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Telephone interview to become a postie

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CJ21
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Telephone interview to become a postie

Post by CJ21 »

Hi, I'm new here and hope I have posted this in the correct place. I have been given a number to call in regards to applying for a job as a postie, which I have been told it will be a phone interview before going in for an interview. Any advice on what to expect on the phone interview would be much appreciated.
Indy
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Re: Telephone interview to become a postie

Post by Indy »

YOU have to call RM!! the cheeky buggers... wouldn't surprise me if it were a premium rate line!

No idea what they ask as when I joined there were tests and face to face interviews etc and working for RM was a respectable job.
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Re: Telephone interview to become a postie

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What happened to the "online sorting tests" ??
"We're under model" - oh no we're not - stick your lapse elsewhere ...
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Re: Telephone interview to become a postie

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Can you get to work on time ?
Are you reliable ?
Would you be flexible, working over, if necessary ?
That sort of thing.
Common sense the answers they're after, probably no trick questions.
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Re: Telephone interview to become a postie

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What's the number?
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
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Re: Telephone interview to become a postie

Post by The hollow man »

If they was to be truefull about the questions - they would go something like this......

How would you feel about being bullied and harrased into completing unmanageable workloads on a regular basis?

Could you handle being lied to by management?

How would you feel if we started a witch
hunt against you?

Items of mail go missing, how would you feel if we made you the scapegoat?

Our buisness is about dignity and respect, how would you feel about us not respecting you?

finally when could you start :left:
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Re: Telephone interview to become a postie

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POSTMAN wrote:What's the number?
Don't bother you wouldn't be acceptable postman :left:
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Re: Telephone interview to become a postie

Post by Cedar_Room »

dvbuk55 wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:What's the number?
Don't bother you wouldn't be acceptable postman :left:
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:neutral:
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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Re: Telephone interview to become a postie

Post by thecyclingexpostie »

RedBagMan wrote:What happened to the "online sorting tests" ??
alive and well, if a newbie postie is to believed… :whistle