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at the assessment center there was 4 test a maths, engish, mechanical comprehension and a falt finding test not too difficult and dont rush them tho its more about getting the answers correct than answering them all
there is also a grop task where they look at your team skils and also leadership...
a few years ago on the front coach of a 318 on a glasgow central to largs service someone throws themself infront of the train close to lochwinnoch i think, felt a bang at my feet as the body was thrown under the train waited about an hour for the BTP to turn up and then about another hour and a...
· What qualities should the ideal train driver possess?
Great atttention span and sense of responisbility, excellent time keeping skills and most importantly great memory as you will need to remember the the rule book and the routes you drive
What are the main responsibilities of a train...
that does suck bud but atleast you can think of it this way over ten thousand people applied and they interviewed 650ish people so thats still a very impressessive stage to have got to :)
im sure you will have done great
at my interview all the tell us a situation you have done this and the like i kept giving examples at my current job and one of my interviewers asked to to give an example that didnt involve work and at that point i thought that was it for me
but i still got...
whats the deal with stations like glasgow central high level where there is no automatic ticket barriers (altho they are getting them possibly as soon as september) but at peak times they have station staff and barriers to the platforms for revenue purposes?
im guessing thats where the professional hotel critic part comes from lol
oh also thanks for all your advice and knowledge throughout the past few months
to be honest it doesnt sound that bad i seem to be the same in my current job never off adn always doing un-soicalble and varied shifts. The fact that its unique sounds pretty cool too and im guessing you go all around the country then?
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well if...
that is some very sound advice you have given and its good to hear that as all the stuff you hear and read from NR doesnt seem to mention much after the apprenticeship
out of curiosity how big a jump did you make when you finished the apprenticeship
also am i correct to believe you work on the...
i answered something along the lines of i have always wanted to work on the railway and this apprenticeship comes with good recomendations and our pretty much guaranteed a job at the end of it and my interviewers gave me a very realistic talk about budget cuts and stuff and told me not to think...
is your area electrified by OHL?
if so ask like what the situation is for an emergency like an accident or a OHL gets damaged and stuff
also if they ask you about why you want to do E&P talk about things like the GWML electrification and how OHL is the future and that NR have a 20-30%...
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