I interviewed at Department of Social Protection (Sligo)
Interview
You get asked questions related to the competencies. For example, they'll say they want to you talk about competency A and then ask you: tell me about a time you had a difficult customer.
I applied online. I interviewed at Department of Social Protection (Dublin, Dublin) in Jan 2024
Interview
It’s 45 minute interview - competency based and 2 interviewers
1 will be good and the other bad cop as people say it’s very structured and you don’t have time to think so need to have your 3 minute answer ready
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked too much about my previous experiences before I join the civil service even tho I had enough experience in house already. I just thought it wasn’t relevant to the role and the interviewer was constantly cutting me , I couldn’t really finish my sentences .
I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Department of Social Protection (Dublin, Dublin) in Sept 2021
Interview
Simple, very casual interview process, with a few technical questions designed to not catch you out but to just simply see if you are lying on your cv. They will work with you to get to an answer, its not a quiz style line of questioning.