Recent content by galaxynew

Am i right to presume you are now waiting for a places at signalling school then? Congratulations on your successful application, hope you have a great career with NR

Thanks for this, do you mind me asking when you had your formal job offer, presuming was before lockdown and you have been waiting for a few weeks/months? Hope the course goes well for you and you do well

Have read recent posts about the new 10 week signalling school, has anyone any idea what the backlog is for getting new starters a place at school? My son was successful in his application and got the formal job offer in March and obviously is now waiting patiently for a place at school to get...

Hi Hope you don't mind me messaging you direct, noticed you have a recent medical for a signaller My son has a medical next week for a signallers job, could i ask what the colour blind test was please? We think he has a minor colour vision deficiency, has no problem seeing colours in every...

Is there an external vacancy here?

No worries and thanks for the update Pity HR don't keep applicants updated, presumably once a decision is made on who to interview an email/update would be generated to advise all unsuccessful applicants

Was that filled internally do you know? My son has an application in for this and still shows as "under consideration" after he passed the online tests

There is a pinned thread at the top specifically for signaller applications, a search of this will fully answer your question and give a lot of information In summary though your application is now under with the hiring manager to make a decision on who he/she wants to interview, your next...

Same here, filters do not work Think every time they update the careers website is causes issues

I know someone that also applied for this and passed the tests but also not heard anything since, it can take weeks though but also worth noting that since the job was advertised it has been announced that Fiddlers Ferry power station is to close next year and this signal box only really exists...

Thanks for this, very beneficial. Would you mind if i a messaged you about something?

Hi, just wondering what decision you made as to which pension to go for? I believe as a new starter you can opt for CARE or NRDC and then after 5 years may have the option to over to the favoured RPS, interesting to know which you sent for and the reason Thanks

Realise this is an old thread but came up when searched..........is the above the general census of opinion in that CARE is by far the better pension option than NRDC and then after the 5 years is the Railway Pension definitely better than either of these?

As stated above it just means you have attended and completed the interview Did the person that interviewed you advise when the successful applicant will be told and also how (phone call, email?) I think in the majority of cases the hiring manager would make a phone call to advise the person...

If you get chance and as others have suggested do try the practice tests a few times, preferably over 2 or 3 days. This 100% helps and gives you a good idea of the type of questions and how to get the correct answers, not sure if this is good advice or not but on the verbal reasoning i found it...