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Yea got the email that every test was average. Ugh.

Why did I do them using just a laptop

Irish Rail application
T
The OPC
to me
2 hours agoDetails
21 February 2019


Thank you for completing the online assessment tools for the role of Train Driver with Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail. You may remember that you completed three tools for us. They were as follows:

MiniSCAAT (The Mini Safe Concentration and Attention Test). This test involved you looking for and crossing out target letters in a page of letters. This test assessed your ability to concentrate effectively. Train Drivers will spend a large amount of time concentrating on what is going on around them. On this test we assessed you on your speed i.e. how quickly you worked through the test. We also assessed you on your accuracy i.e. how many of the target letters you missed. A safe and effective Train Driver will work quickly and accurately through this test.

RAAT (The Rules Acquisition Aptitude Test) In this test you were given fictitious passages of railway rules and procedures. You were then given some multiple questions to answer based on each passage. Train Drivers have lots of rules and procedures to learn and understand to keep them, their customers, colleagues, trains and the rail infrastructure safe. A Train Driver will be effective at understanding and learning the rules and procedures.

IR LD-SJT (Irish Rail Locomotive Driver Situational Judgment Test) This test has been designed specifically for Irish Rail. You were given different scenarios that you might face as a Train Driver. A Train Driver needs to respond to these different situations both safely and effectively. This test helped us to assess whether you would be able to make the same safe and effective judgements as a Train Driver.

Feedback
We had a tremendous response to Irish Rail's recruitment drive for Train Drivers. Many thousands of applicants applied. We have scored up your tests and compared your results to other candidates who sat the same tests. Having scored your tests it is with regret that we have to inform you that you have been unsuccessful in your application. You had enormous competition and only a very small percentage of candidates that sat the online tests have been taken through to the assessment centre. To succeed through to the assessment centre you needed to have scored above average on all of the assessment tools.

We have provided you with some feedback below regarding your performance on the three online assessments tools.

Feedback on your IR LD-SJT performance
Your score on the SJT was average when we compared you to other candidates. Your ability to make safe and effective judgements was equivalent to that of the typical person who sat the SJT under the same conditions. If you were to sit the SJT again then we would recommend that you undertake some research to understand what Train Drivers are expected to do and what judgements they might make to ensure they are safe and effective. This could help you to improve your SJT performance still further next time.

Feedback on your RAAT performance
On the RAAT you scored average. Your ability to read and understand railway related rules and procedures is typical of most other people who sat the RAAT under the same conditions. Your results would suggest that your ability to work with rules and procedures would be typical of your peers. If you were to sit the RAAT again then we would recommend that you try to increase your performance still further. You could read technical procedures and then ask a friend, relative or your partner to ask you some questions based on the procedures you have read and learnt.

Feedback on your MiniSCAAT performance
Your speed
Your speed on the miniSCAAT was average compared to other candidates that sat the test under the same conditions. In the time allocated to the test you were able to work through as many of the letters as your comparison group.

Your accuracy
With regards to accuracy your score was average when compared to others. Your ability to identify the target letters was typical of other people who sat the miniSCAAT under the same conditions.

Overall miniSCAAT summary
Overall your speed and accuracy were average when compared to others that sat the miniSCAAT. If you were to sit the miniSCAAT again then we would recommend that you try to increase your speed and accuracy still further.

I didn't want to say anything after the first fail.


But to be honest, I have just found this entire process so odd.



I failed the first test, yet took it again with pretty much the same answers as first time and got a pass.


Most of these tests came back average. To be honest, mainly down to me not really caring doing it, the odds are against you and it seems a slight deviation in one answer can throw you off the horse.