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Originally Posted by topman
.........Btw how was the tests? I do read how they are always crying out for drivers, yet everyone I've seen go through it say how few jobs there are and how long the process is?
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There were loads of logical puzzles, and grammar tests. A really great set of physics tests, e.g. if this cog goes that way, which way and at how many revolutions will the seventh cog go, stuff I thoroughly enjoyed.
After each test period everybody adjourns to a lounge for tea and coffee, then some, those remaining, are called back in. Finally, when they shut the door behind me, I was on my own and to be honest, they were extremely fair giving me several attempts at the last test.
I was lucky not to need a job, just thought I'd try it out, but you could see some of the applicants were desperate for employment.
The job was as a depot driver to bring trains up ready for the mainline, but the tests covered all mainline work, very interesting.