Assessment Day!

[Tallman]

Hi all,
I've been invited to an Assessment Day tomorrow at Tonbridge. It's for platform staff and I was just wondering is it a full day assessment or does anyone know how long they last?

 

[johnsonr380]

Hi all,
I've been invited to an Assessment Day tomorrow at Tonbridge. It's for platform staff and I was just wondering is it a full day assessment or does anyone know how long they last?

Well done mate. I've only done it for trainee driver, so I don't want to provide you with info you probably won't require.

Hopefully someone can help and soon.

 

[Tallman]

Thanks anyway, i passed this stage! Interview Fri 13th. Good luck with the driving job!

 

[theageofthetra]

Good luck with your assessment. In your interview show total focus to customer service and safety. I am not sure where you are located by why not go to say Lewisham on a Fri/Sat evening and see how the staff there deal with very large crowds, cancelled trains and very often frustrated & intoxicated passengers. It would certainly impress me if I was interviewing you and you said you had done this. Also when it is quieter go and speak to platform staff at a busy station (ideally a supervisor)- tell them you have an interview and if they can offer any advice or tips. In my short time on the railway it has always impressed me how much people want to share knowledge & help. In my previous career I must have interviewed hundreds of candidates and it was always the one that had done that bit extra on the research side that got the role (all other skills being equal)

 

[Tallman]

Many thanks for the heads up, my cousin works up Charing Cross and on my way back I popped in and already had a brief chat. I will do a visit to a busy station though at some point for sure as that what you said has given me a great bit of advice!

 

[johnsonr380]

Thanks anyway, i passed this stage! Interview Fri 13th. Good luck with the driving job!

Well done on getting through to the next stage mate. Keep us update on your progress

 

[Tallman]

Thanks, will do!