Recent content by Olexi

That's the catch, I haven't got a Master's Degree. I studied on the MPhys course for two years after being offered a scholarship before realising it was a complete waste of money. There was very little chance to network, only 7 hours of lab work a week, and the tutors really didn't seem...

I'd best go and get a brew then in that case. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Just got rejected, ah well. Thanks for all the help.

Any idea how long Northern tend to take to send out invitations to assessments? After the D&SI test?

Thanks, I'm a very sensible and logical person, so I've no worries about appearing mature enough in the interview, but as you say it'd definitely be worth asking around for all the help I can get in thinking up what kinds of things I should say and ask. My dad has interviewed loads of people for...

Yeah, I'll see how well I can do on this application. My Uncle works in the rail industry, and has a bunch of mates who are drivers so I might be able to get some advice there. I'll do my best, and if that's not enough, I'll get in to this via a different route. Handily enough, I tend to be...

Afternoon guys, I've applied for a position on the Trainee Train Driver scheme with Northern Rail, and I was wondering whether my young age (I'm 21 in march) and small amount of experience in customer facing roles would negatively affect my application to an extreme degree? I've worked in a...