Recent content by Matthew Vidler

No it's a verbal reasoning test. They provide a passage of text and you have to answer True, False or Cannot Say. Hope that helps

GWR said that we would have to do the whole lot again... I have sent them an email and will wait for their response! Many Thanks

Hi So can you just sit the MMI without the others? I passed the paper and computer tests in 2019 but failed on 2 questions on the MMI. I'd happily pay for the MMI but don't really want to sit the others again! Cheers

https://iebsprodnwrl.omcs.networkrail.co.uk/OA_HTML/OA.jsp?OAFunc=IRC_VIS_VAC_DISPLAY&p_svid=2176599&p_spid=6979809&refsh=0 I know this may be a stupid question but is the £16380 salary for the 14 hours or would it be pro rata, i.e. 14/37 X £16380 = £6197? Many Thanks

Yeah, I rang them that day and they told me the 2 questions I failed on. I was quite surprised really as my examples are pretty good! Never mind

Failed the MMI on 2 questions. Gutted is an understatement. Then 3 days later they pulled the train manager positions that I passed stage 1 for.

I had an email on Monday saying the vacancies for Plymouth have been pulled...

No worries. My advice would be to slow it right down until you get zero omissions, then practice 2 to 3 times per week. I found that repeating the 2 shapes in my head helped, for example, W < W < W <, etc. I did my driver assessment 1st which was the dots so that got me into a good rhythm...

He's referring to the SCAAT test

Yes. There are 9 one minute sections. 1st 3 are 1 shape, 2nd 3 are 2 shapes and last 3 are 1 constant and the 1st of the row. When is your assessment?

I found that naming them helped so with your ( I would call it a C and ) a backward C. Then I would just say it again and again in my head during the test. With the one with constant symbol and 1st in the row, I would say constant 1st and 1st in row afterwards. For example row 1 - C \ C \ C...

Yeah it's 9 lots of 1 minute blocks of shapes e.g. C / W \ § < >. The 1st 3 are looking for 1 matching symbol, the next 3 are 2 matching symbols then the last 3 are 1 constant symbol and the 1st symbol of the row. I would say SCAAT is harder than the dots, having done both, but accuracy is...

I had mine on Friday. If you need any tips, let me know :)

I would say suited and booted all the way. You can't have that used as a reason then!

They are the tests I printed from that link. Found them suitable enough. On the day, I would say there are more groups of 4 and they are slightly bigger so it was easier in one sense but harder as there were more. I completed the scaat test yesterday and it was much harder. My eyes were...