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    A career as a signaller

    Sorry to hear that. Keep trying
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    A career as a signaller

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    NEW 06/03/2020 Thameslink / Great Northern Trainee driver advert for LDN Hornsey & Brighton depots!

    Thanks. It was via email and also on my online 'careers' account. I emailed the guy who's name was on the bottom of the rejection letter and asked for some feedback. I got this response: "Thank you for your email regarding feedback. Unfortunately due to the high volume of applications I am...
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    NEW 06/03/2020 Thameslink / Great Northern Trainee driver advert for LDN Hornsey & Brighton depots!

    I got my rejection letter. I asked for feedback as I'd got practically all the way through with another TOC, but nothing forthcoming apart from standard tips on applications.
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    Group Bourdon Tool

    My advice on the Group Bourdon Test is not to worry. As others have indicated, make sure you prep for the MMI and don't spend all your time on the boredom test. I downloaded the app and was only managing to do about 500 cells with a couple of errors. I got an enhanced pass on my actual...
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    Trainee Drivers TPE

    I had my assessment in Newcastle yesterday. They said I got a really high score in the flashing squares test. I knew I'd struggled in the perception one, I was convinced I'd failed, but I apparently met the national standard, just not TPE's enhanced level. I also scored really well on...
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    Trainee Drivers TPE

    I got an email saying I passed too. Well chuffed, thought I'd buggered up the cable bit.
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    Trainee Drivers TPE

    I was in York yesterday. Same for me, I thought I was doing well in the dials / cables, until I got to about Q27 and realized I had transposed some of the answers. Managed to correct a couple then ran out of time. Weird as I couldn't spot a number on the answer sheet that I had missed.
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    Redhill GWR Conductor

    Oh no! Sorry to hear that, Im sure you'll be fine when you get another crack. I'm well used to competency based questions due to a career in a big corporate. Ive conducted dozens of those type of interviews myself, so I knew how to prepare for the interview and structure my answers. If you...
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    Any benefit to joining the railways in a non-driver position first?

    Thanks for everyones input so far, its much appreciated. How long does it take on average to go from trainee salary to the full salary? Im assuming in MattMatt's case, it was 12 months?
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    Redhill GWR Conductor

    Thanks. Ive got my assessment coming up. Passed my phone interview. Guess it was readvertised / extended?
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    Applying for more than 1 role per TOC

    Hi all, I have applied for a driver position in York with First, however a conductor job has come up local to me with First GWR. Will it prejudice my driver application if I also apply for the conductor job? Thanks! --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Anyone? It closes today...
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    Greater Anglia Trainee Train Driver

    Blimey, just completed the 10 page application marathon :shock::grin: I won't tell the wife were relocating until an offer is forthcoming :p<:D
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    Any benefit to joining the railways in a non-driver position first?

    Many thanks everyone. Pretty unanimous then. I have applied for a train driver job with First, and have just noticed they posted a vacancy for a conductor today, which is 10k more (after training) than the Railway Operator job and its nearer to where I live. Would it be detrimental to my...

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