Civil Service Fast Stream 2024 - Applicants thread

Hello,

Is anyone able to please confirm how closely the practice tests on the civil service website (for numerical, wbs etc.,) reflect the real tests on the application? I have tried the practice tests and they seem all right. But are they an accurate reflection of the actual tests?

Ah you meant the WBS, I thought you got an invite to the Assessment Centre/"Extra Information" step (whatever that one is). Yeah they were super hard for me too, I thought some people were getting advanced through them this quick and Id torpedoed my chances already.

Hello, I agree, they are rather hard and I dislike the fact they have to be evaluated independently of each other. For me at least when I have to rank them in relation to each other it becomes a bit clearer to see what would rank where. Do you have any insights or feedback you think would be helpful to share from having done the tests?

Other than repeating what FishKillFun said about reading the level 3 success profiles not much. It sounds like you already sat the WBS? If not then I'd say dont worry about having to think of each question independently, there wasnt much of a "you do option A for question 8 and in question 12 its the fallout", most of the questions werent really about the actions taken just loosely related. Again remember any "Effective" solutions have to be genuinely proactive and comprehensive and e.g. just sending an email isnt even "Partly Effective"

Has anyone gotten any feedback/reports back after completing the Work based scenarios? I just completed mine and would like to know how long it takes to get an idea of how I’ve done in them

Has anyone got Policy as their first choice and still haven't had their WBS unlocked? I got above average in both the SJT and Numerical, and average in the Work Style Questionnaire. My exercises expired on the 23rd October. Wondering if anyone has had them unlocked for Policy?

Has anyone got Policy as their first choice and still haven't had their WBS unlocked? I got above average in both the SJT and Numerical, and average in the Work Style Questionnaire. My exercises expired on the 23rd October. Wondering if anyone has had them unlocked for Policy?

Anyone else feeling well and truly humbled by the WBS?

I've got policy as my first choice, commercial as second, project delivery as third and operational delivery as fourth. I completed my first round of tests on the 26th October. WSQ: alot of alignment SJT: average Numerical: higher than the majorityMy WBS opened on the 2nd November and I completed them today. It could be that my WBS opened because I hit the threshold for a lower choice since my results weren't the best.

I also have policy as my first, and have the same results for the online tests, I guess my chances of getting in isn’t looking good

Not yet. When did you get your results?

If you haven't, yet, then there's no reason to be humbled.

Ha, I like your positivity! The experience of taking it was humbling enough, I suspect the results will be either devastating or delightful

I've got Policy as my first choice and my WBS is still locked - I did the tests a few days ago tho. I got above average on WSQ and Numerical, and average on SJT.

i had science tech and gov policy stem and it unlocked for me last week