Been invited to an online test! :-/

[martin2345uk]

Well to my enormous surprise I got a mail from Northern telling me I'd passed the paper sift and now need to do an online Dependability and Safety Instrument test..!!

I've not seen this test mentioned in these threads! Is this a new thing??

I have until February 15th to do it! Has anyone experienced this test before..?

 

[martin2345uk]

Edit: would help if I didn't mis type dependability when doing a forum search. Sorry guys. I see it's not a new thing!

 

[slipperytrack]

I was invited to complete a "Dependability and Safety Instrument" test today which I wasn't expecting. Maybe it's a new way to skim down the numbers before interviews/assessments.

I'd be interested to learn of others experience of this test.

 

[roadrunner]

Well to my enormous surprise I got a mail from Northern telling me I'd passed the paper sift and now need to do an online Dependability and Safety Instrument test..!!

I've not seen this test mentioned in these threads! Is this a new thing??

I have until February 15th to do it! Has anyone experienced this test before..?

hi,ye i recieved one of these today asswell,never heard of it before !!

 

[deltabravo]

Well to my enormous surprise I got a mail from Northern telling me I'd passed the paper sift and now need to do an online Dependability and Safety Instrument test..!!

I've not seen this test mentioned in these threads! Is this a new thing??

I have until February 15th to do it! Has anyone experienced this test before..?

Congrats martin! I've done that test, I wouldn't say its too hard. What role have you applied for may I ask?

 

[Bubba]

I got the same and have done the test. It wasnt exactly a test though. It wanted to know which one of the two statements were most accurate about me at work. Is this the same as what you experienced?

 

[martin2345uk]

Congrats martin! I've done that test, I wouldn't say its too hard. What role have you applied for may I ask?

You may lol I applied for trainee driver. Really wasn't expecting to get past the initial sift, so just getting this far is a bit of a boost.

This kind of online test is quite hard, as you really have no idea what they're after - which of the following is more like me, "I rarely feel sad or upset" or "I like to get jobs done quickly"... Impossible to know why they're after, which is the whole point of the test I guess!

 

[telecaster]

i believe that these tests are used by some TOC's
a company called saville consulting has a few practise ones on their website

http://www.savilleconsulting.com/products/aptitude.aspx

might be of use?

 

[Mattmatt]

Well surprisingly; as i've already passed this test with Northern some weeks ago for the Victoria Station team Leader, (whilst at the same time i'd also applied for the position of trainee driver at Victoria too!) I just checked the Northern applicant page & I've completed it and passed it without even doing it! bonus! lets just see if i actually get through the next sift!

 

[martin2345uk]

I guess I better stop procrastinating and try the test then... by the way thanks for the link to that website matey!!

 

[ash39]

I got the same e-mail today, it's just a very basic personality test. It's only 18 questions long. Think it might just be to cut numbers down a bit.

 

[telecaster]

I guess I better stop procrastinating and try the test then... by the way thanks for the link to that website matey!!

if you check back through a few threads on this site there a more links to site for more specific industry related tests, ie the group bordon etc too
which is used by loads of Co's as part of driver selection, guard etc

 

[martin2345uk]

Well I did it :-/ i was half expecting to get a message straight after saying "sorry,you're not suitable"... I had to choose "neither" for one of the questions, probably frowned upon.

Can you tell I'm not optimistic about this? lol :-/ well we'll just have to wait and see won't we...

 

[GNER 373]

Great surprise to get this email today for both Leeds and Manchester Trainee Driver positions! Two tests to take, can't wait to get back to the laptop! Thanks to all who have posted above! Even though we could all be battling for the same role it's great to see people helping one another along! Well done guys hope you all do really well!

 

[martin2345uk]

Great surprise to get this email today for both Leeds and Manchester Trainee Driver positions! Two tests to take, can't wait to get back to the laptop! Thanks to all who have posted above! Even though we could all be battling for the same role it's great to see people helping one another along! Well done guys hope you all do really well!

Hear hear!

Who knows, there might be several roles to go for so we might not necessarily be directly competing with each other

Do you live bang in the middle of Manc and Leeds to be able to apply for both? Double your chances, I can only ever go for Manchester roles!

 

[ash39]

The vacancy listing seemed to indicate there would be more than one position available. Certainly I'd have thought it would be common practice to train a group of new recruits rather than individuals, for obvious cost/time reasons.

Doesn't make it any easier though, there will still be a lot of people with their names in the hat.

Good luck to all of you!

 

[wheeltapper]

Hi, I have just taken the DSI test for the driver position in Leeds. It is hard to know exactly what they're looking for in some of the answers although some were quite obvious.

 

[GNER 373]

The vacancy listing seemed to indicate there would be more than one position available. Certainly I'd have thought it would be common practice to train a group of new recruits rather than individuals, for obvious cost/time reasons.

Doesn't make it any easier though, there will still be a lot of people with their names in the hat.

Good luck to all of you!

Re-reading it, it does leave it open to suggestion that there is indeed more than one vacancy at each depot. We may be trainees together fingers crossed!

Anyone else already taken the test? I'm awaiting to get home to do them on my laptop. Did everyone see the Liverpool Lime St opening? Closes tomorrow...be quick!

 

[callum112233]

I took the test yesterday. You can't really tell if you did well because there isn't really any right or wrong answers.

Just have to wait and see.

 

[GNER 373]

Gonna do mine first thing tomorrow, wouldn't want to miss something at this time of night! Good luck to you!

 

[wheeltapper]

Good Luck!

 

[GNER 373]

Tests taken........

 

[Mattmatt]

Tests taken........

How did you find the test GNER? I thought it was fairly straight forward, asking common-sense questions. Those have just taken it, should get an email from the HR team in a couple of days stating if you've passed or not. that's what happened to me.

it went along the lines of


"Thank you for completing the online DSI assessment in relation to your application for the above role.

You have met the required standard in this assessment, and your application has now been progressed to the shortlisting stage.

We expect to provide you with an update within the next 4 weeks as to whether you have been progressed to the interview stage.

Kind regards

The Recruitment Team"

best of luck

 

[callum112233]

How did you find the test GNER? I thought it was fairly straight forward, asking common-sense questions. Those have just taken it, should get an email from the HR team in a couple of days stating if you've passed or not. that's what happened to me.

it went along the lines of


"Thank you for completing the online DSI assessment in relation to your application for the above role.

You have met the required standard in this assessment, and your application has now been progressed to the shortlisting stage.

We expect to provide you with an update within the next 4 weeks as to whether you have been progressed to the interview stage.

Kind regards

The Recruitment Team"

best of luck

Do you get an email if you didn't pass the test?

 

[martin2345uk]

I took it on Wednesday and haven't heard anything yet :-/

 

[deltabravo]

I took it on Wednesday and haven't heard anything yet :-/

If I remember rightly, it took or week or two for Northern to inform me that I had been successful or not at the DSI test.

 

[martin2345uk]

Cheers Ryan
I need to remember the slightly slower pace of railway recruitment...

 

[GNER 373]

How did you find the test GNER? I thought it was fairly straight forward, asking common-sense questions. Those have just taken it, should get an email from the HR team in a couple of days stating if you've passed or not. that's what happened to me.

it went along the lines of


"Thank you for completing the online DSI assessment in relation to your application for the above role.

You have met the required standard in this assessment, and your application has now been progressed to the shortlisting stage.

We expect to provide you with an update within the next 4 weeks as to whether you have been progressed to the interview stage.

Kind regards

The Recruitment Team"

best of luck

Hi Matt,

It was less daunting then I'd thought and I answered honestly and truthfully so hopefully I chose the options that they look for in their candidates. I wouldn't try to lie on something like this as the recruitment people will use the answers if you make the interview so it's always good to go with what you feel is true to you not what you think they will like to see!

Thanks and good luck! Which one have you applied for?

 

[ash39]

I took it on Wednesday and haven't heard anything yet :-/

The e-mail said the closing date was next Wednesday, so you won't hear anything until then.

 

[Mattmatt]

Hi Matt,

It was less daunting then I'd thought and I answered honestly and truthfully so hopefully I chose the options that they look for in their candidates. I wouldn't try to lie on something like this as the recruitment people will use the answers if you make the interview so it's always good to go with what you feel is true to you not what you think they will like to see!

Thanks and good luck! Which one have you applied for?

Hi GNER;

I applied for the Station Team Leader and Trainee Driver at Victoria, I did the test for the station role & was automatically put through on the trainee drivers DSI as well.

best of luck!

matt