RECRUITMENT 2011

[gasman]

Process only finished wed or thursday of last week, might have to wait just a little longer !!

[Monger]

Process only finished wed or thursday of last week, might have to wait just a little longer !!

You dont get reults. You just get: come in for an interview or try again next time. At a guess i would say end of next week at the earliest to hear if you are thru to the next stage

[hotfire]

Oh ok. Thanks guys

[Gfoss]

Yeah like ferret said, we wont find out till at least the 27th i've been told.

[Scottie]

Have been told the same the 27th or there abouts. Also they are working out next years intake so they can work out how many people they will take through to the interview. At a guess 25-30 people per 18 person course, to allow for people that don't make it past the interview or fail the Pat 2 test.

[Monger]

Have been told the same the 27th or there abouts. Also they are working out next years intake so they can work out how many people they will take through to the interview. At a guess 25-30 people per 18 person course, to allow for people that don't make it past the interview or fail the Pat 2 test.

Pretty sure they will want to cab rank about 100 so will interview 150. Never heard of anyone failing the pat2 twice so very rare that this knocks anyone out. Very hard for MFS to calculate how many they need until people notify them of retiring. Just make sure you prepare for the interview, study up like it is an exam.

[disturbed]

Just a quick question does any1 know roughly what the pass mark is to get through to the interview stage like do u need 100% on the tests that were just held?

[mikey]

Pretty sure they will want to cab rank about 100 so will interview 150. Never heard of anyone failing the pat2 twice so very rare that this knocks anyone out. Very hard for MFS to calculate how many they need until people notify them of retiring. Just make sure you prepare for the interview, study up like it is an exam.
[/quote]

Hi Ferret - can you offer any guidance on what we should know before going into the interview?

[Monger]

Just a quick question does any1 know roughly what the pass mark is to get through to the interview stage like do u need 100% on the tests that were just held?

I think it will depend on how many they want to interview, so there wont really be a pass mark. They will just take the top say 150 from the testing. Because they couldnt really set a pass mark and interview 400 people

[Monger]

Make sure you have answers and examples of the "Is firefighting for me?" questions from the SAMFS website. Know what a standard day at work consists of and what incidents firefighters may have to attend. Ask someone you know in the job or drop in to any station and someone will be more than happy to give you some info. Have some info or basic idea of the community programs run by the SAMFS( RAP and JFLIP).
What personal qualities do you have that will help at emergency situations?
Read thru the PID and know about how the shifts work, how will you benefit the fire service?

[BT085]

Just a quick question does any1 know roughly what the pass mark is to get through to the interview stage like do u need 100% on the tests that were just held?

Surely the psych test (are u the right fit for a firefighter) outweighs getting a few maths questions right or wrong. I have assumed they will look at this section of everyones test as a priority and then look to see if u did "ok" in the aptitude then if ur the right fit they will want to have a look at u in an interview.... Time will tell

[Monger]

Just a quick question does any1 know roughly what the pass mark is to get through to the interview stage like do u need 100% on the tests that were just held?

Surely the psych test (are u the right fit for a firefighter) outweighs getting a few maths questions right or wrong. I have assumed they will look at this section of everyones test as a priority and then look to see if u did "ok" in the aptitude then if ur the right fit they will want to have a look at u in an interview.... Time will tell

Not sure how it works exactly because the MFS never tell you. But, yes you would have to be the suitable personality first. However they need to have some sort of ranking to cull the large numbers. From what ive heard the aptitude testing is also to see what "type of thinker" you are, not necessarily the smartest. Lets face it firefighting isnt rocket science, you need to be a practical thinker when it comes to operating the pumps on trucks and sorting thru different situations that arise at incidents. Plenty of people are book smart but have no idea when it comes to hands on jobs.
They also need to recruit people that reflect the diversity of the community, so people in minority groups have a better chance(in my opinion) 

[tft]

A few years back the MFS had a test which was very hard. The problem was the people selected where not the best in the end for the job. They changed the test the next year. :-)
So as Ferret said it's about the type of thinker"

[Scottie]

Not sure if anyone has said anything to you Ferret but thank you for your knowledge and for answering question as it is a great help to all of us.  Come Friday hopefully will receive some good news.

[wdnulk2no]

Not sure if anybody has mentioned this but.... Ferret your a twat and a fWaud..... your not even the real ferret your just a waskely wabbit

[Monger]

Well how did we all go? Any interviews? Heard they advised people today

[mikey]

Hi Ferret - no, still have not heard anything.

Cheers,

Mikey

[crossy]

yea got mine back today looks like ill be trying again next year!  :wink:

[mikey]

Hi Crossy - how were you notified? Email?

Mikey

[wicky]

Didnt make it again. Moving on will not be doing it again.

The pyschometric test is flawed  :x

[Scottie]

Yeah unsuccessful but will give it another go next time.  Just wish you could get some kind of feedback so you can work on what you need to.

[6739264]

Didnt make it again. Moving on will not be doing it again.

The pyschometric test is flawed  :x

Are you sure about that?

Yeah unsuccessful but will give it another go next time.  Just wish you could get some kind of feedback so you can work on what you need to.

It's difficult to provide feedback on the results of a test that you're meant to answer honestly to give an accurate representation of your personality.

If the results came back with areas to improve on, then can't you just lie or "improve" your way through the next test you take, thus rendering the test redundant?

[Monger]

Didnt make it again. Moving on will not be doing it again.

The pyschometric test is flawed  :x

Are you sure about that?

Yeah unsuccessful but will give it another go next time.  Just wish you could get some kind of feedback so you can work on what you need to.

It's difficult to provide feedback on the results of a test that you're meant to answer honestly to give an accurate representation of your personality.

If the results came back with areas to improve on, then can't you just lie or "improve" your way through the next test you take, thus rendering the test redundant?

They could atleast give feed back on the aptitude testing or tell you if your personality type is not what they are after. The way it is now you dont know where you went wrong.

[kj]

Can anyone tell me how they select those who go forward to the interview? Do they decide how many they want to interview then take that many, say they want 150 so the top 150 go through. I was under the impression it is all pass/fail but they could potentially end up with hundreds going through. I myself also missed out and I would be happier to know there were people simply better than me applying rather than myself not reaching a given mark.

[Monger]

Can anyone tell me how they select those who go forward to the interview? Do they decide how many they want to interview then take that many, say they want 150 so the top 150 go through. I was under the impression it is all pass/fail but they could potentially end up with hundreds going through. I myself also missed out and I would be happier to know there were people simply better than me applying rather than myself not reaching a given mark.

I reckon they just take say the top 150 for example. Not sure if you can contact Mara and ask her how you went or where you went wrong