Evening folks,
I’ve today received a pre-offer email and would just like to say thank you for the wealth of info in this thread; it’s absolutely helped me to prepare for the interview and recruitment process.
I won’t say where the offer is for or any other information just yet as I’ve not had the offer in writing, they’ve just asked for previous employment information and the like.
I have a few questions if somebody would be kind enough to answer them:
1) How long can I expect to wait for a start date? Reading back I understand that it’s dependant on spaces at signalling school etc, but do they normally allow you to come into the company a bit before you start at school and do some shadowing?
2) What sort of thing do they test for during the medical? A tad overweight from Christmas etc so don’t want to be failed because I’m a chunk! Haha.
3) Any advice for the time before I start? Reading materials or anything of the like? And any advice for signalling school?
Many thanks in advance.
Silver
Congratulations!
Length of wait now us dependant on many things, like school dates, your LoM & how keen they are to get you in, how busy they are etc.
Some people I know started with Network Rail on the Friday, signalling school on the Monday others several weeks before school, others a week or so before school.
Medical is pretty standard, height, weight, eyesight, colour blindness, hearing, drugs/alcohol screening & general medical history, nothing too taxing, you'll be fine.
I shouldn't worry about pre reads,nothing formal anyway
Re signalling school, lots of pens, lots of paper, lots of perseverance and be prepared for information overload