HMRC Tax Specialist Programme (TSP) 2018

Back to the rat race once again, hopefully this will be our year kneale!

This will be my third attempt. First year made it to A.C. and put on reserve list, was actually offered a place in the end but they couldn't get my checks done in time to start which was rubbish, I later turned down a HO role after being strung along for months. The second attempt I didn't even make it as far as A.C, I hope they've dropped the additional situational judgement test this year.

Back to the rat race once again, hopefully this will be our year kneale!

This will be my third attempt. First year made it to A.C. and put on reserve list, was actually offered a place in the end but they couldn't get my checks done in time to start which was rubbish, I later turned down a HO role after being strung along for months. The second attempt I didn't even make it as far as A.C, I hope they've dropped the additional situational judgement test this year.

Hello again! That final SJT was awful last year! I'm eager to find out what the different stages are this year.

That's really bad luck about the checks, Kneale. My understanding was the list should be applied in strict order of merit, not by how fast they can't get checks done!

I thought the SJT was terrible too. I've heard some people got through to the AC with marks in the 40s and 50s on stage1 and stage2 though....?

Good luck to everybody this year, I'm waiting on an O-band offer from last year but no news on checks on that front either

It’s here

Although a video interview is new!

Starting this thread for everyone who will be applying for the TSP. Applications start at the beginning of October according to their Facebook page.

This will be my third year applying, previous years I have not managed to get through to the AC, so 3rd time lucky this year hopefully!

This will be my first year applying as an existing HMRC employee as I was offered an O Band position from the first year I applied and I've been there nearly 9 months now.

hey sorry if this is a stupid question but I am a little confused about the application form as it says job details and there is a list of things and beside it it says optional, do we just need to complete what they have listed?

How did you get offered an O band role if you didn't make it to the assessment centre in previous years? Did they offer you an interview based on your test results or something

Ignore that page, don’t hang antrhjng on it, that page shouldn’t have been included 😂

Completed the verbal reasoning test, it asked more questions than last year for me! Last year was 6, this year about 12 - I scored better than 68% of people who have previously taken this test. Status now says 'On hold after Verbal Test' - anyone else completed it?

Lol. It seems to have been removed 😂

Well done. Did you do any prep for it? I'm using Graduate Monkey to prepare. No idea if I've waste my money or not, will find out over the weekend. I plan to prepare on Saturday, then take the test on Sunday.

This is my first time applying for this scheme.