Northern Conductor Manchester Depots

[M16WR]

Good afternoon!

I’ve recently applied for the position of Conductor at Manchester. Applications for the position closed on the 24th April.
There has been another posting on the Northern recruitment site today for Conductor at Manchester, with a closing date of 1st May?!
Is it usual for the vacancy to re-open again?

I have an automated response from Northern stating they had received my application and would be in touch.
Would it be worth dropping an email to Northern to make sure?
Thanks for any help

 

[185]

Whilst there was undoubtedly a high response to this job advert, the previous two franchisees have done this before without any good reason or explanation given.

 

[reecerjones]

I've also applied for this role, hopefully hear back soon but not holding my breath with the current situation!

 

[M16WR]

I've also applied for this role, hopefully hear back soon but not holding my breath with the current situation!

I believe they’re still proceeding with recruitment.

 

[railwaymania27]

I would not worry. Some adverts do go up again but as long as your still under consideration you will be fine.

 

[reecerjones]

I believe they’re still proceeding with recruitment.

Ah great, thanks.

 

[reecerjones]

Does anyone know how strict they are with the 45 minute travel time? I'm just a couple of minutes under 45.

 

[Dec_10]

Does anyone know how strict they are with the 45 minute travel time? I'm just a couple of minutes under 45.

That’s completely fine. As long as you can get there within 45minutes regardless with it being peak or off-peak they aren’t bothered.

If you’re on the border of 45minutes you just set off early.

 

[M16WR]

I would not worry. Some adverts do go up again but as long as your still under consideration you will be fine.

Thanks!

 

[M16WR]

Got an email today to complete online tests for the role.
Anyone else got an email and/or taken these online tests recently?

 

[railwaymania27]

Should just be Verbal and Numerical reasoning. Just saying on the other topic that ive been sifted out not too sure why will hopefully find out tomorrow.

 

[M16WR]

Should just be Verbal and Numerical reasoning. Just saying on the other topic that ive been sifted out not too sure why will hopefully find out tomorrow.

Thanks. I’d seen someone on a previous post who’d applied for Conductor and had said it was a deductive reasoning test, so I wondered if anyone had recent experience of them.
I’m sorry to hear that you didn’t get through the sift. I hope you can get some feedback

 

[JKVVE2018]

Got an email today to complete online tests for the role.
Anyone else got an email and/or taken these online tests recently?

Ive also got the email today to complete the tests. Also applied for Wigan but not heard anything for that so far

 

[scrapy]

That’s completely fine. As long as you can get there within 45minutes regardless with it being peak or off-peak they aren’t bothered.

If you’re on the border of 45minutes you just set off early.

They only really look at off peak times. You would not normally start a shift at 9am particularly in the lower links. 4am to 7am starts are the norm for early shifts 12noon to 4.30pm for late shifts.

 

[RSTurbo50]

I applied for this role as well and unfortunately was unsuccessful. I thought it was a good application and gave good examples. I am a PCV Driver with good experience in customer service and have a good academic background.

Now im not saying my application was better than others. My question is, if they are having hundreds maybe thousands of applications, I doubt they will be looking at everyone of them. Will they simply say after the first 50-60 applications that meet the requirements, they will send out rejection notices to the remainder without even looking at them all? I did apply maybe a week after the position was first advertised so im thinking the earlier you get an application the better your chances?

 

[JKVVE2018]

I applied for this role as well and unfortunately was unsuccessful. I thought it was a good application and gave good examples. I am a PCV Driver with good experience in customer service and have a good academic background.

Now im not saying my application was better than others. My question is, if they are having hundreds maybe thousands of applications, I doubt they will be looking at everyone of them. Will they simply say after the first 50-60 applications that meet the requirements, they will send out rejection notices to the remainder without even looking at them all? I did apply maybe a week after the position was first advertised so im thinking the earlier you get an application the better your chances?

I applied on the 30/4 which I think was a day before closing so not sure how they work it out

 

[Taylor-j01]

Noone knows how its judged but positions are only open for around 7 days they wont start sift until the end date so its not in order

 

[M16WR]

Has anyone any tips for the numerical reasoning test?
I’ve completed some of the practice ones on the SHL website today and they’re quite a lot tougher than I anticipated!
Are these a true reflection of the actual tests online?
And are they about accuracy, or to complete all the questions or a mixture of both!
I’ve read some previous posts where people have posted that they use them to sift applications, but the practice questions are really tough.
Any tips are gratefully appreciated!

 

[ILoveLamp]

I would say after doing a few that they are easier than the practice tests. It’s hard to say how they judge the results (speed vs accuracy) as they do not give feedback, but I believe the general consensus is accuracy first over speed...but you’ll still need to get most done. IIRC last time I did them I think I got through all the questions in time, with a few seconds to spare, and passed to the standard. Whether I just scraped past or did quite well we’ll never know! Still in an ’application in progress’ situation..

 

[railwaymania27]

Hi guys, how has everyone got on with their tests?

 

[M16WR]

All done! I found the actual tests less complicated than then practice ones.
Anyone else?

 

[railwaymania27]

Did you hear whether you had passed? Just out of interest

 

[M16WR]

No nothing, but I didn’t expect to either.
Think it can take a few days to a few weeks!

 

[railwaymania27]

Should get it after the time has elapsed to complete the tests should come through on Monday because Friday was a bank holiday Thats only if the date has passed

 

[railwaymania27]

Anyone heard about an interview for this vacancy?

 

[jimmy712]

No just had the email about passing the tests

 

[JKVVE2018]

Same here just about passing tests.

 

[M16WR]

Same as above!

 

[railwaymania27]

Hi guys, does anyone know if they have got an interview just dont know when?

 

[JKVVE2018]

No nothing yet but Ive noticed they've re advertised the position again