Don't forget they have 'X' number of vacancies to fill across the country and thousands of applicants the majority will be unsuccessful. I dont know how it works exactly but I would imagine they can't let everybody else down until they have an idea of numbers after the first few rounds of assessments. I know it isnt the case, but they could invite lets say 100 people to attend the first few rounds of assessments. Every single one of those COULD fail (I know this isnt the case so far, but a number of people have been knocked out already). If too many people are knocked out, surley they must then pick some more people from those who havn't yet heard anything. I would imagine they want a minimum of 'X' amount of candidates going into each following stage. If too few make it, they may invite more to start from scratch.
They will fill the first few rounds of assessments first as they have been, wait for all the results from stage 1, a large number will be knocked out at this stage. Then invite those who passed to do stage 2, another number will be knocked out at this stage. Then the MMI, again some people will be knocked out at this stage. Then comes the interview, that again some people will not get through. Presumably then conditional job offers are given out, then comes the medical, which some people might not pass.
It might seem like a lot of people are getting through their application while others have heard nothing since the initial online assessment pass months ago - but if too many people get knocked out from the first few rounds off assessments, interviews etc, then they still have vacancies to fill so I would imagine then start another round of assessments for the next lot.
Only once they are satisfied they have enough numbers then they will send the dreaded emails out to everybody else.
Of course out of those who will get through the first rounds, could be a majority for one location, and those that failed might be majority for another. If there are too few still in the running for that location, my guess is they would have to invite more people into the running.
Like I say I dont understand how the process works exactly, but what I am saying is they wont let everybody who passed the initial online tests down just yet, until they are certain they have enough numbers to play with to fill all the vacancies at each location. All the people on here getting impatient, constantly asking who has heard what etc is getting very repetitive. I have no idea how it works, but I am just using a bit of common sense. Try and think how difficult it must be to juggle the right number of candidates through all the stages and then wonder why some people havnt heard anything yet. Basically they don't know how many are going to pass each round and make it right through. I am sure there are average numbers, but there could be the odd session that everybody passes, and the odd session in which very few pass.
Just a thought!
