please help ???

[tatts37]

hi
i applied for a postman with driving position with a local royal mail office on the 9th of june and done the online tests the same day,my candidate profile on the royal mail site says "test completed" 9th of june.ive still not heard anything so decided to email my application@royalmail.com to see if they could tell me anything.yesterday (9th july) i received a email back from myapplication@royalmail.com this is how it read

"thank you for your email,apologies for the delay in responding to your email,i have looked into this and can see that you completed the online test but the positions were actually filled via waiting list candidates so are no longer being advertised"

if the jobs were filled with waiting list candidates then why advertise the vacancy on the royal mail site in the first place?? I'm confused also my candidate profile still says my status is "test completed" and have not received a email from royal mail recruitment regarding my status.
can anyone help ??
many thanks

[buster32]

That is wrong of royal mail.which branch did you apply for?I've been waiting over a month like you and havent heard nothing

[tatts37]

hi mate
i applied at southgate which is a local office to my home,hope you hear something soon matey

[tatts37]

hi all
so i didn't get shortlisted for interview this time,i passed the tests but there were more candidates that scored higher so I'm gonna keep trying,can i re apply for a different job straight away as i didn't reach the interview stage ??? or do i need to wait 3 months ??
thanks guys

[404909]

hi all
so i didn't get shortlisted for interview this time,i passed the tests but there were more candidates that scored higher so I'm gonna keep trying,can i re apply for a different job straight away as i didn't reach the interview stage ??? or do i need to wait 3 months ??
thanks guys

You can reapply right away.

[tatts37]

thanks mate ill get applying now then haha
cheers fella

[delfranklin1969]

It can be a long process getting in the door at Royal Mail, for years I had too many points on my license so couldn't apply then when I lost the points I applied for a vacancy and after doing the online test, got an interview but couldn't make it as I had already committed myself to volunteering at the Glastonbury festival. RM were basically like 'tough s**t' and cancelled my application. Then a few months later another local vacancy came up and I got an interview only to be unsuccessful but was told I was on some form of waiting list. Thinking they were just fobbing me off, I did get a call from HR a couple of weeks later and got a job!