Police recruitment final interview

Congratulations!!

Being in the Police is a difficult job. Their staff are human and also face their fair share of challenges - including mental health ones. I'd say that as long as you're taking steps to manage it (and it sounds like you are, with medication and probably other strategies), it wouldn't impact on your application ☺

HICongrats on passing the OAC!How long would you say it took for you to receive your results ?

Took about 2 weeks.
Have you done yours yet then?
I passed my senior interview stage and the seperate Investigate First OAC.
They've recofingured the scheme now, i just missed the deadline for the non degree holder so now got to do the PCDA style degree, but as a detective rather than a police officer. Submitted pre employment checks, hopefully hear soon but im told i might not start til like may or june, and i thought it'd be march or jan

Thanks for your reply

So for me it’s the PCDA as a police constable, that’s the route that I’ve applied for as I don’t have a degree, with yours how comes it’s the detective route not the police constable ?

I’m not sure how mine works tbh .. as far as I know it’s the OAC, fitness test, vetting & pre employment checks so not sure how it works because on my portal there’s no mention of an interview … who knows !

Also how was your fitness test and how soon after receiving your results for the OAC did you get your invitation to do the fitness test.

And yes I literally done my Online assessments and completed it yesterday ( competency based interview ) .. wasn’t as bad as I thought ( I hope)

Thanks for your reply

So for me it’s the PCDA as a police constable, that’s the route that I’ve applied for as I don’t have a degree, with yours how comes it’s the detective route not the police constable ?

I’m not sure how mine works tbh .. as far as I know it’s the OAC, fitness test, vetting & pre employment checks so not sure how it works because on my portal there’s no mention of an interview … who knows !

Also how was your fitness test and how soon after receiving your results for the OAC did you get your invitation to do the fitness test.

And yes I literally done my Online assessments and completed it yesterday ( competency based interview ) .. wasn’t as bad as I thought ( I hope)

Hi, firstly well done to you great achievement.

Next, the recruitment team will start to look at what available PCDA courses there are for you to join and that will also dictate in large part when you would join.

There is never harm in giving it a few days and asking that question directly of the recruitment team who are there to help.

Well done again, great work.

KP

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Hi all,

I just had a quick question as to what happens after the vetting stage is completed?

I have passed all of the pre employment checks, and just yesterday the vetting for the PCDA

What happens after?

Many thanks x

Re vetting - I got asked to do my form yesterday.
I submitted but said it was "rejected" today because apparently I didnt' say if i had twitter or facebook...well I don't, so I said no. However when I looked on twitter i could see several accounts with my name on, one of which said "suspended". the last tweet on the account (i can see someone @ed it) was four years ago, so I can't tell why on earth it was suspended other than me reporting it myself as i couldn't login. I have told vetting this in a follow up email b ut just worried it'll look bad. Thanks!

The key to vetting is to ensure that you really rack your brains to answer all questions. The vetting team are fair and will understand mistakes or that accounts have been closed. Many young people accounts were started and discarded. However, the key is to make every detail on vetting forms accurate. Too much is better than missing things out. KP

Hi, firstly well done to you great achievement.

Next, the recruitment team will start to look at what available PCDA courses there are for you to join and that will also dictate in large part when you would join.

There is never harm in giving it a few days and asking that question directly of the recruitment team who are there to help.

Well done again, great work.

KP

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Hi,

Im planning on applying to pcda after my a levels,
how does the uni bit work as in, will i be working 4 days a week and 1 day of uni or does vary

Thank youu

Hi there,
Today I found out I passed the OAC for the police. (applying for the PCDA constable and Investigate first entry programme). I have been told the next stage is the senior interview - though not sure when this takes place. does anyone, with experience of the recruitment process, knows what this interview entails? How does it differ to the online one? Thanks