Failed Civil Service Management Judgement Test

[ButYouGottaHaveASkillJeff]

I'm gutted. I spent ages preparing and writing out examples for the four technical questions which came first.

Then for the test considered each question carefully, thinking about what they were looking for (what's the best thing to say, what's the least etc), would this decision motivate my staff, the individual, would it benefit the team etc etc etc. Then boom, failed.

I can't help but think it's such an unfair way to sift. They don't even take the other answers into account with the four examples so why not just do the test first rather than waste people's time thinking up competency based answers? I think my skills and experience would've been excellent for it too, I'm so disappointed.

There's quite a few people of Reddit who feel the same so least it's not just me sucking the sour grapes ☹️ I just need a moan. Puts me off applying for other CS roles as it's so laborious.

I agree it’s annoying when they do the test after you submit the behaviour examples. I recruit quite frequently in CS and I always put the tests first. Different departments have different recruitment practices tho.

I have had a similar experience, the application process is so different from other sectors. I redid the test (for a different job I didn’t actually want, just to see if I could pass it) and got a wildly different result albeit with different questions so I’m not even sure it is that reliable.

It sounds like you overthought it, next time just answer how you would genuinely react in a situation. That might give you a better result and be more purposeful.