London Midland assessment day

[monty9120]

does anyone have any feedback on the assesment stage. how long does it take. do they ask you questions from the whole booklet?

 

[SJN]

Hi. This assessment was for Senior Conductor. The closing date was 28/9. Did you apply or have you got one with another company? Basically we did the concentration test which on mine was finding groups of four dots on pages full of dots. After that we had to work out prices of tickets and change due and then check tickets already issued to see if they were valid and lastly, we had to read a lot of statements and then answer multiple choice questions about them. We were there for around two hours. Hope this helps.

 

[MKN86]

I can't believe that people here from the assessments Tuesday and Wednesday are still yet to hear anything. I'm in Birmingham next week might pop in and ask how I got on in person.

 

[SJN]

It does seem strange that you haven't heard anything at all. Have you tried to call or email yet?

 

[MKN86]

Ive emailed heard nothing, called at start of this week and they said they were still in the process of letting people know how they get on. I'm in Birmingham anyway next week so can't do any harm to go and ask I guess.

 

[monty9120]

for the trainee conductor i only heard today. i havent had any interviews or tests yet.

did people think the booklet helped? i had to print mine off to make it easier

 

[SJN]

Hi Monty. This position closed on 28 September. As far as I know all the assesment days were held last week. If you have received an email from London Midland with the test practice material, it would say on there when your assessment is to take place.

 

[monty9120]

i applied before the 28th so must be the same batch. my assessment is booked for 2 weeks time just wanted to know what to expect.

 

[SJN]

Well it does help a lot to use the practice tests. Just keep doing them over and over until you understand them properly. Good luck

 

[cobbler]

i spoke to the HR team the other day to find out the situation , this is what i gathered from what i was told , interviews are decided on assessment score so just passing may not be enough to secure an interview
also the assessments are not complete they will be inviting more people and its ongoing
so people who haven't heard don't worry yet

 

[MuttleyBOT]

I went for assessments last Tuesday and have not heard anything back yet. I phoned and they said they are still progressing things. Can't see it being done in a hurry if they are scheduling more assessments for a couple of weeks time as Monty says, so I guess it's just a case of wait and see!!

 

[350231]

Has anyone been informed of the outcome of their assessments yet?

 

[MKN86]

Still nothin' so far. I went Tuesday 16th.

 

[Polarbear]

There's another round of assessment days coming up next week, which will be followed by interviews where applicable for those who are successful at the testing stage.

I wouldn't expect any job offers to be made until after all applicants have gone through all stages of the process.

 

[SJN]

Has anyone heard back from their interview yet? I know we were told 7-10 days but, I heard off my friend who works there yesterday that they are not letting people know until around 16th November.

 

[Roverman]

Cutting it a bit fine aren't they? Most people have to give a months notice! I'm sure they said they wanted us to start in January!

 

[SJN]

I got a call today about going for a medical. Anyone else heard anything yet?

 

[flimes]

I'm stilling waiting to hear back about how I did on my Assessment

Congratulations on getting through the interview SJN

 

[SJN]

Thanks Flimes. When was your assessment? When I went for interview, they told me they were starting people in several different stages so good luck.

 

[Roverman]

Yes well done SJN. I still haven't been called for interview yet. Fingers crossed!

 

[flimes]

Assessment was on 17th October. I have emailed and they said that they haven't finished marking yet, this was a fortnight ago.

A friend that works as a conductor already says he's been told they should let people know by the 16th so still hope for those of us that haven't anything yet.

 

[SJN]

Well I hope you both hear something soon. My friend who works there told me the 16th as well. I just hope I pass the medical now. Fingers crossed.

 

[cobbler]

i haven,t heard anything either , i,m hoping at least they would let people know they haven,t progressed but all seems very quiet , just got the feeling that they wont tell people anything

got to admit i,m gutted , think i may have to give up on getting back on the railways

 

[SJN]

Cobbler, don't give up yet. Why not give them another call and see what the situation is? You still might hear by the 16th if that is really the cut off date.

 

[cobbler]

cheers m8 , im in a slightly different situation , i have allrdy passed the assessment in march but didnt get through on the interview ( only a couple vacancies then ) so thought id try again

ive even got a refer a friend done by a tc manager ( i worked as a guard for 9 years )with LM but im not even convinced that my application has even been looked at

ive emailed a couple times and was told that they have received my application and ill hear in due course , ive called a couple of times and been told that the process isnt finished but they could,nt tell me anything

id rather just know so i can move on

i dont want to keep ringing as it may do me no favors , i really dont want to miss out but dont know what else to do

i dont want any favors just a chance to have an interview

just got the feeling due to the amount of people who applied the people who dont progress just wont hear anything

 

[350231]

They must contact everyone that participated in the assessment. I went on the Tuesday and haven't heard anything back yet.

 

[cobbler]

right ill call them tomorrow , i have to know

 

[SJN]

Good luck Cobbler. I hope you get the reply you want. Let us know how you get on.

 

[cobbler]

cheers m8

 

[Komma]

I got a call yesterday, asking me to go for a medical. Still not sure if I will take the job, as it will be a 30% pay cut for a year. On the plus side, I will be in the right place to apply for driving jobs.