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My first exam ever. Tomorrow can someone give me an idea of what to expect... do they have a place to store the my cellphone....if I am done earlier than 4 hrs can i leave? Do they start promptly at the time of admission or a little afterwards? I have to plan for childcare and just not certain how to guage enough time to allot from the time I show up to when test is done.
Also do they give you results right away? A bit nervous given I didn't do that union prep thing.
My first exam ever. Tomorrow can someone give me an idea of what to expect... do they have a place to store the my cellphone....if I am done earlier than 4 hrs can i leave? Do they start promptly at the time of admission or a little afterwards? I have to plan for childcare and just not certain how to guage enough time to allot from the time I show up to when test is done.
Also do they give you results right away? A bit nervous given I didn't do that union prep thing.
No, just turn off your phone.
You leave as soon as you are done. Test starts about 0.5 to 1 hour from scheduled time.
Results won't be available until about 9 months to a year from test date.
My first exam ever. Tomorrow can someone give me an idea of what to expect... do they have a place to store the my cellphone....if I am done earlier than 4 hrs can i leave? Do they start promptly at the time of admission or a little afterwards? I have to plan for childcare and just not certain how to guage enough time to allot from the time I show up to when test is done.
Also do they give you results right away? A bit nervous given I didn't do that union prep thing.
You will also get preliminary score on the SA exam.
I took the exam yesterday. got 78 out of 80. I found it easier then the SAT exam. I finish and checked all questions and still have over 1.5 hours left.
The test score is not as important as your list number, so it's irrelevant to know your score on the test.
If it's an easy test, a large pool of applicants will score high as well. It's basically a curved test. The difference in 100 spots on the final list order can be just 1 question apart. Even a tied score amongst other test takers can be quite substantial if there's a lot of people taking the exam.
Open Data is very useful, depending on the amount of research and analysis one does, definitely not guessing. I’ve been working for the city for more than 10 years and found that a majority of the unions provide unreliable information. Try getting up-to-date list info from your union shop steward. OSA seems to be one of the better unions, I give them that.
Like I mentioned before, the (5045) list was fully canvassed, and seems to have been exhausted. The fact that there are only five individuals left out of close to 900 eligibles, attest to the reliability of the information provided by Open Data. For me, the numbers speak for themselves.
Really? Sheila is helpful? When I first went to the union for assistance and not knowing much, she belittle me and looking down at me like what is this person doing here. Not a good impression for me to start with the union. Ever since then, I never seek any advice or assistance from the union. I did my own research and go run around asking different people with the same questions, and compare it with my own independent research.
I’m pretty sure Sheila is helpful to some people, but the way how I was treated and greeted, I was like oh no....but that’s just my two cents.
Open Data is very useful, depending on the amount of research and analysis one does, definitely not guessing. I’ve been working for the city for more than 10 years and found that a majority of the unions provide unreliable information. Try getting up-to-date list info from your union shop steward. OSA seems to be one of the better unions, I give them that.
Like I mentioned before, the (5045) list was fully canvassed, and seems to have been exhausted. The fact that there are only five individuals left out of close to 900 eligibles, attest to the reliability of the information provided by Open Data. For me, the numbers speak for themselves.
Thank you Stevie! I saw that you killed the exam congrats to you as well!
I do want to point out, that at the end of the day the city, in most cases, will work at their usual brutally slow pace, but I have a hunch that this will be a rare occurrence, where the city will release an exam somewhat pre-mature, because the need is great. I don’t want to be overly optimistic, but it has been done in the past. Look at the Department of Correction, they have released exams early several times, and it was justified. Also, it works both ways. When the vacancy demand is low, DCAS would occasionally extend list, such as the PAA exam 8068.
Again you did very well! Hopefully you will be one of the first individuals requested to attend a city-wide hiring pool. Do you currently work for the city?
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