Garda Recruitment 2023/2024

Anybody know when we should expect to hear back after that written assessment?

Where did you hear that?

Damn, bit stupid to disregard an example because it happened in work. Examples of leadership, problem solving etc should be taken into account regardless of the setting. Sure with the cost of living crisis now, most people just go to work, go home, sleep and get ready for the next day. Where else are you to find a chance to display competency?

It’s completely stupid to base the competencies completely on your prior work , like come on some of us are too young to be expected to have already experienced everything already to be able to answer these competencies. Hopefully they take a different approach this year

Oh really that’s interesting. I had a few examples from diff areas of my life and they kept bringing it back to work. It centred mainly around dealing with conflict and difficult people.

I would recommend to have a diff example for each competency also though. Have an extra 1/2 prepared. They won’t let you rattle it off. They will interrupt you and ask questions. They will steer you off to a diff topic. It’s to mainly try to make sure you can meet the requirements and test you a bit under pressure. Also make sure you say ‘I’ and what action you took.

Yes - As soon as I emailed I got a automatic reply stating the email had been received.

Hi everyone, is there a WhatsApp group for Batch 1? My interview is very soon, thanks!

Hi, folks. I'm on batch 01.

how does it work after the PFT? how long does it take for you to be called to the medical exam? asking this because I'm living abroad.

Did anyone from that was between 450 and 900 on the oom get their results yet? Or get a date for the interview

Anyone who has already done their interview care to share what it is like? Was it nerve racking? What type of things they focused on and stuff like that ?

Last day is the 12th

How was the interview btw ?

My interview is on the 12th. I think the last day is the 13th and then it’s usually a few days after that. How did your interview go? Was there any questions that you weren’t expecting.

How long was the interview, was it 45 mins like they said ? And were they asking much based on your past work experiences?

Yes they stuck to the 45 mins on the button. Id say just try to be well prepared with your competencies, lessens the nerves, did for me second time round and review your application form before the interview

Interview on the 02/08/23, nervous already! When do we get told what the competencies are going to be ?

Thank you mate, I thought we were given 5 competencies to learn before the interview?

Does anyone know how the medicals are done, are they done by our GP or is it occupational health in the Garda HQ? Is it a private company?

There might well be, lots of twists ans turns ahead next 3 months. Tbh think you'd be hard up to join the job these days, lots looking to leave and join the prison service or civil service. No paperwork and less stress, not being forced to plug the gaps of society by providing mental health support, marriage counselling and child custody, resolve neighbours bickerings for crap pay and crap pension and now 6 shifts on leading to even more of the same.

It will be the only thing that wakes up the donoughts running this country tbh. The fact people are leaving the force in such large numbers and they continue making these decisions is baffling to me

its not hard but i defintely will say the nervers make it a tiny bit hard but the inspector and board member i got seemed nice enough and the questions i had examples for so those are easy enough i would say to have spare examples ready as i was asked a few questions such as how i deal with stress , How i prepared for the interview and when did i recive negative feedback and how it made me feel, so they defintely ask some question you might not be prepared for but just have a glass of water with you so taking a drink can give you time to come up with an answer

Has anyone been contacted yet about stage 3 yet, i had my interview about 3 weeks ago and still haven't heard anything.