Dublin Fire service recruitment? Anyone know??

Driving licence is black and white. Person in last class failed his test the week before they were due to start training and he was axed by DCC HR. Not given an chance to resit

You'll need to get onto qqi.ie about this. They're the ones to advise you

Does anybody have any idea roughly how many people they're looking to bring forward for interviews?

The unions have put in an official complaint about what's happened with the verification tests.

Depends on the nature of the business, I have a relative in the DFB who regularly does some plumbing work on the side, but this is freelance work and doesn't interefere as he's not bound to a contract or roster.

Unions want the supervised exams null and void and bring everybody who was asked to sit them thru to interview instead

Do you think they havnt met the quota then in terms of how many they are bringing for interview? Its so poorly handled but not DFB's fault. Staffline have some serious questions to answer regarding this whole debacle. Please keep sharing updates, no official response yet from DCC

People who passed the exams at home but weren't brought forward to the supervised round are now being brought forward to make up numbers. DCC did the same thing in 2021 bringing people who didn't make the interview in 2019 through to interviews a couple of years later. Previous competitions haven't been much different to this one, with different questions at the supervised stage. I can see complaints being acknowledged, but nothing more being done regarding those who were not brought forward.

Supervised exams have a certain percentage of leeway. You're not automatically unverified for scoring a mark less than you did at home. I've also heard people say they found the supervised exams easier than at home. A lot of people feel hard done by cause they're disappointed. But this competition isn't doing anything drastically different to previous years. Previous years actually had more exams at supervised stage than at home. But the IT glitch hasn't caused anyone to be shafted. All the previous competitions have had different questions at the supervised stage. Otherwise all you have to do is watch someone do the exam at home for you and make note of the answers. They want to know you can do the arithmetic. The majority of people feeling screwed over are people applying for this job first time, with no prior experience.

But this is a different company to previous recruitment's and it's the way they do it.

I find the entire thing hard to accept. They aren't being transparent at all. I do not accept that my opportunity will be taken away because this company could not align a 2nd exam that was comparable to the 1st for fair comparison. I agree with SAXA999 and dd106, it's was nit the same exam, it was a completely different format and it will result in the best candidates being omitted form competition. It's unjust , it's can't be explained away as 'just the way it is'

We care and are passionate enough to want this, some of us have waited years for the opportunity to open up again. I'm not accepting this error on Stafflines part as my opportunity being taken from me.

You are right it is cut throat but TARDIS is comparing the 2019 competition which is like comparing chalk and cheese. The 2019 tests was run with a firefighter screening test if you passed that you were brought forward to sit a supervised test in public jobs offices to sit a verbal reasoning test and numerical reasoning test also an observation test . This year candidates sat a verbal reasoning test numerical reasoning and mechanical reasoning test and firefighter screening test all at home if you passed all of these you are brought forward for a verified test. So the verified test started the 13th of December at 9am candidates began there tests AFTER they started technical issues began tests were cancelled. One bloke had exceptional circumstances and was allowed complete the test which he was capable of doing as the server could deal with a single test being completed. I may added the same style and test he would of took at home. I will move forward to the verified tests in January these tests were changed so the server wouldn't act up again i.e test was changed. I'm not a betting man but if I was I'd say it's more a mess up on stafflines behalf than upset candidates. 1). No union will put pen to paper without having the proper evidence to show there was an issue. 2). 3 or 4 people having a moan you can chalk up to being bitter. Having a large percentage of people singing the same song points to there was an issue with the verified test simple way to see who's telling the truth you compare the test on the 13th of December to January you have your answer UNLESS there is a refusal to do so from someone.

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The mechanical reasoning tests were supposedly the same as they are a single question with 3 possible answers and different questions one after another straight forward.

The verbal reasoning online test would be similar to public jobs a paragraph 4 questions following each paragraph. The verified test was loaded in situation where a candidate would be caught out by the restructuring of it with paragraphs all over the place.

The numerical reasoning online test again would follow a similar structure of public jobs with a difficulty level of higher level leaving cert maths. The verified test again structure was changed and supposedly the difficulty was at a higher level.

How can a process test a candidate for consistency if it itself is inconsistent from what is said the number of official complaints is around 160 people.

I have a feeling this will go back and forward so I'll ask you one question.

Do you think the unions would get involved in this for no reason or is it they know something isn't right honestly ?

Dollydoodle, you're really starting to stamp your foot on the ground now. In no previous campaigns have the supervised exams been question for question, like for like to the tests done at home.