Network Rail's verbal reasoning test

[Thistley]

I've just done Network Rail's verbal reasoning test for one of their positions. Given they've invited me to do the SHL testing, I assume I've passed the first stage?

And is it normal to feel you've done badly after the test? I've done 29/30 questions, but in hindsight I shouldn't have rushed through the last question.

 

[ArchangelA]

I've just done Network Rail's verbal reasoning test for one of their positions. Given they've invited me to do the SHL testing, I assume I've passed the first stage?

And is it normal to feel you've done badly after the test? I've done 29/30 questions, but in hindsight I shouldn't have rushed through the last question.

I completed the tests yesterday morning. Don;t think I did too badly on the SJT. Didn't finish the verbal reasoning ones as I really had to read and reread them, and the maths was horrendous and didn't quite finish that (making wild guesses at some). I'd be highly surprised if I passed at all. ;-(

 

[Bucephalus]

I made a right hash of the tests and still reached the 'benchmark'. However, the paper sift, not so lucky

 

[ArchangelA]

I made a right hash of the tests and still reached the 'benchmark'. However, the paper sift, not so lucky

Does that mean that you then went to interview?

 

[Bucephalus]

Does that mean that you then went to interview?

No, unfortunately not. I was kept in reserve in the knowledge that I would get an interview should a position come up. But in the end, after about 8 months, my application was not progressed with.

 

[ArchangelA]

No, unfortunately not. I was kept in reserve in the knowledge that I would get an interview should a position come up. But in the end, after about 8 months, my application was not progressed with.

Sorry to hear that mate. You still having a go at applying?

 

[railwanabe]

I thought the VR was the SHL test?

 

[ArchangelA]

I thought the VR was the SHL test?

The VR is part of the online tests, which consist of a SJT, numerical test, and verbal reasoning test.

 

[Bucephalus]

Sorry to hear that mate. You still having a go at applying?

It's okay mate. It has put me off reapplying for now but I think I'll have another crack when NR post something in south London again

 

[Woody27]

Hi guys, I am in the process of applying for a signaller position, the tests I had to do were, Complete Insrument, verbal reasoning and inductive reasoning, proper messed up the CI test, somehow managed to mix up, least agree, and most agree!!! Not a great start

 

[Rockhopper]

Whats the CI test? Google isn't bringing anything up! I did a maths test, verbal reasoning and inductive reasoning.

 

[Woody27]

Whats the CI test? Google isn't bringing anything up! I did a maths test, verbal reasoning and inductive reasoning.

It’s the complete instrument test, not really sure why it’s called that though, it was just a bunch of questions on how you would react given a certain question or scenario, like I said, I think I messed it up!

 

[Rockhopper]

Hmm, so no maths questions?

 

[Woody27]

Hmm, so no maths questions?

Nope, just these

 

[Rockhopper]

That's interesting as the maths test was the one i really struggled with!

 

[Woody27]

This is for a grade 3 post, not sure if that’s relevant!

 

[Rockhopper]

I think it’s new, I applied for a grade two post and it had the maths test.

 

[TB01]

Apologies if this has been in another forum before - but what online psychometric assessment companies (for practising verbal / numeracy questions) most closely resemble the actual NR SHL assessments? There are stories online of people who paid for some SHL style practice tests, only to find the real assessment is completely different, in terms of difficulty and format. Examples I've found online include, among others, JobTestPrep and Graduate Monkey. Many thanks,

 

[MostlyHarmless]

Apologies if this has been in another forum before - but what online psychometric assessment companies (for practising verbal / numeracy questions) most closely resemble the actual NR SHL assessments? There are stories online of people who paid for some SHL style practice tests, only to find the real assessment is completely different, in terms of difficulty and format. Examples I've found online include, among others, JobTestPrep and Graduate Monkey. Many thanks,

If you take a look at the Career as a Signaller thread I'm pretty sure this has been covered. Use the search facility to save time

 

[Kraken]

Apologies if this has been in another forum before - but what online psychometric assessment companies (for practising verbal / numeracy questions) most closely resemble the actual NR SHL assessments? There are stories online of people who paid for some SHL style practice tests, only to find the real assessment is completely different, in terms of difficulty and format. Examples I've found online include, among others, JobTestPrep and Graduate Monkey. Many thanks,

I did the SHL practise tests for all three and found them all significantly harder than the real Network Rail tests. The one's I did are here and are free. To be honest I would recommend having a stab at them and see what you think - 'train hard, fight easy' and all that. The format was pretty similar between the SHL practise and the real thing, just the level of complexity on the real one was dialled down quite a lot.

There are some practise questions when you actually log on to do the test for real but I wouldn't recommend relying on those.

 

[TB01]

I did the SHL practise tests for all three and found them all significantly harder than the real Network Rail tests. The one's I did are here and are free. To be honest I would recommend having a stab at them and see what you think - 'train hard, fight easy' and all that. The format was pretty similar between the SHL practise and the real thing, just the level of complexity on the real one was dialled down quite a lot.

There are some practise questions when you actually log on to do the test for real but I wouldn't recommend relying on those.

Thanks very much!

 

[Kraken]

Thanks very much!

No dramas, I should say that the real ones are definitely not to be sniffed at though. My post above might have given the impression that they are easy!