Re. DWP Online Test For AO

rockyrach

heathertheblether wrote: »

WELL DONE! :j That success will have bucked you up a bit!!! The 8 hours will probably be your core hours to start, but I bet there is loads of overtime available. Of course, it may be that you don't have to rely on that job when you get the one at the Pension Office

No feedback yet...........sigh!

Yes, its a bit of a confidence boost. Shows I've still got it in me to get through an interview lol

Me neither...hopefully soon though as thats been over a week

redsky1977

I had my interview for the fixed term AO jobs in Walsall last week. I know that all of the interviews were completed on Monday [22nd Aug] and I have feedback scores of 5-6 for each of my 4 competencies. Not sure what the pass score is? I have worked for DWP before and I agree that this process is far trickier than in previous years. I just wish they would give some indication of what all of these scores actually mean!?! lol

Nod_Off

I'm just back from my interview at Dundee :eek:

I remembered my name, made friends with a little cat outside and the people were all really lovely....then disaster struck - I got 8 questions, 2 per competency. Was only prepared for 4 so won't bother holding my breath

SilverCloud_2

Aw im sure it was fine, are you sure they werent just follow up questions for the competency? Cos i got a main qu then follow up ones

Nod_Off

They all seemed to begin with 'Can you tell me about a time...' I got lots of follow up questions too as my answers obviously weren't detailed enough.

welshjoe27

Hey... I interviewed for a job in Seaham- did anybody interview there? Online test wise I got 86% overall and my interview scores for the four competencies were 9, 9, 9 and 8.

I don't want to get my hopes up as there are only 20 jobs going there but I feel I have a good chance.

Anyone had any feedback?

rockyrach

welshjoe27 wrote: »

Hey... I interviewed for a job in Seaham- did anybody interview there? Online test wise I got 86% overall and my interview scores for the four competencies were 9, 9, 9 and 8.

I don't want to get my hopes up as there are only 20 jobs going there but I feel I have a good chance.

Anyone had any feedback?

Sounds like your in with a pretty good chance!

I got 90% in the tests but not sure about interview yet. getting worried lol

redsky1977

I got 90% in my online tests and only 6,5,5,5 for my competencies. There are 15 jobs in Walsall and I was the first person they interviewed so I'm not sure exactly how many people they were going to interview. I hope they let me know whether I've been successful soon. The AO job is set to start at the end of September [12 months fixed term] and I need to give my current employer 4 weeks notice. Perhaps I'm just impatient?:mad:

welshjoe27

rockyrach wrote: »

Sounds like your in with a pretty good chance!

I got 90% in the tests but not sure about interview yet. getting worried lol

You had your interview two weeks ago didn't you? They're taking their time getting your scores up but maybe it's due to the sheer amount they interviewed?

In Seaham there were only 20 ish jobs going so I imagine they probably only interviewed around 100. If I was thinking logically I'd say my scores should get me the job...but I have no idea how anyone else did, they could have all got 10s for their competencies.

So Rach, do the online tests count for 50% then?

redsky1977

welshjoe27 wrote: »

Hey... I interviewed for a job in Seaham- did anybody interview there? Online test wise I got 86% overall and my interview scores for the four competencies were 9, 9, 9 and 8.

I don't want to get my hopes up as there are only 20 jobs going there but I feel I have a good chance.

Anyone had any feedback?

Wow! Your scores were really good. I'm sure you will be fine. Fingers crossed!