Comments on: IRISH CIVIL SERVICE EXAM, 1925 http://dublinopinion.com/2008/06/10/irish-civil-service-exam-1925/ It's a group blog. What more do you need to know? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:04:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Simon McGarr http://dublinopinion.com/2008/06/10/irish-civil-service-exam-1925/#comment-66776 Simon McGarr Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:31:04 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2008/06/10/irish-civil-service-exam-1925/#comment-66776 I once worked on for the Civil Service in close proximity to the successor exams to the one above. These are all full of scientifically tested psychometric queries with multiple choice answers. I had, and continue to have my doubts about the science bit. I like the ones above a lot more. They are closer in spirit to the famous One Question Chinese Civil Service Exam. "What do you know?" There's a really clever answer to that one. Traditionally, it took a lifetime to discover. But no doubt you were instantly promoted to Assistant Principle, so the wait would be worth it. I once worked on for the Civil Service in close proximity to the successor exams to the one above. These are all full of scientifically tested psychometric queries with multiple choice answers. I had, and continue to have my doubts about the science bit.

I like the ones above a lot more. They are closer in spirit to the famous One Question Chinese Civil Service Exam.

“What do you know?”

There’s a really clever answer to that one. Traditionally, it took a lifetime to discover. But no doubt you were instantly promoted to Assistant Principle, so the wait would be worth it.

]]> By: Seán Báite http://dublinopinion.com/2008/06/10/irish-civil-service-exam-1925/#comment-66723 Seán Báite Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:53:10 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2008/06/10/irish-civil-service-exam-1925/#comment-66723 Can we just give the stock answer of Melville's 'Bartleby' - 'I would rather not'... Some tricky ones in there - I reckon anyone mentioning anything off the Vatican banned list for the first one was in for a fairly short career.... And the cheeky sods looking for St. Patrick's nationality... impossible to answer. Glad to see Ireland's finest were selected through a glorified pub quiz long before pub quizzes were invented :-} Can we just give the stock answer of Melville’s ‘Bartleby’ - ‘I would rather not’…
Some tricky ones in there - I reckon anyone mentioning anything off the Vatican banned list for the first one was in for a fairly short career….
And the cheeky sods looking for St. Patrick’s nationality… impossible to answer.
Glad to see Ireland’s finest were selected through a glorified pub quiz long before pub quizzes were invented :-}

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