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You will hear regardless. If you've been rejected, it will be reflected in your application status on the website. They don't necessarily do all the assessments on the same day

The test stands, IIRC, for 6 months.

99% of the time, vacancies are made external because of a lack of applicants to an internal listing

It really depends on the grade, technology, colleagues and a whole lot else. My first job was a grade 2 freight box in the middle of nowhere. 3 trains a day in a token block. Literally nothing to do all day. I read a lot and I listened to the box radio a lot. I could have watched TV, movies...

Depending on where you get with each application depends who is seeing it at each stage. This also will vary with the region in which you're applying. The other variable is that different people will be applying for different jobs, so you dont know who your competition is.

Ask HR. None of us can answer that effectively.

enhanced, at different rates. 125 and 150 respectively i believe.

just be patient. You'll know when they invite you.

Just be patient. You probably won't find out your actual score, just if it was enough or not.

20-30?? Our guys get 18% maximum!

A long time.

Please bear in mind that these are NOT necessarily the questions you will be asked. You might be given a scenario (not necessarily a signalling one) and asked how you would react.

It really is this simple. I answered one question with a fraction, say 8.5. Looking over, it was so out of place, i looked at the question again and i'd read it wrong. The correct answer was 10. They were all whole numbers and they were all really easy.

Drive better? Not SPAD? React faster to faults? React automatically to faults? Regulate its speed better? Travel closer to others trains? Drive safer? Have a wider view of the entire network rather than solely being concerned with its own train, while simultaneously being concerned with its own...

Argh! You ruined it! I think we wanted him to get there on his own...

Unless you're going to work for ATOC, you're not going to work for National Rail. And this is important to get right if you go through to interview. You need to know the company you're applying to, and you need to know about the job you're applying for.

Everyone is booked in a hotel Monday-Thursday night You can choose to either travel by train or drive. You'll be given the ticket/paid the mileage (40p per mile when I was at school) whichever you choose. I imagine at that distance you'll be booked in the hotel on sunday night as well so you...

A long time.

If the job was advertised externally, it means there were no internal applicants. You are not competing with anyone with experience. They absolutely take people "off the street" all the time. If you have the right attitude and aptitude, youll be fine.

I'd say closer to 5-10k extra based on doing a reasonable amount of overtime, and all your booked sundays