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    Favourite comedy sketch/show

    Bottom The Royle Family Phoenix Nights
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    Manchester Driver Northern

    Same email for me. Good luck everyone
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    Northern Movements team

    Could you share the job listing with us? Edit: See post above
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    Conductors interviews

    Hi can you message me your email address and I will send the stuff over.
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    Conductors interviews

    I’ll message you tomorrow with the stuff I put together for someone else on here. Swot up on the STAR technique for interviews.
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    Northern Talent pool

    As it is a new company will the 6 month wait to reapply be removed as you will be applying to work for a different company?
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    Northern Trainee conductor interview

    I made it to Piccadilly with 5 minutes to spare and then had to call HR so that someone could collect me from the concourse. Not the best start before being interviewed. I see that they are advertising the Buxton role again so maybe I wasn't the only one who was unsuccessful.
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    Northern Trainee conductor interview

    Congratulations. I had an interview for the Buxton vacancy but was unsuccessful. The email I received invited me to an interview at 1pm at Buxton. NR HR called me at 11.30 to say it was at Manchester Piccadilly and not Buxton. Swot up on what you know about NR and also prepare some answers...
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    MEN article-"Northern Rail is crumbling from the inside out and things are only going to get worse"

    Meeting with some friends today in Macclesfield and they are coming from Blackrod, Stone and Crewe. No end of delays and cancellations resulting in what was a 2.30 meet now being anything up to 4pm. I feel really sorry for any commuters caught up in this. I assume the cancellations and delays...
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    Northern Trainee conductor

    No news yet but I've just checked the jobs available at Arriva and the job I was interviewed for is advertised again so I'm getting the feeling I've been unsucessful as why would they advertise it again if I had been successful?
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    Northern Trainee conductor

    Having read other peoples experiences on here I know that the course dates and only guidelines and not to be taken too seriously. If I do get offered a position and pass the medical I would not quit my current role until I had a start date in writing as I don't want to be in a position of being...
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    Northern Trainee conductor

    Why would they advertise roles in there are people in the talent pool they could put into place. I applied for Buxton.
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    Northern Trainee conductor

    Thanks for crossing your fingers for me and you are right about me checking my emails regularly. I was asked how much notice I have to give and courses running in late January and February were mentioned.
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    Northern Trainee conductor

    They said 7 to 10 days but it would be great to hear before Christmas and for it to be good news.
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    Northern Trainee conductor

    It was tough and I came away thinking that I could have added more to my answers but we shall see.

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