DWP employment waiting list

DellaD_2

Congratulations Darnay - and Happy Birthday for 4 Jan.
Well done. Dxx

buftymctufty

Well done lindalea

Theres hope for Myself, Whiskeyman and desperado2

Any idea of your position on the list?

desperado2

buftymctufty wrote: »

Well done lindalea

Theres hope for Myself, Whiskeyman and desperado2

Any idea of your position on the list?

Joint 77th of course! :D along with us three..

Would you have liked Preston buftymctufty??

desperado2

After chatting to some folk, I begin to think that some folks explanations of the merit list are different to reality.. I like a number of others presumed a merit list was in order of merit.. but I now suspect it is a list of those who merit recruiting, in the order their assessments and checks were completed??

Would be interesting to know where other folk are on the list..

whiskyman

Hi All

I had an interview at Old Trafford yesterday for AO and am there again on Saturday for an EO interview. The person who interviewed me from Capita was extremely helpful in many respects. Did you know that the form that they are writing your responses on has a last page which is where they fill in your feedback. This is something that you can request and will tell you where you were strong and weak in the interview. If you ask for the feedback from the interview they will send it you and so you will know where you need to prepare yourself better for future interviews. Interesting why do they not tell us that ?

desperado2

whiskyman wrote: »

Hi All

I had an interview at Old Trafford yesterday for AO and am there again on Saturday for an EO interview. The person who interviewed me from Capita was extremely helpful in many respects. Did you know that the form that they are writing your responses on has a last page which is where they fill in your feedback. This is something that you can request and will tell you where you were strong and weak in the interview. If you ask for the feedback from the interview they will send it you and so you will know where you need to prepare yourself better for future interviews. Interesting why do they not tell us that ?

I might ask for mine.. though I bet it wont refer to my stirling qualities in resisting the urges to commit mass murder on recruiters at DWP... he heheheheheheheheeh

whiskyman

desperado2 wrote: »

I might ask for mine.. though I bet it wont refer to my stirling qualities in resisting the urges to commit mass murder on recruiters at DWP... he heheheheheheheheeh

So you did not know about this feedback bit then?

desperado2

whiskyman wrote: »

So you did not know about this feedback bit then?

With regard to DWP, I am a mushroom .. kept in the dark and fed B*ll5h1t :rolleyes:

Anything I do know is from one Employee Services email (which I posted here) or feedback from other forum members!!

Actually,, My info/interview pack from capita had the sheets with the "competencies" listed.. it said to refer to it when preparing for the interview.. and I did..

But actually IN my interview, they invited me to get the list out, and refer to my notes on it!! - I had not brought it with me, and the info pack most certainly did not say I could take notes in to an interview..

Did anyone else get told this??

buftymctufty

desperado2 wrote: »

Joint 77th of course! :D along with us three..

Would you have liked Preston buftymctufty??

Yup

Apparantly Preston (on the form) covers Preston, Leyland and Skem - I queried this when i called them up - Its not first choice but i would take it



- I wonder if the fact that i am in a job which has to give 4 weeks notice will have hampered me?

whiskyman

desperado2 wrote: »

With regard to DWP, I am a mushroom .. kept in the dark and fed B*ll5h1t :rolleyes:

Anything I do know is from one Employee Services email (which I posted here) or feedback from other forum members!!

Actually,, My info/interview pack from capita had the sheets with the "competencies" listed.. it said to refer to it when preparing for the interview.. and I did..

But actually IN my interview, they invited me to get the list out, and refer to my notes on it!! - I had not brought it with me, and the info pack most certainly did not say I could take notes in to an interview..

Did anyone else get told this??

Hi Desperado

No there is no mention of that on anything you receive, only when you are in interview do they say you can refer to your notes. However I have had a few interviews now and I have not been asked the same question twice. Therefore notes would be useless but a list of the competencies and what is required would be useful as you can ensure that you cover all the requirements in your answer. One of my questions yesterday was Tell us about a time when you could not satisfy a customers needs and how you went about telling them. This is a turnabout of the question that I have had previously where they wanted to know about giving excellent customer service.