Fail first time pass second time

[oi oi]

Can anyone tell of their experience of failing assessments/interviews for trainee driver first time and passing on their second attempt

 

[Beveridges]

Yes thats what I did. Failed first time on the Structured Interview, passed second time by exaggurating my answers to make them better.

I paid the 2nd time so I could resit it 6 months after so its all familiar.

I had to go through it all again even though I passed everything else the first time at the assessment center.

Noticable is the fact that it is not nerve wracking the 2nd time due to the fact that you know whats coming and it gets more repetetive.


I am talking about the structured interview here, not to be confused with the driver manager interview which many people seem to do on this forum.

 

[TDK]

I am talking about the structured interview here, not to be confused with the driver manager interview which many people seem to do on this forum.

The strutured interview is carried out by Driver managers and that is where the confusion comes in.

 

[Beveridges]

Theres also the Structured Interview carried out by the Assessors as part of the Assessment Centre stage, thats why its confusing, as the driver manager interview is sometimes called a Structured Inteview as well

 

[dglondon]

Yes thats what I did. Failed first time on the Structured Interview, passed second time by exaggurating my answers to make them better.

I paid the 2nd time so I could resit it 6 months after so its all familiar.

I had to go through it all again even though I passed everything else the first time at the assessment center.

Noticable is the fact that it is not nerve wracking the 2nd time due to the fact that you know whats coming and it gets more repetetive.


I am talking about the structured interview here, not to be confused with the driver manager interview which many people seem to do on this forum.

When taking the SI for the 2nd time (after failing the 1st time) am I right in assuming that if you repeat any answers word for word that you gave at the 1st interview which passed the corresponding criteria, you are bound to pass those Criteria again ?(or at least should if the Interview is as structured and standardised as it should be). You would in essence, only need to improve/change your answers that were judged not good enough at the 1st SI. In practice this may mean only having to change one answer the second time around.

Basically what I'm asking is, is it perfectly acceptable to repeat answers the second time around if those answers were ok, or is it necessary to come up with completely new answers/examples for every question the second time around ?

 

[Beveridges]

When taking the SI for the 2nd time (after failing the 1st time) am I right in assuming that if you repeat any answers word for word that you gave at the 1st interview which passed the corresponding criteria, you are bound to pass those Criteria again ?(or at least should if the Interview is as structured and standardised as it should be). You would in essence, only need to improve/change your answers that were judged not good enough at the 1st SI. In practice this may mean only having to change one answer the second time around.

Yes that will always work if the SI is as standardised as it is meant to be, unfortunately I do not think it is. But I just repeated my answers for the questions I did OK in the 2nd time, I don't think I did it word for word as I'm not a robot, but I just made the same points as the 1st time.
I only changed my answer for one question majorly the second time around.

Again I am talking about the SI at the Assessment Center here, not the Interview with the Driver managers, just to make it clear.

 

[Vicpaul]

I passed the first time for London Underground, failed the GB at my first attempt (6years later) for southern passed the second time. I've included LU as its exactly the same test despite what many rail companies told me

 

[LCC106]

Failed first time in 2001 on the mechanics. Very aware of the 2 strikes and you're out and it was 10 years later when I plucked up the courage to apply again, worked really hard to prepare for the tests and passed Wish I'd done it sooner...