Civil Service Fast Stream 2015/16

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Reply 4220

florete

Just refreshed my portal, successful for EFS!

Reply 4221

DonieMacaroni

Original post by florete

Just refreshed my portal, successful for EFS!

Congratulations!

Reply 4222

florete

Original post by DonieMacaroni

Congratulations!

Haha, thanks Donie :wink:

Reply 4223

Haymaker

Original post by florete

Just refreshed my portal, successful for EFS!

Well done. Assuming that's the offer you're accepting, I should see you there later this year (as long as my ex-bosses don't let on what I dick I am :wink:

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Reply 4224

florete

Original post by Haymaker

Well done. Assuming that's the offer you're accepting, I should see you there later this year (as long as my ex-bosses don't let on what I dick I am :wink:

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Sure is, it's actually the only stream I applied for. See you there! :smile:

Reply 4225

butler994

Is anyone else still waiting for Comms?

Reply 4226

ecjb

Anyone heard anything recently? Still waiting for EFS and can't believe it's almost June.

Reply 4227

S/J

Same here ecjb got GFS but waiting for EFS. Maybe we are on a waiting list? When a couple of people have declined EFS we might be 'successful'.

Reply 4228

ecjb

Original post by S/J

Same here ecjb got GFS but waiting for EFS. Maybe we are on a waiting list? When a couple of people have declined EFS we might be 'successful'.

Probably! That's the only plausible explanation for having to wait this long haha

Reply 4229

Civility

Original post by emmelinecarr

Huge congrats!!! Mine hasn't changed yet 😁😁

Original post by fishingman

Thanks! I was expecting to find out directly from the FCO, so I've sent an email to confirm whether the portal is actually right. Praying it's not a mistake!

Original post by theclassic

Does anyone know if we get FSB reports?

Original post by Grapes.92

Has anyone heard about their SEFS FSB? I can't stop checking! :smile:

Original post by florete

Just refreshed my portal, successful for EFS!

Original post by DonieMacaroni

Congratulations!

Original post by Haymaker

Well done. Assuming that's the offer you're accepting, I should see you there later this year (as long as my ex-bosses don't let on what I dick I am :wink:

)

Original post by butler994

Is anyone else still waiting for Comms?

When do you guys all start? :biggrin:

Bump?

Original post by Civility

When do you guys all start? :biggrin:

The fast stream newsletter email the other day said the two start dates are 5 September and 3 October. Hoping for October personally.

Reply 4232

bubbaa

Original post by Haymaker

The fast stream newsletter email the other day said the two start dates are 5 September and 3 October. Hoping for October personally.

Did you put sept/oct or just oct? I'm wondering if its a preference or a 'I can't start until oct' if you tick only oct like i did!

Reply 4233

Civility

Original post by Haymaker

The fast stream newsletter email the other day said the two start dates are 5 September and 3 October. Hoping for October personally.

Original post by bubbaa

Did you put sept/oct or just oct? I'm wondering if its a preference or a 'I can't start until oct' if you tick only oct like i did!

I see

What stream did you apply for?

Reply 4234

Haymaker

Original post by bubbaa

Did you put sept/oct or just oct? I'm wondering if its a preference or a 'I can't start until oct' if you tick only oct like i did!

I ticked just Oct. My notice period means I'll be in my current job till the end of September, but hopefully all the students will want to start ASAP so it balances...

Original post by Civility

I see

What stream did you apply for?

EFS, not that it affects start date. It's all the same except for FCO

Reply 4235

Civility

Original post by Haymaker

I ticked just Oct. My notice period means I'll be in my current job till the end of September, but hopefully all the students will want to start ASAP so it balances...

EFS, not that it affects start date. It's all the same except for FCO

What do they stand for? :gah:

Reply 4236

sseed1994

Hey peeps, hope you're all well!

I'm probably a bit behind a lot of you since I started in the 2nd round. I'm doing my e tray next week and wanted some info/advice if anybody has some!

I've read through the online info and done the practise test, so was wondering if anybody had any more specific info on what it will be like.

For example do you know how many questions you'll have to answer? Or do the emails just keep coming into your inbox and at some point you might have answered all of them? I also read that it doesn't matter in what order you answer the questions. So do this mean that you don't need to prioritise which emails you answer?

Also more importantly, what was the written part like?

I couldn't find much discussion of the e-tray in this thread but if it has already been discussed, could anyone please link me to the correct page?

Thank you!

Sam

Reply 4237

jelly1000

Original post by sseed1994

Tbh I think its a bit unfair if we tell you what its like given we weren't given any extra information when we sat it.

Reply 4238

sseed1994

Original post by jelly1000

Tbh I think its a bit unfair if we tell you what its like given we weren't given any extra information when we sat it.

That's fair enough, maybe I was wrong to ask. Thanks for your honesty

Reply 4239

majora_midna

Original post by sseed1994

That's fair enough, maybe I was wrong to ask. Thanks for your honesty

I think at this stage, someone else doing well or passing the e-tray doesn't affect those of us who have already gone through the whole process? I don't remember how many questions there were but yes the emails keep coming and there's a lot of guidance I found online about the civil service e-tray specifically.

I don't know if they would have changed the written at all because some of us obviously already sat the one for the first round but just make sure you address all the points they ask you to (they're very specific about what they expect you to include!). I passed my e-tray and FSAC but for both the written part of the e-tray and the written exercise on the day I ran out of time and I'm sure my score would have been higher if I'd finished.

Just use your time wisely without rushing your decisions. I failed my e-tray a couple of years ago the first time I applied by making the wrong decisions! So don't be disheartened if it doesn't work out this time :smile: