SA Firefighter

This is the right attitude above me.

The process is brutal, great candidates always miss out. And this goes for all fire services. The nature of it is they need to cut down 2000+ people to 18-54. I do agree - and probably from a biased opinion due to where my application is at that they are going the wrong direction by interviewing less candidates as there is a huge value from face to face interviews and evaluating applicants demeanor. There are always external factors at play which can never be disregarded. Government policy/politics internally, boards and funding all affect the process. I do know they need to get a drill squad signed off by the end of the year, which has hastened the process and made it seem much less structured than normal. My suggestion is have a vent, don't pin any hopes on the process, try again next time with a clear head.

Wouldn't look into that cc list too hard. It could also be near the bottom as you were the first few added to the list i.e just outside of the top 50. Or it's completely random/alphabetical/applicant id etc etc. as I said earlier, don't stress yourself trying to work out the method to the madness, it's a brutal, stab in the dark sort of process for them. Carry on with your life, stay fit, and you may hear something, or may not.

Basically, they've ranked the top 50 for the personality profile tests, and will interview them for the first/second drill squad. And when or if  they require they will draw another number of applicants for further interviews/drill squads. No guarantees for an interview, the last couple  recruitments have put a lot of weight on the profiling, interviewing considerably less applicants.

Yeah that's some real poor form by HR. That stuff is meant to be confidential!

Just received an email saying I've been placed into an interview pool to be interviewed at a later date.

Yeah there really is not much point trying to work out the method to the madness. Whatever will happen will happen when it's meant to.

Still no interview email for me, completing the pat1 on Tuesday.

Tuesday beep tester here,
No interview email either. Not stressing as they most likely notified only applicants who are interviewing on Monday, as they did with the beep tests