If your form gets accepted, you’ll be invited to a screening session. This is the part that scares most people, but honestly, it’s just a series of fun puzzles. You’ll do a “reaction test” where you press a button when a light changes—like that game you played on your phone while waiting for the kettle to boil.
There’s also a “vigilance test” where you have to watch a screen for ages without nodding off. Sound boring? It’s basically training for your new life: staring at tracks for hours. The trick is to stay engaged—sing a song in your head, count the pigeons on the platform. TfL wants to see you can stay alert even when it’s quiet.
Don’t Panic About the Maths
You’ll do a basic numerical reasoning test. It’s like working out a 10% tip at a café, not calculus. They want to know you can read a timetable and calculate how long a journey takes. If you can split a pizza bill with friends, you pass. I’m serious—one sample question is literally, “A train leaves at 09:15 and arrives at 10:45. How long is the journey?”
The “rules of the road” test is where you memorise some simple safety procedures. Think of it like remembering the password to your Netflix account, except this password saves lives. You get a study guide. Just read it on the bus.
