I was on the relief in West Cornwall a few years back. I still keep my ear to the ground.
Is it a bad sign if you are waiting more than a week or so for a decision after an interview by the way guys. I had my interview on Thursday morning. I know it hasn't been a long time but I always thought hearing the next day was a bad thing. Some of you on here though have proven that theory wrong though as you are getting positive news the following day. Don't really want to call hr just yet but will give it a week or so and then call. At that point I reckon it would then be bad news.
I did not ask. Maybe I should have. I tried to do all the right things like visit the signal box etc so hopefully those things put me ahead of the rest. However all the examples of practice questions that I revised for were pointless as I did not get asked anything remotely close to what I had revised for. I ended up still having to give off the cuff responses which I do not feel were great although she did say that she was impressed with my knowledge of the industry which I felt was promising.I would just wait. Did your interviewer tell you how many had been successful previously? I was one of three applicants, I know as I asked. mine was Friday afternoon and i was the first to be interviewed, he told me id hear by next week. they might just still be interviewing if they had lots of applicants.
Hi sunset route,We have/had around 23 interviewees for 11 positions with around 30 held on the reserve list from all walks of life, signallers on premotion, other internal NR and from outside the rail industry. From a selfish point of view this time round I hope more signallers pass the interview than the others as we need bums on seats as quick as possible as waiting for recruits to pass through training school is going to make spring and summer next year very unpleasant with virtual inforced overtime to keep the railway open.
Hi Chris,Thank you for the answer. much appreciated. One last thing, on previous posts there seems to be a lot of potential applicants who seem to know ALOT about the job before they have even started. I seen the job advertised locally, it seems extremely interesting but know very little about signalling, and the job description didn't say anything about knowledge of signalling? is it better to cram in as much as I can or have things changed? thanks
What position was the 11 vacancies for please?
I did not ask. Maybe I should have. I tried to do all the right things like visit the signal box etc
Have you been offered an interview?
Not yet but hoping to be invited soon, I hoped to have a bit more insight by having a visit though before a potential interview.
Maybe not at interview but it would certainly help me with some of the decisions I may need to make regarding my future.Visiting the Box will be of no help at the interview.
Maybe not at interview but it would certainly help me with some of the decisions I may need to make regarding my future.
It’s asvertised as Exmouth, but the job description is Devon branch relief. I just think that showing a genuine interest would be helpful before a potential interview.What box are you applying for mate?
Ok thanks, would still like to go and see a box though for any future applications.Regards to the Exmouth job it’s been offered to a Signaller at my location, which he’s accepted.
Patience, patience. That’s no time at all for the railway and you will hear back regardless of the outcome when the HR process is complete.Guys I had my interview on the 12th October and I haven't heard anything from hr.Im guessing as it has been so long now the chances are it will be a no. My question is should I contact HR is that something that I shouldn't do because it could be taken negatively by them. My application still says assessment 2 scheduled. It has been on that since 29th September. Is this normal as I know some people that get the "call" the following day with positive news. On the flip side would they really keep me hanging this long to just tell me I didn't get the job. Or is it possible that the application has slipped through the net?
Thank you appreciate that. Hopefully its good newsPatience, patience. That’s no time at all for the railway and you will hear back regardless of the outcome when the HR process is complete.
Just sit tight and good luck!
Hi,Guys I had my interview on the 12th October and I haven't heard anything from hr.Im guessing as it has been so long now the chances are it will be a no. My question is should I contact HR is that something that I shouldn't do because it could be taken negatively by them. My application still says assessment 2 scheduled. It has been on that since 29th September. Is this normal as I know some people that get the "call" the following day with positive news. On the flip side would they really keep me hanging this long to just tell me I didn't get the job. Or is it possible that the application has slipped through the net?
That was very insightful and detailed. Thank you for that.Hi,
The call the next day with good news would depend on the Lom and if they can be bothered. Im guessing most would leave it to HR otherwise they will be phoning candidates everytime when its actually HR job.
Assesment 2 scheduled means that u will be having your interview and all the other people interviewed for the vacancy will have the same status. until all the interview papers and scores have been talied up by the Lom and sent off to HR. Interviews can be spread over weeks due to the Loms work schedule and fitting in interviews so will take time. Imagine if it was 30 interviews! Once HR have the interview papers they will change your status to assesment 2 complete. They will then taly up the scores and normaly tell the people that were unsuccessful the next day or within a few days. I had unsuccessful the next day and one three days later in the past. When i got the job when i was coming from external it had taken around 2 weeks before the status changed to formal offer in progress. So the longer it takes to get a reply from HR when u get assesment 2 complete the better. Hope this helps
I'm still waiting to hear if I'm getting an interview or not for a Crossing Keeper position, it's been 2 weeks tomorrow since I got the email to say I've met the benchmark required! It's torture having to wait so know how some of you feel!!
You checking your emails constantly? I can't help myself! Lol.
I am in the same position for a different role at the minute. However it was only a week ago that I got the email saying I passed the tests.