B/O 4600 Hiring Process

[Express Bus Operator]

Even though the test was easy, but lets say 10k passed. Remember not everyone will make it based on criminal records, accidents, drugs, and many more.

[mass production]

Just go done taking the afternoon exam at Brooklyn Tech H.S. if anyone was there today, and want to check the answers together let me know. Also I notice outside the school there were a lot of people that had pink, yellow, and white notices for the exam, and the lines were split up. I had the pink notice...

[romeo1982]

That exam was easy.I think I got 100 lol I bet even with a perfect score many people will have 4 digit list numbers

[+Young+]

I also just got back from taking the 4600 afternoon session with a Queens bus map. It was mostly reading comprehension with a few questions on a bus timetable and a few questions based on the Queens map.

[newcareermta4600]

I understand lots of people failed the last test 2613, but nothing was on the test that I was studying for no cdl no points of interest questions and the times schedule for the buses that was a breeze lol. I agree it should of more competitive cause even if u scored high u may still have a 4 digit list#.

[leaniel3209]

I took the exam yesterday at james Madison hs  ,what are the procedures once you get a test score about 75 , cause I heard that once you get a list number there is a expiration date on that list number ,please explain thanks

also I had heard that if you fail they send you a letter within 3 weeks to tell you that you had failed ,is it true ? any help will be appreciate it

[161 New York]

Yes, I think it is going to be a HUGE list.

 

My math says 12,000 candidates alone passed through James Madison High School this weekend.

 

Four sessions 8:30, 13:30 on Saturday/Sunday, enrollment/capacity of the school 3,000 (per NYCDOE), 4 x 3,000 = up to 12,000 potential candidates from that school alone.

Edited December 15, 2013 by 161passenger

[romeo1982]

Anyone want to compare answer sheets?

Edited December 15, 2013 by romeo1982

[mass production]

I also just got back from taking the 4600 afternoon session with a Queens bus map. It was mostly reading comprehension with a few questions on a bus timetable and a few questions based on the Queens map.

[mass production]

You're right about that it was a lot of reading comprehensive but at times the question was a little tricky but I had to read it again and it made perfectly clear what they were asking about. A lot of us flip the page back just to mark down right the answers. I feel comforted I did alright but at the end of the exam it got a lot easier for me with the codes and especially I live in Queens they had a map of the borough where the bus stops and landmarks were.That was nothing to me.

[leaniel3209]

what are the procedures once you get a passing low score?

[newcareermta4600]

With this kind of test it being so easy the higher the score the better. Low score you may not get called in my opinion hope I'm wrong on low score part.

[v010fish]

I would also love to find out when the train operators test is given if anyone knows please post

[leaniel3209]

I think that depends on vacancy ,I think the expiration date is for 4 years ,and if mta needs lots of drivers ,then the passing scores lows in the 70s can get called

[161 New York]

I would also love to find out when the train operators test is given if anyone knows please post

 

We'll have to await the vacancy announcement.

 

As of today 12/15/2013 MTA has not yet posted the 2014 Examination Schedule:

http://www.mta.info/nyct/hr/

[hockeyplayer9]

I don't know how a test like this WON'T end up with hundreds of test scores of 100. It's ridiculous. I just don't want to wait 3 or 4 years instead of a year or so just cause they gotta water down a test to a high school level (if even that).

[newcareermta4600]

Yes I don't want to wait 3 or 4yrs myself. There is a shortage of drivers so that may help getting called sooner. But with a test this easy the list is going to be long.

[hockeyplayer9]

Yes I don't want to wait 3 or 4yrs myself. There is a shortage of drivers so that may help getting called sooner. But with a test this easy the list is going to be long.

Yup. Do you know if we get our list number after the results of this test are released or after we take the 2nd test (BOSS Exam)?

[ILLMATIC96SS]

we should have our SCORES by next month  according to the  paper work we were given at the test site 

[newcareermta4600]

Yeah I read test results by jan23rd 2014.

[mass production]

You only need a 70% to pass the exam and they do call from the list. Trust me on this one because I already have been there myself. They go by what you scored on the exam from the highest to the lowest and you on a list#. Even with people that score really good might not get the job for many reason, such as bad driving record, failing a drug test, criminal records, dishonorable discharged from the Armed Forces, not passing a physical, and for any other reason. Usually the list number last about 5 years, and there is a shortage of drivers. Just got to wait and see. If anyone whats to compare your answers from the exam you can hit me up a instant message if want to keep your answers confidential. 

Edited December 16, 2013 by mass production

[hockeyplayer9]

So your score becomes your list number and then after you take the BOSS exam, you still keep the original list number, right? The BOSS is a pass/fail and won't get you called any faster, correct?

[Dre87]

Yup. Do you know if we get our list number after the results of this test are released or after we take the 2nd test (BOSS Exam)?

U get a list number after the boss. Ppl could pass the written test & fail the boss exam and not make the list.

we should have our SCORES by next month according to the paper work we were given at the test site

The answer would be posted online and u would b able to check ya answers I u wrote them down on that paper try gave u. Mta isn't gonna make u a letter with ya list # next month. U gota take the boss exam first.

So your score becomes your list number and then after you take the BOSS exam, you still keep the original list number, right? The BOSS is a pass/fail and won't get you called any faster, correct?

No ya scores isn't ya list number cuz more than one person is gonna have the same score. & not the boss won't get u called any faster.

[mass production]

So your score becomes your list number and then after you take the BOSS exam, you still keep the original list number, right? The BOSS is a pass/fail and won't get you called any faster, correct?

That's pretty much correct. The BOSS is questions like if you was going to an interview, and the same questions can get repeated twice. Usually you will have a list number before the BOSS exam because they do send notices in the mail.

[leaniel3209]

so first if you failed they send you a test stating you fail, if you pass with a low score you still have chances is what youre saying, but that depends on how many bus drivers they need also

so you can get a list number ,and how bout if you fail the boss then what?