Northern Rail- Wigan and man

[johnsonr380]

I take it refreshing every 5 mins is normal behaviour whilst waiting for results ? they said it would be today I hear!

 

[Red18]

I take it refreshing every 5 mins is normal behaviour whilst waiting for results ? they said it would be today I hear!

Yes, see if you develop a nervous twitch.

FYI, my results appeared on the NR Careers page quite a while before I got the email through. Don't know if my email was just slow but I would check the careers site first.

 

[johnsonr380]

Thanks Red! Checking all day passed my first interview ! Test on Friday

 

[302PS]

All very quick

And well done

 

[johnsonr380]

Thank you sir !


Yes all very quick, not a moment to gather my thoughts

Ain't gonna knock it though, made up

 

[Red18]

Well done so far and good luck for Friday.
Get busy with the dots

 

[302PS]

**rolls back over **

 

[Wolf]

Im due to start training on 17th March at Leeds, got the call last friday and welcome pack through today!! absolutly extatic medical is a week on friday

 

[Red18]

Im due to start training on 17th March at Leeds, got the call last friday and welcome pack through today!! absolutly extatic medical is a week on friday

Hey, congratulations.
So your medical is two days before you start? Blimey.

 

[Wolf]

thanks yeh! I know thats what I thought , so basically I may be starting before HR have the results but somewhere on one of the forms in the welcome pack it does say that you have till 9th May to provide acceptable medical and reference results so I guess they do it that way so as not to delay people starting at short notice.

 

[302PS]

That's one course In march at least, 2 weeks notice
There's hope for us yet

Enjoy!!

 

[gholi06]

Congratulations 142092! Well done. I bet you cant wait to get started. Just wondering when did you do you assessments?

 

[Red18]

I think he was told he had passed in early Jan.
He's going to Leeds though, so different requirements and different timescales presumably.

 

[302PS]

And a different facility!
How many rooms at Bolton?

 

[gholi06]

Oh well, I was hoping we might be able to hear something soon too! It's exciting though to see someone get started makes it all the more closer!

 

[Wolf]

I think he was told he had passed in early Jan.
He's going to Leeds though, so different requirements and different timescales presumably.

Yes I to be based at Leeds. I did assesments before Christmas and found out if passed towards end of December. The training starts on 17 th at Leeds. Still can't believe its really happend! Im so looking forward to the challenges of the training thats hopefully about to start, and just praying I clear the final hurdle. When I went to assessments there was talk amongst some of the internals that northern were taking on about 100 new drivers so fingers crossed for all you guys I hope you all get that phone call !

 

[david898]

Just had a phone call!!!!!!













Shame it was another PPI recorded message! :/

 

[302PS]

I keep gettin them!!!

Bad timing
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Anyone? :/ lol

 

[johnsonr380]

Stage 1 done today. Don't think I done great maybe average but I don't know what is classed as a pass. The assessor was quite abrupt but I suppose they have to be. Nothing I can do now but I'm not confident!

 

[Louby]

Stage 1 done today. Don't think I done great maybe average but I don't know what is classed as a pass. The assessor was quite abrupt but I suppose they have to be. Nothing I can do now but I'm not confident!

Abrupt??

 

[Red18]

Stage 1 done today. Don't think I done great maybe average but I don't know what is classed as a pass. The assessor was quite abrupt but I suppose they have to be. Nothing I can do now but I'm not confident!

what makes you think you didn't do well?
I think everyone feels a bit like that afterwards.
Try not to worry, you've done all you can do for now.
Chill out over the weekend and see what Monday brings.

 

[302PS]

I thought I'd failed at every stage

And also thought the opc folk were lovely throughout

 

[Red18]

Yeah, I thought the assessors were really nice.
Even the guy on my stage 1 who had to send someone away because he turned up late did it in a really apologetic but professional way.

 

[gholi06]

Yeah I felt like a had failed stage1, if you read previous posts I had said similar comments. But you don't know the pass criteria. Just relax over the weekend and don't think about it, you've probably done better than you think.

 

[johnsonr380]

Cheers guys. I think looking at the bourdon sheet after I'd done it and realising I'd missed two, that I could see unnerved me. Then remembering the passage, not overly confident on some of my answers but think I did okay. Wow the dials certainly threw me a bit, I got into the swing of it but only managed about 24 ? Obviously I don't know how they Mark it but 24 didn't seem enough. All said and done counting the beeps was really easy, the assessor did run across the room to shout at someone which a few people found off putting. The guy next to me lost his concentration. We also had someone outside during the bourdon, manically beeping his horn for a good while.

I can't use these as an excuse as I didn't find it that off putting.


All said and done it seemed like a really good bunch of people and I wish luck to them all [/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]

 

[david898]

Haha I thought I had failed the dials me as I got to 3rd column of answers and realized where I was up to in my answer book was one out with the question book so the last 5 mins was spent retracing to find the point I went wrong! But i still passed

 

[johnsonr380]

Haha I thought I had failed the dials me as I got to 3rd column of answers and realized where I was up to in my answer book was one out with the question book so the last 5 mins was spent retracing to find the point I went wrong! But i still passed

It's hard isn't it, they're designed that way I suppose my eyes kept going out of focus of the bourdon test.

What will be will be, proud I'd made it through to final 37 but obviously wanna go all the way

 

[302PS]

Just had a phone call!!!!









From my son's school saying he's dropped his dinner and iv to take more
Lol

 

[Red18]

Just had a phone call!!!!




From my son's school saying he's dropped his dinner and iv to take more
Lol

Stop it.....

You're a very bad man.

 

[gholi06]

I can see if we all make it onto the course together it's going to be an interesting atmosphere!

Yes 302 naughty step and you will be made to sit at the back of the class!

By the way I was thinking about it this is day 67 since we applied for the job online all that time ago back JaNuary. How time flies ey?
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Not that I'm counting days or anything just thinking about it...