RPI Interview

[ChrisTheRef]

I have an interview on Friday for a Revenue Protection Inspector position.

Consists of a 45 minute assessment(?) and an interview.

Any ideas on what the assessment will consist of are welcome, plus any questions you think I might be asked.

It's internal. Thanks.

 

[185]

If it's the company I think (upstairs in rail house?? ahem), they mix internal candidates with external candidates, bout half/half on their assessments, may be different for RPIs.

 

[ChrisTheRef]

If it's the company I think (upstairs in rail house?? ahem), they mix internal candidates with external candidates, bout half/half on their assessments, may be different for RPIs.

It is that company. I know we've got a good few internal candidates going for it, but it was advertised externally, so there should be some of them too.

Trying to figure out whether it'll aimed at Customer Service or more towards Confrontation etc or whether it'll be Tickets and Fares knowledge

 

[First class]

The only RPI vacancies I've seen recently were with Mersey rail Electrics, (Rail House??)

With a little experience of "co-operating" with this TOC, I would suggest the jobs have already been allocated, regardless how you perform.

Sorry to be cynical, but Mersey Rail aren't seen as exactly a shining example of how to run a railway from other TOCs internal perspectives. One manager I work with described it as a "racket".

I think you may also find that there was a manager there several years ago that revealed that most of the RPIs had been being rather "liberal" with cash and company time... apparantly the ones that gave other names to the investigation got made managers despite being involved themselves! Some story if was true!

My role within 102 NS now involves a little bit of contact with 1 or 2 individuals in Mersey Rail, and they seem to completely disregard standard industry practices and procedures, so I suspect Mersey rail implement a serious number of Local Instructions or Standing Orders which nobody outside the company will be able to help you with. I am confident that they do their best to avoid any issues like the NRCOC...