Competency interviews

Mytimetoshine22 · 17-05-2023 9:44pm #1

I recently went for a prelim interview in a local authority for a staff officer .i have huge experience i had good experience and i feel there was lots of positives in the interview but i slipped up on two parts of one competencies could i still pass ?

TIA

Dial Hard · 17-05-2023 10:21pm

You need to surpass the minimum score for all competencies, so even if you aced all the others but failed on one, you won't make the grade.

It's a stupid, overly restrictive system that doesn't seem to work for anyone. My sister is a head of function in the PS and HATES the competency process. In her words, it doesn't necessarily get you the best person for the job, just the best person at competency interviews.

Mytimetoshine22 · 17-05-2023 10:33pm

Thanks its very true

Ill just have to wait and see i really wanted it which makes it harder

Alkers · 17-05-2023 11:23pm

Just chalk it down to experience.

If there are roles your not particularly interested in, but you are qualified for you can apply anyway and treat the interviews as practice. It's just a skill you need to pick up

Mytimetoshine22 · 01-06-2023 10:33pm

I got the results of the interview i got tbrough and did a lot better than I thought .

So on to round 2 interview in 12 days but feel so much happier and confident going in to round 2 .

Hotblack Desiato · 02-06-2023 11:55pm

Any employer who needs more than one interview isn't worth bothering with.

03-06-2023 12:10am

I’ve heard of people doing up to 6 rounds of interviews, which seems like a process just to keep recruiters/HR folk in a job themselves.

Jim2007 · 05-06-2023 4:57pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120672261#Comment_120672261

So you are limiting yourself then, not them....

Mytimetoshine22 · 03-07-2023 7:57pm

Hey igot through the prelims but went down I n the final interviews.

Pretty disappointed but. I'll keep going for them .

Aladdin Sane · 13-07-2023 11:33pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120801025#Comment_120801025

Make sure you get feedback in terms of where you fell short, address the issue and go again.

Mytimetoshine22 · 12-02-2024 4:06pm

Thanks for this I've actually got a secondment to the Civil service as Irish Language Officer for 2 years but I'm hoping to get the permanent Eo with Irish

taratee · 12-02-2024 4:21pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120672261#Comment_120672261

Good luck finding work in some sectors with that. I work in tech and every organisation conducts multiple rounds. Three rounds appears to be the norm these days. Some firms, like the US tech firms, will have more than that.

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