2023 Senior Executive Officer: Local Government

Hello, I'm prepping for my interview next week and from reading about other people's experiences through the thread above I'm not getting a strong sense that they delve into areas such as the structure of LA's, legislation or the Putting People First Action Plan that is referenced in the information booklet. I don't want to spend a huge amount of time on these is it's not necessary. Do they ask about them in the interview?

This was my first public sector interview. I have to say that I wasn't prepared for the continuous poking of questions throughout the examples I was providing. The interview structure was laid out in the beginning, with each competency given a set amount of time. The questions posed were challenging. Overall I think I will put this one down as a learning experience and hope I perform better in the future.

I was advised that this is the last component of the recruitment process and they hope to have interviews completed and notifications issued by the end of February. Good luck to all remaining interviewees.

I was also unsuccessful. I had posted previously above, that I was unhappy with my interview performance so I wasn't surprised. I did expect to have a low ranking at best but no, I didn't panel. Hope others got better news.

How many were paneled from final interview well done to all who made & braved it… Will they need us extra OOMs at any point?!!🙏🏻😁

any update from anyone on a 2nd batch call?

Not yet but likely be a few months I understand from PAS that 106 we’re paneled from the first OOM interviews out of 218 candidates who interviewed … There are panels for all counties with the exception of the Southern Regional Assembly… All future shortlisting requests will be sent via message board on publicjobs.ie….

Good to know, thanks for the update!

does anyone have any feedback on the shortlisting criteria - what did it consist of? not holding out much after today’s announcement but just more curious what to potentially expect

Thanks for this - for anyone who makes the cut how long after shortlisting is interview (approx) - peak leave period into July…😬

Has anyone heard anything back from the 2nd round of shortlisting?

I've heard the shortlisting is extremely difficult to get passed. Im an external candidate so (no council experience) so im not holding my breath.