2021 Applicants - Merit List

Well done everyone on passing that's the hard part over, I'm currently in GV at the moment so any questions give me a message. I know the feeling of the wait but it will come as the last campaign was near two years and I know people from mine are still waiting. Good luck for the next stages

Im in the 2020 campaign and in the 700’s merit list spot, it’s good you guys are getting your merit list so soon after finishing them! We had to wait a year because of covid, it was agonising! The wait still isn’t over for some of us, I’ve been appointable since February and there’s no real sign of starting soon. It will come but just settle in for the long ride

When will trial days for the PCA be available? I take it you are offered them once you have a confirmed PCA date?

What's the chances they work till 6 and are currently sitting at their computer waiting to press send at 17.59? Or is that Just wishful?

Has everyone got the ok for ‘right to work’ ?

don’t play with my head i’ve been refreshing my emails for ages 😂😂

From my understanding of the last email with our scores.. Tomorrow we only receive word back about our right to work checks.. Then they send the merit list to the psni... I didnt think we get out merit list tomorrow?

Yeah from what I am reading Deloitte will send the list to the PSNI then inform us when it has been sent and the PSNI will contact us with our merit list and next stages.

I’m pretty sure the PSNI recruitment team email you to congratulate you etc and give you the Merit List number

No - just was beginning to get concerned. As I think it’s by close of play tomorrow. Though they usually have been in touch before the deadlines….

Yeah so they’ll be in touch tomorrow though only to make us aware of our right to work and thst the merit list has been sent off to psni recruitment. We will then get an email from psni recruitment team to congratulate us so far and then give us our merit position followed by PCA

will deloitte not inform us of our merit list position tomorrow, pass it to the PSNI then they will inform us of our next stages? that’s how i’ve understood but i could be terribly wrong!

That was always my perception, but going by the email it states they will communicate that the merit list has been passed over and that’s it.. I assume the email will basically mention the fact that they would be in touch with your merit list number at a later stage and also confirm your approval for right to work docs..

i have been told by a friend that the PSNI team congratulate you via email with your merit number. This could obviously be different now but that’s how it was in 17’

Yeah the 7th paragraph from the top mentions this. It’ll be a later stage when the psni team contact us we’ll get the merit list..

Just got email confirming right to work. They are passing the ML to the PSNI next week.

Yeah merit list next week.. knew it was just a confirmation

Yeah it could be the following week we will receive it. Depends on when they send it over to recruitment.

You’d be surprised haha! People can fail at any stage. I was suspecting people not uploading it on time

Thanks for that, just goes to show how strict the scoring system is. Well done to all the A and B scorers, smart @rses 🤣🤣 jokes. I wonder if pca's will begin before July time. Imagine we will get vetting forms next which will take us into the middle of June at least and then once they receive those then pca's will be arranged

We’re in for a long wait. I’m genuinely crapping myself about GV..

Not the stories I’ve heard about GV. People try shafting you, “clicks” etc

Garnerville is nothing to be afraid of.

Just play the game and get out the otherside. Trust me the grass is greener once you land in station.

Garnerville is a means to an end and it goes by quick.

Remember that the Police is the public sector and the public sector is slow. Nothing moves rapidly.

Don't put your life on hold in anticipation for recruitment events or a start date.

Go on that holiday, take the promotion. When it comes to starting you can defer. They understand that you are all people and have lives.

Some people have insane notice periods for their current employment. And just not rocking up one day may work for a single pringle not practical if you have a family and bills.

Always haply to help fire me a PM if you've any questions. On the proviso that I can only give a candidate, a student officer and a young in service constable's perspective on things

That’s good. I know someone that didn’t get a job with the army because of far out family activity during the troubles. The laugh is, he only found out about it when they told him. I know the army is the army but I imagine the PSNI isn’t far behind them when it comes to security and checks re the vulnerability of data that might be shared with officers.

I’m near sure the police are on par with military regarding clearance. Think it just depends on level of clearance that makes the difference in how advanced the checks are

I think with vetting it all comes down to honesty around issues like that, what you knew of those particular issues and what influence they may have over you or lack of. I've gone through the vetting section of this forum and the general consensus seems to be people fail more for not disclosing rather than the issues themselves