Civil Service Investigation/ Intelligence Officer Role

In HMRC "unsocial hours" generally means between 20:00 and 22:00...except for Intelligence Officer posts which can be (and often is at short notice) 24/7. Just to give you an idea, I'm supposed to work 148 hours in a 4 week period, in the last complete 4 weeks, I've done 275 hours, none of which over the 148 I'll be paid for because the annual allowance covers that.

Congratulations on the interview for the tax professional role.

I just got an e-mail about an hour ago asking me to book an interview for the investigator/intelligence officer role!



Thanks I hope you got the same e-mail about the investigator/intelligence role!

I just got an e-mail about an hour ago asking me to book an interview for the investigator/intelligence officer role!



Thanks I hope you got the same e-mail about the investigator/intelligence role!

I'm in Belfast. Still waiting to hear about booking my interview. When are the interviews out of curiosity?

I am very nervous about the interview. I think they said it would be scenario based? So they would give scenarios and ask what we would do in said situation. Aaaaaggghhh nerve wracking. I've never had such an interview.

Congrats everyone!



Yeah the interview is a bit daunting! Especially since all we know about it is 'this will be a series of scenarios you will be asked to decide a course of action and explain your reasoning.'. I wonder if it'll be like a situational judgement test with random hypothetical situations or whether it'll be scenarios actually related to the job we'll be doing . All of my civil service interviews so far have been competency based so I have no idea what to expect either. It certainly doesn't seem like anything you can prepare for.

What three competencies do you have to do for your interview? Did you pick October or November for it? Bet the nerves are kicking in now. I'm still waiting hear back to see when/where the interviews are. On the vacancy it said interviews early November!

Hello all,

I have an interview schedule tomorrow, for anyone who has had the interview, is it possible to provide any advice?

I understand it is a series of scenarios, related to the 3 lead competencies.

I have studied the EO effective and ineffective behaviours in depth and have a solid understanding of the competency, however, there is virtually no information on the web or hmrc site that can come close to preparing any one for this role!

I have seen on other forums related to a separate Exec Officer role that many candidates were supposed to get emailed a candidate information pack, however, I have not been able to find anything related to that for this role.


However, I do not believe it is that relevant for this role. There are tips on the doc about using STAR when answering questions in the interview which I guess is quiet a useful tip.

If any person has had the interview already can provide any feedback or tips this would be much appreciated.

Best of luck to all you that have interviews coming up!

Hi,

Firstly good luck with your interview tomorrow! Do let us know how it goes.
Secondly, have you been receiving emails from CS? They sent an email saying the interview is actually competency based despite what they had written on the job advert so they will be testing you against the three competencies. You should really study the competencies and think up potential questions and practise answers using the STAR technique. Keep lots of back up examples too!
Sorry I cannot be of any more help but I have not attended an interview for this role.

Good luck.

P.S Don't forget all your documents and forms.

Hi,

Thanks so much for your reply, very kind of you. I manage to find an excellent document that others may find useful.

I googled: civil service competency interview

And a document created by the civil service resourcing team has been created, with potential competency questions for 2 of the 3 lead comptancies that are being examined.

Best of luck to all

Hi all!

Did anyone else who applied for the tax professional/operational delivery caseworker get the email this morning about booking interviews? After following this post for a few weeks now, I was expecting to get a little more information about what type of interview will it be, is it competency based (which it most likely is) or something else or information regarding what competencies will be assessed like you all received for the intelligence officer roles! Did I miss this information or is the only competency required for this role making effective decisions? :s

Thanks in advanceeee!