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    Previous experience before applying

    In my limited experience the people I trained with and other colleagues I've met often have a military or emergency service background. Others who don't have that background seemed to have trades or jobs that are important to do correctly for safety reasons or they were in jobs that had a lot of...
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    How many applications and interviews until you cracked it?

    Around 6 or 7 applications over 4 years. Got the job with the only one that offered me an interview.
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    Becoming a trainee train driver

    I used past and current examples. Just make sure you have at least 2 examples for each question as sometimes they don't like an example and you have to come up with something else.
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    Becoming a trainee train driver

    Another vote for get as much practice in as possible. I was leant software and books plus I spent another 60 quid on other software. Dont forget about the MMI though and get lots of strong examples to use. I figured if I got the job at the end of it then it would all have been worthwhile. I...
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    A career as a train driver

    Its not an obligation to own a car but you will need to convince them you are reliable and can get in when public transport isn't running.
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    Test for Everyday Attention (TEA-OCC)

    There is 3 parts to the test. You do a telephone directory search which has a separate card with double symbols you are to look for in the telephone directory. You circle as many as you can in the time. You do a tones test where you count the tones that are played out loud. Then you do both...
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    TRFS techniques

    Is this for psychometrics? I made notes. It was a case of reading through the passage, then writing down what I thought was the important bits. The time passed VERY quickly. I certainly would not have had time to write questions and answers.
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    Tyne and Wear Metro recruiting new trainee drivers

    Congratulations on passing everything. Its a mix of classroom and practical. More classroom than practical. Shifts are 5 days out of 7 but can be any days. Mostly starting at 8am.
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    LNER Trainee Driver Jobs (18/03/2020)

    I replied to the emails I got from lner but have had no reply. Seems a lot of people have had issues. You are meant to get 10 minutes to answer the question but its crazy if that is including upload time after its been submitted.
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    LNER Trainee Driver Jobs (18/03/2020)

    Was it taking ages to upload your answers? It seemed to take a good 15 minutes upload time per answer for me.
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    LNER Trainee Driver Jobs (18/03/2020)

    Wouldn't recommend using a phone. Website timed out while I was waiting for an answer to upload. For some reason was taking an age to upload each answer.
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    WAVF Psychometric Test

    If you're not sure if its black then it probably isn't. There were times when I thought it went black but when it really does change then there is no doubt that its gone black.if that makes sense... Also if someone else starts their test just before you you may get a little prompt from them of...
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    Tyne and Wear Metro recruiting new trainee drivers

    3 months notice as far as I know
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    Exams certificates

    I dont think so to be honest. If you take them in your own time prior to starting a job you can use a company that includes a tutor. The person I know who did them while in training was expected to complete English , maths and ict in one week.
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    LNER Trainee Driver Jobs (18/03/2020)

    The one that caught me out on the day was the tones and telephone directory. The tones came a lot faster than I had anticipated and I know I got 1 or 2 wrong. Thankfully I passed everything though.
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    Emergency situation MMI

    Anything that's happened unexpected and you have taken control and shown you can think clearly and remain calm.
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    Maths test

    I used distance learning centre for my functional skills. You get a tutor included in the price of the course.
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    Tyne and Wear Metro recruiting new trainee drivers

    We didn't wear masks for my interview. We just sat at a distance across a desk from each other.

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