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Congratulations, I've got my medical on Saturday, with a potential start day of the 17th July in what I presume will be Ashford. I'm desperate to be excited but got to get through this medical first!
Hi all.
I've recently passed the Multi-Modal interview with ThamesLink for the Ashford Depot job. I'm desperate to be excited but I'm yet to pass the medical :|.
I've got my medical on 20th May and have been given a provisional start date of 17th July.
Thanks for all the great...
I wouldn't worry about it being a career change. At this stage you require no knowledge of the railway, they are purely measuring your aptitude to do the job.
When you go to your driver interview you will need to do some background studying of Govia and GTR. Your DMI will be on another day, at...
Congratulations, i've just had the DMI, just waiting to hear the result from that. Was your application for GTR/1403 for the Ashford depot or was it a previous one?
Hi Herms.
I recently attended the assessment day. There were 5 of us, it looked like it was setup for a maximum of about 10.
We got going quickly with the Group Bourdon test and then the memory exercises. Those that didn't pass that were sent home at that stage. We then want on to do the...
I got it about 1.30pm. I wouldn't worry, the way they work doesn't seem very consistent in the past.
It almost seems like a one in one out policy. Perhaps when someone fails the assessment they call on another applicant?
Yeah, I thought I had read that somewhere. I also read on another forum about one applicants story. He was made to wait 3 months after passing the assessment day before being offered an interview! I think he said it was nearly a year and a half after initially sending off the application!
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