Avanti - Trainee Train Drivers - Recruitment Discussion

[Harvinder]

There is another thread on here regarding vse but I’m sure it was one for virgin trains but sure it will be similar.

Ok thank you

 

[JohnL93]

Got through to the next stage, VSE and M7

Well done mate. When was your deadline for the questionnaire that you have just completed? Just trying to gage how many days after the deadline you’ve been notified of the next stage

 

[FlyinScotsman.]

Well done mate. When was your deadline for the questionnaire that you have just completed? Just trying to gage how many days after the deadline you’ve been notified of the next stage

That won’t give you any indication to when you’ll hear back mate. It’s a waiting game and we’ve just got to be patient. I’m in the same boat. Going from past experience I think there’s a good possibility they could be doing it by depot.

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[TK.]

Got through to the next stage, VSE and M7

Well done mate, Good Luck...

 

[Stephanie92]

So how do I prepare for the VSE and M7, any practice materials? any advice?

Unsure about VSE practice tests, but you can buy SJT practice tests from the OPC for £6.99. Let us know if you find some VSE practice material anywhere please

 

[FlyinScotsman.]

Unsure about VSE practice tests, but you can buy SJT practice tests from the OPC for £6.99. Let us know if you find some VSE practice material anywhere please

I thought about this, however the OPC SJT doesn’t provide you with correct or incorrect answers. So there’s no way of knowing wether the answers you’re giving are correct or not

 

[Stephanie92]

I thought about this, however the OPC SJT doesn’t provide you with correct or incorrect answers. So there’s no way of knowing wether the answers you’re giving are correct or not

I suppose there are no “correct answers” when it’s based in your own judgement… Some advice I was given was “answer as you should, not as you would”.

 

[Harvinder]

Well done mate. When was your deadline for the questionnaire that you have just completed? Just trying to gage how many days after the deadline you’ve been notified of the next stage

Deadline was on 13th of March

 

[henke7]

Question for anybody here who hopefully has any information. I passed the VSE and the M7ST in December with my application for Freightliner. Do you think I will have to sit them again? The OPC ran the assessments for Freightliner as well. Obviously I will email the OPC and enquire if I’m selected for the next stage.

 

[Koko07]

Got through to the next stage, VSE and M7

Congratulations

 

[LuckyJackal]

Euston mate, going to do it on the weekend though in peace.

excellent well done! I'm worried now I prioritized drivers equipment over everything in the test I'm now second guessing the answer, what did you priorities?

 

[Harvinder]

excellent well done! I'm worried now I prioritized drivers equipment over everything in the test I'm now second guessing the answer, what did you priorities?

No I didn't put drivers personal equipment as priority, I think I picked the "least" option.

 

[Sorcerer]

So how do I prepare for the VSE and M7, any practice materials? any advice?

The email should provide you with a few practice materials themselves. I most certainly did back in October.

Question for anybody here who hopefully has any information. I passed the VSE and the M7ST in December with my application for Freightliner. Do you think I will have to sit them again? The OPC ran the assessments for Freightliner as well. Obviously I will email the OPC and enquire if I’m selected for the next stage.

I've been told that the VSE and M7ST results aren't kept on record and that only the psychometrics are, so on this occasion you would have to do them again. If they were kept on record though then it would depend on your results and whether or not they were also good enough for Avanti's enhanced standards.

Also on a note for everybody, you absolutely do not need to purchase any practice material because the emails you receive should provide some for you. The only practice material you might benefit from buying is a group bourdon dot tests because you can actually learn to get better at doing that. The rest of the tests are all about assessing your natural ability. Furthermore, consider yourselves lucky that you've all been contacted so quickly. Back in October I waited two to three weeks to even receive the questionnaire and from then it was 7-10 working days between tests. Trust me, if you made it this far, whether you're successful or not, you will know sooner or later.

 

[LuckyJackal]

Damm I thought without your Drivers Key and HVV you wouldn't Be able to drive the trai

No I didn't put drivers personal equipment as priority, I think I picked the "least" option.

No I didn't put drivers personal equipment as priority, I think I picked the "least" option.

Damm I thought without your Drivers Key and HVV you wouldn't Be able to drive the train, what can be more important them that

 

[Harvinder]

The email should provide you with a few practice materials themselves. I most certainly did back in October.


I've been told that the VSE and M7ST results aren't kept on record and that only the psychometrics are, so on this occasion you would have to do them again. If they were kept on record though then it would depend on your results and whether or not they were also good enough for Avanti's enhanced standards.

Also on a note for everybody, you absolutely do not need to purchase any practice material because the emails you receive should provide some for you. The only practice material you might benefit from buying is a group bourdon dot tests because you can actually learn to get better at doing that. The rest of the tests are all about assessing your natural ability. Furthermore, consider yourselves lucky that you've all been contacted so quickly. Back in October I waited two to three weeks to even receive the questionnaire and from then it was 7-10 working days between tests. Trust me, if you made it this far, whether you're successful or not, you will know sooner or later.

Thank you, may I ask are the practice papers similar to the actual one. I have heard from people that part 3 of VSE is much harder than the practice ones, your input?

 

[henke7]

I've been told that the VSE and M7ST results aren't kept on record and that only the psychometrics are, so on this occasion you would have to do them again. If they were kept on record though then it would depend on your results and whether or not they were also good enough for Avanti's enhanced standards.

Brilliant thank you, I suppose I’ll find out pretty soon.

 

[Sorcerer]

Thank you, may I ask are the practice papers similar to the actual one. I have heard from people that part 3 of VSE is much harder than the practice ones, your input?

The practice materials are not the same as the actual test itself, however they are designed with the same goal in mind, and that is to test your ability to multitask and prioritise certain tasks over the others. I used the practice material given to me and the timer on my phone and I managed. It's kind of hard to describe the test here, but a few Google searches of the Visual Search Exercise should give you enough information to know what's expected of you, and the email inviting you to complete the assessment itself should explain things as well. Oh, and part 3 certainly is the trickiest part, but you are allowed to make some mistakes, and as long as you keep a clear head and recover quickly from any trip ups then you should be fine.

 

[Harvinder]

The practice materials are not the same as the actual test itself, however they are designed with the same goal in mind, and that is to test your ability to multitask and prioritise certain tasks over the others. I used the practice material given to me and the timer on my phone and I managed. It's kind of hard to describe the test here, but a few Google searches of the Visual Search Exercise should give you enough information to know what's expected of you, and the email inviting you to complete the assessment itself should explain things as well. Oh, and part 3 certainly is the trickiest part, but you are allowed to make some mistakes, and as long as you keep a clear head and recover quickly from any trip ups then you should be fine.

Thank you this will help me!

 

[Plob]

Question for anybody here who hopefully has any information. I passed the VSE and the M7ST in December with my application for Freightliner. Do you think I will have to sit them again? The OPC ran the assessments for Freightliner as well. Obviously I will email the OPC and enquire if I’m selected for the next stage.

I think someone else replied to this post. I asked opc about how long tests are scored and saved. The woman on the phone said 6 months for these particular tests and years for the other depending on company. Like you I also completed these for freightliner I know there will conflicting information. Like others I'm waiting on a email. You can phone opc and ask direct they are vague with personal information but will try and help as best they can.

Well done to people receiving emails already best of luck.

 

[TBowman]

Got through to the next stage, VSE and M7

Congratulations and well done!

 

[Young Wendy]

Got through to the next stage, VSE and M7

Congratulations!

 

[SH2023!]

Thank you this will help me!

Well done mate!

 

[Dilott]

So the online questionnaire/assessments we’ve done so far were the Avanti - KQ2, PQ, SJT, TB-DT, and TB-NTS.

Do the VSE AND M7-SJT follow this?


Good luck everyone. Carry on with life for now, and try to keep yourselves distracted from refreshing your emails every hour!

Have you had an email with your results?

 

[Garyh85]

Got through to the next stage, VSE and M7

Well done mate

 

[pmc88]

Hi, can someone please clarify is the VSE the test were you have to identify items from a list that you see in a picture?? thanks

 

[cc27]

Has anybody else received invite to M7 and VSE today?

 

[Harvinder]

After some research, I have found out that the actual VSE may be nothing like the practice test material they send you, i have attached the following picture, is this how it will be? Clicking error when the train skips a stop??

 

[kajojek3232]

I can’t, I need to unfollow this thread. I feel myself ageing a year for every minute I read it

 

[henke7]

I can’t, I need to unfollow this thread. I feel myself ageing a year for every minute I read it

Hahaha, think I may take this action as well.

 

[Harvinder]

I can’t, I need to unfollow this thread. I feel myself ageing a year for every minute I read it

Too much tension