Civil service fast stream 2014/2015

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I'm surprised people didn't like the leadership task--I think that was my strongest one. The interview on the other hand just went terribly--my examples were really silly and inconsequential/demonstrated massive privilege/were low-stakes--and the interviewer pretty much implied that at the end too by reminding me that I was only in my last year of uni and that most FSers get in on the 2nd or 3rd time. Did anyone else find everything they'd prepared for it just left their head the moment they sat down?

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Charlie86520

Going a bit crazy with the wait!!! I really hope we hear today/tomorrow!

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mapo_doufu

Does anyone know any information about deferring a place for the Fast Stream? Say, for example, you are offered a position, is it possible to defer for one year to do a Masters degree?

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Charlie86520

I'm pretty sure they don't allow deferrals and will ask you to reapply next year, sorry!

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f.burton

Does anyone know how long it takes to receive the feedback report? My FSAC was 3 weeks ago, and I found out that I was successful over 2 weeks ago now.

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GManTheGMan

Original post by mapo_doufu

Does anyone know any information about deferring a place for the Fast Stream? Say, for example, you are offered a position, is it possible to defer for one year to do a Masters degree?

There are a few schemes you can defer for. For instance, TeachFirst. But Postgrad qualifications in general would not be a reason for deferral. And there's no guarantee that being successful one year will mean you would be successful when you reapply, so it's a risk.

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grownupfrog

Mine changed to 'Awaiting results' this morning. Now begins the long wait...

Original post by mapo_doufu

Does anyone know any information about deferring a place for the Fast Stream? Say, for example, you are offered a position, is it possible to defer for one year to do a Masters degree?

Usually, no. You would need to reapply afterwards. It would be better to accept your place now and then take a year out later to study if you still wanted to do a masters later on. You could reapply again next year but you don't automatically re-qualify and there's a risk you might not be offered a place again.

Original post by f.burton

Does anyone know how long it takes to receive the feedback report? My FSAC was 3 weeks ago, and I found out that I was successful over 2 weeks ago now.

If you mean the report on your performance at the FSAC, the online section says 'by mid-April'...

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Magnum Opus

Original post by mapo_doufu

Does anyone know any information about deferring a place for the Fast Stream? Say, for example, you are offered a position, is it possible to defer for one year to do a Masters degree?

It's worth saying that although you wouldn't be able to defer it, you'd be able to pursue a MA (preferably part-time) at somewhere like Birkbeck quite easily with Flexi-time

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GManTheGMan

And many schemes will offer the opportunity for postgrad qualifications as part of the scheme.

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Lauws

Does anyone know if you can request your percentile scores for tests if you've been invited to FSAC?

A friend failed etray with better than 71 % - grim!

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grownupfrog

Original post by Lauws

Does anyone know if you can request your percentile scores for tests if you've been invited to FSAC?

A friend failed etray with better than 71 % - grim!

How did s/he find that out? I'd be interested to know my scores for the online tests.

I'm so impatient. I keep checking every half an hour or so but of course there's no change. Bah...

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nicola1806

This has turned me into one of those people anxiously refreshing the page every couple of hours and panicking every time I get an email - I never used to be like this! Had my FSAC January 23rd and have been amber-banded ever since. Don't think I can take waiting another month!!

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grownupfrog

Original post by nicola1806

Mine was the same day and I couldn't tell you how many times I've refreshed...

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Lauws

Original post by grownupfrog

How did s/he find that out? I'd be interested to know my scores for the online tests.

I'm so impatient. I keep checking every half an hour or so but of course there's no change. Bah...

You just send Parity a message requesting percentile scores. Although, as outlined in my original post, if you're hat is still in the ring as it were, I'm unsure whether they will release them......

- how this could possibly prejudice the process I don't know?

Perhaps they anticipate people swagging into FSAC demanding a job as they scored better than 90% of candidates in Verbal Reasoning :biggrin:

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nicola1806

Original post by grownupfrog

Mine was the same day and I couldn't tell you how many times I've refreshed...

It's just to frustrating, even if they told me I was unsuccessful that would be better cause then I could make plans for what I'm going to do after graduation!

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Charlie86520

Original post by nicola1806

I'm glad I'm not the only one!

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grownupfrog

Original post by Charlie86520

I'm glad I'm not the only one!

I'm amazed the system isn't constantly crashing from the numbers of us who are refreshing so often!

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cactusjr

Has anyone heard anything for the HR stream? I know there's not normally a lot of applicants so they might be waiting for more people to have the FSAC, but the waiting is just horrible...

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grownupfrog

Original post by cactusjr

Has anyone heard anything for the HR stream? I know there's not normally a lot of applicants so they might be waiting for more people to have the FSAC, but the waiting is just horrible...

Nothing for me, but there's been at least one on this thread

LOADS of people at my FSAC were for HR so I'm wondering now if it really is less popular...