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Who have you applied to and for what role?

Probably running a TOC twitter account

But yes a good application may help get through to the tests, but from some recent experience of applying for a few different rail jobs then the assessment days are what are used to slash the huge numbers of applicants down.

your experience may help in any interview, just like anyone's experience, but is totally irrelevant for passing the battery of tests.

SWT are frequently advertising for "customer ambassadors" - are these effectively the new grade of ticket office clerks? I haven't seen any of these ambassadors in the station concourse (London area) by the ticket machines yet as per London Underground. Or will mass ticket office closures be...

Thanks for the useful post. What sort of maths are we looking at? I'm thinking these test for signallers are now the same tests NR use for the grad scheme application - SHL type test used there. Is it all graphs and table analysis in the numerical? With a heavy focus on percentages?

Job ads say three tests - SJT, maths and verbal.

Was interested in applying for this box but it was advertised as fixed term until June 2017 so I assumed it was up for closure, I wanted something more permanent so left it, but now has been advertised as "full time" too - has the timetable for closure slipped for the NLL area? Not many...

So what are the four online assessments?

Thanks for peoples thoughts

I guess I will think more if I pass everything!

I thought it was quite impressive that the divisional manger (I know the bloke was later in hot water re profiting from privatisation) was able by mid morning to have all his engineering and ops people round the table finding out what happened. Obviously under BR he had responsibility for the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-XvcsfsgAI Anyone watched this on youtube? Some good memories of NSE in the early 90s. Wonder if any of the BR staff are still about! Tbh watching the programme, the issues are dealt with well by the staff - the engineering issue at charing x is...

It is simply an example of vulgar Americanisation.

The newsagents near the US embassy do a big trade in looking after bags and mobiles for people getting visas.

Favourite - ecml

crazy behaviour

Hi, I'm currently going through the selection process for a position as a non-commercial guard in one of SWT's London depots. I'm interested in the job but maybe jumping the gun a bit, what are people's opinions on the long term future of this role? Obviously the SWT franchise is ending...