Immigration Control Officer - Dublin Airport

Without sounding like one of the people I was complaining about yesterday (:pac:), are the 'Checking Information' tests scored the same as the Numerical Reasoning or Verbal Reasoning, ie, do you only have to reach a cut off or do you have to score as high as you can?

I've never seen them used in Civil Service exams before and they look pretty tight for time.

@py2006 Jervis definitely used to do them up beside where the toilets are located.

For those (like me) that leave photo to last min. The photo machine at top of escalator of the Jervis centre entrance opposite is out of order.

There are two downstairs in tesco, one is coin only, the other accepts fivers. Both €6.

EDIT: they also have a scissors at registration for idiots (like me) who arrive with all 4 together...

Turtyturd wrote: »

If I was one of those taking the application seriously I'd ignore the requests for information on things candidates should know, it'll reduce your chances of getting stuck working with incompetent teammates.

Yes the info is available but for crying out loud, lighten up. People are already on Boards if they're reading these requests. How much hassle it is really to answer them? Zero. Would you also blow off your co-workers if they asked you for assistance if you think they should know what to do? If you get stuck working with incompetent people it's a failure of the recruitment team not because you helped someone out along the way.

sumpector wrote: »

How did you find the test in the end? Completely understand if you don't want to answer.

I was happy enough with the Verbal Interpretation and Checking Information but I found Numerical Interpretation a bit tricky and wasn't close to completing all questions. A quick glance around suggests I wasn't on my own.

applejunkie wrote: »

How long did it take in total ? Says to allow 2 hours in the mail Is that accurate ?

Yea, I think it was about an 1HR and a half. But allow at least 2 hours in case of hiccups or people asking questions etc.

sumpector wrote: »

Hope it went well for you anyway. Were the tests of a similar level to the practice tests linked in the booklet?

Thanks. I found the Verbal one slightly easier, Checking one on a par but the numerical slightly trickier. prob more to do with the time than anything else.

You get to do a practice question before each one but they are the same as ones they sent us.

Chopper12 wrote: »

I found the numerical test pretty tough to, the other two were ok. I will be lucky to pass that one.

I thought I had downloaded the information booklet but cannot find it now. I don't suppose any competent colleagues have saved it and could send it on?

I have looked everywhere I cannot find it online.

https://www.publicjobs.ie/publicjobs/advice/test/prepare.htm

Scroll down to find it

sumpector wrote: »

Had the test earlier today and I thought the numerical could have went smoother, that time limit really caught up with me. Hopefully we just have to pass the numerical and the other two tests decide the order of merit.

I was told by a friend in the civil service that you would deffo have to pass the numerical test, as you said its order of merit on the other two tests

They supply pretty basic, solar power typed calculators.

Starting to get worried now about the numerical :-(

Shame as I feel I did quite well in the other two

electronic wrote: »

Does anyone have any details on a typical working day in the position ? Is your whole day spent in the passport control box checking passports or are there other duties that you due aswell?

Flights stop for certain hours during the night (I think) and this has night shifts so I reckon your time would be split between frontline duties and admin work associated with the position. Think there was also a mention of interviewing passengers as one of the duties.

To anyone who did the tests already, were there many people in the session?

Precious flower wrote: »

I thought this would give me a good grasp of immigration law. However my family were saying that most likely I would just be checking documents and any cases would be referred to someone higher up so that I wouldn't get a whole lot of useful experience and that does mainly seem to be the duties in the advertisement.

Well you can just study immigration law if you want and then volunteer somewhere, most civil service jobs at entry level are fairly routine, repetitive and boring. It would be document checking, visa checking, interviews to ensure people are legally allowed to enter. theres also handing people refusal notices and sending them back. I know people say its never like tv but from my sources it is very similar to "Border Security: Australia's" type of thing.


In fairness, if your not doing anything on the day, you might as well, see how far you get, try to get to the interview stage and then ask some questions.

You should also easily find accommodation around swords that isnt too expensive