Firstly I'm closer to the factory worker than the bloke with a degree. Experience counts for a lot.
I'm just saying it's a rubbish test, miss 1 mark and you fail. There's better aptitudes out there. You don't work for shl by any chance?
Sorry Brian lad but you're talking out of your hoop. The railway recruitment process has always been designed so that it can be passed or failed by absolutely anyone no matter what your experience is.
Just because someone has worked for the emergency services for example doesn't mean they'll make great train drivers......If you missed one mark you've not got the aptitude sorry!!! Would you be that blasé if you missed one signal? Or missed the mileage post from which you're meant to conduct a line search at the very end of a long shift? Or missed the lifeguard that's part of your prep?
What on earth makes you qualified to conduct such a damning review of the testing? Tell me the amount of trains that you drive on a daily basis to be able to compare the relevance?
This is the real problem with railway applicants......If they pass the birds are singing and they can achieve anything. However if they fail they just spout 'it's a flawed system' or ' it's a conspiracy'.......get a grip, how about being honest and saying you just weren't good enough on the day or you may not just have what they are looking for.
Brian from what I've read on here you've been pretty negative about pretty much everything from the start........that's a personality trait that they WON'T be looking for I promise you.
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Be interesting to know how they actually use the test results. You could have a bloke with a degree in transport fail this test because of a 1 second mistake not clicking, and at the same time a sausage factory worker ace the test, maybe even by a bit of luck. Do you think they would still bin the likely candidate on the result if in my opinion an irrelevant test. I think they should have made it out of 100 rather than 25, as 1 mark could be the difference in failure. From those on this forum there has been people from lots of backgrounds take this test.
Yes 1 mark could be the difference in failure that's the nature of any test that there's ever been!....would you like knowing the midwife that delivers your kids failed their exams?
What would have happened if you fell 1 mark short in your GCSE exams? Would they of passed you?
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In fairness I spent about 3 hours practicing the test over and over until I was getting almost perfect on every go, then the real test came round and I just flapped and missed loads. So im not sure the practice can help that much. You can keep logging back in and out though.
And there you have it........you flapped by your own admission!.
What would you do in an emergency situation when you're being relied upon by hundreds of passengers if you flap in the tests? The tests aren't just about ticking right answers......it's a pressurised environment and you're being assessed as soon as you walk through the door for such things as 'flapping'
