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I would suggest you both chase the HR department, 2 months is a long time to wait and they must know how you did. Polite chasing doesn't hurt, shows your keen and keeps your name in their minds.

Yes we were. Nice spread. Best of luck, hope you don't have to wait too long. I got a phone call the next day with the good news. Which vacancy/depot have you applied for? I believe it'll be Glen and Neil if you know them.

You weren't the young guy sitting there around lunchtime were you? Noticed a few having their SI yday as 9 of us started the train driver course. Plenty of anxious faces and then saw another guy come out looking totally exhausted blowing his cheeks. It is definitely like going 9 rounds with Mike...

I was looking at some of these posts a year or so ok as I have an interest and experience in bus scheduling. But money wasn't enough for me by quite a mile. Seems London TOCS pay around 16-21k as a trainee, where as some of the Northern TOCS it can be as low as 14k. I imagine it's a really...

Don't forget GA don't do the mechanical comprehension test anymore. It's the fault finding instead regarding a new type of train, similar to the practice materials you get through the post.

Should be all tests except structured interview. They do the paper version group bourdon. I did them for GA in May. I start my company induction that week at the academy. Best of luck! --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Also there is no mechanical comprehension with GA even though...

I can't imagine what a difficult situation your currently facing. A friend told me this week that he knew of someone in Spain that sold a villa with pool for £36k (well well bellow what it was worth) just to have enough money to get back to the UK. Tough times out there. Do you not have any...

I agree nothing wrong with bus driving. I've done it full time and more recently casually over the last 10 years, while running my own business. Only just giving it up now to take up my trainee driver job with Greater Anglia. Always been a great support for me and it is a highly skilled job...

Good Idea. I start with GA on the 16th Nov, so I'll only be 2 weeks behind you. Be interesting to see how the courses compare and what you learn when. I start with a weeks company induction too which seems pretty standard amongst all the TOCS. Good luck, hope you enjoy it!

Thanks very much. Hope you hear this week and it's good news. The waiting is excruciating, fingers crossed! I'm on first name terms with the GA HR person too, it never hurts. Which depot(s) for FGW have you applied for?

For the structured interview got a phone call the next day, as OPC fed back the results on that morning. Had the manager's interview on a Friday in June, told would get the result early the next week. Chased it up a couple of times and found out on the Thursday. I'm not a big believer in...

I can't see why FGW can't do all the assessments on one day except the Structured Interview like I did for Greater Anglia. A.) it lets you prepare for them all together so no surprises or confusion and b.) it saves time and delays in getting back your results, as people leave the process...

Hi there I was originally a Signaller at Wembley Mainline (Grade 8) in 2007-2008, left for personal reasons and the very long commute from Essex. Nothing to do with job, it's a good career and you become the operational heart of the railway. I loved it! But had been looking at getting back on...

Sorry can't remember exact specific questions, but as I say the questioning is around the criteria I mentioned previously. Just have plenty of examples from your work or personal life to hand, although I used one several times as it fitted with more than one question but used it in a different...

That wasn't my experience when I had the GA manger's interview in the Summer. They stated that under Abellio it is now more criteria based and each candidate is marked against the same questions. There is a lot of focus on customer service, achievements and a questions on lone working. I did...

Hi, I'm in the same situation. Start as a trainee driver for Greater Anglia next month. Also have kids, mortgage, etc. and I'd be lying if I said I haven't had some of those thoughts in the back of mind with a family to support. However I've given up all my other 3 jobs, inc. casual and self...

Richard McMunn also produces a fairly new book called 'Train Driver Tests'. It focuses on 2 tests, trainability for rules and procedures - Dials and Group Bourdon - Dots. I found the tests very helpful in preparing, especially the 50 blocks of dots. However it would of helped if it had been...

Silv 1983 I agree with you I wouldn't want the TOCS or Network Rail to stop advertising externally at all. I have got a trainee train driver role as an external candidate, but I do have previous railway experience as a Signaller with NR. But I do remember from the amount of applications and...

I completely agree, a lot of these companies think you have nothing better to do except waste time applying for jobs you'll probably never get. Network Rail one of the worst culprits for advertising externally than filling internally from experience and inside knowledge. Makes you wonder if it...

Thanks very much! Chingford for me. Which depot did you apply for? Best of luck with hearing about your structured interview, hopefully you'll hear in the next couple of days and it's good news.