Did you get a phone call or e mail?

I have been following this thread for a week or so to see how everyone else was finding the recruitment process. See a few people post about receiving an email about they will be in touch in two weeks time. I got the same email this morning. It's a little frustrating not knowing exactly what's going on.

It seems we've all been dumped with the same email this morning and their recruitment juggernaut has come to an abrupt halt

Looks likely this is what's in my active application

Closing date Ongoing


Trainee Openreach Engineer

N/a

My application now has a new entry with a different job number. All a bit strange

Also deleted a recruitment tweet I liked a few days ago so looks like the end of recruitment, I hope I am wrong

I've got the 7th of August start date too, can't wait but it feels like ages away

Hey guys long time lurker first time poster. I'm applying in the north east region and so far my process has been.

17/04 video interview submitted
20/04 received this email

We�re pleased to tell you that you�ve passed our initial screening. We�re progressing your application for the Trainee Openreach Engineer position to the next stage of the recruitment process, which is where we consider your application against others for an Assessment Centre.

Our assessment centres take place between March and August. Unfortunately due to the high volume of applications we receive it�s not possible for us to invite all candidates who reach this stage to attend an assessment centre. We invite candidates to an assessment centre based on how well they have done in the earlier parts of the application process and how much of a match they are for the roles we have available.

If you are successful in receiving an invite to an assessment we�ll be in touch to provide further information about the role we�re considering you for and with additional details about the day.

As we arrange hundreds of assessment centres, it does take some planning and there may be a delay in you hearing from us to let you know whether you have been successful at this stage or not. However, we will send you regular updates to let you know if you have been chosen for an assessment centre place.

Then on the 24/04 received the email saying we are still considering you and will let you know in 2 weeks.

We hope you�re well!



We wanted to get in touch to let you know that we haven�t forgotten about you. We're still considering your application for vacancies in your area and we are in the process of selecting candidates for our assessment centres.



As previously advised we can�t invite all candidates to an assessment centre but we will inform you either way if you have been successful in making it to the next stage. If your situation has changed and you're no longer interested in an apprenticeship at BT, please let us know so we can update your details.



Thank you for being so patient as we go through this process. We�ll be back in touch in two weeks� time but if you want to get in touch before then please get in touch with us at

So i guess we are all in the same boat!

In reply to a post by davek19:

My application now has a new entry with a different job number. All a bit strange

Same for me mate, i was thinking the same. I'm hoping the new application is for a specific area maybe.

Seems like they match you to a specific post at some point the area I have been told I will be based is not where I applied. I will be based about 35 mins away where I applied is roughly 10 - 15 mins. For me the application / job number I applied for disappeared for awhile and now has different number entirely but says offer accepted. It didn't seem to update too much until after I had received further contact with them.