Garda Recruitment 2023/2024

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Was thinking the same I’m 1600s

899 thought I failed to be honest, still a long road ahead! Well done everyone and best of luck

i think it could be form you fill out prior to interview it’s like form you filled out to apply at first .

I think that sounds like a good guess. I dont see them asking for the same details twice. The application form was already very detailed. What do you mean by competency questions written out? As in you have the answers pre prepared??

I am order of merit 700’s.

It seems that everyone will do the written exercise from 11 june. Is that right?

Not everyone will pass the interview so you could possibly get called sooner rather than later maybe?

Yea so you write the competency answers out and then you discuss it in the interview and they go into more detail and get clarification on things

According to the garda trainee information booklet, yes this year interviews will be over zoom

Also has anyone any idea if it’s on a Saturday only your called for the physical? And is it still 4 days on 4 days off?

They were still interviewing people from the previous campaign when I looked at last year's thread a few weeks ago. I think once you have passed stage one you will be interviewed at some stage although it may not be until early 2024 but could be earlier they were very quick at getting through interviews when I applied before. The process takes a very long time so stressing about the amount of time it's taking and when you are going to get called for stages, especially with a high OOM doesn't do any good, they'll get to you eventually. OOM isn't the be-all and end-all. It means you get to interview quicker but someone with a OOM of 500 may have a quicker vetting and faster meeting and sign-off from sergeant than someone with OOM in 20's. Bearing in mind also that some people defer their place, people fail fitness, and medicals and end up just being deemed unsuitable (sometimes just being left with no further development after all stages until they give up and move on or re-apply) and some people decide that they actually don't want it.

Yes 4 on and 4 off is still the roster at the moment. I think they might be looking to change it back to 6 on and 2 off. The 4 on and 4 off was a covid measure.

It said in the email with your OOM they're only taking up to 454 to interviews initially

They will have broken it up, and if you look at the scoring information on the link in the email, they will show the top, middle, and lower end of scoring. They move through these consecutively hence why the top bracket is called 'initially'. I was called for interview last time I applied in June with an OOM of mid 400 towards end of first batch for interviews, by August/early September they were well into 600's. Has been the same every year. There could be more people in the middle and lower batches than the first highest-scoring batch with more people scoring similar or the same marks, some people even have the same OOM. They do appear to offer an interview to everyone who passes stage one (and previously stage 2).

Just make sure you look up the structure for competency interview answers. Look at STAR answering technique and be prepared for how they will ask you about the competency. It can be difficult to match the competency to the question they ask. Need to do research myself, but Im sure there are YouTube videos and articles about competency interviews. At least if you plan the competencies early, you can decide to do a prep course of you really feel like you would get benefit from them. I don't see myself paying for one this time. I'll prepare well myself and if I don't get in, then I don't get in

Got an email earlier with the information booklet for stage 2 including the competencies 😊

Does anyone know if I can use an iPad using chrome?

I was recommended a prep course by a Garda friend. He joined last year. Said he went to GardaIP for all stages and wouldn’t have got there without it. Anyways I bought their Written Assessment course today. Fingers crossed he is right!

I paid €100 and it's not up to date. I sent them an email and they said they're working on it over the weekend and it should be good to go.

It’s up to date for me?

Hi guys stupid question here but I’m just wondering is it black and white page leaving cert results are on or is it a coloured version ? I have mine but in black and white just wondering if everyone else’s is the same

It's been updated now

I can’t remember I think it’s for your form B so after the interview. Was this time last year when I done mine and I’m not 100% sure I remember I had to email my driving license as well at some stage. Nearly sure it was after the interview for my form B 🙈 but you will need them at some stage ! You get them in the post handy enough

You can PM if you want. Outside of the wriiten exercise, its helping me understand much more what a a Guard does and what I'll have to do if i was a guard. I also heard that you are asked these type of questions in the interview. Was mentioned on the garda recruitmemt thread from last year

According to the guide for the interview that they sent out. Those two competencies are joint together in the interview. For these two competencies during the interview, they will refer to the written element of the interview that you will have done.

My take on it is that for the written part it should reflect the two competencies so knowing them and how they would relate to being a garda. I have yet to have a good think and brainstorm about it but that's what I've taken from reading the guide.

The written part of the interview doesn't affect your OOM and is just for the purpose of being used during the interview.