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4 isn’t that small especially if on any day, all 4 pass the computer tests, and have to take the MMI.

What dates are the computer tests, and are they in Cardiff, or held in Chester, for those those applying for Crewe/Chester?

A fail would overwrite your previous pass. Most TOC's are 3, FOC's are 3 years, and some are 5.

After.

It would be highly unprofessional of TFW to give out assessment invites for stage 2 candidates for the week commencing the 17th, let alone the 17th itself at such late a juncture. Not enough preparation time, especially if the candidate doesn’t even know yet whether they have passed stage 1...

My dad was a train driver, and 2 of my brother's are currently train drivers. Despite what some people wish to believe, there is no quota system, and the idea white men like myself, and you I presume, are disadvantaged in the employment process to become a train driver, is merely the inverted...

No chance.

Cross Country are the rear end of recruitment in the train operating companies sphere. They have what effectively amounts to a "I can't be bothered" attitude for applicants who do not make the grade. Having a system that allows them to send out 100's of generic email informing the applicant they...

I've not received any reply, or correspondence since completing my application in January. It still says "Application in process", and I've already passed my psychometrics. Extremely frustrating, but I can console myself that I'm not the first, and won't be the last to have passed the...

XC are one of the worst when it comes to contact. They are well known for not corresponding to basic requests. Ivory tower would be the wrong description. More like aloof and dismissive, as their time, and coffee breaks are more important than responding to a general enquiry regarding ZERO...

I applied for Cambridge, and have not received any conformation email, or been invited to take the on-line assessment. The portal still says "Application in process" so it's a waiting game for me. It will either be good news, or a Dear John letter of rejection.

In this business no news is good news.

Sometimes its a lottery, and personnel often choose the wrong candidates to take their psychometrics simply by the fact of the large psychometrics failure rate. One TOC I know sent 72 people through to the assessment centre stage, and only 4 passed. The same TOC sent the 2nd wave of rejects...

Rejection email for me. Despite passing my psychometrics with another TOC, getting through this sift was no guarantee.

Some of the tests to become a train driver, I believe was peer reviewed by a cauliflower. The peer review world is corrupt. I know, because I worked in advertising, before becoming a research fellow at a Think-Tank. Nothing is what it seems, and there are frauds, and dishonest people everywhere...

As long as it's not a Combat 18 tattoo, nobody gives a rats today. My brother has a full Polynesian sleeve, and is a police officer. Then again the threshold for becoming a UK police officer has dropped to alarming levels. Seriously overweight officers have become the norm. Back on topic...

I get the impression GTR are creating a large talent pool, as well as recruiting trainee drivers in the short term.

I'm not going to engage in an argument, especially on the internet. I gave an opinion and that's it. If you take my comments literally, you've already gone off tangent. I never implied they never took people who had never taken Stage 1or stage 2. Just be a little more nuanced in your thinking...

You lost me right there. What wild and unfounded accusation did I make?

I disagree with your premise entirely and get the impression you are defending GA, as a member of the recruitment union. No offence intended, people may well get somebody to fill in the application and do the SJT, but then they will have to take stage 1 and 2 in a setting and environment where...