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Post by Gaidin on May 7, 2015 13:12:52 GMT -5
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Post by gary on May 7, 2015 13:23:48 GMT -5
My estimate of how many tested in DC was about 1100. There was a 25 to 30% cut, so I estimated the original register size to be in the area of 770 to 825.
If there were 1300 DC test takers, I would guess the original register was more like 910 to 975 strong.
My best guess is still that it was about 800 of us on it.
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Post by Gaidin on May 7, 2015 13:33:27 GMT -5
My estimate of how many tested in DC was about 1100. There was a 25 to 30% cut, so I estimated the original register size to be in the area of 770 to 825. If there were 1300 DC test takers, I would guess the original register was more like 910 to 975 strong. My best guess is still that it was about 800 of us on it. I agree with this. There just weren't enough seats in the testing room for the number to be much higher.
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Post by luckylady2 on May 7, 2015 13:37:56 GMT -5
I wonder if OPM would tell us if we asked?
I wouldn't think that the number that made the Register in March 2014 would be secret.
Anybody have an OPM connection?
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Post by mikeinthehills on May 7, 2015 13:57:20 GMT -5
My estimate of how many tested in DC was about 1100. There was a 25 to 30% cut, so I estimated the original register size to be in the area of 770 to 825. If there were 1300 DC test takers, I would guess the original register was more like 910 to 975 strong. My best guess is still that it was about 800 of us on it. That is the best estimate I believe.
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Post by ba on May 7, 2015 14:01:39 GMT -5
Everyone on it raise your hand.
Okay, now someone count.
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Post by ibnlurkin on May 7, 2015 14:44:21 GMT -5
i regret not following the math more closely but I do recall The extensive crunching of test dates x room size....so that base number does not rely much at all on polls or other active participation in this board......I'd venture to say that number ( in a round kind of way) is the most reliable number we have
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Post by bartleby on May 7, 2015 14:54:54 GMT -5
Whenever I don't know the answer to something, I always say seven. Seems like the go to number for when you don't know where to go.
However, according to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxie", "In the radio series and the first novel, a group of hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings demand to learn the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything from the supercomputer, Deep Thought, specially built for this purpose. It takes Deep Thought 7½ million years to compute and check the answer, which turns out to be 42. Deep Thought points out that the answer seems meaningless because the beings who instructed it never actually knew what the Question was."
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Post by christina on May 7, 2015 19:38:37 GMT -5
bart, you should go work for opm! that made no sense!
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Post by mamaru on May 7, 2015 19:43:12 GMT -5
I really don't care but if I did I would file a FOIA request with OPM.
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Post by luckylady2 on May 8, 2015 10:09:42 GMT -5
I really don't care but if I did I would file a FOIA request with OPM. Exactly.
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Post by sealaw90 on May 12, 2015 10:51:46 GMT -5
Whenever I don't know the answer to something, I always say seven. Seems like the go to number for when you don't know where to go. However, according to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxie", "In the radio series and the first novel, a group of hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings demand to learn the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything from the supercomputer, Deep Thought, specially built for this purpose. It takes Deep Thought 7½ million years to compute and check the answer, which turns out to be 42. Deep Thought points out that the answer seems meaningless because the beings who instructed it never actually knew what the Question was." I loved that book, thanks for reminder!
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Post by senex on May 12, 2015 12:12:11 GMT -5
Whenever I don't know the answer to something, I always say seven. Seems like the go to number for when you don't know where to go. However, according to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxie", "In the radio series and the first novel, a group of hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings demand to learn the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything from the supercomputer, Deep Thought, specially built for this purpose. It takes Deep Thought 7½ million years to compute and check the answer, which turns out to be 42. Deep Thought points out that the answer seems meaningless because the beings who instructed it never actually knew what the Question was." As I recall there are two competing theories regarding what would happen if anyone knew both the exact question of Life, the Universe, and Everything as well as its answer (42). According to one theory, the Universe would immediately cease to exist and would be replaced by something even more inexplicable. According to the second theory, that has already happened.
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Post by JudgeRatty on May 12, 2015 13:37:33 GMT -5
I regret to inform you that in order to make way for the new hyperspace express route, your planet has been scheduled for demolition. Have a nice day. LOL!
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Post by cheesy on May 12, 2015 23:14:54 GMT -5
I regret to inform you that in order to make way for the new hyperspace express route, your planet has been scheduled for demolition. Have a nice day. LOL! Oh no... Not again... PS Mice love cheese, not that I'm one of the aforementioned multi-dimensional hyper-intelligent beings. If that were the case, I'd already be a judge.
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Post by moopigsdad on May 13, 2015 7:44:21 GMT -5
I regret to inform you that in order to make way for the new hyperspace express route, your planet has been scheduled for demolition. Have a nice day. LOL! Oh no... Not again... PS Mice love cheese, not that I'm one of the aforementioned multi-dimensional hyper-intelligent beings. If that were the case, I'd already be a judge. LOL cheesy! I loved your comment. Thanks for my laugh for the day.
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Post by moopigsdad on May 13, 2015 7:46:35 GMT -5
Also as an aside as reports from the candidates interviewing this week, I see that it is likely there are probably somewhere between 50 to 60 interviewing (probably many not from the Board). Hence, the size of this current cert may be larger than we thought. Only time will tell as new offers begin to go out again.
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Post by Gaidin on May 13, 2015 8:16:18 GMT -5
Also as an aside as reports from the candidates interviewing this week, I see that it is likely there are probably somewhere between 50 to 60 interviewing (probably many not from the Board). Hence, the size of this current cert may be larger than we thought. Only time will tell as new offers begin to go out again. I think you are over estimating the number of people interviewing. How much you are over estimating remains unknown but I don't think the evidence is there to support numbers that high.
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Post by moopigsdad on May 13, 2015 8:50:57 GMT -5
I don't think so as it is very likely (based upon reports) that at least 15 people interviewed yesterday. SSA is not going to hold interviews over four days to interview 5 people a day. So, at a minimum there has to be 8 to 15 people interviewed each day. So, if it was only 10 people a day interviewing it still means 40 and not the 19 total we have in the polls. If SSA was only going to interview 20 people it would have done so in two days and not use four days Gaidin. Hence, I say a minimum of 40 and perhaps as much as 60 people are interviewing this week, whether we like it or not. (Personally I hope I am wrong, but my gut instinct is telling me I'm right.) Every time I turn around I see a newbie Board member pop up on the Board who was just a lurker in the past, so many of the polls are probably not catching all those involved in the cert or the interview process.
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Post by mikeinthehills on May 13, 2015 9:25:50 GMT -5
I don't think so as it is very likely (based upon reports) that at least 15 people interviewed yesterday. SSA is not going to hold interviews over four days to interview 5 people a day. So, at a minimum there has to be 8 to 15 people interviewed each day. So, if it was only 10 people a day interviewing it still means 40 and not the 19 total we have in the polls. If SSA was only going to interview 20 people it would have done so in two days and not use four days Gaidin. Hence, I say a minimum of 40 and perhaps as much as 60 people are interviewing this week, whether we like it or not. (Personally I hope I am wrong, but my gut instinct is telling me I'm right.) Every time I turn around I see a newbie Board member pop up on the Board who was just a lurker in the past, so many of the polls are probably not catching all those involved in the cert or the interview process. We could always ask the people who are interviewing this week if they were offered multiple time slots for the day they interviewed or are interviewing. That may give us a better knowledge base of how many are interviewing this week. Any interviewee's want to chime in on this topic?
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