Administrative Officer 2021 in the Civil Service.

@irishgal92 I wouldn't be too disheartened I failed to pass the interview last year and am ranked 1-10 in batch 4 this year. Thought I had it last year and didn't get the score. You should absolutely try again, its worked for me.

Got interview results today for batch 3 of business/finance stream!

Does anyone have any idea how long it could possibly take to get called for clearance or how far on the OOM list they will go?

Thanks 😊

I got my interview results on February 18th and PAS contacted me to start the clearance process on March 10th. I was in the teens in Batch 3 so they are moving quite quickly. I would imagine you will not be waiting very long but in order to speed things up you could start prepping all of your documents for clearance (scan of passport, transcripts, certs etc.) Well done on the result!

I relate to this, I've been failed twice and I have no idea what I'm doing that they don't like. They seemed to have changed one of the answers from last year too so it feels like I can never get it right! It's really disappointing after all the time spent on it so totally get you, I feel like there's no point for me going for it again.

I’m glad I’m not the only one!

Anyone have an idea of whereabouts they are with the interviews for the General Stream are atm? Don't need an exact Order of Merit, just an estimate like are they at 200-250 etc

Does anyone have any information on where the Business and Finance Stream is at? I completed my interview at the end of March and got notified last week that I passed the interview and presentation and i am now on batch 3 on OOM. Any help would be appreciated

Hey! Does anyone know approximately how long it takes to start in the job once clearance is complete? Thanks!!

Does anyone have any update on the General or Irish Language Stream regarding OOM reached?

Hi,

I did both anyway, if I was doing the presentation again I would time it and practice it. I was under pressure trying to cover everything I wanted to within the time.

No problem, best of luck

If you don't mind me asking are you on the General Stream?

Im in Batch 4 awaiting to be called for clearance so trying to figure out how the campaign is progressing.

I know someone in Batch 3 General who got placed in a dept today

Hey,

Thanks for your reply, right before you entered the meeting a message would have appeared which showed a batch number.

If you don't have that once you get your results you will be told what batch number you are in.

If you are in the General Stream and interviewed last week you are likely in Batch 5 as Batch 4 interviewed in March and got results at the start of April.

I haven't been called for clearance yet in Batch 4.

Best of luck with the results.

My PO asked why I wasn't going for HEO this year, until I explained that as I have a few years service I'm better off as an AO, I'll skip point 8 on the scale next year as the AO Grade is a 'New Entrant Grade'. HEO isn't a new entrant grade so there's no skipping.

Called for clearance in health policy analyst stream last week. Does anyone know how long the garda vetting and reference checking usually takes?

How does that work? I thought you fit in where on the salary scale at the point closest to your current salary. Are you earning close to the 8th point on the AO scale presently?

Tell me to mind my business if you'd prefer not to divulge that information btw.