Northern - Trainee Train Driver - Recruitment Discussion

[Blu-rayLoco]

Do you have a link to this portal , as i want to check my portal as well.

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Yes i have and i can only hope and pray its enough to be selected

Login to your Northern candidate page, where you view your application status & correspondence with Northern.

 

[dmw]

Do you have an idea what the cut off mark is ?

I got 74% and have not hit the threshold. Frustrating as I got high marks on perceptual speed and safety. However resilience let me down.

 

[MaxRot]

I got 74% and have not hit the threshold. Frustrating as I got high marks on perceptual speed and safety. However resilience let me down.

Where do you find out your score?

I completed mine last night and my portal has updated to “You have met the threshold” but obviously no official confirmation as of yet.

 

[hassanopeoluwa]

I got 70% as well resilience letting everyone down

 

[Toby268]

I got 79% and have driver tests booked in next month for a previous recruitment campaign. Cut off must be above 75%.

 

[r.t.hollingwor]

Just got my final offer for Trainee Driver at Sheffield, starting 12/10/26 Contract to arrive in the next 5 days! Anyone else starting in Leeds for training?

 

[vlad23896]

Received 75% and it says i’ve met the threshold. Did well on the Perceptual and Resilience but not great on safety. Got 0 wrong answers on safety but not a high score really… Hoping

 

[Unber43]

What type of stuff was asked?

 

[Dingle89]

I've previously passed the psychometrics for a different TOC earlier this year but Northern said in the job advert that it needs to be passed at an enhanced standard. Does any one know if I will have to re-take the psychometrics again if I manage to get that far? About to do the MAKI test for the Newcastle vacancy now.

 

[oseyboy10]

Just completed my maki tests, Surprisingly easier than I tho

I've previously passed the psychometrics for a different TOC earlier this year but Northern said in the job advert that it needs to be passed at an enhanced standard. Does any one know if I will have to re-take the psychometrics again if I manage to get that far? About to do the MAKI test for the Newcastle vacancy now.

I'm pretty sure its just the dots you need at enhanced for northern? So i'm guessing you will just do that, to meet northern enhanced standard. Don't quote me on that though.
Also did you do you MMI interview at your psychometrics?

 

[Dingle89]

Yeah I managed to pass the Maki tests too.

Thanks for the info. Yeah I did the MMI at the end of the day after completing the rest of the tests. MMI was probably the most stressful part of it

 

[Arne]

Yeah I managed to pass the Maki tests too.

Thanks for the info. Yeah I did the MMI at the end of the day after completing the rest of the tests. MMI was probably the most stressful part of it

Did it mention what score you got on the Maki test?

 

[oseyboy10]

Yeah I managed to pass the Maki tests too.

Thanks for the info. Yeah I did the MMI at the end of the day after completing the rest of the tests. MMI was probably the most stressful part of it

That’s a good sign then!
I only ask about the MMI section because I’ve spoken to a few people who did their psychometrics with Northern and passed everything, but only achieved the national standard on the Group Bourdon. Because Northern require the enhanced standard, they weren’t able to progress through to the MMI at the end.

 

[Luke 123]

I completed the test this evening, my Northern portal has updated to ‘You have met the threshold for Trainee Train Driver assessment’.
That’s a positive after having my previous application fail at the first hurdle, just hoping my score is enough to actually make it through.
Good luck everyone.

Hi.

Did you have to rate the questions ‘most likely’ - ‘least likely’ ?

 

[dmw]

Where do you find out your score?

I completed mine last night and my portal has updated to “You have met the threshold” but obviously no official confirmation as of yet.

I got my results in an email shortly after

 

[Arne]

It sounds like there is an absolute minimum cut off of 75%. All the people above that will then be standardised after everyone has completed the tests and only a certain top percentile from within that standardised group will go through to the next stage. So, if you got 80%, you will only go through if the majority of people above the minimum cut off were in the 75-79 bracket. If there were lots of people above 80, then you might not go through even though you 'passed".

 

[PBOC0000]

Is there anywhere to practice for the maki test online anywhere? Ive been looking for practice tests but not having much luck, or anywhere i can get some reading information to help with what will be asked

 

[Arne]

There's not really much you can practice for TBF. One part is a spot the pattern test, and the other two parts are just standard situational judgement ones that you just have to answer honestly. It's pretty basic

 

[juspassingby]

Is there anywhere to practice for the maki test online anywhere? Ive been looking for practice tests but not having much luck, or anywhere i can get some reading information to help with what will be asked

I did it in January.
If i recall correctly then it was;

1. ERROR CHECKING
2. SITUATIONAL JUDGEMENT
3. RESILIENCE

I just don't remember what the resilience part was about.

It's about 30 mins in total (10-12 mins each test)

 

[PBOC0000]

I did it in January.
If i recall correctly then it was;

1. ERROR CHECKING
2. SITUATIONAL JUDGEMENT
3. RESILIENCE

I just don't remember what the resilience part was about.

It's about 30 mins in total (10-12 mins each test)

What did you score? Im guessing there's a minimum pass mark

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There's not really much you can practice for TBF. One part is a spot the pattern test, and the other two parts are just standard situational judgement ones that you just have to answer honestly. It's pretty basic

Okay thank you for the information, have you completed it already and passed?

 

[Arne]

What did you score? Im guessing there's a minimum pass mark

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Okay thank you for the information, have you completed it already and passed?

Yeah, just completed it earlier. Got 80, so have got above the minimum absolute limit. However, I think we will only know once all applicants have done the test whether that is enough to get to the next stage

 

[PBOC0000]

Yeah, just completed it earlier. Got 80, so have got above the minimum absolute limit. However, I think we will only know once all applicants have done the test whether that is enough to get to the next stage

Thats good then, does it give you a score for each section?

 

[juspassingby]

What did you score? Im guessing there's a minimum pass mark

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Okay thank you for the information, have you completed it already and passed?

I have no idea, didn't give me a score. I just got an email to say 'thank you, your maki results have been received'. I completed the test at 12.44am and then received an email on the same day at 10.12am inviting me to a psychometric test 8 days later in Leeds.

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What did you score? Im guessing there's a minimum pass mark

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Okay thank you for the information, have you completed it already and passed?

My friend got 78% overall and he did not go through. The situational judgement let him down.

Which depot have you applied for?

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Yeah, just completed it earlier. Got 80, so have got above the minimum absolute limit. However, I think we will only know once all applicants have done the test whether that is enough to get to the next stage

You usually hear from them within 2 days if successful. You applied for Manchester by any chance?