CarlosMQ

Hey guys good luck to all that are going through the process sorry to here that @Alberto. I went through the whole program and just finished phase 2, Nov. 7, 2019. It was a crazy year had a lot going on in my life while doing the program, but just keep studying it all pays off at the end now I’m a qualified engineer and I’m loving not having to study how I was as a trainee. Any questions guys just let me know I’ll try to answer you guys back as soon as I can. 

18 hours ago, RCARR said:

I passed the S &D test and had my panel interview in November. I read on the last page there is a Phase 1 class scheduled for January now, but I wasn't contacted so I assume that means I wasn't selected. Is that a knock on my qualifications, or is there a list of candidates from past tests that will get invited to a class before me?

In my Phase l class all 13 passed but classes only take 12 students so our classmate had to wait for this January phase ll class. It’s a phase ll that’s scheduled for January. I believe Phase l is sometime in February. They’re usually 3 months apart from each class. So just wait like Dre said no news is good news, just be patient. And keep studying your signals and definitions you’ll get tested on that the first day of phase l 

On 12/1/2018 at 1:26 PM, Jsunflyguy said:

Just finished the Phase 1 Exam and passed, anyone from a previous test here about their class date?

How many passed?

5 hours ago, kev2112 said:

I'm taking the test Saturday...I know the signals cold. All of them. Definitions are a different story. I'm hoping for 20 short ones on the test.

I had 5 or 6 definitions left before my test I was feeling the same way it’s only 20 what are the chances I’ll get one of those. But I took the day before the test off from work hit those definitions and got them by the next day. The next day on the test I saw all 6 , I would’ve failed that test, but since I got them all down I got 100 on the signals and 100 on the indications/definitions test. So just try to study it hard you put in all this time, if you really want it go all in or nothing at all. Best of luck.

Hey guys 

so im done with my Phase l class, I passed my final on Saturday. Now just waiting on HR to contact me for Phase ll. I took two days off from studying now back at it today to keep everything fresh for Phase ll. I heard there’s an open house today good luck to everyone.

On 7/6/2018 at 12:04 PM, kev2112 said:

Went to the 6/1 open house, passed everything and no call for S&D. Time to give up hope?

As long as you don’t get a letter in the mail you should be fine just keep waiting you just started I did my open house January in babaylon, went to S&D overview st Patrick’s Day then 5 weeks later April 21 took the S&D Test they infromed me April 25 that I passed and wanted to schedule an interview. Did the interview the next week and then I waited a while I thought I messed up the interview but then I got a call from HR to schedule a pre medical and based on me passing that medical I would start phase l June 27 and here I am in Phase l. We have a great instructor for Phase l so I can’t complain. Our final is Aug 18. They’ll let us know that same day wether we passed or failed. Hopefully I have good news and can start phase ll in September. 🙌🏼 🙏🏼 Hope this information helps you guys. Just how it helped me when I read all 36 pages to know what to expect. If you guys really want the job and know what to expect read the whole 42 pages of this forum very insightful information. In one page there is actually a lot of questions that they ask in the interview, to bad for me I read that after my interview so I couldn’t prepare myself for it lol but you guys can. So here’s my input for the forum hope it helps you guys. Good luck ✊🏼

Hey guys how was that overview today? Overwhelming

dont worry that’s nothing like phase l

my best advice is that you guys put everything into index cards and make sure you check you wrote the signals indications and definitions exactly word for word. I had a case where for example: Stop Board - Stop then be governed by timetable special instruction. I wrote it exactly like that and left out the last part so half way into studying I had everything down, I go to double check that everything was word for word and found that I was missing “or general notice.“  Stop Board - Stop then be governed by timetable special instruction or general notice. so just study those index cards everyday. I got all the signals first with indications with some definitions and once I got the signals and indications 100%, I moved on to the long definitions. If you say it enough everyday it just starts sticking, so study and good luck, Phase l is a lot more studying  and learn a lot of rules verbatim as well and you’ll get quizzed on signals and definitions every so often if not every class. 

@MistaFISH how’s Phase ll going?

On 6/6/2018 at 6:41 PM, Train123 said:

@CarlosMQ what’s up? Have you heard anything back as of yet ?

@MistaFISH how’s phase 2 going? Is it about the same amount of work as phase 1 ? 

Yea they called me Wednesday to schedule the pre medical, which you need to pass to move on to phase l. I just took it today and passed, I’m just waiting for HR to email me confirmation that I passed and confirmation on phase l, when HR called me to scheduled the pre medical they told me phase l starts June 27. I hope you got a call, good luck to everyone and for the ones that will be in my phase l class see you there. The time has come for us to study study and give it all we have.

9 hours ago, Jsunflyguy said:

I'm in the 6/1 open house as well, best of luck to everyone involved.

 

When did you apply?

4 hours ago, MistaFISH said:

I got the call yesterday btw. I'm a Locomotive Engineer Trainee.... Just quit my job today.

 

It was just as fun as I thought it would be. 

Congrats bro, can’t wait to get to that step. 🤞🏼

9 hours ago, MistaFISH said:

Anytime. Just as @drenyce311 has stated, it really depends. We transitioned in about a month. It's all different though. Definitely take his advice and don't give your two weeks at your present job until you're past the second medical and the background check and you've gotten that call. 

Also, they don't " have to " give you two weeks for your present employer like everyone assumes. Sometimes it's less.

Thanks again bro

13 hours ago, drenyce311 said:

Depends. My class transitioned in 2-3 week period. Others have waited longer than that. “DO NOT” put your two weeks in until HR calls you And this might be 1 week before class starts. Also keep in mind just because you passed phase 1 doesn’t mean you’ll be in the next phase 2 class. There’s other people waiting to get into a phase 2 class. You might just be in the following class. 

Thanks again bro

9 hours ago, MistaFISH said:

The second medical is the same as the first: Eye exam, color blind test and physical agilities test.Plus a hearing exam,EKG, sleep apnea questionnaire (they'll decide if you fit the criteria for sleep apnea, if not, they won't test you for it) and the drug test. Not too bad.

Thanks for the information, how long is the wait from phase l to phase ll, Just curious because of my current job. Thanks again 

1 hour ago, Train123 said:

Nicee! How was it ? What kind is questions were asked? And did they say when next class would be 

I think it was good I was pretty nervous, It was an HR Rep and road foreman, before you go in they give you a few papers to go over which Consist of the job descriptions and also Rlue G which they ask you about. When they ask you about rule G they want to see how many you can remember, believe I said them all, also they don’t have to be verbatim..lol then questions about team work, job description, causalities (they want to know if you can deal with it well and come to work after a accident) if you go back on this forum someone posted up some questions they they may ask you, I remember hearing 95% of those questions I’ll try to find the page number. I went through the whole 38 pages of the forum and came across those questions who ever posted that thanks very helpful, they also mentioned a class starts every 3 months so I’m guessing sometime in the summer what step are you on?

17 hours ago, Train123 said:

@MistaFISH congrats man! How was it m? Thought ya background had been done?

@CarlosMQ you got the call for the panel interview ?

I did the panel interview about a week ago just waiting now

7 hours ago, MistaFISH said:

Thank you. Just finished my second medical last week and did the background check. We start at the end of the month. Looking forward to it. Getting paid to study is much better than the phase 1 deal of working your regular job and studying for the rest of the day. It wasn't easy, but it's definitely do-able. Don't let anyone fool you. Study study study.

I know what you mean. That’s awesome, what’s the second medical consist of, I can’t wait to get called for phase l, I’m playing the waiting game right now, and I’m still studying my Signal and Definitions cards making sure I stay on top of them. Good luck in Phase ll.

@MistaFISH what’s going on man congrats on passing phase one. When do you start phase ll?

15 hours ago, republic said:

The waiting is over!!!! I'm invited to the June 1 open house!!!  I'm sooooooo pumped!!!

Congrats bro good luck

On 4/27/2018 at 10:15 AM, kw06583 said:

For anyone who took the S&D Exam this past Saturday, April 21st, if you are waiting for results, you should be hearing from HR anytime now. Was called few days ago and told I passed and set up my panel interview. Super stoked! Still studying as well just in case!

How did the interview go? Have you gotten a call back yet?

What type of questions would they ask you in the interview? Also what should we expect in Phase l ???

47 minutes ago, Train123 said:

You never know man. U only needed 80% on the definition portion of the test. I know I’m asking again but During the overview I thought they said dashes really didn’t matter only for the ones we had to put a star by that was necessary?

No you didn’t need them, only the ones we went over and they specified that they wanted. I just learned with the dashes because all this is something we would need to know for the job so I don’t want to get it confused in the future if I get to phase l and ll, On the signals if the name was “Temporary Advance Speed-Limit Sign” and you wrote Advanced would they consider it wrong? Because I know indications and definitions were verbatim but what about names.

6 hours ago, Train123 said:

@MistaFISH when you took the S&D test did you add the “-“ for all the signals :ex slow-approach and so on? Also how’s phase 1 been going?

I put the “-“ for the signal names on the test on Saturday that’s just how I learned them, has anyone who took the test saturday heard anything back from HR?? what does phase 1 consist of?

What should we expect after taking and passing the test? What’s the next step?

8 hours ago, Train123 said:

@CarlosMQ you ready for test day? How’s the studying going ?

My brain is on overdrive lol I have Signals and indications 100% I’m on my last definitions, the studying was not too bad, but at times frustrating.  I feel good for Saturday.

Who’s ready for this weekend 😓??