They got back to me today saying i'd past the VI initial screening stage and now are deciding whether to invite me to AC or not; they also said the AC dates are now uploaded for our perusal in our account areas, but they aren't there lol.
The recruitment team at network rail seems really baddd lol they responded yesterday to a query i had about tests, 4 weeks after i sent the question… pretty useless. I'd like to say this is just the tradeoff when companies outsource recruitment, but at other companies this hasn't been an issue. idk man it's weird how the experience of the selection process can shape your view of a company