im about 10 mins away from my exchange. its in the dodgier area of the city though so i wouldnt want to leave my van there lol

Not scottish border no, I'm being based at Rusholme which is 35 minutes from home and that's not including rush hour. So I guess considering I will have to travel through the Manchester city center Ill probably be travelling for around an hour most days.

Weirdly I applied for an exchange that's about 10 - 15 minutes away but they gave me this one instead. I'm fine with it of course at least I got the job but I would of been more comfortable with an area I know well.

We are expected to work anywhere within a 60 minute radius though and according to this site http://www.flaviogortana.com/isoscope/ that's a pretty big are. The site only shows 30 minute radius and its pretty far so 60 minutes drive is a fair old distance.
I wonder if there is a defined area based on your exchange as well.

Side note my Scottish Disclosure says it was completed but to allow 5 days for it to come via first class lol how does that work 4 days for someone to put it into an envelope and a day for the post to deliver?

*edit* I just found a better radius map https://app.traveltimeplatform.com have to give it your email but it doesn't check it.
As I suspected its a huge area in 60 minutes wouldn't mind some feedback from existing engineers if possible about how close the maps are to reality.

Edited by deleted (Tue 18-Apr-17 09:28:23)

I will be on country roads so will only take half an hour.

Good luck to everyone waiting to hear or starting

It just depends where they need you.

A lot of the engineers that park their vans in the exchange by me don't actually work in our area. Their PWA (Preferred Work Area) starts at least a 30 minute drive away. So some days they may have to drive an hour to get to their first job. But at least they're driving on company time.

Edited by deleted (Tue 18-Apr-17 14:23:39)

Just back from the assesment day, think it went quite well so fingers crossed.

Interviewers make you feel really at ease!

Good luck!
I quite enjoyed mine met a few interesting people felt like more of a chat to me haha.

Thanks

Yeah same here mate haha, just hope I've done enough.

I hope you get the job mate.

Since you come out fresh from the assessment centre what kind of questions were you asked in the interviews?

thanks

Good luck man this next few days can feel like absolute torture but hopefully it will be worth the wait

Were you at the Birmingham one today mate ? We must have seen each other if so