Hey congrats cc1986 on getting thru to medical & security checks!
I'm starting ground school (for domestic MEL base) this coming Monday.
I can't wait to get started!
To give you or any others a little timeline of my process of events as perhaps some indication to how quickly things might happen for you; my initial assessment centre was on Oct 16th, had my morning tea a couple of days later on the 18th, received the email the next night (the 19th) to book medical and complete security clearance forms, had two of my referees called the middle of the following week, went to my medical on Nov 2nd, then got a phone call on Nov 14th from the regional base manager for VIC/TAS/SA a.k.a. general manager of Team Jetstar saying I'd been offered a position. Ground school, as I said, starting on 10th Dec.
Once I got the email to go get the medical & security stuff done, I pretty much viewed that as OK the most variable and influential part of the process (the interviews) were out of the way and they were obviously satisfied with me from that, now everything from now on can't really be directly affected by me... ie. I would have to have had a medical problem I didn't know about, I knew I didn't have a criminal history, and I was very confident with what my referees would say about me... so I gave myself a 95% chance of getting the job at that point. I don't know if I was just lucky and maybe with others a LOT can happen in that stage to affect your chances, but I'd say you should be right mate!
And xsite, well done on getting thru to the morning tea! I reckon getting past the assessment centre is the biggest hurdle cause they do a HUGE part of their 'culling' of numbers on that first day and the morning tea I thought was more fine-tuning and shedding just a few more candidates.
After they give you more information about the job, including expected pay, hours, lifestyle considerations, etc. they then just set ya free to grab tea/coffee from the front of the room and then you literally just find the nearest person or group and start a chat about ANYTHING; usually just about what they're doing work-wise at the moment, or have done in the past, and you just find stuff to talk about from there!
There's one or two of the recruiters who hang about in the chit-chat room to have a casual chat with you - normally just about the same stuff - I found it was good to ask them how long they'd been in the job and what positions they've held, etc. and show a bit of interest that way.
Totally just be yourself, relax and have a good laugh (not too fake and acted though!) with the other candidates and with the recruiters - let your personality come through. Try your best to fill those awkward gaps of silence, and make sure to gracefully move on to another group of people after a bit of time, to show that you're interested in meeting and chatting with everyone in the room and not just a few that you've become "cushy" with, hehe.
While this is happening, they'll be inviting candidates out to another room one at a time per recruiter for a one-on-one interview. I found it to be very much like the one at the assessment centre - most people's were briefer than the first day though and only had two or three questions asked of them. Mine were more about scenarios I'd encountered in my work history;... Describe a time you've encountered an 'obstacle' at work (with a project, or customer, or workmate) and explain how you worked through that or resolved it... And the other was tell me about a time where you've had to work in a close-knit team environment to achieve a goal or complete a task, and describe to me how you communicated effectively with each other to achieve that goal... Most people's questions were different, but a few others copped the team-work one.
Hopefully this has shed a bit of light on what you can expect to happen at your morning tea.
Treat this just as a guide though, who knows how much each one varies from the other. All the best with it! Remember above all that the morning tea is designed to be more casual and relaxed, so try and show that a little (without coming off like a slack-a*se, lol).