Hi Sharon
I applied for an interview with Virgin online after wanting to work for them for the past 15 years (i am 24). I applied on the Wednesday and got an email the following day inviting me to an interview on the 22nd August 07. I live close to Nottingham so i drove down the day before and headed off to the interview. I was really really nervous and didn't know what to expect. There were 5 of us in there and 2 were already working for airlines. When they were talking to each other i was totally lost with all of the jargen so don't let this put you off if you are in the same situation.
The staff at the base are all really really nice. All 5 of us went into a room with 3 Vigin staff. 1 was an older lady who is cabin crew and the other were 2 men who work for recruitment i think? First, the lady asked us a bit about ourselves, i.e. name, where we had travelled from, what we currently did for a living. I was the only one who said my surname as well as my first name so this may be a good thing. Next, we were given cards with writing on and we went through and read them out. I think here Virgin are looking at your speaking skills for when you have to do the in-flight announcements. Next, we were given a scenario to act out. Ours was that we had a 2 minute broadcast on the radio to plee to people to donate to a chosen charity. We of course chose the Virgin on-board appeal - Change for Charity. We made it fun but i sort of took the lead a bit without being over powering. Making sure everyone was ok with what they were doing and so on. Next was an interview. this should have been 2 assesors to each candidate but i just sat with the lady. this lasted about 20 minutes and wasn't too formal. I was asked where i had gone out of my was to deliver exceptional customer service and why i wanted to work for Virgin.
That was about it for the day. I left at 2pm, got back home at 16.45pm and had an email from them at 17.00pm saying i had been successful!
I am so over the moon. I start my training with them on the 14th January and cannot wait.
Basically, be professional but still show that you can have a laugh as they like to portray themselves a lot as a fun company.
All the best - it is very daunting but don't get too worked up so that you mess up on the day.
Let me know how you get on
Nic x