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  • gettingready
    gettingready Posts: 11,330 Forumite
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    Oh dear.....
  • SkimmySim
    SkimmySim Posts: 65 Forumite
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    gettingready wrote: »
    Oh dear.....

    "Oh dear" sympathetic
    Or
    "Oh dear" what have you got yourself into lol???
  • gettingready
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    Both to be honest.

    As I mentioned (I think) before - few years back, by the time I was offered an interview, already had another job so may happen again with that speed...

    I once applied for an NHS job in October. Never heard back> got a phone call in March (!!!!!) about an interview. Ermmmm LOL
  • SkimmySim
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    gettingready wrote: »
    Both to be honest.

    As I mentioned (I think) before - few years back, by the time I was offered an interview, already had another job so may happen again with that speed...

    I once applied for an NHS job in October. Never heard back> got a phone call in March (!!!!!) about an interview. Ermmmm LOL

    Lol gosh hope that doesn't happen to me lol!!

    I received a letter to sign up to their pensions scheme the other day so that made me happy thinking a call was round the corner but no lol

    My status is still the same *strange* but it now says on the feedback that i did pass *really weird* lol
  • gettingready
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    That status is just weirdly set up - mine was showing "on hold" straight after I have done the test and now "being reviewed"

    Ah, we will see. But I have a feeling another job will turn up before anything moves on with this application.
  • SkimmySim
    SkimmySim Posts: 65 Forumite
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    gettingready wrote: »
    That status is just weirdly set up - mine was showing "on hold" straight after I have done the test and now "being reviewed"

    Ah, we will see. But I have a feeling another job will turn up before anything moves on with this application.

    I think that might happen to... They give/gave an estimate start date but it never happens!! I hope its not the case though and this process goes extremely fast and sticks to the original dates
  • goldsounds
    goldsounds Posts: 24 Forumite
    I went for the Interview in December'16 and put on reserve list. Got the call that I will be starting in April.
  • SkimmySim
    SkimmySim Posts: 65 Forumite
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    goldsounds wrote: »
    I went for the Interview in December'16 and put on reserve list. Got the call that I will be starting in April.

    Congratulations!! Was that for a work coach position???
  • RedfordML
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    goldsounds wrote: »
    I went for the Interview in December'16 and put on reserve list. Got the call that I will be starting in April.



    What was the interview process involved? Seems to be huge number of vacancies, is this because of high staff turn over?
  • MCGONIS
    MCGONIS Posts: 699 Forumite
    TELLIT01 wrote: »
    The only difference between that and the DWP is that you lose the will to live after taking the job at DWP.

    I agree 100% with this. I have been there 15 years and the place is terrible now. I am trying very hard to get out.
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