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Anyone took today's test?  How was it?

(seems like a sweet gig for someone fresh out of college)

What was your score on the 6600 test? How many wrong?

Hi..I'm from exam 6600. That's what my paper stares...Monday and Tuesday at Livingston street and Wednesday day 3 until Fruday the 23rd in Coney Island, they said two weeks, unless when I go Monday they say something different...maybe you shadow someone for two weeks and it's not a classroom setting? Is there a final exam after the class room training?

Was the test difficult? 

How long did it take you?  Did they provide enough time?

Yeah we had to be there for 730 am sharp. It was a pretty large group (over 100 ). Glad to have made it through the cognitive, vocabulary, math and interview. Hoping to hear something back about next steps soon.

I still don't understand how they are calling people without first establishing a list of eligible candidates and finalizing the test results? 

Yea they called and left a voicemail

Has the MTA finalized the answer key for 6600? If not, how are they offering positions to people who took the exam without a Final version answer key for exam 6600?

What was your test score?  

Hi,

I also received a letter today 10/17,  to report this Friday 10/21.  MTA new York City is considering you for a temporary position as a Station Agent AFC 01-f.  Anyone else received the letter?  Does it say temporary position on your letter as well?  Not sure if I would even get hired, but the word temporary scares me.  Anyone know what it means by temporary?  I'm afraid to quit my full time job, to just get a temporary position for a few months.  

 

Thanks

I think the scores in the mail will come sometime in beginning to middle of 2017.  

I think the oral test is given AFTER you are called from the list and are being considered for hire.  

Scores in the mail will most likely probably come after the second part of the test (oral) has been given

POST PROTEST SURVEY.  

PLEASE ANSWER HONESTLY AND COMPLETELY.    

http://goo.gl/0Gz47R

Can you please explain to me how a post protest works? If a person does not have a chance to attend a protest session but they know they have question number "X" wrong according to the proposed answer key, how are they supposed to protest question "X"?

Do they just write a letter to MTA stating "I believe the proposed answer is incorrect and the answer I gave is better"?

How does the MTA realistically expect you to protest a question without going to a protest session and obtaining access to the exam booklet during the protest session to be able to review the questions and answers?

They were supposed to give you tbis information at tne exam, as well as a Candidate's Personal Record of Answers, on which you were supposed to write the date of the protest session. Protest sessions are all this week at 180 Livingston Street.

If you are unable to attend the protest session, then you may file a post-protest. In a post-protest, you must submit your protests no later than 30 days from the scheduled protest session date with the exam title, test date, exam number, Social Security #, and question number(s) along with your name and address and mail it to:

MTA New York City Transit

Examinations Section

180 Livingston Street

Room 4070

Brooklyn, NY 11201

How did the protest session go?

Where there many participants for the PM session?  

That's not true. If a question gets thrown out, it changes everyones scores. If the MTA throws out 5 questions because people protested them, then the entire 6601 exam changes from a 80 question test to a 75 question test, changing the scores for everyone who completed the test. 

Did you find out information about how the protest session works from someone in the MTA?  

Did you have a chance to protest any questions yet?

I checked my score and I was flabbergasted. I saw, in comparing my answer key to the answers I recorded that I had six wrong. I thought I only had one wrong. There is no way I could have gotten SIX wrong. I believe the test was incorrectly graded; somehow, somebody somewhere in the exams unit made mistakes. To those of you who feel you got more questions wrong than you should have, I think you should protest.

But how does this protest session work? What happens after you write your paper there? Do they get back to you, do they justify themselves if you're overruled?

The problem is if I or anyone else successfully protested a proposed answer that was arbitrary I am not the only one to benefit. Everyone else who picked the same answer as me will also benefit. I don't receive any preference or extra credit for being analytical or proving that MTA's proposed answer was illogical or arbitrary. I don't receive preference in hiring or promotion. Is that fair? If I took a day off from work to attend the protest while someone else did not why do I not receive any extra credit?

My understanding is that the so-called questions with more than one right answer are challengeable if you can field an explanation as to why your selected answer is as good or better than the one proposed in the answer key. This is a trick the MTA uses to further winnow out the field. It forces the candidate for the job to display logic and comprehension skills, which, if impressive enough, can result in an overturned answer. This, in effect, is the "writing" portion of the exam. You're basically displaying grammar and analytical skills, giving the employer a window into how your mind works. They wanna know that. Thus, people who can't differentiate between "you're" and "your", or can't spell or articulate clearly are flushed out immediately.

Based on our polls small sample size we see a statistical bell curve.  

That is to say most people (the majority) who responded on this forum received 3 or 4 incorrect (50% as of 07/10/2016 9:55 PM EST).

I can only hope that some questions had multiple answers or were somehow unfair and can be successfully protested.

One should also hope that the people who responded to the poll on this website are above average compared to all the people who took the test for this position (it may be because usually people who are genuinely interested tend to score better then people who just take the test and hope for the best).  

if you have yet to take the poll you are invited to do so.  Please be honest when responding.  The information we gain from this poll is only as good as the responses we get (honest and large sample size).

HERE IS A POLL:  PLEASE ANSWER HONESTLY.  

 

http://goo.gl/AyutGv

HERE IS A POLL:  PLEASE ANSWER HONESTLY.  

http://goo.gl/AyutGv

Will you be at the MTA Protest session this Monday, 07/11/2016 from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM? 

I am very interested in reviewing what this question was asking this Monday during the Protest session... 

I'm sure there is more than just us two that put B for 31. Sounds like an appeal to me.

I put "B" for # 31 and according to the proposed answer key the correct answer is "C". 

What was the answer you put for this question?  "B" also?

Anyone else from 4/9 am?

I doubt people who scored 95-100 are the drug users...

So therefore I don't think that will happen. Go to the protest and challenge any unfair questions. That's probably your best chance of being called sooner unfortunately...

Pretty bummed I got 3 wrong but i hope that the drug test and oral test help eliminate some people.

Does anybody know how the protest session works?

Anyone from the 04/09/16 AM Session?

How many applicants were there for the Station Agent exam (#6600)?  Do you or anyone on this forum know how many took this exam? 

When this exam was given by DCAS you had to complete an education and experience exam before they'd allow you to take written exam. I'm not sure if TA does the same. But one things for sure if you don't have the required experience you will not be refunded your money.


Station Supervisor Level I

Can we make an anonymous poll of users on the forum to find out when they took the test (date and AM or PM sessions) and which questions they received wrong for that particular session.  This way we can compare notes and see if many people had a particular question # marked as incorrect (as per the proposed answer key).  Maybe we could have a separate poll for each test date and AM/PM session...   

Is this possible?

Did anyone else mark the questions with multiple correct answers?  I have a feeling (perhaps wishful) that one or two questions can be protested.  In that case a 95% (as an example) can become a 96.25 (1 successfully protested question) or a 97.5% (2 successfully protested questions) which may dramatically improve your chances of being called.  

Does anyone know how many conductors the MTA hires a year on average? 

They didn't call you from the last conductor exam yet?  How long have you waited?  How many people in front of your old conductor exam list number? 

When I took the last conductor exam I got a 90.666 for a score. So I did slightly better this time around.

The protest is on different dates for different people (dependent on when you took the test).  They have many different dates.  The more people that protest a specific questions proposed answer the more likely I suspect they consider changing it.   

Who knows.

Protest session is on the 12th. Who knows how effective that might be...maybe they'll change 1 or 2 of those tricky ones. I'll be checking again after that date but for now, I guess I'm ok with 3 wrong.

They give you the booklet from your test date and time, along with a piece of paper to write down your argument as to why your answer is "as good or better" than the proposed answer they provided. 

As anyone been to any of the other MTA protest sessions? Are you able to see an actual test booklet from that day to verify the answers you got.

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