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HMRC Tax Specialist Programme (TSP) 2018

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Reply 780

I did the practise question a few times and played it back and adjusted the position of the computer etc. I think it really helps to practise.

Sorry to everyone who thinks they did badly. I thought I’d done badly on the fast stream video interview and I managed to get through. You might have done better than you think.

Reply 781

Well that sucked. Might just withdraw my application now as haven't a hope in hell I think.

Reply 782

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by Rchilton
Well that sucked. Might just withdraw my application now as haven't a hope in hell I think.


Same here. Except I'm hanging in there to the bitter end. There is no way I got through based on that performance!

Reply 783

It doesn't sound like many people on these forums did particularly well so we've got all a chance I guess.

Would not want to be the person marking these videos.

Reply 784

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by SweatyPanda
It doesn't sound like many people on these forums did particularly well so we've got all a chance I guess.

Would not want to be the person marking these videos.


Don't forget that those of us on TSR only represent a portion of the 2,200 at this stage.


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by MCL2017
Oh and don't do what I did on the first question which was start talking after the 30 second countdown but the video didn't start recording for another 3 seconds as it tells you to look at the camera then does another countdown to recording. They're going to get 2 seconds into my first answer and bin me off because I'm half way through a sentence!!


The same thing happened to me! I stumbled when I realised my error and had to restart, but it didn't happen in the other questions so hopefully they don't mind. :smile:

Reply 785

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by VinnicombeDmv
Don't forget that those of us on TSR only represent a portion of the 2,200 at this stage.




The same thing happened to me! I stumbled when I realised my error and had to restart, but it didn't happen in the other questions so hopefully they don't mind. :smile:


Lets hope that we are a accurate representation of that 2,200

Reply 786

That was horrendous. My computer froze on question 3 and it wouldn't let me record an answer for it 😬 I had to reboot the whole thing and then it went straight on to question 4. So I didn't even get to answer one 😭

Reply 787

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by SK2017
That was horrendous. My computer froze on question 3 and it wouldn't let me record an answer for it 😬 I had to reboot the whole thing and then it went straight on to question 4. So I didn't even get to answer one 😭


Email them and they'll make it so you can answer the 3rd question:smile:

Reply 788

I am still procrastinating. I haven’t prepped. I’ve been away on holiday and now I’m ill. And time is ticking 😫

Reply 789

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by Hmw 94
Email them and they'll make it so you can answer the 3rd question:smile:


I did and they just give me the steps on what to do to recover the webpage and how to reboot the system, then I emailed them back saying when I went back on it skipped question 3 but they haven't emailed me back yet 🙈

Reply 790

So I just completed the interview, it wasn’t bad but it wasn’t the best either...

Don’t you just hate when you record your answer then remember something else you could of included in the answer 😬

Roll on January to find out how we did lol

Reply 791

Sorry if this has already been asked.... in the 30 seconds before answering does the camera continue to film? Worried about reacting negatively to a question and them seeing my state of panic 😆

Reply 792

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by LittleMissSassy
Sorry if this has already been asked.... in the 30 seconds before answering does the camera continue to film? Worried about reacting negatively to a question and them seeing my state of panic 😆


No, it doesn't. Good luck :smile:

Reply 793

Thanks 😊

Reply 794

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by LittleMissSassy
I am still procrastinating. I haven’t prepped. I’ve been away on holiday and now I’m ill. And time is ticking 😫


I’m the same just getting home meant to do it before I went away talk about pressure 🙈

Reply 795

How does everyone know what scores they got on the numerical tests etc? My emails only said that I'd passed onto the next step...

Reply 796

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by JellyCat99
How does everyone know what scores they got on the numerical tests etc? My emails only said that I'd passed onto the next step...


Log into your on the Civil Service Job's, click application and click on the HMRC Tax Specialist you applied to, it will be there somewhere.

Reply 797

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by H.a.hx
Log into your on the Civil Service Job's, click application and click on the HMRC Tax Specialist you applied to, it will be there somewhere.


It was in the Feedback tab, but that all disappeared when we got invited to video interviews.

Reply 798

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by Bertiesgirl75
It was in the Feedback tab, but that all disappeared when we got invited to video interviews.



Oh my good god! That was awful. The questions weren’t so bad at all. But I launched the test accidentally. So completely waffled. And I’ve realised I have a tendency to touch my nose when nervous. This won’t look good! I hadn’t even brushed my hair as it was my intention to log in later; I’d been having problems with the sound.

So now I don’t even know if any volume was recorded. I’m out!

Reply 799

I just answered question 3 and it cut off saying I've completed the interview. Is there anyway I can do question 4?