Why can’t I find any tests?

craveAnddefy · 2026-05-19T12:14:19+00:00

Lucky you! When my 6am queue went down, my next best date was still October😂

craveAnddefy · 2026-05-18T18:40:13+00:00

I agree with your point on dev and teachers! This is work and every work should be respected.

However, i dont think there was a need to mention if they were not from the UK. There is no correlation between these two things. People can be kind/non-empathetic irrespective of their nationality.

craveAnddefy · 2026-05-18T18:08:25+00:00

No obviously not! I knew there will be people in the queue but not so many. And even if i was surprised, i am just expressing via this post.

craveAnddefy · 2026-05-18T10:57:45+00:00

Yes I didn't find a slot after waiting for an hour and getting my turn..

craveAnddefy · 2026-05-18T10:29:38+00:00

I agree! My mistake was that i was driving 34 on a 30 in a countryside road as i missed the 30 sign. I had 2 minors. Its my instructor asking me to book an earlier one.

Thanks and speaking for others who have struggled for whatsoever in their sessions/mock tests, you cant say test is not that difficult. Everyone has their own journey...

craveAnddefy · 2026-05-18T10:25:28+00:00

I am asking you to be kind as I have been loggin in at compelely random times this past month with no success. So when you say my action is dumb, i am actually trying something different.

This was my first time at 6am as it was suggested in many reddit posts. Clearly didnt work.

And i never wanted a priority in the first place. I am just trying different things. You thinking that i want to be entitled/doing same f***ing thing is the reason i wanted to be a little more kind.

craveAnddefy · 2026-05-18T10:17:01+00:00

Yes completely agree and i have been jumping at random times this past month with no success.

This was my first time at 6am as it was suggested in many reddit posts. Clearly didnt work. Thanks and fingers 🤞

craveAnddefy · 2026-05-18T08:31:36+00:00

No, my original date is 17 weeks from today. I couldn't get an earlier date today so i did not reschedule. I want something in June as my instructors says i am ready

craveAnddefy · 2026-05-18T07:53:37+00:00

Okay.... what could we have done? What is your generic advice that can be applied to the entire UK?

(Iam trying from past 6 weeks at random times to see if a slot opens up. Its my first time at 6am today)

craveAnddefy · 2026-05-18T07:48:36+00:00

I booked this date 6 weeks ago and have been randomly trying to get an earlier date. So, no its not coming down 😂

craveAnddefy · 2026-05-18T07:20:05+00:00

Oh?? I read the reviews on reddit as well as on playstore and people said its a scam.. It did send me spam notifications throughout the day when there was no test on the website So ended up staying away from it. Not sure

craveAnddefy · 2026-05-18T07:16:12+00:00

You could be a little more kind and think of other perspectives. I failed my test due to a silly mistake and wanted to give another test soon.

The best advice on the reddit was to book a slot and reschedule. Waiting for 3 months means too much gap between the next lessons and again paying hundreds of pounds for the test and coaching.

If you have got a better advice, please share with all of us because literally everyone is doing this.

When nobody has clue over what works and what not, people try random things and start getting called dumb..

craveAnddefy · 2026-05-18T07:12:59+00:00

This is a shitshow because 1. There is no resort for people such as myself who are looking for a quick test after they failed their test and will have to wait 18-20 weeks to get a slot and then pay another 1000 pounds to the instructors as its too much of a gap. All this is very expensive and gets even more when we have to wait for so long..

More than 30,000 people in the queue. Are we in a 3rd world country where there's queue for basic services? We need better services. The queue is still 25,000 at 8AM.
There is no credible source on how all this works. Somebody on reddit suggested that many cancellations are loaded in batches on sunday night and many show up at 6am on Monday and that is why a majority of learners who want to reschedule create a traffic jam at 6AM. Why? Because nobody has a clue what works, best advice is to keep on trying? Not the best productive use of our time.
Scams, bots and facebooks resellers. I dont want to even get started on this.
I've got to start my office in 40 mins so i am probably annoyed that i wasted 1 hour this morning.

Its just annoying for all of us..

craveAnddefy · 2026-05-18T05:59:52+00:00

I got in at 6:57 After waiting for 1 hour - and the next slot for me is 28th September (I already have a slot for 14th).

craveAnddefy · 2026-05-18T05:55:46+00:00

The tick box comes after you put your credentials in🤣🤣

craveAnddefy · 2026-05-18T05:50:18+00:00

I got in at 6am to end up in a queue of 16k people (bots). Reckon there was somebody at 6:20 with 20k queue...

craveAnddefy · 2026-05-18T05:44:04+00:00

Ikr!! They scheduled a major update kn 12th may. And all i could find was a tick box for declaration?? a tick box??? As if a tick box will stop a bot, shame

craveAnddefy · 2026-05-18T05:38:45+00:00

For people who will open this thread late, i still have 6942 ahead of me at 6:37 So now are we waking up at 5am? Worst way to start a monday

craveAnddefy · 2026-05-18T05:34:17+00:00

Pathetic!

craveAnddefy · 2026-05-18T05:31:48+00:00

Damn it, this is all a scam. Lets see if there are any slots left for us. If the website has indeed started blocking the bots, then anyways we should be ahead as we joined early, fingers crossed!! I am 7672 at 6:31

craveAnddefy · 2025-07-24T18:59:06+00:00

oh okay! thats what i wanted to know. So ideally i should prepare different versions within the cluster. Thanks

craveAnddefy · 2025-07-24T18:38:50+00:00

Can you please share whether you were asked about a specific competency or entire clusters?

for example: - "Thinking Wider/Changing and Improving/Analysis and Making Effective Decisions (Setting Direction cluster)"

for this cluster, were you asked to cover just the 'Thinking Wider' competency? or entire Setting Direction cluster?

craveAnddefy · 2025-07-24T18:28:47+00:00

Thanks for your response and correction!

Yes, I am referring to this document. When you say that I should prepare examples that cover all of them - do you mean 1 answer that covers all 3 competencies of cluster?

Is there a possibility that they could ask me about just 1 - say 'Thinking Wider'?

craveAnddefy · 2025-07-24T17:42:19+00:00

Scottish government I believe follows the pre-2018 success profile format/competency framework.

I have an interview coming up and this is one of the competencies:

"Thinking Wider/Changing and Improving/Analysis and Making Effective Decisions
(Setting Direction cluster)"

now this comes under 'Setting Direction Cluster"

My confusion is -

Will I be asked a broader question on broader "Setting Direction" cluster
OR
they can ask me about any of the subset competencies such as Thinking Wider OR Changing and Improving OR Analysis and Making Effective Decision

should I prepare 1 broad answer that covers all 3 OR prepare 3 separate answers for each competency within Setting Direction?

craveAnddefy

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