Scotrail Trainee Drivers (Ongoing)

[Jydo]

on the job advert I think its states that DM interviews are scheduled for mid/late May so if you have passed the online assessments and not had a telephone offer then maybe you have been too late, as MM81 has mentioned.

Scotraildriver I think you are being a little harsh, this entire forum is full of helpful information and its quite refreshing how everyone is helpful

 

[jazza20]

:roll: ahhhhhhhh the anticipation is killing me, surely they aren't going to wait the 4 weeks

 

[Bodiddly]

To all the external applicants, I hope you are at least given an interview. As an internal candidate who couldn't make it to interview stage due to the high number of applicants for these positions, you are doing extremely well to even make it through the sift. Also, if you make it through the various stages of recruitment but don't make it for any reason, don't be too disappointed or dejected, you've done very well to get as far as you did!
Good luck to all!

 

[G36]

Just got email stating I'm getting phone interview! So don't give up if you haven't heard about that yet.

 

[MM81]

Cheers gav, hopefully i'll hear soon aswell.

 

[kitwaller]

Nearly 3 weeks since my telephone interview which I think went well but still heard nothing!

 

[G36]

By the looks of it there's quite a few telephone interviews to be done yet, I have booked in for Wednesday afternoon and there's at least 20 others spaces

 

[Jydo]

Well done Gav36!!!! Keep us posted

 

[debadzuk79]

Suggests to me that the first lot weren't up to scratch.

 

[jazza20]

I wouldnt say that, the sheer volume of applicants they must get they must be doing interviews for the 4 weeks since i got mine, will be interesting to see how long they tell gav before they make a decision......good luck gav

 

[debadzuk79]

Just had e mail. As I thought. Unsuccessful. Stupid phone interviews lol. Good luck to all. Back to my 38k per year Air Traffic Control job then.

 

[Jydo]

Sorry to hear that. Ive still not heard anything? You were 2 days after me...

 

[G36]

Sorry to hear that. Good luck to everybody else when the results start coming in..

 

[Jydo]

I've hit a bit of a brick wall today, I got my disclosure back and Ive got something on it. Its nothing major like fraud, drugs, alcohol or GBH - its more of a minor offence in the grand scheme of things - trouble is that as far as I remember the application asked about "time served" & "unspent convictions" at the start of the process and I clicked none to everything stupidly thinking that it was referring to time being in jail & major crime offences - An honest but silly mistake. Anyone care to offer any advice? Think I shall email HR dept to let them know & if they decide to pull my application then fair enough.......I think if I remembered and listed this to begin with then I could still have been in contention.....

Bit of a bummer

 

[debadzuk79]

As I say interview went abysmally. Doesn't matter how well you might be suited to the job if you can't answer questions on customer service. No complaints will be better prepared next time. I would have been confident of getting through stage 2 as the psychometric assessments to do my current job are the same but you do a couple more. I have applied elsewhere where there are no phone interviews so see how I get on there haha. Would just have been perfect what with Leuchars closing etc but there will be other opportunities.

 

[387star]

Just had e mail. As I thought. Unsuccessful. Stupid phone interviews lol. Good luck to all. Back to my 38k per year Air Traffic Control job then.

Why the need to tell everyone how much you earn?
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[scotraildriver]

I've hit a bit of a brick wall today, I got my disclosure back and Ive got something on it. Its nothing major like fraud, drugs, alcohol or GBH - its more of a minor offence in the grand scheme of things - trouble is that as far as I remember the application asked about "time served" & "unspent convictions" at the start of the process and I clicked none to everything stupidly thinking that it was referring to time being in jail & major crime offences - An honest but silly mistake. Anyone care to offer any advice? Think I shall email HR dept to let them know & if they decide to pull my application then fair enough.......I think if I remembered and listed this to begin with then I could still have been in contention.....

Bit of a bummer

You MUST E-mail them straight away. If they offer you a job then they find something on disclosure you will lose it. It happened to a guy on my course years ago and related to a minor offence almost 30 years ago. It probably wouldn't have mattered if he had declared it but they were not amused to find out for themselves after he started. Unfortunately they are pretty strict with clear disclosures although obviously I don't know what your problem is.

 

[debadzuk79]

Ml if you could be bothered to read the thread maybe you will find out. So many posts on the same questions here.

 

[Jydo]

Yeah totally agree scotraildriver. Like I said it was a bit of an oversight on my part but I dont want to go any further without first contacting them to put them in the picture, Im pretty sure that if I did list it to begin with then I probably would still have my hat in the ring at this stage. Thanks

 

[387star]

Sorry just read thread properly thanks

 

[Jydo]

Anyone know Scotrail HR dept email address??

 

[Journeyman]

I'm still waiting to find out how I did - my phone interview was on 9th April. Waiting on DRS as well - arrgh!

 

[G36]

Jydo sorry don't know email address.. You are doing the right thing letting them know though. Why leave anything to chance. I'm sure it won't make a difference at this early stage in the process..

 

[scotraildriver]

Whoever sent you correspondence just put their name with a dot in between followed by @firstgroup.com. for example: [email protected]

 

[Jydo]

The only email address I seem to have anywhere in my inbox is the [email protected] one - which I have sent an email to in order to clarify the situation. Cheers guys

 

[rocky1807]

Has anyone else heard anything back?
I am on holiday and been checking daily but nothing yet.

 

[debadzuk79]

I would think if you haven't heard by now you will be safely through to the next round.

I found out last week that I had messed up the phone interview. I knew it already though.

The phone interview was only to confirm that you were what you said you were on your application and not a total idiot.

Still can't believe I messed it up but hey ho...try again next time.

 

[G36]

Phone interview done.. Was told 4 weeks till I know.

 

[gazza8]

Why the need to tell everyone how much you earn?
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Smells a bit of arrogance to me, as does your post about the customer service part of the interview.

some people are just not suited to driving trains

 

[debadzuk79]

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Smells a bit of arrogance to me, as does your post about the customer service part of the interview.

some people are just not suited to driving trains

Lol....and some people are not qualified to pass judgement. Don't talk to me about customer service. I've done 17 years in the military and have dealt with more situations and people than you have had hot dinners son. Good luck to all still waiting on the outcome of phone interviews.