GWR - Trainee Train Driver - Recruitment Discussion

[Brenfield]

Hey. What depot you in for?

hi, i'm in the running for Reading.

 

[translucent88]

When did you first apply?

I believe it was first week of June. I am hearing of people receiving rejection emails within a few days, so I am expecting mine by tomorrow or possibly Monday.

 

[IndegoMouse]

I believe it was first week of June. I am hearing of people receiving rejection emails within a few days, so I am expecting mine by tomorrow or possibly Monday.

haha yes me too!

 

[moshah]

It does allow you to apply for more than one. I'm in the talent pool for Exeter mainline but ive since applied for a depot driver position as we all got an email to say there won't be any positions for mainline in the near future. I used the same account. It saved me entering my education and working history again.

Same here I applied for a depot driver position back in September 2025 but there were no position in the upcoming year so I applied for the mainline for Oxford have not got a rejection email yet.

 

[Jimwow1987]

End of October 2025, but I did my assessments with a different TOC. Only had to do the online assessment and DMI.

Congrats on passing your DMI…

Thanks mate, congratulations to you as well

So I’m thinking, since I applied in December, it could be next year before I get a start. Appreciate you getting back to me mate

 

[IndegoMouse]

Same here I applied for a depot driver position back in September 2025 but there were no position in the upcoming year so I applied for the mainline for Oxford have not got a rejection email yet.

forgive my ignorance but what does a depot driver do?

 

[moshah]

forgive my ignorance but what does a depot driver do?

Moving stock trains around in depots to storage or maintenance and between stations making sure all ready and prepared to use when at the starting point

 

[IndegoMouse]

just got my rejection, however it was based on travel time to depot (i knew I was pushing it at 59min but thought it was worth a punt!) assume this means I passed the error checking as they went to the effort to check location. Hope the rest of you get some good news today!

 

[d4r0]

Just got a positive email that my application is under review by the hiring manager

 

[IndegoMouse]

Just got a positive email that my application is under review by the hiring manager

Conratulations! I recon I passed error checking then! Which depot did you go for?

 

[d4r0]

Conratulations! I recon I passed error checking then! Which depot did you go for?

Thanks. I’m applying for Oxford. Wasn’t overly confident with the error checking as I saw the time left and thought it had to be finished so went for it towards the end.

 

[IndegoMouse]

Thanks. I’m applying for Oxford. Wasn’t overly confident with the error checking as I saw the time left and thought it had to be finished so went for it towards the end.

I did exactly the same! I assumed I would finish with ease then noticed the clock and panicked!

 

[nadiarail]

I got an email today from GWR that my application is with the hiring manager.

 

[traineeyh]

just got my rejection, however it was based on travel time to depot (i knew I was pushing it at 59min but thought it was worth a punt!) assume this means I passed the error checking as they went to the effort to check location. Hope the rest of you get some good news today!

Hi, email them and show evidence it’s less than 60mins. In your case 59mins and you should be ok. Similar thing happened to a friend with a different TOC and after emailing them got through.

 

[IndegoMouse]

Hi, email them and show evidence it’s less than 60mins. In your case 59mins and you should be ok. Similar thing happened to a friend with a different TOC and after emailing them got through.

O really I emailed and they said no but I did not supply evidence. It is 58 minutes off peak but if my shift was days I would get the train which would take 45min.

Maps is saying 1hr 14 at peak time. I guess I have nothing to loose given that it’s the closest depot for me

 

[Waterlooville]

I got an email rejection but based on travel time only.

 

[d4r0]

I got an email today from GWR that my application is with the hiring manager.

Congrats. Where is your application for?

 

[whitby26]

O really I emailed and they said no but I did not supply evidence. It is 58 minutes off peak but if my shift was days I would get the train which would take 45min.

Maps is saying 1hr 14 at peak time. I guess I have nothing to loose given that it’s the closest depot for methey would do there

O really I emailed and they said no but I did not supply evidence. It is 58 minutes off peak but if my shift was days I would get the train which would take 45min.

Maps is saying 1hr 14 at peak time. I guess I have nothing to loose given that it’s the closest depot for me

they would do there post code checks at peak time at around 8/9pm

 

[nadiarail]

Congrats. Where is your application for?

Paddington. What about yours?

 

[d4r0]

Paddington. What about yours?

Oxford

 

[v16ull]

Did my first stage assessment today in Watford. Tests included tea-occ, m7sjt, dfft and group bourdon. I feel as if i did well in all apart from the SJT. Some of the answers for the scenarios threw me off because they were so similar. Hoping to get an email on how I did in about 7-10 days. Will keep everyone updated

Hi, I have my assessment centre on Tuesday and will be doing the same tests you did. Can you please clarify what the TEA-Occ involved? Is it definitely the phone book format where you have to look for a business and area code while listening for high or low tones? That’s what I’ve been practicing and have got my head around. I need to make sure it isn’t look at this sequence of shapes, what comes next, or look at this grid of apparently random letters and add to it to spell a descriptive word etc? I’m hopeless at those and haven’t prepared for them, now I’m terrified that’s going to come up.

 

[Jimwow1987]

Did my first stage assessment today in Watford. Tests included tea-occ, m7sjt, dfft and group bourdon. I feel as if i did well in all apart from the SJT. Some of the answers for the scenarios threw me off because they were so similar. Hoping to get an email on how I did in about 7-10 days. Will keep everyone updated

Did you not also do your MMI the same day? I did my assessment at OPC Watford in May and we, 4 of us were there for GWR, did all the Psychometric Tests. 2 of the applicants were sent home for failing and then me and the other applicant had to do a SJT and then onto the MMI. All done in one day

 

[WMC]

Yes I did. I failed the error checking test. If you haven’t heard back, I’d imagine you’re in with a good shot of the next stage!

Thanks for the reply. Sorry to hear you didn’t pass the error checking. I still haven’t heard anything!

 

[IndegoMouse]

Thanks for the reply. Sorry to hear you didn’t pass the error checking. I still haven’t heard anything!

If you haven’t heard by now I would say you have passed! They were contacting successful applicants on Friday

 

[Twin82]

Does anyone know if the next step after the error checking is still the online interview, or is it now an invite to the in person test centre?

 

[SmugStarlord]

Does anyone know if the next step after the error checking is still the online interview, or is it now an invite to the in person test centre?

From when I did it earlier in the year, it was the online interview

 

[Twin82]

From when I did it earlier in the year, it was the online interview

Ok thanks for replying mate. So it’s still the same as before then. Is it 3 or 5 questions?

 

[translucent88]

Did you not also do your MMI the same day? I did my assessment at OPC Watford in May and we, 4 of us were there for GWR, did all the Psychometric Tests. 2 of the applicants were sent home for failing and then me and the other applicant had to do a SJT and then onto the MMI. All done in one day

Nope, we did 4 paper and pen based tests and then were sent home. We need to wait to see if we were successful to be invited to stage 2

 

[SmugStarlord]

Ok thanks for replying mate. So it’s still the same as before then. Is it 3 or 5 questions?

I think it was 5 questions. I take it you've done them before?

 

[Twin82]

I think it was 5 questions. I take it you've done them before?

I haven’t. Heard from someone who has done it in the past.