Your welcome ,I'm fortunate enough to to have secured a place and know what it's like going through the while process .patience is the key ,your spend alot of weeks ,months waiting for emails,assessment days ,interviews etc but it's all worth it in the end, i applied back back in February for ilford depot and got astart date of feb 2016 so it will be a whole year from start to start .
With regards to the 40 minute rule ,aslong as you can get to work within set time you should be fine ,it's all about be able to get home safely after a full day concentrating etc as your mind will be tired therefore safety is key,especially after pulling a evening/late shift you will be very tired ! Tbh you have answered you own question ,you live 30 minutrs away so should be fine ,I will say though that these are what I'm led to believe and that im not from HR so don't take what I say as gospel .
I found the GBT test quite easy to be honest but I had done my homework and practised with the materials provided .its very much about accuracy over speed ,, no one will get to bottom of each page ,there isn't enough time so just get it right .theres 4/5 diffrent blocks of dots you do within certain time ,practise the materials and you should be fine as you will start to see patterns emerging ,well I did and the test became easier ,you will do this test first and just to show how many people fail this ,we had 29 peaople to start with and after this was down to 5 ! people chose speed over accuracy ,you go quick you make mistakes ,having said that you do need to go quickly but accuratly.
Interviews are can't really help you with as the MMI is about YOUR life experiences really and if you got certain types of experience dealing with situations etc and the mangers interview is again more questions and seeing if you have done your homework about the company ,goodluck and just spend as much time going over the materials and you should be fine ,o And one more thing wear a suit ,it's an interview after all for a job that pays £55k!
