TransPennine Trains - Trainee Driver Recruitment Discussion

tiptoptaff · Friday at 10:36

Preston:
Traction:
397,802
Routes:
Preston - Manchester Airport via Chorley + Chat Moss
Preston - Liverpool Lime Street via St Helens Central
Preston - Glasgow Central via Oxenholme
Carstairs Jcn - Edinburgh Waverley

Taken from the driver routes and depots pinned thread

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driver9000 · Friday at 11:20

The earliest book on is 04:35 and latest book off is 00:40 with turns between 5 and 10 hours in length. Initial core route is Manchester Airport to Carlisle via Chorley which is where you would gain your practical handling hours and once qualified you will add the rest of the routes to your card in time. Peston doesn't sign 185s so your driving hours with an Instructor will be done on the 397.

MH117 · Friday at 18:11

Anybody else had an email for the second lot of online assessments?

Azzer88 · Friday at 18:12

MH117 said:
Anybody else had an email for the second lot of online assessments?

Yep! Just now.

MH117 · Friday at 18:15

Does anyone know if the ‘complete within 48 hours’ thing is an actual set in stone time limit?

BlueMike26 · Friday at 18:16

Just had my invitation too.

Azzer88 · Friday at 18:19

MH117 said:
Does anyone know if the ‘complete within 48 hours’ thing is an actual set in stone time limit?

I’d presume so. Email them if you need more time as it says.

coulo999 · Friday at 18:58

Anyone else who’s done the online assessment with 50 questions on data error checking, did you finish all 50 questions? I ran out of time, don’t know how many I got through but don’t think 10 minutes was long enough to do all 50. Works out at 12 seconds per question

Azzer88 · Friday at 18:59

coulo999 said:
Anyone else who’s done the online assessment with 50 questions on data error checking, did you finish all 50 questions? I ran out of time, don’t know how many I got through but don’t think 10 minutes was long enough to do all 50. Works out at 12 seconds per question

Accuracy over rushing through will always get you through. As long as you answer a reasonable amount.

SCDR_WMR · Friday at 19:10

coulo999 said:
Anyone else who’s done the online assessment with 50 questions on data error checking, did you finish all 50 questions? I ran out of time, don’t know how many I got through but don’t think 10 minutes was long enough to do all 50. Works out at 12 seconds per question

They don't expect you to finish. There is a minimum number that you need to complete but I doubt anyone outside of the recruitment team knowns the number. Accuracy is key, it's a common theme across railway psychometric testing

coulo999 · Friday at 19:21

Ok thanks. Hopefully got all the one I answered correct

Azzer88 · Friday at 19:24

coulo999 said:
Ok thanks. Hopefully got all the one I answered correct

These will be the basic tests. The next tests will be a lot harder and the line or face to face assessment centre. OPC enhanced standard.

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Azzer88 said:
These will be the basic tests. The next tests will be a lot harder and the line or face to face assessment centre. OPC enhanced standard.

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Yorkshire210 · Friday at 20:37

coulo999 said:
Ok thanks. Hopefully got all the one I answered correct

I completed around half of the questions. Not sure if that’s good or not but I made sure I got them correct.

Azzer88 · Friday at 20:42

Yorkshire210 said:
I completed around half of the questions. Not sure if that’s good or not but I made sure I got them correct.

What are the questions? Just the checking questions information etc . I’d take 1/2 done correctly over like 40 done and multiple wrong.

coulo999 · Friday at 20:56

You’re given a list of company names, dimensions reference number and code. Then at the bottom there is one that you have to find in the list and check it matches everything. If not tick in a box all the errors. Not too difficult. There’s 5 practice questions first and I got the first 3 wrong but soon worked it out

Azzer88 · Friday at 20:58

coulo999 said:
You’re given a list of company names, dimensions reference number and code. Then at the bottom there is one that you have to find in the list and check it matches everything. If not tick in a box all the errors. Not too difficult. There’s 5 practice questions first and I got the first 3 wrong but soon worked it out

Cheers! Will see how it goes.

LouG · Friday at 21:14

Does anyone know if they will be recruiting for Glasgow anytime soon? Thanks

Iddy015 · Friday at 21:20

coulo999 said:
Anyone else who’s done the online assessment with 50 questions on data error checking, did you finish all 50 questions? I ran out of time, don’t know how many I got through but don’t think 10 minutes was long enough to do all 50. Works out at 12 seconds per question

I completed less than half, i dont know if they are looking for speed or accuracy or both.

Azzer88 · Friday at 21:24

Iddy015 said:
I completed less than half, i dont know if they are looking for speed or accuracy or both.

Both within reason. But only they will know how many they want you to do….. impossible to know.

tucker86 · Friday at 21:31

I only got about half done also , doesn’t help having the page so big that you can’t see both boxes at the same time and are constantly scrolling and clicking ‍♂️‍♂️ I was told u need 40 out of 50 to pass. SoI’ve failed definitely

Azzer88 · Friday at 21:33

tucker86 said:
I only got about half done also , doesn’t help having the page so big that you can’t see both boxes at the same time and are constantly scrolling and clicking ‍♂️‍♂️ I was told u need 40 out of 50 to pass. SoI’ve failed definitely

Highly doubt you need 40.

Jordan1991 · Friday at 21:39

tucker86 said:
I only got about half done also , doesn’t help having the page so big that you can’t see both boxes at the same time and are constantly scrolling and clicking ‍♂️‍♂️ I was told u need 40 out of 50 to pass. SoI’ve failed definitely

Who said that you need 40/50?

tucker86 · Friday at 21:40

Azzer88 said:
Highly doubt you need 40.

Only what I could find ‍♂️ but if everyone is only getting half done maybe it is wrong, time will tell

Jordan1991 · Friday at 21:41

tucker86 said:
Only what I could find ‍♂️ but if everyone is only getting half done maybe it is wrong, time will tell

Yeah I guess so. 40/50 seems very high but you never know

tucker86 · Friday at 21:55

Jordan1991 said:
Yeah I guess so. 40/50 seems very high but you never know

Fingers crossed otherwise most of us have failed straight away

Lengthman · Friday at 23:05

LouG said:
Does anyone know if they will be recruiting for Glasgow anytime soon? Thanks

Glasgow currently has an internal vacancy for trainee driver. There are plenty of applicants, so I fully expect them to fill it.

As far as I’m aware there isn’t any plans for external trainee driver vacancies at the depot for the foreseeable future.

LU2NR · Saturday at 00:20

Applied for Preston. Best of luck all!

tulip · Saturday at 07:29

Do you think everyone gets through to the first online assessment? Thanks

SCDR_WMR · Saturday at 07:34

tulip said:
Do you think everyone gets through to the first online assessment? Thanks

No. There will be people who don't progress at each stage. That's the point. Thins down the numbers so only 'the best' get to the end

tulip · Saturday at 07:38

Thanks for reply. I’m going to complete the test this morning. Good luck everyone.

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