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    Attire for assesment

    Flip flops and speedos for me
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    ATW salary

    I agree, it wasn't my first question but of course a question which needed to be approached as it wasn't in the job description. It didn't do me any harm in asking as I was offered the job as a trainee. Maybe I asked the right way lol ;)
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    ATW salary

    I had a list of questions as long as my arm to ask in my driver managers interview and pay was one, the interviewers were more than happy to answer this and all my other questions. I took the approach that the interview isn't just for them to see if they want you in there company but to see if...
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    First Great Western Trainee drivers, Anyone heard back?

    Has anyone who had a DM interview begining of January heard anything back yet??
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    New guy..

    As far as I understand they should process your application in the exact same way as any other ( equal opportunities etc ), I left a while ago and I was under the impression that like you say if you have a job to go to and the 12 months would hinder this, then early release is possible but don't...
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    New guy..

    Couldn't possibly know the average, but I'd say don't be disappointed if your still in the process for a year, I believe the amount of applicants per vacancy is absoloutly huge. Just focus on getting the application form perfect first as short listing at that stage is brutal. I think I must...
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    New guy..

    Hello mark, Pretty much any question I had is already on this forum it's great for that. (Have look through the stickys). all I can say is you have to be patient, from my experience its slow old process. I applied for a trainee driver position back in 2011 and have only recently had my driver...
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    FGW Classroom location(s)?

    Is it not residential training at reading ?
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    first great western shifts and rotas

    Excellent, thank you so much for the quick response.
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    first great western shifts and rotas

    hi, I was wondering if anyone could help me and possibly explain or give any knowledge on the kind of rota/shift pattern worked on fgw London and Thames valley out of Paddington. Also how far in advance would drivers recieve their rotas. Is there any staff parking at paddington? I...
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    FCC Trainee Train Driver positions, what has happened?

    Thanks, well I haven't taken it to heart I'll just keep trying harder and it'll only make me more determined . The thing is that there are so many people applying for the vacancies available its going to be inevitably difficult, and also reading previous threads and various web sites explaining...
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    FCC Trainee Train Driver positions, what has happened?

    Hello Gareth 43, I think i'm in the same boat as you, I have had the email to say i passed the initial sift and awaiting short listing, i'm constantly checking my status to see if its been updated. i also applied for fgw paddington depot passed the assessments and interview i was almost there...
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    First Great Western trainie train drivers, Reading, Paddington & Oxford

    Yeah just a bit, well hopefully we'll hear something in the to distant future
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    First Great Western trainie train drivers, Reading, Paddington & Oxford

    So has anyone heard anymore after passing full assessments,
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    First Great Western trainie train drivers, Reading, Paddington & Oxford

    Two of us got through, how about when you did yours ?
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    First Great Western trainie train drivers, Reading, Paddington & Oxford

    Excellent news, Just had my tests and interview today, past the tests some parts better than others, the reaction test is something else isn't it!!, but not confident about the interview even after all the studying, just the waiting game now I guess.
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    First Great Western trainie train drivers, Reading, Paddington & Oxford

    Ok, i'll just wait and see what happens, it was wishfull thinking , cheers guys .
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    First Great Western trainie train drivers, Reading, Paddington & Oxford

    Ok, I'll be driving there then haha, nice one thanks for that .
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    First Great Western trainie train drivers, Reading, Paddington & Oxford

    Congratulations on becoming a trainee driver, and also to everyone else that has done so. Just a quick question about the above, how long before the tests did you receive your tickets via post to get to the assesments and interview, I only ask as I have been invited for these next week in...
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    First Great Western trainie train drivers, Reading, Paddington & Oxford

    No problem at all, thanks for the heads up, and thanks for the offer, very much appreciated.

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