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thank you I’m so pleased. Nervous as it’s a huge change for me, but excited and looking forward to getting stuck in.

I start on 27th Jan - induction day at Reading then training from 28th, which i think will be at Swindon. Do you have your start date yet?

End of Jan. Not sure where it’ll be, possibly Newton Abbott. Just waiting for date for medical.

Thank you @Supertrains19 @ProteanReptile @Train Boy @TM Hopeful @MickeyClass37 and @Emmsie for all your advice and good wishes.... They worked! I passed Stage 2 on Friday and received my conditional offer of employment today! I'm chuffed to bits and excited/nervous to start my new...

Oh I hate competency based interviews too. The STAR technique does help you to frame your answers well. I found this youtube video quite helpful: Good luck for the 22nd!

Thanks @MickeyClass37 ! One more evening to prepare! I feel about as confident as I ever will! Hopefully they won't Ann Robinson me after the group exercises o_O Cheers, Emma

Thanks everyone. And wow mickeyclass37 that is some serious dedication and tenacity! Pleased it's paid off for you finally! And thanks for the info re timescales, it's really useful. I've received news of Stage 2 - I'm booked in on Fri 8th Nov. So let's see how that goes :) Any tips or...

Now I'm really baffled - the conductor role at Reading is being advertised again with a closing date of 2nd Oct. I still haven't heard anything about progressing to Stage 2 after passing my Stage 1 on 20th Aug and now the role is being advertised again I'm assuming that is not a positive sign...

Thanks @Train Boy :) How did you find the 2nd assessment? I'm boning up on GWR and all the other things you'd do for a 'normal' interview. Is there anything else you'd recommend to prepare for stage 2 (if I'm actually shortlisted)? Were you offered a position and if so what do you think...

@ProteanReptile oh good - I'm glad it's not just me and this has reassured you too! I found the scaat tests, rules & regs and ticket pricing fine but I struggled with the ticket checking! I think I only answered 7 or 8 of those and I marked ALL of the tickets invalid! Then I second-guessed...

Many thanks John - really helpful replies. I'll wait (a little more patiently!) to hear more. Cheers, Emma

Hi John, Thanks for your response :) It's for a conductor role, based out of Reading. Good to know that it doesn't seem like an unreasonable time in railway terms though. I'm interviewing for other roles and have declined a couple of offers which weren't quite suitable. I'm really keen on...

Hi everyone, I attended a stage one conductor assessment at GWR Swindon on 20th Aug and received an email same day to say I'd passed, but have heard nothing since. The email did say "Should you be shortlisted, the next stage of the process will be a group exercise and interview for which you...