DWP Recruiting Again - 2012

gettingready

When you log on to the site you have a feedback option on the left hand side, this wil show you your test scores

Dementor

gettingready wrote: »

Sorry but how is 1200 a half of 4000?

Am I missing something?

Have nto heard anythig from DWP yet, frankly I am not over the moon about prospect for working for this kind of money in London but still... curiosity more than anything else really.. Unless I got the job in the JC that is a walking distance from home.. then I would not mind the starvation wages LOL

I'm sorry I don't know what the total number of positions is/was. The only region I applied for was advertised as EO, no mention of AO, I guess it would depend on the number of internal staff who apply and move up a grade leaving AO posts available. I have only specified locations within a 20 minute drive of my home address. I also don't fancy the wages after you take out high travel costs! lol.

robpw2

so i scored above average on both parts of test and yet only have a score of 73% i got 18/24 on the first part and 242/336 on the second part , i do hope i get an interview

robpw2

quick question does anyone know how this works

DWP is committed to the employment and career development of disabled people. A practical demonstration of this is our Disability Symbol accreditation. As symbol users we have made a firm commitment to guarantee interviews to all disabled applicants who: meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy advertised at the application and testing stages of the selection process; have or have had in the past a disability or long term health condition, which has (or had) a substantial disadvantage on their day to day living; and the disability has or is likely to last at least 12 months.

how do they guarentee an interviwew and how could you proove that you definatly havent met criteria if they do not give you an interview

scooterchick

Gael21 wrote: »

Sorry to bring this up again, but I'm confused. If that's the case, how come someone applying in the London region achieved almost exactly the same raw scores as me and were rated 90th percentile (or so they posted on here) but in my region (SW) that score put me in 65th percentile?

Almost exactly the same? Believe it or not what appears to be minor differences in score can mean a big difference in percentile. It also seems to be weighted heavier towards the first score, so if you scored better in the analysis you tend to get a better overall percentile.

scooterchick

robpw2 wrote: »

so i scored above average on both parts of test and yet only have a score of 73% i got 18/24 on the first part and 242/336 on the second part , i do hope i get an interview

73% is above average.

Dementor

robpw2 wrote: »

so i scored above average on both parts of test and yet only have a score of 73% i got 18/24 on the first part and 242/336 on the second part , i do hope i get an interview

My understanding from the guy on the DWP Recruitment Help desk was that if I hadn't already received an email stating I was unsuccessful, then I was through to the next round. However I can't see them interviewing 75,000 candidates so I guess it now gets sifted again based on competency statements. Interestingly it did say on my location preferences form that that wouldn't be used as criteria to rule out candidates. I have no idea how they will interview though, I would imagine a central location for each region and everyone goes there?

drwho2011

gettingready wrote: »

Sorry but how is 1200 a half of 4000?

Am I missing something?

Have nto heard anythig from DWP yet, frankly I am not over the moon about prospect for working for this kind of money in London but still... curiosity more than anything else really.. Unless I got the job in the JC that is a walking distance from home.. then I would not mind the starvation wages LOL

AO + EO vacancies = 4000

They have advertised 2400 EO posts (of which the union believes half will be filled internally via redeployment etc).

They will then post the AO vacancies once the EO exercise is completed as they won't know how many staff will be promoted internally until then.

Dementor

That's a bit clearer then.

misssunshinetoday

does anyone know if after scoring the minimum passmark on the test, that they will look at/mark the competancies,or will they just set a particular pass mark,eg:70percent and then only sift through those applications to mark competancies and then decide who to interview?