Driver Manager Interview failure?

[jc1]

I have passed all of the psychometric tests and the Sructured Interview
and am now waiting for my Driver Managers Interview.
Can anyone tell me if I fail this does that count as one life out of
two lost?
Thanks in advance.

 

[Beveridges]

No, you can fail this an unlimited amount of times, and still be able to reapply

Not to be confused with the Structured Interview

 

[jc1]

No, you can fail this an unlimited amount of times, and still be able to reapply

Not to be confused with the Structured Interview

Thanks for the reply.
Does this also mean that if I fail and then apply to other
TOCs that I wouldnt have to do the tests and structured
interview again just the driver managers interview?

 

[Beveridges]

Yes you'd only have Driver Manager Interview / Medical to do in most cases

 

[jc1]

Yes you'd only have Driver Manager Interview / Medical to do in most cases

Excellent cheers mate

 

[arthurtwosheds]

Could anyone enlighten as to where I stand me with regards to my unsuccessful trainee train driver managers interview with Southern. As I understand, after passing your GB, reaction and paper based test you normally then have a CB interview? Then, is successful you then attend a managers interview and medical? However, my interview with Southern was the other way round and I had the managers interview first of which I was told was not part of the assessment. Any ideas where this leaves me as Southern are being tight with information as to any feedback.

 

[Vicpaul]

Could anyone enlighten as to where I stand me with regards to my unsuccessful trainee train driver managers interview with Southern. As I understand, after passing your GB, reaction and paper based test you normally then have a CB interview? Then, is successful you then attend a managers interview and medical? However, my interview with Southern was the other way round and I had the managers interview first of which I was told was not part of the assessment. Any ideas where this leaves me as Southern are being tight with information as to any feedback.

Mine was the sam. I had my managers interview then had the assessment related interview and medical on the same day.

I would ask for feed back, who did you interview.

 

[jc1]

Also if you fail the managers interview but have passed the structured interview and tests do you still have to wait 6 months before you can have a managers inyerview with another TOC?

 

[arthurtwosheds]

Mine was the sam. I had my managers interview then had the assessment related interview and medical on the same day.

I would ask for feed back, who did you interview.

I had the managers interview with a conductor manager and a member of the admin team. I have asked for feedback two or three times but Southern are being a little evasive and have so far not given me any feedback even though the interview was mid January.

 

[Woody67]

No, you can fail this an unlimited amount of times, and still be able to reapply

Not to be confused with the Structured Interview

Beveridges, might be a bit of a stupid question (apologies) but having passed assessment & S.I. what factors would contribute to someone 'failing' the manager's interview (other than being a complete dick in the interview)? Read elsewhere that the S.I. is by far the hardest part of the process so interested to hear how someone might fall at this last hurdle.

Many thanks.

 

[evoluzione]

Beveridges, might be a bit of a stupid question (apologies) but having passed assessment & S.I. what factors would contribute to someone 'failing' the manager's interview (other than being a complete dick in the interview)? Read elsewhere that the S.I. is by far the hardest part of the process so interested to hear how someone might fall at this last hurdle.

Many thanks.

You'll get asked what you know about the company, why you want the job, what do you know about the role etc so failure to do your homework on your TOC will count against you.

You'll get questioned on your past work history and asked competency questions, you need to be able to answer these really well and give good examples.

And finally the DTM needs to like you, they have a big work load already, so won't put anybody through they think might cause them trouble, be personable and wear a suit

 

[Woody67]

You'll get asked what you know about the company, why you want the job, what do you know about the role etc so failure to do your homework on your TOC will count against you.

You'll get questioned on your past work history and asked competency questions, you need to be able to answer these really well and give good examples.

And finally the DTM needs to like you, they have a big work load already, so won't put anybody through they think might cause them trouble, be personable and wear a suit

Cheers for that, Evoluzione. Wow! Seems there still a great deal that can go wrong. Better get on with the homework hock:

 

[arthurtwosheds]

Yes you'd only have Driver Manager Interview / Medical to do in most cases

Any thoughts on where this would leave me?

 

[DistrictDriver]

Cheers for that, Evoluzione. Wow! Seems there still a great deal that can go wrong. Better get on with the homework hock:

There's an awful lot can go wrong at these DM interviews!
I don't know what I did wrong in mine, I knew all about the role (having done it before), knew about the company and gave what I thought were decent answers to everything they asked!
However other people have been offered jobs and I've heard nothing so doesn't look too promising for me!

I will certainly be asking for feedback unless they contact me next week but I won't hold my breath on that!

 

[arthurtwosheds]

Does the driver manager interview have to be conducted by a driver manager or can it (like in my interview) be carried out by another type of manager such as a conductor manager? Also, my interview was completely competency based from start to finish and not an informal chat (as I had been led to believe) to see if you have social skills. Even though I had done my research on the TOC's history, values 'who is who' etc and practised what I wanted to say and why I wanted to become a driver, hardly any of this came up at the interview.