Recent content by senhelm

I realise that the last thread was closed but I found out today who it is. Rest assured, she needs no sympathy. She is a nasty piece of work, a mother of 4 and complete scum. No surprise I am not a friend of hers. This bit of knowledge has cheered my day up no end! It must have made a nice...

With Arriva. Which bit is similiar - the 6 Saturday bit?

Can anyone advise me if this sounds accurate - I am about to go for my interview as CSA and I have heard from someone that the shifts mean that I only get every 6th Saturday off and I have to work every other Sunday. I thought I would be looking at roughly 1 full weekend, 1 half weekend, 1...

I was also in Group 1 - I was the woman at the top of the table that asked Jonathon 20 questions! I didnt opt for the cleaners job, not interested in that. I heard for someone that there are about 8 jobs going. Mind you, someone told me 1 in Chester, someone else told me 4 in Chester. I think...

Not too bad - I remembered to work quickly! Waiting to hear now for second stage. How about you? What group were you in?

No, just applying again. I don't know if this applies to either of you, but there were 2 people on my last assessment who had already worked on the trains, for different companies. Saying that, one of those was very confident about his experience and he completed all the tests before anyone...

There was 10 of us meeting in Holyhead. We were going for either Bangor or Holyhead, or both. We had an introduction from Jonathon from recruitment and he talked a bit about the company and then he gave us the tests. They do go for about 15 minutes each, and you have to work fast. It is nealry...

Hi to both of you, will see you on Tuesday too. I did this assessment last year and the entire group passed, so it's not too hard. But make sure you do the test papers, they really helped.

I have just waited 6 weeks to be shortlisted by Arriva!

Well, I have my assessment next week and I am not risking it. Suit on, hair up. And if I pass the assessment, the same outfit for interview the following week.