Executive Officer 2024 Competition (Nationwide)

I sat the numerical test this morning. I didn't like it at all. Too much reading in alot of them. Too many guesses in the end for my liking but see how it goes.

46.25% last year was needed, if my maths is any use :)

Do we know how they get to this figure? Are the questions weighted differently? I had my Quantity Surveyor dad who is a maths whizz do the practice test and even he only managed 21 questions in the time allotted with a couple of silly mistakes. Surely they'd struggle to get EOs if the passing score is so high.

I'm sure plenty pass, I got 770 out of 800 in the numerical last year, if everyone was failing then it'd be adjusted to make enough people pass to meet the need of staff surely.

But yeah we don't know if questions are worth different marks, just that you need 370 out of 800 of the total marks…

agree about some of numerical being easy - very basic questions and for some you didn’t even need to do calculations. You could see the answer from the graph/chart

the recent HEO ones were much harder and I passed them

sjt are easy if you already work in the service, might be tough for outsiders to do

this is my 3rd time doing the same set of assessments. Passed twice before but my county barely moves ☹️

770 is a huge score, congrats! Did you achieve that by working out each answer or was there some guessing involved at the end? You must have flown through that test

I worked out as much as possible yeah but there was a couple guesses at the end, I'd say I've a fairly analytical mind so I find the maths a lot easier than the more subjective situational tests that leave me feeling like a failure LOL.

Also my IT background and only being 5 years out of school helps I imagine. If it makes you feel better about your own tests I got 390 in the situational last time!

there’s nothing to be terrified of, it’s very straight forward. it doesn’t count towards your OOM so it’s grand

I'm dreading it too. Done the other 3 and putting off this one until Thursday morning. Afraid I'll have to give examples from previous experience and I'm not prepared at all. In CS 2 years and feel I've nothing to bring from my current role as it's very boring. I know I just have to bite the bullet and do it.

I no someone that done it on the last batch and is being placed in September as EO

This happened me during the situational on Saturday I just closed the browser left it for a few mins and went back in and it saved my responses and time so just continued with it.. I didn't even email support now I'm thinking should I of 🤔but it all worked fine when I went back in

Be careful with timing on Maths Q's unfortunately i only managed to complete 28 of the 36 questions but feel i answered all 28 correctly. All other sections were quiet generous with time allocated. Best of Luck to all.

I wish I had your confidence and I finished it!

There was one question on the spend/reserve at the end that was actually so simple that I was thinking this is a trick 😅

Yeah, I found this with a couple of them alright. Pen and rough work paper ready for scribbling, overthinking it and expecting to do some big long-winded calculation when it ends up just being a couple of simple addition/minus sums 😆

Me too. Dreading the written. I know people can't say much about it but would love some advice. Im not sure what to make of the rest. Not great but At least you could just guess an answer but with the written you can't.