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Overground Trainee Driver - Harlesden and SE London, Feb '21 & Aug '21

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AdrianM

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I have no idea what you guys speak about most of the time :) It's the first one I applied, got the computer test to do at home and I have been invited to the assesment day. They attached some pdf's with materials to the email, should I buy from other webites more materials to prepare ?
 
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Woohooo congrats to everyone who passed, and Good luck to all those waiting.

Does anyone know how many vacancies they normally have?
 
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I'm just wondering if I'll be doing any of the tests in Stage 1. It seems I passed them all already for SE in December. The only one I don't remember is a DFFT I'm not certain if I did one for them.
 
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TerryL said:
I'm just wondering if I'll be doing any of the tests in Stage 1. It seems I passed them all already for SE in December. The only one I don't remember is a DFFT I'm not certain if I did one for them.
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Depends at what level you passed them for SE as even at enhanced level each TOC has a differing benchmarks. Send an email to HR as they will be able to tell you which tests you’ll need to complete otherwise they will just tell you on the day.
 
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Hi All!
I hope everyone is well. I have my assessment day next week. I was just wondering for anyone that’s already been if the tests such as the group bourdon was done on a computer or old fashioned paper form.

Thank you advance :)
 
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TheKing66 said:
Hi All!
I hope everyone is well. I have my assessment day next week. I was just wondering for anyone that’s already been if the tests such as the group bourdon was done on a computer or old fashioned paper form.

Thank you advance :)
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Stage 1 are just the paper tests.

Good luck.
 
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Oh great.... Mines been postponed... I was confident that would happen as its not been an entire 6 months since my southeastern assessment day. By 2 days..
 
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Got the Stage 2 invite! Any advice, especially around the MMI would be greatly appreciated. Looking forward to it :)
 
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MintyMango said:
Got the Stage 2 invite! Any advice, especially around the MMI would be greatly appreciated. Looking forward to it :)
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These helped me. They are gonna be tell me a time when questions ie. Had to deal with a disgruntled customer, deliver bad news, working under to pressure to met a deadline, disagreed with a decision etc. Try writing down times in your life that you had these experiences and try write them up as a story. Background info to the situation to build the picture, what you did and why and how it ended succesful/unsuccessful and how it made you feel to conclude? Try not to lie and make it up as they will repeat questions in different manners. Thats my experience anyway.


 
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Greene4181 said:
These helped me. They are gonna be tell me a time when questions ie. Had to deal with a disgruntled customer, deliver bad news, working under to pressure to met a deadline, disagreed with a decision etc. Try writing down times in your life that you had these experiences and try write them up as a story. Background info to the situation to build the picture, what you did and why and how it ended succesful/unsuccessful and how it made you feel to conclude? Try not to lie and make it up as they will repeat questions in different manners. Thats my experience anyway.


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Hey cheers, dude! Really appreciate the help
 
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Whats up bud?
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I passed and got a job offer a while ago , however unfortunately due to a family illness I had to put it on hold , thankfully all that’s passed now so been emailing them asking what I need tests/ interviews I need to do if any to progress again unfortunately it’s proving hard work getting a reply.
 
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Gooner18 said:
I passed and got a job offer a while ago , however unfortunately due to a family illness I had to put it on hold , thankfully all that’s passed now so been emailing them asking what I need tests/ interviews I need to do if any to progress again unfortunately it’s proving hard work getting a reply.
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whoever was your point of contact through the process, i would say go through them and see if they can assist.
 
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Has anyone else who had their stage 1 assessment tomorrow been postponed due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’?
 
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MintyMango said:
Got the Stage 2 invite! Any advice, especially around the MMI would be greatly appreciated. Looking forward to it :)
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Well done! Check out this link - it really helped me in stage 2.

Trainee Driver Assessment Process Tips

This forum was very helpful to me as I went through the application and assessment process to be a trainee train driver, so I thought I would pass on a few tips to help others, too! So, you made it through the paper sift and you get invited to the assessment centre – well done, you have an...
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