Originally Posted by
mboqseif
Finally got my cheers but........... email today. Would this indicate I was on their reserve list given how long it has taken for it to arrive? Obviously no reasons given which is mildly annoying
I’d guess so, people were getting calls all the way up to the start of the assessment centre so they’d hold off on telling everyone they’d been rejected.
In regards to psychometric testing, your mentality at the time makes an enormous difference. Probably the easiest program to get into I failed at the first hurdle because I did it on deadline day which happened to be the day I got told abruptly my client was going under meaning I was probably going to be out of a job and my head was a bowl of soup at the time! On the contrary, I made it through to the assessment centre at an airline and also air traffic control (which was much more difficult), so do it with a clear head and you’ll be fine.
In regards to passing the assessment centre (this is purely my opinion and observations, it’s not gospel!) the people on my day who did well seemed to have the following traits in the group exercise:
-Able to get involved and voice their opinions (includes making positive suggestions about running the exercise)
-Methodical (there’s time pressure)
-Listen to others and allow them to take part
And during the panel session
-Understand basic aircraft functions (very important)
-Able to articulate a well thought out response
-Not deviate from the topic
-Listen to others, everyone gets their turn
To prepare for the interview, they’re going to ask you all the standard questions or some variation of them
-If you’re moving, how will you cope
-Workload is high, how do you think you’ll manage it
-tell us about a time when you showed perseverance, had a clash with a colleague, showed determination, overcame a challenge etc.
-A bit about the airline or what the training school is like (please do your research!)
-There’s going to be a technical component too so you can’t walk in with an ‘I want to fly but know nothing about it’ attitude
Its all done on a points system to work out who progresses; you get scored for your group, panel and interview exercises. I wouldn’t know what the weighting’s for each activity are but either way it seems like a very fair system.
Just reiterating this is purely my opinion and is fairly general to all assessment days. Good luck to all and if you don’t get this opportunity, may the experience be a learning curve