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Irish Rail Jobs Discussion

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  • #52
    brianp20
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭brianp20


    liv1892 wrote: »
    I thought I did well to be honest but as time goes on I am doubting myself. I was wondering if we did get the job would we be subsidized for travel expenses and that if we had to go a long distance would you know? How do you think you did?

    I'm in the same boat. After the interview I was satisfied with it but now I'm wondering was I just happy because the interview was over! Doubt is creeping in and that's why the wait is so frustrating.

    I'm not sure about travel expenses, I haven't thought that far yet.


  • #53
    liv1892
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭liv1892


    brianp20 wrote: »
    I'm in the same boat. After the interview I was satisfied with it but now I'm wondering was I just happy because the interview was over! Doubt is creeping in and that's why the wait is so frustrating.

    I'm not sure about travel expenses, I haven't thought that far yet.

    Ya the wait is killing all hope really.

    It was just something that was said to me by a friend so I said I'd ask and see if anyone knew anything. Hopefully this doesn't drag on much longer.


  • #54
    brianp20
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭brianp20


    liv1892 wrote: »
    Ya the wait is killing all hope really.

    It was just something that was said to me by a friend so I said I'd ask and see if anyone knew anything. Hopefully this doesn't drag on much longer.

    I know someone that might know about the expenses so I'll try and find out later and let you.

    Even if we get positive news from this interview there's still a second one to follow.


  • #55
    liv1892
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭liv1892


    brianp20 wrote: »
    I know someone that might know about the expenses so I'll try and find out later and let you.

    Even if we get positive news from this interview there's still a second one to follow.

    I don't think there is because they cut it down so much from the aptitude tests to only 30 so they wouldn't have to do second interviews.


  • #56
    brianp20
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭brianp20


    liv1892 wrote: »
    I don't think there is because they cut it down so much from the aptitude tests to only 30 so they wouldn't have to do second interviews.

    I was told at the interview that it I was successful there would be a second interview. I remember my stomach sinking when they told me. Did they say different to you?


  • #57
    liv1892
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭liv1892


    brianp20 wrote: »
    I was told at the interview that it I was successful there would be a second interview. I remember my stomach sinking when they told me. Did they say different to you?

    No. Which apprenticeship were you going for?


  • #58
    brianp20
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭brianp20


    liv1892 wrote: »
    No. Which apprenticeship were you going for?

    Electrician. You?


  • #59
    liv1892
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭liv1892


    brianp20 wrote: »
    Electrician. You?

    The same.


  • #60
    Waestrel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 557 ✭✭✭Waestrel


    no word for me either - dont worry lads, it'llbe along. Big wheels move slowly.

    As a matter of interest, what ages are you guys? im 32, so surely I am quite old for an apprenticeship.


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  • #61
    liv1892
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭liv1892


    Waestrel wrote: »
    no word for me either - dont worry lads, it'llbe along. Big wheels move slowly.

    As a matter of interest, what ages are you guys? im 32, so surely I am quite old for an apprenticeship.

    I'm 24


  • #62
    Gaz2212
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭Gaz2212


    Went for this myself had the interview was told id hear before Christmas still nothing yet. Just want the wait to be over to hear the news be it good or bad just so I know!.

    I'm also 22 for your man wondering the ages.


  • #63
    brianp20
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭brianp20


    Ye're both young lads, I'm 33!


  • #64
    Gaz2212
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭Gaz2212


    brianp20 wrote: »
    Ye're both young lads, I'm 33!

    Ah sure look at the end of the day we would have just as much experience as yourself. I cant see age making a huge difference in this sure they would have known your age before the interviews so why ask you for an interview if they think youre too old? Best of luck anyway.


  • #65
    brianp20
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭brianp20


    Gaz2212 wrote: »
    Ah sure look at the end of the day we would have just as much experience as yourself. I cant see age making a huge difference in this sure they would have known your age before the interviews so why ask you for an interview if they think youre too old? Best of luck anyway.

    I was only joking, seeing as Waestrel thought 32 was perhaps too old for an apprenticeship, I'm older. I'd agree about it not having much relevance, they're looking for competent people, regardless of age.


  • #66
    liv1892
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭liv1892


    Gaz2212 wrote: »
    Ah sure look at the end of the day we would have just as much experience as yourself. I cant see age making a huge difference in this sure they would have known your age before the interviews so why ask you for an interview if they think youre too old? Best of luck anyway.

    Exactly they know what they want so there's no age restrictions!


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  • #67
    wobzilla1
    Registered Users Posts: 437 ✭✭wobzilla1


    I'm 28. Was told at the start of the interview that a lot of the questions were aimed at people just out of school so they'd skip them. They just told me there was a medical after this round. You'd want to make sure you're not colour blind, I'd a mate who wanted to be a pilot his whole life only to be told he was colour blind when he went for the job


  • #68
    Waestrel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 557 ✭✭✭Waestrel


    so seems to be a nice spread of ages. Best of luck to us all, I'm sure they'll be in contact soon in any case.


  • #69
    Thargor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,964 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Anyone know what the money is like?


  • #70
    Waestrel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 557 ✭✭✭Waestrel


    Maybe we will hear word this word fellas


  • #71
    Waestrel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 557 ✭✭✭Waestrel


    Well, any one hear anything?


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  • #72
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    I'd written it off at this stage. Maybe not seeing as no one seems to heard back. Fingers crossed.

    I was in for mechanic and I'm 34 , do I win? :)


  • #73
    bruno1x
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 182 ✭✭bruno1x


    Thargor wrote: »
    Anyone know what the money is like?

    The conventional wisdom of boards would suggests huge sums of money, buts thats not all, the job has perks too numerous to list, sufficient to say you will be drinking a lot of tea and chatting away to your colleagues for at least 80% of the day.


  • #74
    Waestrel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 557 ✭✭✭Waestrel


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    I'd written it off at this stage. Maybe not seeing as no one seems to heard back. Fingers crossed.

    I was in for mechanic and I'm 34 , do I win? :)

    you're officially an Irish rail Wizard!


  • #75
    Waestrel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 557 ✭✭✭Waestrel


    Also, does anyone know when the actual job would start? Mid this year?


  • #76
    wobzilla1
    Registered Users Posts: 437 ✭✭wobzilla1


    Waestrel wrote: »
    Also, does anyone know when the actual job would start? Mid this year?

    God knows, we were told we'd be contacted about the interview results before Christmas


  • #77
    wobzilla1
    Registered Users Posts: 437 ✭✭wobzilla1


    Emails out there lads. Was in my spam folder. No luck for me unfortunately


  • #78
    liv1892
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭liv1892


    Still nothing for me what time did you get it?


  • #79
    wobzilla1
    Registered Users Posts: 437 ✭✭wobzilla1


    liv1892 wrote: »
    Still nothing for me what time did you get it?

    17:08


  • #80
    Gaz2212
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭Gaz2212


    Got my email at 17:10 , bad news for me too I'm afraid


  • #81
    wobzilla1
    Registered Users Posts: 437 ✭✭wobzilla1


    Gaz2212 wrote: »
    Got my email at 17:10 , bad news for me too I'm afraid

    When I was going for the gardai they emailed everyone telling them they failed the 3rd Round and then realised their mistake a few hours later and loads of us had actually passed


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  • #82
    liv1892
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭liv1892


    Hard luck lads. Best of luck in the future


  • #83
    Gaz2212
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭Gaz2212


    wobzilla1 wrote: »
    When I was going for the gardai they emailed everyone telling them they failed the 3rd Round and then realised their mistake a few hours later and loads of us had actually passed

    Wall fingers crossed this happened again


  • #84
    wobzilla1
    Registered Users Posts: 437 ✭✭wobzilla1


    Gaz2212 wrote: »
    Wall fingers crossed this happened again

    Considering we got emailed at different times, it's probably not an automatic email to all of us so probably not going to happen.
    We might get lucky and someone will fail medical


  • #85
    brianp20
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭brianp20


    Hard luck, lads.

    Do ye mind me asking what were ye going for?

    I haven't heard anything back yet.


  • #86
    Gaz2212
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭Gaz2212


    brianp20 wrote: »
    Hard luck, lads.

    Do ye mind me asking what were ye going for?

    I haven't heard anything back yet.

    I went for the electrician apprenticeship


  • #87
    liv1892
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭liv1892


    I'm in for electrician, heard nothing yet.


  • #88
    brianp20
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭brianp20


    liv1892 wrote: »
    I'm in for electrician, heard nothing yet.

    Same here. Best of luck.


  • #89
    liv1892
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭liv1892


    brianp20 wrote: »
    Same here. Best of luck.

    Thanks. Same to you.
    It's nerve racking now.


  • #90
    Waestrel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 557 ✭✭✭Waestrel


    No luck for me, rejection email at 17:13

    If you have no word yet, I suspect you're in


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  • #91
    brianp20
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭brianp20


    Waestrel wrote: »
    No luck for me, rejection email at 17:13

    If you have no word yet, I suspect you're in

    Sorry to hear, Waestrel. What were you going for?


  • #92
    Waestrel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 557 ✭✭✭Waestrel


    brianp20 wrote: »
    Sorry to hear, Waestrel. What were you going for?

    Electrician


  • #93
    Shefwedfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,958 ✭✭✭✭Shefwedfan


    Sorry to pull up old thread. But Irish rail are advertising jobs and young fellow is looking at them. Anyone on here know much about it?

    http://www.irishrail.ie/about-us/career-opportunities

    Also out of interest does anyone know which jobs are in which region? He would prefer the Electrician but not sure about letting him off down to Limerick or Portlaoise on a solo run? Thanks


  • #94
    kingshankly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,589 ✭✭✭kingshankly


    Shefwedfan wrote: »
    Sorry to pull up old thread. But Irish rail are advertising jobs and young fellow is looking at them. Anyone on here know much about it?

    http://www.irishrail.ie/about-us/career-opportunities

    Also out of interest does anyone know which jobs are in which region? He would prefer the Electrician but not sure about letting him off down to Limerick or Portlaoise on a solo run? Thanks

    Portlaoise or drogheda wouldn't be too bad as he will have a pti card and will have free train travel


  • #95
    FACECUTTR
    Registered Users Posts: 1,542 ✭✭✭FACECUTTR


    Anybody hear anything back yet ?


  • #96
    Shefwedfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,958 ✭✭✭✭Shefwedfan


    Nothing


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  • #97
    Blikes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 437 ✭✭Blikes


    Went for an Interview today in Engineering & New Works building in Inchicore.

    I feel i didn't do very well in the interview. When they asked me what i knew about Irish Rail, i blanked and i kept forgetting to refer back to previous work experiences for the questions.


  • #98
    FACECUTTR
    Registered Users Posts: 1,542 ✭✭✭FACECUTTR


    Blikes wrote: »
    Went for an Interview today in Engineering & New Works building in Inchicore.

    I feel i didn't do very well in the interview. When they asked me what i knew about Irish Rail, i blanked and i kept forgetting to refer back to previous work experiences for the questions.

    Don't be too hard on yourself as you never know how it might turn out. Any idea when you will hear back ?


  • #99
    Blikes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 437 ✭✭Blikes


    FACECUTTR wrote: »
    Any idea when you will hear back ?

    Thanks :)
    They said the next stage is a Medical on the 8th August so i presume i should hear back before then.
    After that the in-person aptitude test and mechanical reasoning tests.
    The 6 successful electrical candidates are to start before the end of august.


  • #100
    Shefwedfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,958 ✭✭✭✭Shefwedfan


    Blikes wrote: »
    Thanks :)
    They said the next stage is a Medical on the 8th August so i presume i should hear back before then.
    After that the in-person aptitude test and mechanical reasoning tests.
    The 6 successful electrical candidates are to start before the end of august.

    I never got anything back from them to say yes no, pi** off so you are a couple of steps in front of others....


  • #101
    Hollister11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,482 ✭✭✭Hollister11


    Does anyone know if irish rail hire software developers? Or is this all outsourced.


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