CarlosMQ Posted April 18, 2018 Share #876 Posted April 18, 2018 What should we expect after taking and passing the test? What’s the next step? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drenyce311 Posted April 18, 2018 Share #877 Posted April 18, 2018 You’ll get your results in about weeks time. Not sure how they’re doing it now. I’m hearing different things. Background check then a panel interview. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Train123 Posted April 18, 2018 Share #878 Posted April 18, 2018 @drenyce311 I thought background had been done? And as far as the test do they want commas placed exactly how the definition is or just the wording. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MistaFISH Posted April 19, 2018 Share #879 Posted April 19, 2018 5 hours ago, Train123 said: @drenyce311 I thought background had been done? And as far as the test do they want commas placed exactly how the definition is or just the wording. Commas are no big deal. Same with spelling on certain words, unless it changes its meaning. As in pluralizing train(s), when it's supposed to be train, or vise versa. Good luck. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Train123 Posted April 21, 2018 Share #880 Posted April 21, 2018 On 4/19/2018 at 1:04 AM, MistaFISH said: Commas are no big deal. Same with spelling on certain words, unless it changes its meaning. As in pluralizing train(s), when it's supposed to be train, or vise versa. Good luck. Thank you, much appreciated 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Train123 Posted April 23, 2018 Share #881 Posted April 23, 2018 @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? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlosMQ Posted April 24, 2018 Share #882 Posted April 24, 2018 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? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluto1899 Posted April 24, 2018 Share #883 Posted April 24, 2018 11 hours ago, CarlosMQ said: 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? I put the dashes in too. That said, while I’m confident I got 100% on the signals, I’m fairly certain I crashed and burned on the definitions portion. It was actually the indications that did me in. I was so concerned with the signals and definitions, and almost forgot about the indications, and I paid for it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Train123 Posted April 24, 2018 Share #884 Posted April 24, 2018 36 minutes ago, Bluto1899 said: I put the dashes in too. That said, while I’m confident I got 100% on the signals, I’m fairly certain I crashed and burned on the definitions portion. It was actually the indications that did me in. I was so concerned with the signals and definitions, and almost forgot about the indications, and I paid for it. 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? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluto1899 Posted April 24, 2018 Share #885 Posted April 24, 2018 42 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? I know that I had marked dashes on several definitions that they said would be wrong without them. For example, for “Marker” the emphasized it should be “Red-Orange-Amber” or it was wrong. Because of that, if the signal name has a dash in the book, I used a dash. I made my flash cards up that way. That said, I can’t say how they will grade it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlosMQ Posted April 24, 2018 Share #886 Posted April 24, 2018 (edited) 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. Edited April 24, 2018 by CarlosMQ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluto1899 Posted April 24, 2018 Share #887 Posted April 24, 2018 5 minutes ago, CarlosMQ said: 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. A guy I spoke to after the test was afraid he failed because he wrote advanced approach instead of advance approach, do they would probably consider it wrong for the speed limit sign too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drenyce311 Posted April 24, 2018 Share #888 Posted April 24, 2018 Yup. It’s wrong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drenyce311 Posted April 24, 2018 Share #889 Posted April 24, 2018 25 minutes ago, CarlosMQ said: 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. Yes it would be considered wrong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Train123 Posted April 24, 2018 Share #890 Posted April 24, 2018 27 minutes ago, CarlosMQ said: 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. Ok thanks that’s what I thought....for indications it was only about 3-5 I believe that was specified that they needed a dash, / or parentheses.....but I guess we’ll have to wait it out and see how it turns out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MistaFISH Posted April 24, 2018 Share #891 Posted April 24, 2018 19 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? No...i don't think i did. I know i added the / for stop signal/ train order, and for approach/distant signal marker. hope that helps. It's going...it makes the S&D look like a walk in the park, i'll tell you that. But just like the S&D, at some point, it just clicks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MistaFISH Posted April 24, 2018 Share #892 Posted April 24, 2018 47 minutes ago, CarlosMQ said: 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. Yeah...definitely wrong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Train123 Posted April 24, 2018 Share #893 Posted April 24, 2018 @CarlosMQ have you heard anything back yet 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MistaFISH Posted April 25, 2018 Share #894 Posted April 25, 2018 2 hours ago, Train123 said: @CarlosMQ have you heard anything back yet When did you guys take the S&D test? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluto1899 Posted April 25, 2018 Share #895 Posted April 25, 2018 12 hours ago, MistaFISH said: When did you guys take the S&D test? It was on Saturday 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyCass89 Posted April 25, 2018 Share #896 Posted April 25, 2018 I also took the test Saturday. Nailed the Aspects portion definitely 100% I got about 75% of the definitions/indications easily, the other 25% I struggled with pretty heavily but I think I did enough to possibly pass. Anxiously awaiting a result. Does anyone know if they let you know Pass OR Fail, or do they just email those who pass? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drenyce311 Posted April 26, 2018 Share #897 Posted April 26, 2018 6 hours ago, MattyCass89 said: I also took the test Saturday. Nailed the Aspects portion definitely 100% I got about 75% of the definitions/indications easily, the other 25% I struggled with pretty heavily but I think I did enough to possibly pass. Anxiously awaiting a result. Does anyone know if they let you know Pass OR Fail, or do they just email those who pass? They’ll only call or email you if you passed. Not if you fail. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyCass89 Posted April 26, 2018 Share #898 Posted April 26, 2018 10 hours ago, drenyce311 said: They’ll only call or email you if you passed. Not if you fail. And is it normally within a week or two? This is the worst, waiting anxiously like this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MistaFISH Posted April 26, 2018 Share #899 Posted April 26, 2018 1 hour ago, MattyCass89 said: And is it normally within a week or two? This is the worst, waiting anxiously like this. Yeah, it's a tough wait. I think they called me in just under a week To schedule the panel interview. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Train123 Posted April 26, 2018 Share #900 Posted April 26, 2018 53 minutes ago, MistaFISH said: Yeah, it's a tough wait. I think they called me in just under a week To schedule the panel interview. When they called you they told you, you passed or just scheduled for the panel interview ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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