DWP Selection tests...

phil7445

Butterfly_Kisses wrote: »

I sat tests there as well but the interview is at the East London District office by Algate. You could be any where within the East London District which I believe includes Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Newham.

Thanks for the info. I'd prefer as West as possible in that Borough as I live in NW London.

boracic_lint_4

Silencio wrote: »

I did a DWP test today.

I have learning difficulties, they made the following mistakes:

They said if you have any 'special requirements' to phone the number below. There was no number below.

So I phoned the number on the top of the page and told them my requirements, I need extra time and a seperate room because I have difficulty filtering noise and holding a pencil.

I got there on the day, my name was spelt wrong on the list, even though I read it to them phonetically over the phone.

I didn't get a seperate room either, they forgot to mention that.

I am not impressed, as I feel they are not putting the effort to listen to me and am worried things will screw up more.

Hope I passed. The lady was very nice at the centre.

I don't mean to seem harsh but are you not deluding yourself?

Have you actually been to these places? There are a lot of nasty people amongst the client base. How do you see yourself successfully working in a department? With your own office so that none can disturb you? A dipso claimant would love that to be alone with you. Just for taking a few tests you need a special environment about you. Can't hold a pencil? What are you thinking

It is crazy it really is. To stop discrimination the able bodied are being discriminated against. Authorities have to open up to the disabled to be "PC" and so of course the disabled apply to posts that they assume they can do. Utter rubbish !!

I have worked for years in many roles in an office and it is madness to think someone with learning difficulties, who is distracted by sound and can't do a basic office skill like hold a pencil, can perform their duties efficiently. These posts are needed because the offices are stretched, they do not need any more free loaders.

I do hope that you do find suitable employment soon but this pandering and positive discrimination really peeves me. I see it time and time again where the disabled apply for the "peach of a job" role and get an interview BECAUSE of their situation. I have noticed that it is always the easier roles they go for too, never the real confrontational front of house ones.

No I am sorry we re having to carry these people like an elderly disable pet. My employee in a similar circumstance was a lovely lady but she was always carried by my very busy office. There were mumblings in the background about the preferential treatment he had but she was liked to her face. Eventually, after years of inconsistent attendance she decided she liked to be home more and went part time. Then she couldn't commit to that and eventually left. Upon reflection she was a lovely chatty lady but a !!!!!!!!!!. My office is definitely happier and more efficient since she left....

joeybloggs10

Hi all. Was hoping someone could talk me through the full process of landing an AA/AO role with the DWP. I've just downloaded two application forms and I'm not very confident about filling them out. I've also had a look at the lit. and numeracy tests and I'm fine with those. Just a bit nervous about filling out the forms and doing well in the interviews.

Any help would be much appreciated

KMACDON

worcestersaver wrote: »

The proof of the pudding they say......
Try and spot the incorrect word usage, grammatical and spelling mistakes in the passage below.

" I am writing to update you of further changes that have been made in the Finance Department.

Improvements have been made to our administration and payment sistems.
This means that expenses can now be pade on a weekly basis insted of just once a month. Although not everyone incurrs expenses, I hope people will agree that it was worthwhile investing in this improvement.

The changes do not mean that everyone has to submit their expenses form once a week.

The improvements mean that money will be transferred into people bank accounts on the Friday of the week after the expenses form has been submitted. To insure that the money is paid promptly on the Friday, people submitting expenses forms must submit there expenses form by Wednesday.

over the next two months all office computers will be upgraded with the necessary software to submit expenses forms. No training will be required as the procedures for inputting expenses will remain the same.

Regards

John Brown"

Thanks for this.

On this particular test, how many mistakes would you say it has?

Thanks in advance,

Kev.

RBT

KMACDON wrote: »

Thanks for this.

On this particular test, how many mistakes would you say it has?

Thanks in advance,

Kev.

I spotted 7(8 if i add a comma in one of the sentences) in a quick glance.

But i know for a fact that whoever posted it has left out a part of the letter with the writers name and address on, this part includes some mistakes (lower case m on Mr, and lower case letters instead of capitals in the postcode)

manumadmel

worcestersaver wrote: »

The proof of the pudding they say......
Try and spot the incorrect word usage, grammatical and spelling mistakes in the passage below.

" I am writing to update you of further changes that have been made in the Finance Department.

Improvements have been made to our administration and payment sistems.
This means that expenses can now be pade on a weekly basis insted of just once a month. Although not everyone incurrs expenses, I hope people will agree that it was worthwhile investing in this improvement.

The changes do not mean that everyone has to submit their expenses form once a week.

The improvements mean that money will be transferred into people bank accounts on the Friday of the week after the expenses form has been submitted. To insure that the money is paid promptly on the Friday, people submitting expenses forms must submit there expenses form by Wednesday.

over the next two months all office computers will be upgraded with the necessary software to submit expenses forms. No training will be required as the procedures for inputting expenses will remain the same.

Regards

John Brown"

hi all this is the example test you get with the interview letter

I have my test on tuesday but the question I have is about the CR check, I was done for arson 2 years ago ( set fire to my neighbours fence causing £30 worth of damage ) I got a 9 months suspended jail sentance and 150 community hrs
It was a daft thing to do but it happened, I have never been in trouble in all my 37 years and was made redundent in december last year. I have had to go and sign on for the 1st time in my working life and some of the staff are a compleat waste of time, so when I saw a job working for the DWP come up I applied

so my question is do I tell them about my CR or lie and hope they don't check

storminbalder

manumadmel wrote: »

hi all this is the example test you get with the interview letter

I have my test on tuesday but the question I have is about the CR check, I was done for arson 2 years ago ( set fire to my neighbours fence causing £30 worth of damage ) I got a 9 months suspended jail sentance and 150 community hrs
It was a daft thing to do but it happened, I have never been in trouble in all my 37 years and was made redundent in december last year. I have had to go and sign on for the 1st time in my working life and some of the staff are a compleat waste of time, so when I saw a job working for the DWP come up I applied

so my question is do I tell them about my CR or lie and hope they don't check

I'm sorry that this is not what you are going to want to hear. But, there is absolutely no way they will employ you!

Sorry.

matt1987

I have just applied to an EO role. Do you actually need previous managerial experience. I am sceptical about my application, as i am only 21 and i doubt that i would be given a role like that, even though i think i am mature enough!!!

sammyjammy

matt1987 wrote: »

I have just applied to an EO role. Do you actually need previous managerial experience. I am sceptical about my application, as i am only 21 and i doubt that i would be given a role like that, even though i think i am mature enough!!!

Absolutely not, its competency based recruitment so you can use examples from all areas of your life, your age means nothing either, just because its a managerial grade it doesn't mean you'll be managing staff anyway, it depends on the role, good look with your application.

Sam

Tez23_2

Hi ,

I have recently sat those tests and the numeracy one is fairly basic, but you should brush up on your percentages knowledge. There are 20 questions and I understand that the pass mark is 10. I was given 18 minutes to complete which was enough time to get through all of them. The questions were based on an information sheet detailing seating capacity, rooms with available computers, and class times ect and the questions are like " what would the percentage decrease be if the Library was unavailable ? the answers are x4 multiple choice. You are given a calculator to use, which helps!!

Good luck..........