Economist & Policy Analyst Graduate Role

Has anyone heard back about the results of the interviews yet? I had my interview earlier this month, and I think they said they'd let us know at the end of the month. Just curious what would be next, especially with timelines. A previous thread seem to indicate people wouldn't be placed in the departments until a few months after being told they were successful?

Results were out yesterday, I didn't get on the OOM atall, boo! :P Oh well, well done Whatsbehindthat, you must have really impressed them if you were in the top 5 :o It was a tough number I felt. I didn't hear anything about them wanting candidates to start as soon as the clearance is finished though. I guess they'll have to wait, you're hardly going to leave your masters early! But yeah I'd say you're right NRT, it will be a few months before they actually place you in a department and want you to start working. Congrats to anyone who got through. Thank god it's over, that's all I'll say ha

Yeah it's hard to know. I wouldn't be in a major rush to find something for the summer, like exitstageleft said the panel will probably move fairly quickly. I suppose it all depends on where on the OOM you are, so if you're like number 50 or something then you should prob look for something to keep ya going in the meantime. But yeah I know what you mean, that's the worst thing about these panels and PAS competitions, you go through the whole process and at the end of it if you didn't get high up in the OOM then you're left wondering what happens next. Your kind of in limbo and there's no telling how long for or even whether anything will come of it in the end. I'd say they'd exhaust the whole panel for the IGEES roles though, I'd imagine there's quite a demand for them especially considering it's cross-departmental.

If you're in the top 30 I'd say you won't be waiting longer than a few months to get an offer. Fingers crossed you aren't left waiting too long!

Woaw no way, that's amazing!! There ya go, sounds like you could be in the job before the summer starts! Congrats

Ah its good to know their nice! Yeah i had a friend who go the job 2 years ago and she was asked to start in may but couldn't until September and everything was grand, hopefully its the same for me. This is probably a stupid question but for the garda vetting, we just send the form with the ID's to pas and they do the rest, we don't have to contact the guards ourselves do we?

I wouldn't give up hope just yet. If any of the ones called from the top 30 don't pass the clearance or drop out for any reason, you could be called. The fact that you're between 30-35 means it wouldn't take too much for you to be called a couple of months down the line!

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Hey guys, it's been quite a few weeks now since people got assigned. Anyone's department been in touch with them yet?

Congratulations, hope you start working soon! Do you think it's worthwhile to do this myself or wait on them to get in touch first?

Hi Everyone,

I've just been invited to  the Graduate Policy Analyst/Economist – Stage 1 competition for 2022, which is the case study element. Can anybody guide me to any resources or previous examples you may have used to help with this? Thanks :)