Civil Service Recruitment

calum384 · 9 February 2018 at 4:33PM

Hi all,

I recently had an interview for a Civil Service position (Mon 22nd Jan). I was told I would find out the result of the interview by last week, however did not.

I contacted the recruitment team yesterday and they said they haven't recieved the results of any of the interviews.

I was just wandering if anyone else has had a similar experience and whether I can expect a response to my interview soon (as it is a job I really hope to secure).

All the best,

C

lincroft1710 · 9 February 2018 at 4:45PM

Unless it was for a specific Civil Service post rather than just a recruitment exercise for a CS grade, there is likely to be weeks if not months before a successful candidate takes up a position. It is not unknown for interview results to be late, so I can only advise patience.

calum384 · 9 February 2018 at 4:51PM

Just FYI, it is for a specific governmental department/position. Thanks for the reply.

LadyMcFinch · 14 February 2018 at 7:38PM

Even for specific jobs, Civil Service Recruiting can take ages - the interviewers can only guess how long it will take because part of the process is out of their hands. For example, for my current job I was told at the interview it would probably take 2 weeks for me to hear back, but it took a month.