The Student Room Group

Civil Service Fast Stream 2024 - Applicants thread

Scroll to see replies

Reply 2000

Original post
by ohmydarling
Any info on this? Has anyone else recieved EOI form? And how do you know if your score was out of 12 or 16? Does everybody on the FSAC get approached with an EOI or is it selective dependent upon score?

I can only answer your last two points:

Scores were previously out of 16; however, they've revised the scoring system so everyone's FSAC score is now out of 12. This will show when you check the portal for your feedback.

Not everyone will be approached for DAS, it depends on how many roles they have available and are offered based on merit (e.g. the highest scorers on the FSAC & FSB who just missed the pass mark). There's currently a recruitment freeze in the Civil Service so it's likely there'll be fewer DAS roles on offer this year.

Hope this helps!🙂

Reply 2001

Original post
by ohmydarling
Any info on this? Has anyone else recieved EOI form? And how do you know if your score was out of 12 or 16? Does everybody on the FSAC get approached with an EOI or is it selective dependent upon score?

I think it's based on score as the email stated "your score at FSAC suggests that you may be suitable for other opportunities in the Civil Service at Executive Officer level."
My timeline was:
05/12/23 FSAC (Operational Delivery)
15/02/24 Portal updated that I didn't pass the FSAC
16/04/24 DAS email received
22/04/24 Sent off my EOI and CV

And now we wait!!

Reply 2002

Still haven't got my feedback but got the DAS email this morning. Got HEO which I'm excited about, not sure if they went off my FSAC performance or the FSB (which I absolutely bombed)

Reply 2003

Original post
by Aoife2266
I think it's based on score as the email stated "your score at FSAC suggests that you may be suitable for other opportunities in the Civil Service at Executive Officer level."
My timeline was:
05/12/23 FSAC (Operational Delivery)
15/02/24 Portal updated that I didn't pass the FSAC
16/04/24 DAS email received
22/04/24 Sent off my EOI and CV
And now we wait!!

Thank you!

Reply 2004

Original post
by Diplomat_Runner
I can only answer your last two points:
Scores were previously out of 16; however, they've revised the scoring system so everyone's FSAC score is now out of 12. This will show when you check the portal for your feedback.
Not everyone will be approached for DAS, it depends on how many roles they have available and are offered based on merit (e.g. the highest scorers on the FSAC & FSB who just missed the pass mark). There's currently a recruitment freeze in the Civil Service so it's likely there'll be fewer DAS roles on offer this year.
Hope this helps!🙂

Yes - thank you. But as someone who didn't make the FSB - and with less opportunities available - I'm not holding out much hope!

Reply 2005

Original post
by Aoife2266
I think it's based on score as the email stated "your score at FSAC suggests that you may be suitable for other opportunities in the Civil Service at Executive Officer level."
My timeline was:
05/12/23 FSAC (Operational Delivery)
15/02/24 Portal updated that I didn't pass the FSAC
16/04/24 DAS email received
22/04/24 Sent off my EOI and CV
And now we wait!!

Congratulations! Do you mind me asking what your score was? And whether you got <2 on all of the tasks? Not sure whether I should just give it up and move on...😁

Reply 2006

Hi everyone I just wanted to ask as can't find anywhere- how much does your pay increase for each year on the fast stream (roughly)?

Reply 2007

Original post
by Sherlocking
Hi everyone I just wanted to ask as can't find anywhere- how much does your pay increase for each year on the fast stream (roughly)?

https://www.fda.org.uk/home/Newsandmedia/News/FDA-achieves-major-breakthrough-on-Fast-Stream-pay.aspx

Remember to join a Union. FDA is unique in that it represents Fast Streamers, PCS is the union with larger membership.

Reply 2008

Original post
by ohmydarling
Congratulations! Do you mind me asking what your score was? And whether you got <2 on all of the tasks? Not sure whether I should just give it up and move on...😁

Thank you! All of my tasks were scored above 2 but none were above 3. Hope that helps :smile:

Reply 2009

Original post
by Aoife2266
Thank you! All of my tasks were scored above 2 but none were above 3. Hope that helps :smile:

That's interesting, all of mine were the same but I've yet to hear anything from DAS. Although they say it's merit order it does seem quite random.

Reply 2010

Original post
by Bright Student
That's interesting, all of mine were the same but I've yet to hear anything from DAS. Although they say it's merit order it does seem quite random.

Same for me

Reply 2011

Original post
by boringpetals
Same for me

Last year people were still getting offers as late as June/July I believe. Still holding out hope lol.
(edited 1 year ago)

Reply 2012

Original post
by Bright Student
Last year people were still getting offers as late as June/July I believe. Still holding out hope lol.

Last year I got an EO offer on the 23rd June and didn’t start until December that year.

Reply 2013

Original post
by Boringpetals
Last year I got an EO offer on the 23rd June and didn’t start until December that year.

But had you received the EOI contact prior to that? Or did it all come together? Thanks!

Reply 2014

Original post
by ohmydarling
But had you received the EOI contact prior to that? Or did it all come together? Thanks!

So I received the expression of interest form on the 23rd June, got an offer in August and started December. The 23rd was the only time I received the EOI form

Reply 2015

Original post
by Boringpetals
So I received the expression of interest form on the 23rd June, got an offer in August and started December. The 23rd was the only time I received the EOI form

Thank you. Maybe all hope isn't lost after all! :smile:

Reply 2016

On average how long have people waited for the onboarding team to reply? They never reply to me!

Reply 2017

Original post
by aespri
what did the expression of interest form involve? could you put location preference?

You can only rank regions in order I believe and not specific locations. I pit a location restriction request which was successful but only because I've got 2 Young kids in nursery / school. But even then it was only granted the restriction as a guarantee for 1 year, then they'll review it again.

Reply 2018

Original post
by Eyu21
You can only rank regions in order I believe and not specific locations. I pit a location restriction request which was successful but only because I've got 2 Young kids in nursery / school. But even then it was only granted the restriction as a guarantee for 1 year, then they'll review it again.

This year the form asked you to specify cities or regions you would be willing to work in.

Reply 2019

Original post
by Aoife2266
This year the form asked you to specify cities or regions you would be willing to work in.

Oh it's probably different for DAS. For the faststream onboarding, I was only asked to rank regions.

How The Student Room is moderated

To keep The Student Room safe for everyone, we moderate posts that are added to the site.