Despite what this forum may say, you don't always need to know the ins and outs of the industry and TOCs to get a job. Many new Drivers know very little about the role before they get it.
Not sure of your point here. Are you suggesting
@GogoTime isn't worthy of the job or is somehow underserving ? Many fail at interview for many reasons. Some of the most knowledgeable applicants simply do not get the job. For every single success there will be tens of dozens who failed.
Congratulations.
I'm sure there are a few people from Northern on here. Hopefully someone will ping you a message.
The OP asked to get some information about the role at the point of being offered it, not at early application. I find this quite staggering that someone can get through the entire process of train driver recruitment, including DMI without knowing ‘the role of a train driver’. Now if they meant to ask ‘what is it like working for Northern out of Newcastle depot’ then that would be a different question. I was purely reacting to the way the original question was asked. If gogotime has no idea of the role of train driver at this point, then I’d say they have gone for the job blindly and most likely based on the salary, and perhaps yes, someone who really wants the job may well be better suited. I think anyone going for any job, who researches the job and knows it’s for them, and they have a strong desire to do the job has a good chance of being better than someone possibly chancing their arm at a job application knowing little about what they are going for.
This was how it came across in the initial post and why I replied to it as I did. This forum is full of people who have spent years on here reading and researching the role, biding their time and applying as and when they can, giving it their all at any given chance, and some who are lucky to get it first time, but most know what they are applying to do. So a post that read like the person hadn’t even really researched the role is somewhat frustrating to say the least.
But if it was just a badly phrased question, as it sometimes is, then the poster should clarify that, and if that was so then I congratulate Gogotime on their success and wish them all the best with their new career, I’m sure they will enjoy it.
My question would have been more along the lines of “I have recently secured a position as Apprentice Train Driver for Northern out of Newcastle, can anyone shed some light on life working out of the Newcastle depot? What Routes do you sign, what shifts/links are they, how long are trainees training before being signed off, or similar…
Apologies if my response seems off to some, each to their own..
