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Hi, I'm a TPE conductor, when I had my assessment day last year the Group Bourdon Test was the first test we did - if you passed that you then sat the RAAT test, if you hadn't passed you were told straight away and sent home - successful candidates then sat the Ticket Selling Test, Role Play...

Recently on different trains Robert Carlyle, Al Murray and Mark Lawrenson - I try very hard not to be fazed by celebrity but being a massive fan of Trainspotting and meeting Begbie on a train had a nice serendipity to it

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Well done on making it through to the next stage Richmc! Like J-P_L said TPE must have changed the format - I did all the tests at Huddersfield in the morning with candidates being sent home if they didn't meet the standard after each test (absolutely brutal!) Then it was role play and...

No problem Richmc, I hope I've helped a bit and am sure you will have done well today, these forums have been a massive help when I was researching so thank you to everyone on here ( I wasn't brave enough to post anything so have lurked for a while!) let us know how you get on and well done on...

Hi, Newbie here, I attended an assessment day for TPE in July and am over the moon as I've just been offered a Trainee Conductor position (conditional on me passing the medical) - the structured interview is actually ok as long as you have properly prepared some answers! The questions I had...