Irish Rail Jobs Discussion

Haven’t posted here in a while and stopped following around page 90 or so, but just got an email might prove informative for some. Dunno if it’s been mentioned already. Email said they’re focusing solely on Dublin roles atm and will be looking to fill other positions thereafter. As to when that’s gonna he is anyone’s guess.

Snap, got the same its not a thanks but no thanks email so still in the running.......happy days.
looks like anyone away from dublin will be waiting for a good while so but at least i got something from them.

Yep based in Limerick here and got the email. IE apologising for the delay over 26,000 applications and said working on Dublin apps first then it's countrywide so still in the hunt.

For anyone who heard nowt since online assement just got email yday saying they will be in toich soon that they are going through Dublin candidates first as they are in demand to get them up and running asap im going for sligo so could be a while before anything is done

Locodriver89 wrote: »

Hi All,

Completed the interview on the 14th and passed the medical on the 21st. I only got the medical email on the 20th also, so very last minute. Do you think they would send you for a medical if you weren't successful in the interview. Would seem very unreasonable in my opinion to send someone for a medical after the interview stage if they weren't successful.

Im sure more people would be considered acceptable than positions after interview. It will likely depend on how they score people and from experience personality is a big thing in most jobs.

Did they estimate when they would give a final answer?

Locodriver89 wrote: »

My point in question was why send someone for a medical, and require them to take additional time of work, if the interview wasn't satisfactory. Surely it would make more sense from a logistical and cost point to only send people for medicals if they were going to be offered a position.

To answer your question they said it would be a couple of weeks before I would hear anything back in regards to wether I was successful or not. Like previous posts, they said its at the one to one stage now so progress will be a lot slower.

What stage are you at?

I agree if you were terrible then I couldn't see them sending you however could be there policy. They will (or should have) multiple candidates capable of doing the job once all interviews are complete so people could still be disappointed. Getting an interview for this type of job is quite an achievement.

Only did the two online assessments (non Dublin), applied more out of interest, not sure I would accept the job if offered.

khaldrogo wrote: »

Tell us about the interview......

There was a previous post a few pages back that explained the details of the interview. I doubt anyone else can go into any more detail than that for fear of jeopardising their own place

CiboC wrote: »

I did my interview the other day and was told to expect not to hear anything back for a few weeks as the process is much slower at this stage - I was there for nearly 3 hours.

What was the interview stage like? I received the email from last week saying they were progressing Dublin candidates first but that regional candidates will be processed in due course.

Thanks

CiboC wrote: »

Do you know this for definite or is it anecdotal?

I can only speak for the fire service, but going by that failing on these things is quite common, colour blindness is more common then you might think

I had my interview a couple of weeks ago. Got called for the medical which I did this week and passed. So all that's left to do now is wait I suppose.
I also received an email asking to send on two references, which I did.
In that email it also said: Please note, it is intended to commence training class(es) very soon.....
Based on that, I'd guess they'll send out offer letters soon and expect people to start the training within a couple of weeks of receiving the offer.
Fingers crossed. It's been a long process to get to this stage!

MrBumBum wrote: »

Doing an interview in the next few weeks.
Kinda curious about the medical if somebody wouldn't mind giving info.
I'll be fine for BMI but my fitness isn't what it used to be. I understand there is a treadmill. Is it walking, jogging, monitoring heart rate, blood pressure etc?
Is the blood test a pin prick or full on needle? And what are they testing for there?
Colour blindness and hearing... is that about all?

Also just wondering if anyone interviewed and did NOT get called for a medical?
Thànks

No treadmill / fitness involved whatsoever. They take height, weight, bmi, full medical history etc. Doc gives a once over; listening to chest etc.
They also check blood pressure, pin prick blood test for cholesterol, eye test, colourblind test, hearing test, urine sample, and an ECG.

mario84s wrote: »

My interview was longest I ever had, questions were fair and follow up questions were on point.
Medical was good, as above but I had to do the cardiac stress test at a different appointment.
Passed all and happy to say I start on Monday, training for the DART.
Best of luck to everyone.

Well done

AssaultedPeanut wrote: »

Wow congratulations.

Could you tell us the rough dates between having the interview, medical and then hearing the good news?

Just a little concerned about notice period. I've my medical on Thursday.

I'll be starting on Monday with Mario...I had an interview on the Thursday and was asked to go in for the medical the following Thursday after only receiving notice the Wednesday before. Literally a couple of hours notice. The next week I was asked for references and the week after (last Thursday) I was offered to start on the 15th. My notice period is 8 weeks, but I was able to arrange something with my current employer. If you're there less than two years then statutory is only 1 week. Your employer probably won't be happy, but if they're anyway decent they should try arrange something with you e.g. work weekends or evenings. Depends on what your currently doing I suppose. Hope that helps!!