New 2021 Assistant Principal in the Civil Service

I had my interview last Thursday and my experience was similar to you, they didn't let me finish any question in full, just kept coming with more questions, it was full on and off putting at times. Really didn't feel like I hit the mark enough to pass. Definately a big jump up from HEO interview in my opinion.

Just wondering What kind of differences are in the AP interview compared to HEO.

im expecting them this week. Had my interview on 23rd and the panel had interviews to 24th. As the interviews started on 8th August, i thought last week would have been the last of the interviews and as you say, previous batches got their results quickly enough.

public jobs is unavailable until Sunday so no results today.

Lads this is torture, nearly 5 weeks waiting on these interview results

That's crazy our results were out in 2 weeks from interview. It's probably already been done but have you emailed PAS to ask when you might get them ?

Results just out there. Happy to have made the panel! Congrats to all that paneled and commiserations to those that didn't this time.

The agony is over, happy to be successful, to those who didn't this time, keep at it

Hi All - I am looking for some advice. I just got notice I made the AP panel; glad to have done so but placed early 70s on the order of merit on the open panel, which seems quite high (low?) to me. I am an external candidate (public sector, not civil service) so not on interdepartmental panel.

I think this competition expires June / July next year which is a good few months away. Does anyone know what are my chances of being offered a job and if so when?

Any advice welcome.

Sorry to hear you were so close

What is the pass mark for each competency

Thanks

Received the strategic exercise and interview results today, delighted to have made the panel. Commiserations to those unsuccessful this time round and best of luck to those still in the running. Waiting game now for clearance and hopefully appointment in the near future.

I don't know much about the open panel tbh, but it would seem this AP competition and panels are moving very fast so I would think you have every reason to be hopeful.

I an external to the civil service. I made the panel with oom mid teens. Iam totally new to this game. Could someone tell me my chances. Also as an external candidate who decides which dept you are assigned to if offered a position. Is it random? It is the Dublin panel.

Congratulations to everyone who got through amd commiserations to those who didn't. I am.servimg AP having.gone through the process in April of this year. The panel moved very quickly in our batch and PAS keep you informed throughout. For external candidates I understand garda clearance isn't taking long at.all. for serving civil servants, being retained by your dept will depend on no. Of vacancies. I signalled to PAS of referred location area due to commute reasons and they were able to accommodate this at the time (no guarantee).

For now enjoy the celebrations 🍾

Good to hear Kenrach - can I ask did you give a preferred department or just location? I know they will never guarantee anything but there are a couple of depts. I would prefer given my background. Also would prefer city centre location (Dublin) for commute reasons too; I presume most depts are city centre based with some area offices in suburbs

Can I ask did you send your preference when you were on the panel or when you were offered the position

Happy to have made the panel, commiserations to those that missed out (it was a case of try and try again for me so don’t give up). I placed mid 20s in Dublin (Inter-D) but I’m also number 2 on my regional panel (Offaly) and was wondering if anyone from previous batches has any info on whether the regional panels have moved at all or if you just get your OOM for each of the regions you applied but only the Dublin panel is actually moving?

Can I ask please when you made you preferred location known to PAS .Was it while you were still on the panel before offer or when they offered you a position.

Thank you

I emailed the AP clearance shortly after I received results. I was in the top 10 so figured I wouldn't be waiting too long on offer and I was right as I was contacted to formally start clearance process 10 days after receiving results.

It's the AP clearance email - PAS wpuld have given you the address when you were notified of results ?

I took AP in Dublin, my preference would be the county I live in however PAS advised me that they had no requests to fill vacancies so they didn't call forward candidates who had this county listed. So I didn't receive the Oom for my preferred county at all.

Congratulations on making the panel. I was commuting for a number of years to Dublin pre pandemic. Im serving civil servant with experience across a couple of depts through previous promotion so I didn't experience culture shock as such. The dept. I'm in now is 2 days per week, the wfh hasn't officially launched for applications yet and when it does that's what I'll be applying for. I'm happy with the dept., and the role. I suppose the flexibility will depend on where you get really and I'm sure you'll be happy.

Yes both Revenue and Garda civilian pull from this panel.

I only did the AP competition but can confirm the practice Jobtestprep questions are about similar difficulty level to the real test. In fact I found the actual maths test even more difficult (I ended up guessing the last 5 questions due to time constraints). That said I passed them all with an above average score and did best in the maths (it was the job simulation I scored least) . Fair play to you for starting now - keep practicing and they get easier and with a bit of luck on the day you will nail it

I'm in batch 3 and started clearance process about 2 weeks ago.