2020 Executive Officer Civil Service

Samuel T. Cogley

They pulled that **** with surveys AGAIN?!

TheJet

Madelyn wrote: »

I cannot believe they sent out a survey today... Though it was our results..

I know. Would they just not put us out of our misery.

jules86

gestappo wrote: »

The survey asked if you were satisfied with the practice assessments for Stage 1B etc and how satisfied you were with the assessments. Needless to say I was not satisfied.

Surely it would depend on your results though. Now your not satisfied but if your resilys show you scored highly that could change to very satisfied..

insert name here 123

I would assume if and when the results are issued, the text messages would have something like below included.

Anything else is just survey or feedback....



"Please log onto your profile on https://www.publicjobs.ie/ to view a new message"

"Message relates to: Executive Officer in the Civil Service 2020- Stage 1b"

Madelyn

jules86 wrote: »

Surely it would depend on your results though. Now your not satisfied but if your resilys show you scored highly that could change to very satisfied..

Not necessarily because the survey is about all candidate's. While I thinks some aspects of it are fair I feel others are not. I definitely think the maths is unfair to alot of candidates.

gestappo

jules86 wrote: »

Surely it would depend on your results though. Now your not satisfied but if your resilys show you scored highly that could change to very satisfied..

No. I did not like the lack of practice assessments. Those 6 practice tests we were given access to did not allude to what we actually sat so I am not satisfied.

Dublintigger

I have just done the survey and I think, like most of the folks on here, I totally agreed that the numerical assessment was unfair and not relevant to the position of EO’s.

I wanted to say more but survey finished… I wish I could have got the opportunity to say that the numerical was more relevant to a more senior role and aimed at a candidate with a strong financial background.

I also wanted to say that the practice test were totally different to the actually tests.

Hope they pick that up from the survey – not hopeful though.

Madelyn

The six practice maths we got were foundation maths and the real test was Honours Maths !!!!

This competition is too long, after this is the Etray and then interview.

MuchZeus

i haven’t received a message about the survey, yet on my application form i indicated that i would like to be contacted about completing a survey in the future...

are they doing batch emails, or is this a sign i wasn’t successful in the tests?

job seeker

Madelyn wrote: »

Not necessarily because the survey is about all candidate's. While I thinks some aspects of it are fair I feel others are not. I definitely think the maths is unfair to alot of candidates.

Agree with the maths! You are required to hold or be working towards a level 6. So if a candidate is a number of years out of school, that would leave them at a huge disadvantage as opposed to somebody who may have completed maths (ordinary/higher lever) in the leaving cert 2 years ago..

For me now, I have always found maths difficult. I completed the leaving cert applied program (no maths) and two fetec level 6 courses and then achieved a 2.2 level 8 degree without doing any maths what so ever!!

job seeker

MuchZeus wrote: »

i haven’t received a message about the survey, yet on my application form i indicated that i would like to be contacted about completing a survey in the future...

are they doing batch emails, or is this a sign i wasn’t successful in the tests?

I'd say you'll receive it yet...

Nekarsulm

Thank you for your participation in the Executive Officer in the Civil Service 2020 thus far.  We are in the process of preparing your results for release, we anticipate that they will be released in the coming weeks.

In the coming weeks..
Stating the bleedin' obvious

Rikand

What did you think about the numerical reasoning.


It was a loada ****e

job seeker

For anyone who hasn't seen it! The 2020 AO campaign is open for applications. Someone here mentioned their interest in this thread a few weeks ago. Although for the life of me, I can't remember who..

link

Dublintigger

Madelyn wrote: »

The six practice maths we got were foundation maths and the real test was Honours Maths !!!!

This competition is too long, after this is the Etray and then interview.

Honors math - flipping heck!! No wonder it was tough!

BTW - how did you know that gem?

I wonder how they are going to manage the etray exercise???

messy tessy

MuchZeus wrote: »

i haven’t received a message about the survey, yet on my application form i indicated that i would like to be contacted about completing a survey in the future...

are they doing batch emails, or is this a sign i wasn’t successful in the tests?

Or it's a sign they emailed the people that didn't get through first!!

floorpie

Good tactic from PAS. I've never opened a mail for a survey so quickly.

Blarney_man

It said it's a survey though, no confusion possible there

Madelyn

Dublintigger wrote: »

Honors math - flipping heck!! No wonder it was tough!

BTW - how did you know that gem?

I wonder how they are going to manage the etray exercise???

I was being flippant re the maths..... If the real test was as easy or remotely like the practice ones a child in first class would do them.

OliverAngler

job seeker wrote: »

For anyone who hasn't seen it! The 2020 AO campaign is open for applications. Someone here mentioned their interest in this thread a few weeks ago. Although for the life of me, I can't remember who..

link

dublin only :rolleyes:

Bobby2004

job seeker wrote: »

For anyone who hasn't seen it! The 2020 AO campaign is open for applications. Someone here mentioned their interest in this thread a few weeks ago. Although for the life of me, I can't remember who..

link

Might have been me but I see it's just Dublin and not nationwide😕

job seeker

Bobby2004 wrote: »

Might have been me but I see it's just Dublin and not nationwide��

Could well have been!

OliverAngler wrote: »

dublin only :rolleyes:

Now where does it say Dublin?

Salary: €33,053

Annual Leave: 25 Days

Grade: Administrative Officier

Location: Nationwide

Opening Date: 02/10/2020

Closing Date: 08/10/2020

This is the general stream.. Maybe I am missing something!?

Augme

job seeker wrote: »

Could well have been!



Now where does it say Dublin?



This is the general stream.. Maybe I am missing something!?

Very few AO positions exist outside of Dublin.

in rainbows

job seeker wrote: »

Could well have been!



Now where does it say Dublin?



This is the general stream.. Maybe I am missing something!?

Unfortunately it says Dublin on the brief description on the public jobs page and also on first page of the information booklet.

Necro

Rikand wrote:

What did you think about the numerical reasoning.

As someone who has done a multitude of aptitude tests for various roles in the public sector the past few years including an EO Assessment where I finished in the top 10 for Mayo and Sligo in the internal Justice competition, I can wholeheartedly say this numerical reasoning was without doubt the most difficult one I've ever completed.

Some of the questions did not even provide you with the required information to correctly answer them. It was a joke to be quite honest.

Anonire

in rainbows wrote: »

Unfortunately it says Dublin on the brief description on the public jobs page and also on first page of the information booklet.

The general and finance both say nationwide. However when I queried further last year it was only Dublin and I think it said nationwide then too.
I've submitted the form on the off chance it is nationwide I'll query it at a later date depending on the level of effort required for the next stage.

Furious-Red

Finally did the survey and pretty much gave the final page all negative responses

newbraces

MuchZeus wrote: »

i haven’t received a message about the survey, yet on my application form i indicated that i would like to be contacted about completing a survey in the future...

are they doing batch emails, or is this a sign i wasn’t successful in the tests?

Did you receive it after? Maybe ur successful and they’re sending it to all of us who weren’t???

westhamlady

Don't think they would have the result's yet back from the company, it hasn't been that long since we completed it

LM4C

Where is this advertised