Ahh that’s a shame, wish i knew about this site sooner.
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Crosscountry - Apprentice Drivers - Multiple Depots (12/01/22)
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dereksingh291
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I wonder how many trainee drivers they will take on per depot?
Ive been here!
derailleur
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Shame nothing for London 
, I guess we have our fair share of train driver opportunity!
, I guess we have our fair share of train driver opportunity!
D Rivers
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I’ve been told they need 32 nationwide so a good amount overall.
dereksingh291
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Will CrossCountry do the driver assessments first then interview with driver managers or the other way round?
NorthernTech
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Who knows? Some people get emails confirming application received, some dont. Some receive updates, some don’t. I’ve got two applications in, one last year and one this, not received a thing. I’m leaning towards thinking that those that get no updates either are sifted out or somehow, not even in their system, seems so disorganised! Railway recruitment teams are generally poor with their communication, perhaps due to being so busy, but XC seem to be all over the place.
Newapplicant
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I applied for a role out of Banbury through the DB website and did get an automated email when applying but then after about 8 weeks it went to "End of Process", which I think was due to my location, however I will never know as no feedback was provided, but my point is I have faith in the system, if you are successful and get to move onto the next stage someone will definitely contact you. I have seen this first hand with other roles.
Thanks for this!
WBFC345
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Just received mine too!
D Rivers
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They do online tests next then dmi. Followed by opc tests in Watford.
Frankie4763
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The OPC tests will cost them money
I've just received mine, good luck everyone!
What are the online tests Group Bourdon?
WBFC345
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Do you know what the online tests are? Many thanks
dereksingh291
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I received this email too at 16:50 today.
Ashley872
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Hmm, I haven’t received this. However I did get an email from CC on Monday confirming they have received my application and to expect to hear from them in 2 - 4 weeks.
Well yes, but if only say 25% (a number I've read on other threads) pass OPC then that would be a lot less interviews for managers to do.
My managers would be fuming if they had to fit in a hundred interviews rather than 25. Clearly managers time is worth less than OPC charge
My managers would be fuming if they had to fit in a hundred interviews rather than 25. Clearly managers time is worth less than OPC charge
D Rivers
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When I interviewed they told me that they only interviewed 30!! So not that big of a deal for DTM’s.
RAAT is one of the online tests. Can’t remember the other.
Oh it was a situational judgement test. Remember now!
RAAT is one of the online tests. Can’t remember the other.
Oh it was a situational judgement test. Remember now!
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I've had the 2-4weeks update email as well.
bcfc171081
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Still no email here. But does still say application in process so I’m holding out a little hope.
if it says in progress you will get an email soon
Newapplicant
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**I'll preface this with I cannot say for certain - but** I wonder if they are emailing in batches, like sorting out applications in batches then emailing each batch on their respective day.
TheAnswer89
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Or depotwise. Who knows. Its railway. Everything in here seems odd at the very least.
RailLad23
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I’m still awaiting an email, but starting to think this is normal?
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Diedinium
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That's a surprising number! Though, if they got a few thousand/hundred applications then the chances of even getting past the sifting are still absurdly low lol
Did you receive any indication as to why they need so many? Is it just because they haven't hired in a while, or is there something going on that drives vacancies at XC?
This is most likely, they are probably filtering through [x] number of applications a day, and sending out emails as they do this.
Bit worried about what the OPC involves though, and the online tests? Can anyone provide more information or detail about the tests that might be involved?
It seems a lot of TOCs are facing an upcoming shortage due to ageing workforces, particularly on the driver's side as the preference has been on hiring experienced drivers.
My depot in particular has around 8-10% of drivers due to retire within the next 3 years and a lot have said they aren't looking to continue past retirement age. That and they have seemingly been recruiting over 60s from freight over the last few years!
Obviously that's just a single depot for a single TOC, but I can imagine it's a similar situation across quite a broad range of depots.
Practice beforehand and be prepared for the MMI, other than that it's not worth worrying about at this stage
My depot in particular has around 8-10% of drivers due to retire within the next 3 years and a lot have said they aren't looking to continue past retirement age. That and they have seemingly been recruiting over 60s from freight over the last few years!
Obviously that's just a single depot for a single TOC, but I can imagine it's a similar situation across quite a broad range of depots.
If you search for driver testing you'll get plenty of in depth information regarding what to expect.
Practice beforehand and be prepared for the MMI, other than that it's not worth worrying about at this stage
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D Rivers
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It’s because of upcoming retirement. I’ve heard a few figures from other TOC’s too.
TPE need 70+ drivers.
Northern need 50+.
Avanti need 30+.
XC need 32.
Don’t know how true any of them are but it gives us all a bit of hope!
TPE need 70+ drivers.
Northern need 50+.
Avanti need 30+.
XC need 32.
Don’t know how true any of them are but it gives us all a bit of hope!
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