Interview day with multiple personality tests, numerical tests, group engineering design test and individual interviews.
Exhausting day and minimal interaction with interviewers who sat across as table and stared at us as they observed us all day.
Some interaction during small lunch/snack breaks
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a scenario where you struggled to do a task and how did you overcome that challenge
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Angel Trains (London, England) in Nov 2014
Interview
First contact was through a recruitment agency, followed up with an interview at their offices in London. I was interviewed by 3 engineers and a HR executive lasting for over an hour in which basic competencies, technical knowledge and industry knowledge were all tested.
My advice would be make sure you know the basics of how trains are operated in the UK, make sure you can answer your standard competency questions confidently and do plenty of research on the company as they seemed impressed with my knowledge in this area.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why the rail industry? What do you know about angel trains? How do rolling stock operators work? who controls the railways?