NEW 2022 Assistant Principal Competition - Open and Interdepartmental

Same! The Open and InterD streams confuse me. InterD seems to move really fast, and Open a lot slower. Does anyone know where in the OOM the Open is at?

I have just got called to the Ap stage 3 interview in the open stream and I selected Dublin as number 1 choice and my home county as second choice. I am pretty certain there will be no vacancies in my home county. I am not working presently in the Civil Service. If by some miracle I was successful in getting the role , and waited 2 years for mobility , and met the other mobility criteria, does anyone have an idea how long would I be waiting if I wanted to return to the Kerry/ Limerick area. I understand this is difficult to answer as the mobility is advert based and depends on a number of variables. Just trying to gauge from anyone in a similar position what present timelines are like.

I’ve lost track of this thread a bit over the last couple of months. Are people still being shortlisted after passing the online tests & if so what’s the ballpark number from the online tests that they have reached? Also if you haven’t been shortlisted will they tell you?

Thanks!

I emailed PAS and they told me they are currently recruiting for: Dublin, Kildare, Meath, Westmeath, Laois, Offaly and Wexford.

So there's about two months between offer and start date, is that more or less correct? Or is it quicker?

A little update for those who might be struggling (like me!!) to keep up where the OOM is at. Email from PAS today.

“You are in order of merit 14 in batch 3.1 on the Open stream. Currently, we are clearing Open candidates from batch 2.2. Therefore, there are approx. 9 candidates ahead of you to be called for clearance before your position is reached.”

I was thinking the same. also I’m OOM 6 in batch 3.1 and I haven’t heard from

them. Will let you know when I do.

i get the feeling they get some many queries they try to give a rough sense of where candidates are at but it’s not perfectly accurate

Hi Folks,

It looks like the 2022 AP panel is still active - does anyone know when PAS will be running a new APO competition?

Thanks. S.

The 2022 panel was the last competition run and this is from the information booklet -

It is not envisaged that appointments will be made from this competition after 31st October 2024

I would expect the 2024 campaign to open around July

Hello,

Does anyone here applied for HEO in PAS last Septmeber/October 2023?

I got interviewed Dec 13th and got told I placed 1st on the Dec 15th.

Queried last Friday but only told that my application is currently with clearance team and nothing else. I was reading the trail and there are batches which can come from previous years. Just wanted to check how long is the process in the CS as I dont know anyone personally about the process and I have other offers coming up, just wanted to make sure I am not waiting for naught or giving up other opportunities for something might come after a year 😩

Just looking for some advice - I got assigned back in December and given a start for the beginning of February. They still haven't issued a contract because they say they're waiting on confirmation of my line manager, but have assigned me a division. I'm starting to get really worried as from next Friday, I might be unemployed! I emailed today asking for an update and expressing my anxiety over the situation, but no reply so I really don't know what to do?!

I got the start date from the Department’s HR through email back in December. I’ve been handed on from PAS to the Department and they’ve just become so unresponsive that I don’t know what to do as I’m meant to starting in a week and a half

Any interview tips from people who’ve been through it so far? I’m a bag of nerves for my interview next week. Did people find the board cutting them off/ interrupting a lot? Were there any absolute curveballs? TIA.

I had the same experience as Swilly. Very nice board and no curveballs. They probed quite deep into the examples I gave, but that is to be expected. The hour absolutely flew by.

One thing that was slightly out of the ordinary was that for one topic I wasn't given a chance to give an example, they just asked a range of questions based on different roles I held and had mentioned in my application.

Just had the interview yesterday, so we'll see how it went. I felt like the board were helpful and I got across what I needed to!

Yes it is. Presentation and the Q&A takes about twenty minutes while the interview takes about 40.