too and I have been feeling my way forward :-) At the moment, it seems to be two starting Monday (HR suggested the date so that we can start together) in Limerick.

My interview for this competition (Audit and Compliance) was on 25th late evening, so had to go with the bird in hand and withdrew when HR phoned me about this competition.

I found the Revenue HR process (including the Garda e-vetting) very fast and efficient compared to what I have seen in private sector in many cases. Since I lived in other countries for more than 6 months, I already got vetting certificates from those countries as well just in case I got an offer.

They have not indicated what the duties are other than asking me to report. I have math degrees, not CS. In the interview I said I preferred a Technical Architect or Policy Advising role. Not sure what they have in store, but as others have indicated, Revenue seems to be a good place to work for in terms of various specialisations and opportunities.

Hope to meet you soon in Limerick when your turn comes :-)

Thanks for the info and best of luck with it ! Yes, there does seem to be alot of specialisation opportunities there And yea, fingers crossed hope to see you there at some stage.

Fakeblondexxx

Hi all,

Just wondering how long is the interview itself?

Are they splitting the interview into 4 competencies or will specialist knowledge get its own slot?

I know drive and commitment will be examined throughout the interview.

jw_sweetman

Have my interview on the 24th. If anyone whos had theirs already has any pointers I'd greatly appreciate it.

audrey2014

jw_sweetman wrote: »

Have my interview on the 24th. If anyone whos had theirs already has any pointers I'd greatly appreciate it.

Know about audit and compliance role. Specific focus on competencies.