hey, i jsut attended the interviews on the 7th may and i thought you'd like to know how the day went, it may be different this time. but i hope this helps people out there who is going to the day.
Sunday was open day which we watched videos on dubai etc. question and answer session. looking at resumes one at a time. started at about 9am and went till about 12 noon.
THen i got a call back on sunday at about 1500 to say that i had made it
to round two and to be at the Rialto hotel at 9am sharp on monday.be available all day to do activitys. wear
business attire, with hair done nice.
Monday - started off with waiting around in the foyer to talk to people
for about 30mins (made sure i mingled with most people) there were about
60 of us maybe 80% girls and 20% boys. then we were invited into the
room with chairs in rows. we had another qustion and answer session
that went on for about an hour giving us the opportunity to ask
questions that we wanted answered. i asked "after the 3year contract
does emarites organise to extend your visa or do we have to apply for
another one?" i thought that was good so that hten it shows that i'm
looking into the future and that i was in for the long haul. (this
website definatelly helped) people were asking everything that was on
the video the day before which was really dumb.
then we got split into groups numbers # 1 to # 30 in one group and # 30
to # 60 in another. the second group got asked to leave the room and
come back in about an hour. we then slit into another group # 1 to #15
and #15 to #30. there were two officers for the duration. we moved our
chairs into sequence (1 to 15) in a circle and then had 5 minutes to
find out about the person on your right hand side. then the other person
askes about you. then we were to stand up and tell the other people.
questions were......
What is your most embarressing moment?
Where do you want to visit in the world? and why?
What famous person do you admire?
this process took about a 30mins.
Then we had another activity.
this time as a group discuss what 3 major impacts that affects the world
and you cant vote it has to be a discussion, also come up with idea to
change this.
we chose........
terrism, global warming, and mmmmm....i cant remember! then we had to get up and talk about
it then after that we had an hour break while the other 30 people went in.
then we all went in (all 60 of us) and got given a letter if we got
through or not. i got through.
this took it down to 30people.
then we got split into 15 again and we stayed in the room and the other
15 went out for another hour break.
then we got split again and we had more discussions.
we got given A4 cards with scnarios (cant spell!) on them. it was
like....
a company had a employee of the year award to give to a employee who had
exceeded customer expectations. then it stated about 8 people and what
they had done. things like david had saved someone from drowning out of
duty.
sandra had saved a childs life whilst the child was on the conveyer belt
(baggage area) bill had cut costs down for the company sally removed a
intoxicated pax from opening her aircraft door.
and so on.
we had to eliminate to find the best person, having 20mins to discuss.
one person then stood up and told the officers why and if we all agreed.
then agian we had another card. this time it was. 150 employees are
lacking motivation in a company and the company wants to do somethng for
the staff you have a weekend for a trip away, where will you go, what
will you do, what is the budget, and some staff have children so they
need baby sitting facilitys and 5 staff are known to get quite
intoxicated and roudy.
discuss....you have 20mins.
after that one person sstood up and told the officers what we had come
up with.
then we went out and had a break. be back in 45minutes.
elimination time. another letter. congrats you have made it to the
next round. another 5 people i think got eliminated making it to about
25 people.
after out break we went back in and had to fill out forms to do with
when we had to give our current work notice, name D.O.B etc. then we
did a 180 psychology test that took about an hour. questions on it like
would you much rather read the arts section of the newspaper or the
sports section?
then they organised times to go back and have a 4th one on one
interview.
you had to bring 2 reference letters with
signatures, specific sized photos, copys of educational certificates,
passports etc.
they also pulled each of us asside and asked if we had any identifying
marks on our body, (obiouslly a round about way to ask if we had any
tatoos) then that was it. it was about 5.45pm by this stage.
one on one interview -
went through all documents and papers. then questions.
they were...........from what i can remember its all abit of a blur my
mind is tired!
we had to give specific examples and situations. like "I did this" " i
felt like this" the result was this" etc.
- what aspests do you like about your job.
- give a situation when you have had to deal with an agressive customer and
what was the outcome and could you have delt with the situation any
different, and how did you feel.
- give a situation when you have gone above and beyoned customers
expectations and why did you do this
- when have you broken the rules to benifit a customer
- when would you never brake a rule in your work enviroment and why.
- give a situation on when youve found a fellow employee has been
doing things their way and you know its not the rihgt way and how have
you addressed the situation and what was the outcome.
- turn that question around and someone is telling you your doing it
wrong.how did you feel.
- when have you helped out another employee and why did oyu do it.
- what is you greatest achievement. and why, and how did you feel
- why does dubai intrest you.
then that was it. went home. will here from them in 6 weeks.
i heard a week and a half later. got a phone call for a medical, so they sent me all the stuff i had to get done at my own expense. also they have booked my on a flight to dubai on the 6th july obviously depending on my meds.
- blood tests (heamogloben and hiv)
- audiogram report
- dental report with all the work you've had on your teeth. plus OPG xray. and another from of dental xrays.
- pap report
- chest xray and report
- full doctors report. things like history on vacinations etc.
had to fax it all through appart from the xrays. also they said this is not a form of employment but yet they have booked me on a flight!
when i go i have to bring 20passport size photos and 4 other full length photos plus my xrays and copies of family members passports etc.
and now a 3days later after faxing my meds through i'm waiting for the phone call!!!
my advise fro the day if you get through is have copy o f photos ready passport ones with a plain background and smilling, hair neat and back. full length - hands by your side, wearing a skirt (for girls) to the knee with tan stockings, and a blazer jacket that is nicelly fitted. smilling a must. try and get the floor the same colour as the background as it makes you look taller, thats what they said too me. if you've got a white background wear a dard suit. ive had to get my photos done three times and its frustrating and costly. in the end ive jsut got normal digital ones done if you cant get professional ones. have also ready a copy of your hightest level of education VCE a must. jsut so if you get through you dont have to worry about it, that would have helped me.
remember to smile and sit up straight, remember your a lady! (if you are!!)
hope it all goes well, good luck and let me know if you want anymore info or anyone else, its nice to know that were all helping each other out.
