GTR - Trainee Train Driver vacancies (07/12/20)

[Tibbins]

Just got my email, not successful sadly! Would of liked to know why! I live I Hastings so guess distance might be a factor. Only applied to southern

 

[SecretSquirrel]

I would not assume that.
Trainees can be taken on a long time after other candidates have been put in a talent pool.
Don't ask me why because I haven't the foggiest, you could quite easily pass these assessments,mmi etc and leapfrog those in a talent pool and get a start before them.

You're right, never assume anything. Im basing this view on my application. No mention of talent pool when I applied but that's where I am. It really is a strange recruitment process qhen this happens, I've never got my head around how it all works to be fair.

 

[jacey]

You're right, never assume anything. Im basing this view on my application. No mention of talent pool when I applied but that's where I am. It really is a strange recruitment process qhen this happens, I've never got my head around how it all works to be fair.

yeah to back this up i am still awaiting a dmi with one of these tocs from the previous recruitment drive in March 2020. Hr say Still awaiting slots for the dmi and will be in touch as soon as they have them.

 

[Luke66640]

How many people applied for the vacancy for Thameslink, Northern and Southern just out of curiosity?

 

[HeritageSussex]

Just got my email, not successful sadly! Would of liked to know why! I live I Hastings so guess distance might be a factor. Only applied to southern

I'm in St Leonards and it was a no from Southern today. Think just a bit too far for reasonable commute. Did apply for Thameslink as well - assume the result will be the same at some point soon.

 

[Tibbins]

I'm in St Leonards and it was a no from Southern today. Think just a bit too far for reasonable commute. Did apply for Thameslink as well - assume the result will be the same at some point soon.

I never new there was more then one to apply for. I’ll pray for you man good luck

 

[Loonylefty]

yeah to back this up i am still awaiting a dmi with one of these tocs from the previous recruitment drive in March 2020. Hr say Still awaiting slots for the dmi and will be in touch as soon as they have them.

Yep same here. Applied back in March. Still waiting for a date for the assessment centre

 

[Ladder23]

I wonder how the initial sift is done, would it be scanned by something looking for keywords on CV or actually looked over by staff?

 

[BrokenSam]

I wonder how the initial sift is done, would it be scanned by something looking for keywords on CV or actually looked over by staff?

Suspect that would be the case.

 

[L33mcc]

Ive got a big feeling the word count is a part of it. If you got 10k applicants and 7k only typed 500 words out of the 2500 then its a no brainer. Someone who has wrote more words usually take more time on the application and are thinking about their answers.

I wrote a minimum of 1000/2500.

I could be wrong but i think its a quick way to eliminate a large percentage of applicants.

 

[Chuchu]

Ive got a big feeling the word count is a part of it. If you got 10k applicants and 7k only typed 500 words out of the 2500 then its a no brainer. Someone who has wrote more words usually take more time on the application and are thinking about their answers.

I wrote a minimum of 1000/2500.

I could be wrong but i think its a quick way to eliminate a large percentage of applicants.

You might be right, on the other hand, did you write aprox. 4 pages ( 1000 words ) for each answer ? What on earth did you write about ?

 

[Ladder23]

You might be right, on the other hand, did you write aprox. 4 pages ( 1000 words ) for each answer ? What on earth did you write about ?

my thoughts!!!!

 

[Jaytrains]

Lool I didn’t have more than a 100 words

 

[iwasyoungonce]

Thought it said max 2500 characters not words !!

 

[Chuchu]

Thought it said max 2500 characters not words !!

That would make more sense. I had 100 - 120 words per answer so about 600 - 800 characters.

 

[Bn98]

Hello! Anyone who applied on or after the 9th had any news? Doing the detective work haha! (Thats assuming they go through in order of application rather than any other method!)

 

[Ladder23]

I applied after, no news for me!

 

[iwasyoungonce]

Not much chatter on here considering the thousands of applications, I applied after 9th no news for me

 

[Bn98]

Having a quick read through so far I think the latest date to have had feedback in this forim is the 7th

EDIT


Well my theory has been blown out of the water, I've spoken to a few people that have had a "No" and they appear to have applied in the last few days of the window?! Who knows... Patience ain't easy, assuming HR are away for christmas now!

 

[micker001]

I applied on the 9th. I haven't had any news yet. It will take a while to get through the application forms. I'll sit back and relax. Hopefully I get through but the odds are definitely against us.

 

[PlayerOne]

I applied on the 10th for TL and have heard nothing back as of yet. I’ve seen one comment, but has anyone else heard back from TL yet at all positive or negative ? I agree with the whole talent pool concept being inconsistent. I applied for another TOC in November 2018 and still awaiting a DMI after passing all other assessments. I understand the demand for these positions is high but this doesn’t reduce the frustration of waiting ! Good luck to you all.

 

[Jose Manuel]

I applied for the 3 of them on the 13th and still heard nothing back. Was a bit worried as some people had already recieved their rejections but I am pretty sure they are overwhelmed but also I guess most of their HR staff is on annual leave.

 

[BrokenSam]

I applied for the 3 of them on the 13th and still heard nothing back. Was a bit worried as some people had already recieved their rejections but I am pretty sure they are overwhelmed but also I guess most of their HR staff is on annual leave.

As said previously. It's pretty much certain that the first sift will be automated. Which may explain why some have heard.

Key word bingo

 

[gareth19822002]

I applied for Southern on the 12th and haven't heard anything back yet but I'm not surprised given the demand for this role.

As for their rejection process I would have thought the first and easiest one would be your home postcode. They could easily have a program in place to sift out anyone over xx miles away from these depot postcodes.

I suspect that would lose a fair few applications? And then anyone who says they solely rely on public transport to get to work (There will be people) as they don't have a car.

 

[Stigy]

Yes it's DOO so requires a higher pass

I may be wrong, but wasn’t aware DOO was a basis for an enhanced psychometric pass? It’s just random depending on the TOC/FOC as far as I’m aware.

 

[Class2ldn]

Yeah I thought se was standard and they do a lot of doo

 

[DA1]

Yeah I thought se was standard and they do a lot of doo

SE were standard until recently. I believe, looking at previous posts, they are now enhanced as they do the VSE etc.

 

[DM92]

i passed MMI and DMI in march 2016 for thameslink brighton. Im still in talent pool, although i dont pin any hopes on ever finally starting a course. Almost 5 years now

 

[Ladder23]

i passed MMI and DMI in march 2016 for thameslink brighton. Im still in talent pool, although i dont pin any hopes on ever finally starting a course. Almost 5 years now

5 years!!!!! What!!

 

[Class2ldn]

i passed MMI and DMI in march 2016 for thameslink brighton. Im still in talent pool, although i dont pin any hopes on ever finally starting a course. Almost 5 years now

When did they last say you were in the talent pool as your results would have lapsed now anyway.
I assume you've got another position by now?