Mine was due end of the month so was fretting, but she arrived 4 weeks early last week. So I'm now a bit miffed.
Good luck in both regards!
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Fishplate22
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Iv still heard nothing at all from York since completing the tests
NorthernTech
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Congratulations on the early arrival.
will1989
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Thanks and congratulations! Good luck to you too.
mp123
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Just had my rejection email come through after doing paper tests last week. That's 1 lifeline down for me.
Good luck to those still waiting.
Good luck to those still waiting.
Congrats. Amazing news. Extra motivation for when you do inevitably become a train driver.
Same email. Good luck all. Keep going and God Bless.
mzlphoto
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batchy2005
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Congratulations. Would you be willing to share if you can how far you got on the tests or how well you think you did to assist the ones that didn't get through as something to aim for !
cap2
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I had previously done it for Nexus so had understanding where I went wrong which was the group bourdon test, I did buy some packs from railprep to help me with the dots, and to be honest I felt like once I practised with the dots the real test was a lot easier, I was getting around 8-10 lines each page done, also I did feel like I didn’t do to well on TRP1 which was the rules passage and the 18 questions, but on the dials I got around 30 done which I felt I done well in, which also I feel could’ve bumped up the overall TRP score up.
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Congratulations good luck!
batchy2005
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Great thanks for sharing good luck in the other tests
Same, very frustrating watching all the other depots doing psychometric tests already!
To be fair all depots that have advertised have now had candidates taking OPC testing.
longbigtoes
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Interestingly after completing stage 1 for Piccadilly I then received this from Preston. I then got invited to stage 2, so looks like different depots are running it independently.
GolfRomeo19
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Has anyone completed the computer and MMI psychometrics? How did you find it if so?
Bandit_David
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Found the ATAVT (traffic images) the hardest. Practice as much as you can with it as the images are on for probably just under a second...
WAFV, try not to get distracted with your thoughts, I made sure (I know it sounds ridiculous) to blink once or twice when the grey square went off. 30 minutes staring at a screen is a long time...
2 handed, be smooth, if you're taking too long, the ball becomes jerky and jumpy and will make you make more mistakes
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GolfRomeo19
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Did you make the MMI? I’ve heard that is particularly bothersome?
Bandit_David
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Yeah, did the MMI as well.
It's good in a sense that they give you the 6 questions prior.
Have a look at the MMI post on the forum as that gives you lots of questions they might cover and I made sure I had strong examples that covered multiple questions so it didn't really matter what we were asked.
They might dig a bit deeper during the interview though.
"How do you feel if there are no passengers on your service?" Think there were looking at how I found working on my own...
Also, they have your sheet in the interview with you if you need to just remind yourself.
It's good in a sense that they give you the 6 questions prior.
Have a look at the MMI post on the forum as that gives you lots of questions they might cover and I made sure I had strong examples that covered multiple questions so it didn't really matter what we were asked.
They might dig a bit deeper during the interview though.
"How do you feel if there are no passengers on your service?" Think there were looking at how I found working on my own...
Also, they have your sheet in the interview with you if you need to just remind yourself.
GolfRomeo19
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Any updates on anyone progressing to the next stage? For an Autumn start it’s going to look tight for most people
Bandit_David
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Still waiting email for result of MMI. Someone said the Driver Manager at the depot I applied to was off last week so might be waiting till back end of this week...
It's the recruitment team who will contact you. Any delay is possibly down to organising DMI dates
longbigtoes
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Has anyone who sat their MMI heard back yet? I think they said 7-10 working days after the MMI to hear back?
lightningz
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Had my DMI invite through this afternoon for York. Thought I'd messed up the MMI, so huge relief.
Ah, just had the knock back following my DMI. Still, chuffed to have gotten this far on the first go around.
Ah, just had the knock back following my DMI. Still, chuffed to have gotten this far on the first go around.
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longbigtoes
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Happy days, well done! Hoping to hear in the next few days then for Piccadilly
I would assume those who've yet to hear anything after the initial phase of online questions/assessments are likely to have been unsuccessful if others are progressing to the next phase at York? It is coming up to the 12 week period.
That's not usually how it works, you're only truly out when you receive a rejection email.
There will be at least 1 more wave through testing etc but the last email mentioned "through 2026"
Oh well that's actually really useful to know that there will definitely be a "thank you, but no thank you" mail.
I know there's a huge demand for these roles and I've been checking in weekly to make sure I hadn't missed anything. Shall keep crossing the toes and fingers, thank you for the reply.
I can't guarantee that there will be an email, it does seem some don't ever get a response.
Can always login to the recruitment site and check the status of your application and any emails that have been sent.