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NEW 2020 Assistant Principal Officer Competition

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    #812
    poundhound
    Registered Users Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭poundhound


    Yes, I mailed PAS this morning. I'm awaiting their response.


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    #813
    billyhead
    Registered Users Posts: 9,845 ✭✭✭billyhead


    griffid wrote: »
    Congratulations on your score, you did really well! I’m hoping to be in batch 2 but with some of what’s been said on here, my confidence is dwindling and I’m rating my chances as more likely to be batch 3 or 4 if they go that far. I picked Dublin and a region though so maybe I’ll be high enough on the regional to be called.

    This might have been answered already but what was the cut-off for batch 1 in 2018 if batch 2 was 106?
    What number did you get this time around?


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    #814
    dee75
    Registered Users Posts: 342 ✭✭dee75


    griffid wrote: »
    Congratulations on your score, you did really well! I’m hoping to be in batch 2 but with some of what’s been said on here, my confidence is dwindling and I’m rating my chances as more likely to be batch 3 or 4 if they go that far. I picked Dublin and a region though so maybe I’ll be high enough on the regional to be called.

    This might have been answered already but what was the cut-off for batch 1 in 2018 if batch 2 was 106?

    Hi griffid

    I looked back through Public Jobs messages and the cut-off for Batch 1 was a score of 114 or higher, and it was for those who has selected Dublin, Kildare and Meath.


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    #815
    Milenauno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭Milenauno


    dee75 wrote: »
    Hi griffid

    I looked back through Public Jobs messages and the cut-off for Batch 1 was a score of 114 or higher, and it was for those who has selected Dublin, Kildare and Meath.

    Hi dee75, do you remember how many batches were called to 2nd stage in 2018?


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    #816
    Mervyn Skidmore
    Registered Users Posts: 3,095 ✭✭✭Mervyn Skidmore


    Any idea when the country folk will be called to stage 2?


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    #817
    An Ri rua
    Registered Users Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »
    Any idea when the country folk will be called to stage 2?

    I was called to Stage 2. Outside of Dublin.


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    #818
    RWC15champions
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭RWC15champions


    An Ri rua wrote: »
    I was called to Stage 2. Outside of Dublin.

    Interesting. Care to share what county you were called for?
    Is it the same process, all applicants with a score of 126 or higher were called for interview in your county?


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    #819
    An Ri rua
    Registered Users Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    RWC15champions wrote: »
    Interesting. Care to share what county you were called for?
    Is it the same process, all applicants with a score of 126 or higher were called for interview in your county?

    Same process, except that mails for Open and InterD both said Dublin for Stage 2. But I chose 2 Dublin commuter counties. I won't argue.


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    #820
    poundhound
    Registered Users Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭poundhound


    I note that 1 of the 3 online questions relate to Managerial Experience and must be passed. In advance of taking the actual test, can I clarify whether this relates to managing people, managing tasks/projects or both?
    The competencies for this grade include "Leadership" and "Management and Delivery of results" and I'm trying to clarify which competency this questions falls under.
    I was aware we get the 3 questions in advance, just didn't realise it was 1 min 30 sec's in advance.


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    #821
    dee75
    Registered Users Posts: 342 ✭✭dee75


    Milenauno wrote: »
    Hi dee75, do you remember how many batches were called to 2nd stage in 2018?

    I'm sorry but I'm not sure. From memory they called a mix of regional and Dublin as Batch 2. Then they definitely called at least one more batch but I'm not sure if they were Dublin only or mixed. If you have the time to trawl through it, the 2018 thread will give you a better idea of later batches.


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    #822
    MrsBean
    Registered Users Posts: 312 ✭✭MrsBean


    poundhound wrote: »
    I note that 1 of the 3 online questions relate to Managerial Experience and must be passed. In advance of taking the actual test, can I clarify whether this relates to managing people, managing tasks/projects or both?
    The competencies for this grade include "Leadership" and "Management and Delivery of results" and I'm trying to clarify which competency this questions falls under.
    I was aware we get the 3 questions in advance, just didn't realise it was 1 min 30 sec's in advance.


    Where are you getting 1 min and 30 seconds?
    The 3 questions were sent in the Familiarisation material sent last week. Just before the ‘general’ section.


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    #823
    quad_red
    Registered Users Posts: 5,561 ✭✭✭quad_red


    MrsBean wrote: »
    Where are you getting 1 min and 30 seconds?
    The 3 questions were sent in the Familiarisation material sent last week. Just before the ‘general’ section.

    This! The questions are in the familiarisation word doc they sent on Friday.


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    #824
    poundhound
    Registered Users Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭poundhound


    As mentioned earlier today, I didn't receive the familiarisation e-mail sent last Friday.

    However I have just received it now, hence the confusion.

    Cheers all.


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    #825
    quad_red
    Registered Users Posts: 5,561 ✭✭✭quad_red


    Sorry - would have sent it to ye if ye’d asked 🙂


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    #826
    InsideEdge
    Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭InsideEdge


    Any advice on the best approach to recording the videos - memorise the answers and hope to remember them or read off a screen? I don't trust my memory as I think my nerves will go but reading from a screen looks very stilted...


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    #827
    TaurenDruid
    Registered Users Posts: 4,050 ✭✭✭TaurenDruid


    InsideEdge wrote: »
    Any advice on the best approach to recording the videos - memorise the answers and hope to remember them or read off a screen? I don't trust my memory as I think my nerves will go but reading from a screen looks very stilted...

    Everyone is different, but in a situation like that, I'd liken it to giving a presentation. So write out what you want to say, in full, then summarise that as bullet points on index cards. Tape those next to monitor. Practice!


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    #828
    InsideEdge
    Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭InsideEdge


    TaurenDruid wrote: »
    Everyone is different, but in a situation like that, I'd liken it to giving a presentation. So write out what you want to say, in full, then summarise that as bullet points on index cards. Tape those next to monitor. Practice!
    Many thanks, that is great advice. Now, just to write out the answers...


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    #829
    Mervyn Skidmore
    Registered Users Posts: 3,095 ✭✭✭Mervyn Skidmore


    An Ri rua wrote: »
    I was called to Stage 2. Outside of Dublin.
    What counties did you choose? I selected Galway and Westmeath and nothing yet.


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    #830
    Irishder
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭Irishder


    An Ri rua wrote: »
    I was called to Stage 2. Outside of Dublin.

    Where were you placed on the OOM? and What counties?


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    #831
    An Ri rua
    Registered Users Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    Irishder wrote: »
    Where were you placed on the OOM? and What counties?

    Almost at the top of the OOM and, as stated earlier, Dublin commuter counties.


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    #832
    Mervyn Skidmore
    Registered Users Posts: 3,095 ✭✭✭Mervyn Skidmore


    An Ri rua wrote: »
    Almost at the top of the OOM and, as stated earlier, Dublin commuter counties.

    No offence, but Dublin commuter counties is probably 12 counties covering all 4 provinces.


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    #833
    Addle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,812 ✭✭✭Addle


    Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »
    No offence, but Dublin commuter counties is probably 12 counties covering all 4 provinces.

    MYOB.


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    #834
    Tristram
    Registered Users Posts: 3,590 ✭✭✭Tristram


    What are the questions?


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    #835
    Mervyn Skidmore
    Registered Users Posts: 3,095 ✭✭✭Mervyn Skidmore


    Addle wrote: »
    MYOB.

    Thanks. It would just be nice to know what areas people are being called from. I don't think stating the names of 2 counties is giving away much of anyones business. Anyway, there are a lot of helpful replies on this thread and some not so helpful.


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    #836
    quad_red
    Registered Users Posts: 5,561 ✭✭✭quad_red


    Anyone have any thoughts about doing this on the app on an ipad vs doing it on a laptop?

    My laptop has a pretty crap webcam whilst the ipad is much clearer. I've noticed before that it looks like someone is looking right at you on a skype call on the tablet (due to camera placement) vs on the pc where looking at yourself on screen looks like you're looking 'away' from the person.


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    #837
    griffid
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭griffid


    billyhead wrote: »
    What number did you get this time around?

    Scored 108. OOM of 1496 and 950 if I remember correctly.


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    #838
    The Third Policeman
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭The Third Policeman


    Any idea how this one operates? Is it just the video interview and then a placement (or not) on a panel, or is there more stages after the video interview?


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    #839
    Marie_C
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭Marie_C


    Best of luck to everyone who got through to stage 1. Great advice on treating it like a presentation from an earlier poster. My friend completed it over the weekend and had practised recording themselves as a video on the phone, seemed to work well for them as a trial & confidence method.


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    #840
    CBCB
    Registered Users Posts: 93 ✭✭CBCB


    The Third Policeman wrote: »
    Any idea how this one operates? Is it just the video interview and then a placement (or not) on a panel, or is there more stages after the video interview?

    as far as I understand it the video element in stage two is a means of shortlisting to get to the next stage


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    #841
    InsideEdge
    Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭InsideEdge


    Marie_C wrote: »
    Best of luck to everyone who got through to stage 1. Great advice on treating it like a presentation from an earlier poster. My friend completed it over the weekend and had practised recording themselves as a video on the phone, seemed to work well for them as a trial & confidence method.
    Thanks Marie, I think the app on the phone seems to be better - the microphone on my laptop makes me sound as if I'm under water!


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