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Dust yourself down and go again buddy Sorry to hear though

They forgot I was at hq, ended up sat there for over an hour. Then it was 15 mins. Uniform was 40 mins. My dbs check was filled in on a Thursday, had it back by the Tuesday. Good luck

Yeah, Stay calm, take your time. Mmi Expand on everything you say, give them as much clear information as you can. Don’t waffle else they’ll have you in there for ages. Take water in as well. I was in and out in 45minutes. Could hardy talk afterwards. Other guys were in 90 mins

Well done guys great news

Thanks buddy A huge change yes, but an exciting opportunity. Enjoyed the rollercoaster of the assessments glad it’s all over now

You get a pack that tells you where to go for day one. Your starting salary, your salary when you first qualify, your salary when your more advanced. It contains details of pension schemes. But it’s not a full contract. When you receive this pack, it has two referees to put down. I think they...

Applied in April start job in July. Last April though

29th I think is snowhill 15th is new st. I would’ve preferred snowhill, but I don’t care as I’m in and that’s all that matters!!!

Don’t know why that just re posted

Well done guys I’m 15/7 start

Well done guys I’m 15/7 start

I emailed the woman who had sent me previous emails dude

There is a lot of information on here, plus if you get through to the assessments they will give you some material to practice from there. I don’t think you sound harsh at all Andy. If people go into this process without understanding how mentally tiring, draining and difficult it is then they...

You’ve got a fair old way to go then bud Prepare as well as you can, take it a stage at a time and try to stay calm. I start in 3 weeks, taken 17months from first application. Others have been luckier with timings. 17m was with me passing it all first time Good luck pal, loads of info on...

I hadn’t heard after two weeks. So I chased it up and was given a start date as soon as they replied.