bt openreach engineers
 

Just been for interview at Midland ate building in Birmingham for an interview for one of the 1600 engineers they will be taking on although I thought the interview its self went fine but a little nervous, when asked at the end of the interview if I had any questions my mind went blank. But now I have lots of questions I wish I'd of asked. I.e do engineers get payed monthly or weekly, payed hourly or price work and how much and the base salary is it 17000 or 19000 also how much overtime is usual allowed or expected. So if there are any current openreach or ex openreach engineers who could shed some light on this it would be a big help. Thanks:)

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well i had an email regarding my online test, and i FAILED it :(

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I got an interview but they weren't flexible on salary, so declined the job

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i wonder what i did wrong, i answerd all 15 questions i think it was, was it that i got some wrong, or is there something else to it.

ive worked at Virgin, so wouldnt be a total novice at the job, i know its not cable, but still.

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You probably just got one more wrong than the other guy who got an interview. To be fair that test was so hard it was a bit of luck needed. I've never done a test like it

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Yup, answered all 15 too. There was only one guess question so unlucky me! Whereas a friend answered 12 and has got an interview so I assume percentage rate kicked in.

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Got offered an interview, but then told I can't go any further as I took a leaver package Sevaral years ago; ive checked and there are no laws to say you can't be reemployed. It's jjust another example of bt red tape

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Yeah out of the 15 questions I also thought there was only one I had to guess. About 3 weeks after the interview they rang me offered me a position which I accepted then emailed me a contract and a start date and info about how much training will be needed. Had an email asking for a photo for id pass and that's all I know as of yet haven't heard anything else and it is,now a month till start date and need to put notice in at current job also they told me job offer is conditional pending reference checks and passport checks so feel a little like I'm in limbo at the moment. but think it may be something to do with alphabetical order and last name beginning with w.

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Also there was two jobs on offer got offered the 19000 one as overhead engineer. I wonder what the 17000 basic role was doing??

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i got the same as you baz,start 1st of sept, the 17000 job is MI,i got one man installer job which i think is pole to the house.

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Well done tre fairplay. Have u had anymore correspondence about Times and dates of inductions/training or location or anything other than they told us in the first email yet?? What is MI by the way?

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MI is managed install. Basically some internal wiring, plugging in modems and cab work. Thats it. Nice and easy.

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had no more info yet the recruiter said 2 weeks before i start..

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Think I'll sit tight another couple of weeks then have to make some calls.

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Had email requesting bank details today so the wheels are in motion. Phew lol

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Hey all, I applied for the Openreach service delivery engineers apprenticeship in scotland back in september. Heard back last month and had an interview last wednesday. The interview only consisted of 4 of us completing an aptitude test then a sole interview each. The interviewer spoke to me for about 15minutes about each others lifes learnt about his children also went all over my life.. when it came to the questions he practically answered them for me and I simply had to top up the answers with my own words really. anything I said he made sound 3x better..! Was very strange to say the least.

But my main question is the salary I believe starts on 13500, that is a lot lower than the 18000 I am currently on. I wanted to know if anyone here thinks that it is worthwhile taken the drop in salary for a number of years to do this? And if overall it is definitely worth it.? I currently work for a bank and my salary is 18000.

Help please just incase They come back and offer it..!

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Work out you outgoings and see if you can afford the drop in monies ?

If you live at home then it will be easier for you than if you had a family , kids, mortgage etc.

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I reckon I could afford the drop in wages..

I wanted to see overall how others find the company to work for/be part of.

From what I know and have heard its great but would like others opinions aswell!

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It is generally a good company to work for. But bear in mind these are new roles on a lower pay than existing ones, so no one will be exactly able to answer what your job and conditions would be like. What I would say though is just doing Managed Installs would be very boring. Existing employees would do all aspects of repairs (hence the much higher wages), and would do a small amount Managed Install work, you guys would be basically replacing the MJ Quinn and Kellys contractors.

It might be worth you getting your foot in the door as it is a huge company and there are definitely plenty of opportunities to progress.

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Hi all, I've got an interview for OR in Leeds on November 3rd, just wondering what to expect, any insights would be greatly appreciated.
How many days per week do you work ? Is there any/much weekend work involved ?

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I can't answer anything about money as they have these new contracts that you'll be on. I don't know anything about them.

Yes you have to work one Saturday a month but you get a day off in the week when you do so. They generally want people working 5 days a week, starting at 8am. There are many different roster patterns on offer that you could move to but initially it 5 days a week.

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Thanks for the shifts info
Anything on what to expect at the interview/assessment day ?

Cheers

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Probably changed in the last few years but essentially you'll have a few group practical tests where someone will watch how you behave as part of a team. I believe they now interview everyone that goes, they used to send half the group home at lunch time.

In the interview make sure that you demonstrate a clear understanding of how OR works independently to the rest of the BT Group. Though it certainly doesn't hurt to swat up on the other parts of BT. I was asked about that in my interview.

Also try and act like you're very flexible about working away, and working that little bit later in the evening to get someone back in service. Don't worry, in reality that's all voluntary anyway.