WMT Driver Pool - 2021/22

Oddgy · 8 Jul 2020

Lass said:
Hey, yeah im the same, this forum has been great for info and knowing other folk are in the same boat. The assessment is very straightforward, 1 question with 3 possible answers and just pick the one you think is the most appropriate action. It won't take you the 30minutes and I would advise not to overthink it. Good luck!

Cheers for that..always a fear of trying to second guess what we need to be looking at in this particular role and getting it completely wrong, after all we are only (usually) experienced in the role that we currently have a career in.

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L33mcc · 8 Jul 2020

BenjaminButton said:
Has anyone heard back from Bletchley?

i heard back today mate

L33mcc · 8 Jul 2020

How have people found the assessments ? Ive just received my email but am yet to start it.

L33mcc · 8 Jul 2020

Oddgy said:
This is great to read from
Someone having got through the process ... thanks for sharing your experiences. I’ve just applied Bletchley after missing out on EMT Talent pool last year when they were recruiting. Was gutted, and these are so few are far between that vacancies arise you can’t help put yourself under pressure. How are you finding the training etc ?

Hello mate, good to see you succeed. I received my email today for second lot of assessments. What should i expect ?

Lenny_U · 8 Jul 2020

hihohelp said:
They have had over 4000 applications for this pool
so be thankful your application passed but hopefully saved it if don’t get through as will come up again
the sjt I believe is internal and nothing to do with opc just another sift stage
good luck to all

Thank you for that I was wondering if it's internal test or OPC, as I've passed OPC once already.
Also I'm outside the 1hr window for how far you live from depot, do they still allow people to go through the whole process if they're willing to re-locate?

B1990 · 8 Jul 2020

Got the email this morning any one know why I got 14 of them?

Lenny_U · 8 Jul 2020

B1990 said:
Got the email this morning any one know why I got 14 of them?

Glitch in their system, I recieved lots of emails too, think they fixed it now

jezzer34 · 8 Jul 2020

i also received 14 emails with links for the assessment and none of them work when i click the link. I can see others have had this problem. Did you contact them or did they eventually just send a working link ?

B1990 · 8 Jul 2020

Lenny_U said:
Glitch in their system, I recieved lots of emails too, think they fixed it now

Ah ok thanks for the info

B1990 · 8 Jul 2020

jezzer34 said:
i also received 14 emails with links for the assessment and none of them work when i click the link. I can see others have had this problem. Did you contact them or did they eventually just send a working link ?

Haven’t got round to opening them yet, still at work won’t be home till later, I’ll click on the latest email and hopefully it works!

Lenny_U · 8 Jul 2020

B1990 said:
Ah ok thanks for the info

Got email from them also saying that they know about the problem and not to contact recruitment, they will eventually send you working link

Oddgy · 8 Jul 2020

B1990 said:
Got the email this morning any one know why I got 14 of them?

Im jealous, I only got one lol

S-Car-Go · 8 Jul 2020

Oddgy said:
This is great to read from
Someone having got through the process ... thanks for sharing your experiences. I’ve just applied Bletchley after missing out on EMT Talent pool last year when they were recruiting. Was gutted, and these are so few are far between that vacancies arise you can’t help put yourself under pressure. How are you finding the training etc ?

There was a lot of EMT recruitment for Kettering/Corby wasn't there? The electrification is proceeding apace from Bedford.

Training is a lot of info to cram into 4 months of classroom. Induction, Intro to operations, Rules 1, Traction & Low speed handling, Rules 2, Route learning. Then the months of mainline handling.
Maybe a subject for another thread. If you progress to the next part of testing, I put some info here https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/west-midlands-railway.205327/#post-4649633 on prepping for OPC and interviews.

Skies2rail · 8 Jul 2020

S-Car-Go said:
Training is a lot of info to cram into 4 months of classroom. Induction, Intro to operations, Rules 1, Traction & Low speed handling, Rules 2, Route learning. Then the months of mainline handling.
Maybe a subject for another thread. If you progress to the next part of testing, I put some info here https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/west-midlands-railway.205327/#post-4649633 on prepping for OPC and interviews.

You are so amazing! Thanks for this!!!

severussnape · 8 Jul 2020

Sal79 said:
I sat a SJT with the OPC recently, do you think this is an internal one or will my pass with the OPC be ok? Thanks S-Car-Go

Have you passed OPC stage one and two? I have, and a little apprehensive taking this SJT until I find out if it's definitely an internal assessment.

Does anyone have a contact in recruitment please?

Sal79 · 9 Jul 2020

severussnape said:
Have you passed OPC stage one and two? I have, and a little apprehensive taking this SJT until I find out if it's definitely an internal assessment.

Does anyone have a contact in recruitment please?

I emailed them that day and heard nothing back so did the test anyway. All I can say is this one isn’t with the OPC so I’m guessing it’s in house.

severussnape · 9 Jul 2020

Sal79 said:
I emailed them that day and heard nothing back so did the test anyway. All I can say is this one isn’t with the OPC so I’m guessing it’s in house.

Ok Thank you.

Sal79 · 9 Jul 2020

Anyone heard back today?

Withoutabix · 9 Jul 2020

Guys don’t expect to hear back in the next few days

Took 3 weeks for me to hear back regarding the SJT then a further 3months before I got invited to stage one, it’s a long slog so try not to be constantly thinking about it as it will drive you crazy!

just get on with your life and be patient

4-SUB 4732 · 9 Jul 2020

I think some have seen the automatic responses thrown out at Avanti and assume the same thing happens. In this case, the process seems to potentially be ‘more manual’ and therefore will indeed take longer.

Sal79 · 9 Jul 2020

Withoutabix said:
Guys don’t expect to hear back in the next few days

Took 3 weeks for me to hear back regarding the SJT then a further 3months before I got invited to stage one, it’s a long slog so try not to be constantly thinking about it as it will drive you crazy!

just get on with your life and be patient

Just remember seeing someone whom applied for Bletchley got an answer the next day, earlier in this thread, so assumed it would be the same but if they have had 4000 applicants then yes it may take some time lol.

Luqman · 9 Jul 2020

Good luck to all

Oddgy · 9 Jul 2020

S-Car-Go said:
There was a lot of EMT recruitment for Kettering/Corby wasn't there? The electrification is proceeding apace from Bedford.

Training is a lot of info to cram into 4 months of classroom. Induction, Intro to operations, Rules 1, Traction & Low speed handling, Rules 2, Route learning. Then the months of mainline handling.
Maybe a subject for another thread. If you progress to the next part of testing, I put some info here https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/west-midlands-railway.205327/#post-4649633 on prepping for OPC and interviews.

Yes they did a massive talent pool recruit for trainee mainline drivers in April/May last year...

Thanks for this link , was really interesting.

trainee_driver · 10 Jul 2020

Does anyone have a copy of the PDF job description please? I am sure i had saved it but obviously not! EDIT - SORRY, FOUND IT!!

trainee_driver · 10 Jul 2020

Does anyone have any info or any idea of what is involved/what kind of questions that we are likely to be asked on stage number 3, if we are successful in getting through the online SJT?

3. Video interview Pre-recorded video interviews are reviewed individually by the driver management team. Further details on this will be provided once you reach this stage, along with information of how you can prepare.

hihohelp · 10 Jul 2020

severussnape said:
Have you passed OPC stage one and two? I have, and a little apprehensive taking this SJT until I find out if it's definitely an internal assessment.

Does anyone have a contact in recruitment please?

It’s 100% internal sjt

4-SUB 4732 · 10 Jul 2020

trainee_driver said:
Does anyone have any info or any idea of what is involved/what kind of questions that we are likely to be asked on stage number 3, if we are successful in getting through the online SJT?

3. Video interview Pre-recorded video interviews are reviewed individually by the driver management team. Further details on this will be provided once you reach this stage, along with information of how you can prepare.

I have heard of a few video interviews being done and of course all you need to do is cover the top half - you can wear your PJ bottoms at least for comfort!

severussnape · 10 Jul 2020

hihohelp said:
It’s 100% internal sjt

That's great thank you.

GJ_DAN · 10 Jul 2020

Hi guys, well here I go again trying to become a Train Driver. I've passed my tests with the OPC so I'm hoping I can get an Interview at least. Good Luck to everyone

Bristol VRIII · 10 Jul 2020

GJ_DAN said:
Hi guys, well here I go again trying to become a Train Driver. I've passed my tests with the OPC so I'm hoping I can get an Interview at least. Good Luck to everyone

Hi Dan me too, just completed the SJE which depot have you gone for?

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