I applied for the Newcastle depot and haven't heard anything since the error checking test, so I'm in the same anxious boat as you! I imagine these processes take time and that it's a game of hope and patience haha.
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TransPennine Trains - Trainee Driver Recruitment Discussion
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Best of luck to us!
Have the previous times that you have applied with TPE been for a driver role?
Indeed! Thank you, best of luck to you (and anyone else in the same boat) too!
Yea
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Only once for TPE though, the other times I’ve done the same error checking were for other companies
Hobo
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Did you get the hiring manager email? I didn’t get it and trying to work out if it’s a good thing or bad
Your profile says you are from Sheffield.
Sheffield to Man Pic on a weekday takes 1hr 15 to 2 hours according to google maps.
Could you have been rejected because of travelling time?
That address is outdated I live in Manchester now within walking distance of Piccadilly. My application had my current manc address also
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The AI must have really hated me ha
Ah ok. Just coming at it from the commute angle.
God knows what or who they want.
Like you say, I think the AI process of it has a part to play in it too. Certain indicators they are looking for.
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No i didn't get that email. The only thing of note i got was the email asking for my NI number.
Northrail127
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I have also received this email. States that they want it to check the National database for psychometric testing. I am hoping my ‘enhanced’ pass with Northern in February will be enough for me to skip the psychometric testing for TPE.
It should be, if not you're in an awkward spot if the dates for testing are inside 6 months of your previous testing
Northrail127
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Yeah I know. Hopefully they’ll be good enough. Time will tell
One year if the first tests were in February 2025
Northrail127
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That’s only if you fail the tests. I haven’t failed them.
Northrail127
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That makes sense. Hopefully not, fingers crossed.
Not had anything yet for Newcastle
Same here. Makes me think if some Newcastle people are definitely out, and some are definitely in, we might be reserves maybe if some of the first choices can't go forward for any reason
The comprehension based test (sorry I've forgot the exact name of it) - the one where you read a paragraph of text and then answer a series of questions - is different at TPE than at other TOCs.
Rather than information about Glop, you read two pages of local instructions, customer service based solutions and from my own vague memory have a series of colour coded keys and locks that all perform different functions.
Northrail127
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That doesn’t mean the purpose of them said tests are different. I’d imagine all TOCs have a slight twist on the information you read and have to remember whilst answering questions. The Standard of the psychometrics is set by OPC, how you get there may differ.
TOCs like TPE, Northern and LNER for example all adapt there pass mark to an ‘Enhanced’ standard but will also tell you if you’ve passed to a National Standard if failing the ‘Enhanced’
I didn’t do Glop in mine. I won’t go into what I did but it wasn’t Glop.
TOCs like TPE, Northern and LNER for example all adapt there pass mark to an ‘Enhanced’ standard but will also tell you if you’ve passed to a National Standard if failing the ‘Enhanced’
I didn’t do Glop in mine. I won’t go into what I did but it wasn’t Glop.
The standard isn't set by the OPC, it's set by RSSB. OPC just administers the process for TOCs
Northrail127
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Of course. I stand corrected. Thank you
QuickLacaag
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If I have applied to 2 different sites e.g manchester and Preston. Is it normal to hear rejection from man picc and no reply from Preston.
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Do they liase with each other to sieve out double applicants
It's all with HR and they will likely be treated as 2 separate applications if you've applied/sat the tests independently from each other.
If you've only done one set of tests you may have to check the status of your application on the recruitment portal
iwasyoungonce
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How long have TPE had their own version ?
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But you've just had an internal pass out this month at Piccadilly ?
My TOC isn't at Pic. But at Crewe, we've just had 2 internal applicants pass out. And of the 18 currently hired and being trained as drivers, only 2 were internal hires. So certainly for my TOC, there won't be any internal only hires in the next few years if ever.
iwasyoungonce
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Ahh fair enough.
I do feel TPE are doing a fair job of balancing their recruitment of drivers via internal, qualified and off the street.