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Noseymike2010

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What kind of technical questions have people been asked at the interviews?

What are the competency questions like?

Nervous wreck here!!!! HELP :)
 
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H+S will be a big one, such as "Tell me a time you've had to deal with H+S, risk or something similar".
 

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My job isnt big on the technical side but i was asked lots of role related questions with a few random railway questions chucked in - all you can do is try to speak to people doing a similar role and ask for advice and guidance. Learn as much as you can about both the role and the employer.
 

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What kind of technical questions have people been asked at the interviews?

What's the purpose of a man res guv and a brake pipe guv?

What a daft thread! If you're a new entrant to the industry, you're hardly going to be expected to know technical information. If you're an enthusiast, rattling off the stuff you can "learn" from trainspotter books, is the fastest way to fail an interview know to man.
 

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What kind of technical questions have people been asked at the interviews?

What are the competency questions like?

Nervous wreck here!!!! HELP :)

If you are that nervous and cannot find the information yourself you are going to struggle, there are not any technical questions asked at interview, most TOCS make you sit an assessment on basic mechanics.
 

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If you are that nervous and cannot find the information yourself you are going to struggle, there are not any technical questions asked at interview, most TOCS make you sit an assessment on basic mechanics.

He said are there any technical questions at the interview. My personal experience says they will deffinatly ask you some type of technical questions. One of my interviews was things like what electrical components would I find in under a car bonnet, and what is a ring main and how does a compressor work etc. That was my first job for working on trains so for my second job interview (I left the previous job) they asked me more train orientated questions such as the interviewer pulling out a relay and asking what it is, how it works and to list components inside of it, and all the rest were tell me a time when.......blah blah blah. On both my interviews i got asked things like what is a torque wrench and how to use it and what effects it could/would have if not used correctly.

As said before, when answering questions always keep safety at and risk as number one priority.
 

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He said are there any technical questions at the interview. My personal experience says they will deffinatly ask you some type of technical questions. One of my interviews was things like what electrical components would I find in under a car bonnet, and what is a ring main and how does a compressor work etc. That was my first job for working on trains so for my second job interview (I left the previous job) they asked me more train orientated questions such as the interviewer pulling out a relay and asking what it is, how it works and to list components inside of it, and all the rest were tell me a time when.......blah blah blah. On both my interviews i got asked things like what is a torque wrench and how to use it and what effects it could/would have if not used correctly.

As said before, when answering questions always keep safety at and risk as number one priority.

The op has not indicated for what role, however, if it is for a drivers' role I never had to ask any technical questions when interviewing drivers for jobs, they had to take a mechanical test prior to interview.
 

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The op has not indicated for what role, however, if it is for a drivers' role I never had to ask any technical questions when interviewing drivers for jobs, they had to take a mechanical test prior to interview.

Iam not sure why you quoted me to say that, but iam sure that info would help alot of people who apply for a drivers job.

The OP clearly asked about technical questions so I answered the best i could given my experience is of technical interviews. What the actual roll oesn't really matter, The OP might want to become a fitter and wondered what type of questions he may get asked.

For you to say they will not ask any technical questions and knowing your not sure of what type of job he's applied for or potentially applied for is IMHO silly.

Also Iam sure mechanical is technical last time I looked.
 

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I think, from other threads, that Noseymike2010 is applying for Network Rail's engineering conversion scheme.
 
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