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Has anyone ever gone for a position on the railway, succeeded in the interview, and then told that there are no vacancies at that particular depot for that particular role? Seems a bit of a hollow victory to be honest after a couple of years of trying to get in, not quite sure if I should be...

Hi all, I'm just curious whether current employees of TOC's have more chance of succeeding in a different career within their current location over someone outside applying for a new job. The way I understand it, the first bout of assessments are hard to avoid for anyone, so the selection...

I was wondering if anyone could give me some insight as to the general day to day work load of being a Maintenance Support team member? From what I can gather it is mainly assisting with the engineering department to maintain trains, preparing them and cleaning duties, but I just wanted to be...

Hi all, I've applied for a job at GWR that specifies in the job description that the person they are looking for has 'The ability to pass the shunter selection process which includes psychometric assessments'. Now, I applied for a Shunter position back in May last year and passed the paper...

Hi all, I have seen a position advertised with GWR for a 'multi skilled technician' and I was just curious what the job entails and what kind of person they would consider taking on before applying for it. From reading the advert they are clearly after someone with a mechanical background but...

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Hi all, I just completed my first online assessment after an initial successful application and I'm unsure whether I done alright or not. It was a few questions of true, false or cannot say, and after the 'practice' area, which I got all correct, it went into the real test. The thing is...