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    GWR Conductor vacancy Exeter

    Update for anyone waiting to hear on the par vacancy, I had an email this morning inviting me to the assessment centre in two weeks time. Anyone else here had an email and attending?
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    GWR Conductor vacancy Exeter

    Has anyone heard anything about the Par vacancy? I completed the numerical reasoning assessment about 2 weeks ago and not heard anything so far.
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    First Great Western - Trainee Drivers

    An update for anyone who took stage one assessments in Bristol back in June: I passed first stage at Bristol in June. Along with a few others I received an email saying I'd passed but they were unable to recruit outside the company for 6 months. Tuesday morning I got a call inviting me to...
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    ga - trainee train driver vacancy (wagn)

    Can't be to do with how far away you live. I had a score of 64 and i currently live in Somerset! No harm in trying though!
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    First Great Western - Trainee Drivers

    :wink: Received the same email as well. Happy that I at least passed although dissapointing to say the least! Application shows as on hold on First careers website.
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    First Great Western - Trainee Drivers

    I'm another one still waiting to hear from bristol. I was there on the 4th. Got down to around 3/4 of the page on the dots. Was fairly certain I didn't get any wrong or miss any. Might have got one or two wrong on GLOP and got to around 34 on the dials. Though I think I did get one possibly two...
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    First Great Western - Trainee Drivers

    Received the same email today. Just got to wait longer.
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    First Great Western - Trainee Drivers

    Same here..i was there on the 4th. Still waiting!
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    First Great Western - Trainee Drivers

    Just finished first stage assessments at Bristol. Think ive done ok but probably could have done a little better. Very thankful i hammered the paper version of the group bourdon test. Made it that little easier. Now to await results. Good luck to all who have already done the assessments...
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    First Great Western - Trainee Drivers

    Good luck Anthony263. Im attending tomorrow at 11:45. Just getting some last minute practice in. Anyone else at Bristol tomorrow?
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    First Great Western - Trainee Drivers

    Same here..invite for first stage assessments bristol depot on 4th.
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    First Great Western - Trainee Drivers

    Not me..still awaiting shortlisting for Bristol.
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    Structured interview question

    I think I may have worded my original post wrong. Perhaps a better question would have been are there any solutions to answer this question well. Certainly a training course would be a good idea as it shows commitment not only to passing training courses but also to securing the job I am...
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    Structured interview question

    Hi all. I've recently applied for a trainee driver position with first. I feel confident enough with the psychometric tests but one question on the structured interview really leaves me stumped..have you ever been on a training course lasting two weeks or longer? Due to the nature of work I've...
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    FGW Recruitment Process

    Certainly seems to me that compared to other toc's FGW hr's are incredibly slow. Other applications I've made to ATW, SWT and AXC have all been responded to (unsuccessfully) within a matter of weeks.

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