People seem to ignore the facts. Many airlines make you pay for an interview the esteemed Cathay pacific make you pay initailly then they pick up the tab
Sorry mate, but you're the one with his facts mixed up... Cathay
invites you to the first interview (any travel/accomodation expenses are your concern) but they certainly don't
charge you for the privilege of being grilled....
Matter of fact if you make it to the second interview they fedex you a CX ticket to get to HKG (albeit in economy
), put you up in their hotel AND pay you a generous per diem (allowance) for the two days you spend there
which I thought was fairly impressive.
Then if you get hired you are IMMEDIATELY on full payscale plus allowance from day one.
Matter of fact their generosity and professional demeanour during selection process/ initial training is one of the reason plenty of talented professionals have been "suckered in" to work for them!
There may be a lot wrong with CX
but frankly I wouldn't work for Mr. O'Leary
if he came begging me on his knees!
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