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Being in a talent pool is not a guaranteed job and people will be picked out subject to when vacancies come up and also based on scores in the interview. If you get a job on the platform you will still be in the talent pool for the same amount of time.
I had my assessment over 2 days , 1st day was paper tests and a trip to Doncaster for the rest. This was at the beginning of the year for a trainee drivers position but was put on hold, would seem now to be on the rise again for drivers .
Good luck
I expect you would sit the whole assessment if they want you for 9am , there is a premier inn not far from the test center it cost me £45 with evening meal and breakfast
Swings and roundabouts as to what you should do .
Why not take the job and then see if the TOC you work for is a member of the institute of railway operators as you can get funded and free course in conjunction with glasgow Caledonia uni on various railway related courses.
https://www.railwayoperators.co.uk/
I wonder what the pay for this is ? Also no mention of locations , the last email I got from db cargo in respect of drivers positions I applied for was that everything was on hold and they would keep my details on file .
I would not even consider taking a second job while driver training, After your classroom work you will start gaining your hours of manual handling which I think is 250hours on core routes for the depot and you will follow what your DI is doing for that week. You will feel like you head so...
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