ATW Trainee Train Driver

[chris jones]

Don't be, you've been through the hardest bit. Try to relax and enjoy the experience, you'll do okay

Are they ok then?? any info on them?

 

[Spiderman1]

I wouldn't give up yet for those who haven't heard. My assessment day isn't until 28/11/18 so they must still be working through them. It makes sense those at earlier assessment dates would have been notified first.

 

[Choice]

I've done it!!! Assessment day 23rd Nov. Hallelujah!

 

[Choice]

Cheers, just got a sinking feeling and sick of checking my inbox, spam folder and promotions folder !

Email them! That's what myself and Spiderman1 have done and we've gotten replies this morning. I'd all but lost hope until I got that confirmation email 20 minutes ago!

 

[RadioFlyer2]

I've done it!!! Assessment day 23rd Nov. Hallelujah!

Well done!!! I bet your delighted. That was a long old wait but totally worth it in the end eh congratulations

 

[RadioFlyer2]

Cheers, just got a sinking feeling and sick of checking my inbox, spam folder and promotions folder !

Give them an email it can't hurt I imagine the decisions already been made so a quick emails not gonna change anything. You'll feel so much better knowing

 

[RadioFlyer2]

Are they ok then?? any info on them?

I've sat and passed all of the paper ones and they are totally do able. So I've done the group bourdon, tea occ and all of the stage one tests. I feel with these assessments you either have the ability or you don't they are quite hard to revise for. Obviously study the booklet they've sent and if your comfortable with those then the tests on the day are very similar so don't flap.
You can only do what you can do so just turn up and give it your best effort. What more can you do?
I won't have to do those ones but I do have to do the computer based ones. I've studied the booklet inside out and I'm totally ready to just crack on.
Who knows what will happen all we can do is give it our best shot. Keep doing the booklet and I assure you that if your smashing that then you should be absolutely fine!

 

[choo choo 1]

I've sat and passed all of the paper ones and they are totally do able. So I've done the group bourdon, tea occ and all of the stage one tests. I feel with these assessments you either have the ability or you don't they are quite hard to revise for. Obviously study the booklet they've sent and if your comfortable with those then the tests on the day are very similar so don't flap.
You can only do what you can do so just turn up and give it your best effort. What more can you do?
I won't have to do those ones but I do have to do the computer based ones. I've studied the booklet inside out and I'm totally ready to just crack on.
Who knows what will happen all we can do is give it our best shot. Keep doing the booklet and I assure you that if your smashing that then you should be absolutely fine!

What do you do for work at the moment then ?

Also what’s ‘group bourdon’ and ‘tea occ’

 

[choo choo 1]

I'm gutted. Ive been in the same job for 28 years and it was my first interview (other than internal promotions etc) for 28 years.
I thought I did OK. I was able to answer everything and thought I had good examples. It just goes to show that I have no idea how to judge my performance!
I spent ages learning all the lines and stations, depots and rolling stock and all about the new trains too!
Pleased for everybody that got through, its a cracking job and wish you all the best for the next stage and hopefully your future careers.
I've got a strong feeling I was unsuccesful now.

I feel for you mate, I was the same yesterday. It’s the ‘not knowing’ that gets you. Definitely send them an email .

 

[RadioFlyer2]

What do you do for work at the moment then ?

Also what’s ‘group bourdon’ and ‘tea occ’

Have you looked at the pack that they emailed you in one of your early emails? The email that explains the recruitment stages?

The tests are explained and the names of the tests are on there so you can see. The group bourdon is shown in letters on the example but it's a series of groups of dots on the real thing.

What do you work as?

 

[RadioFlyer2]

Search assessment tests or assessments in the search engine on here some people have gone into great detail about the tests so you can have a read

 

[choo choo 1]

I'm a police officer. Habe you looked at the pack that they emailed you in one of your early emails? The email that explains the recruitment stages?

The tests are explained and the names of the tests are on there so you can see. The group bourdon is shown in letters on the example but it's a series of groups of dots on the real thing.

What do you work as?

I’m going to look like a complete bull****ter now but yes I have glanced at it, just not a lot yet until my days off

 

[RadioFlyer2]

I’m going to look like a complete bull****ter now but yes I have glanced at it, just not a lot yet until my days off next week lol.
My occupation is a psychiatric Nurse

Hahaha yeah I believe you

No get it read, once your familiar with that you'll be fine. I can't speak for the computer tests but I'll be giving them a good go and can only hope!

 

[choo choo 1]

Hahaha yeah I believe you (I am a copper [in liverpool ]I don't believe anyone about anything) hahaha.

No get it read, once your familiar with that you'll be fine. I can't speak for the computer tests but I'll be giving them a good go and can only hope!

yeah cheers

 

[sw1ller]

I'm gutted. Ive been in the same job for 28 years and it was my first interview (other than internal promotions etc) for 28 years.
I thought I did OK. I was able to answer everything and thought I had good examples. It just goes to show that I have no idea how to judge my performance!
I spent ages learning all the lines and stations, depots and rolling stock and all about the new trains too!
Pleased for everybody that got through, its a cracking job and wish you all the best for the next stage and hopefully your future careers.
I've got a strong feeling I was unsuccesful now.

Take it from someone that has successfully passed the process, I was none the wiser how I did and realised I had no clue how to gauge how I did either. Stop letting it get to you. Forget about it for now and relax. Worrying won’t change the outcome.

 

[Boxhead]

Just had an "unsuccessful" email.
Gutted.
Well done to everyone. Good luck

 

[Spiderman1]

I've done it!!! Assessment day 23rd Nov. Hallelujah!

Nice one Choice

 

[Spiderman1]

Just had an "unsuccessful" email.
Gutted.
Well done to everyone. Good luck

Chin up boxhead, get up, dust yourself down and go again. I failed my first ftf interview.

 

[Budgie]

Are they ok then?? any info on them?

As RadioFlyer2 says, you should take a look at the practice booklet you've received from the TOC. Get yourself a Bopit toy to practice your reactions and another thing I suggest you can improve on is visual awareness, get a number of traffic images printed off the internet and get someone to hold the image up for two seconds and ask if you saw a number of things like, traffic signs, bicycles, yellow lines, bollards, red car, bus, pedestrian and so on and so forth. Practice taking notes and counting how many times a particular word is said on the news, like "it" or "the" (no fingers or pencil and paper). Get the Group Bordon / dot matrix test on your PC/laptop if you can, I think a link to where you can download it was available via RailUKForums at one stage, or you may be able to download a practice sheet (I don't know for sure).

Anyway, that's about all I can recall, as I did my assessments a while ago now. But just enjoy the experience and best of luck!

 

[choo choo 1]

Just had an "unsuccessful" email.
Gutted.
Well done to everyone. Good luck

Sorry to hear that mate.

 

[choo choo 1]

I've done it!!! Assessment day 23rd Nov. Hallelujah!

Congratulations

 

[chris jones]

thanks for the tips everyone I'm gonna work through the booklet they sent me and try to get some examples from the internet

 

[Spiderman1]

Not train driver I know but did assessment morning for trainee senior conductor role yesterday, found out o passed today and have interview tues for WMT . That's efficient.
Just need to look at the role now! Lol
It was good practice doing the Boursin tests and tea-occ

 

[Spiderman1]

Not train driver I know but did assessment morning for trainee senior conductor role yesterday, found out o passed today and have interview tues for WMT . That's efficient.
Just need to look at the role now! Lol
It was good practice doing the Boursin tests and tea-occ

Ps yesterday morning!

 

[RadioFlyer2]

Anyone got an assessment on Monday but not had the train/hotel details sent through yet?

 

[richfoz84]

Got mine Tuesday and not had any info about the train or hotel yet they did say by the end of the week tho

 

[RadioFlyer2]

Got mine Tuesday and not had any info about the train or hotel yet they did say by the end of the week tho

I'm just mindful that Id travel Sunday so would need the information today. I've tried ringing but it's just ringing out. I know their up the wall like

 

[chris jones]

Anyone got an assessment on Monday but not had the train/hotel details sent through yet?

good luck for Monday and let me know how it goes

 

[RadioFlyer2]

good luck for Monday and let me know how it goes

Thanks will do

 

[sw1ller]

If all else fails. (Ie, no contact by 5pm today, pretty sure they don’t do weekends) Travel down and head for the Clayton hotel next to the station. That’s where they usually put you up. Worst case scenario is you pay for the hotel, then at the end of the testing, go and see the HR rep you’ve been with all day for reimbursement.