Qantas will receive 1 A380 before the end of the year and crew for this aircraft will be moved from mainlain being the QCCA crew and new recruits currently being recruited (some with no flying experience will go to mainline first). Between Jan and Mar 2011 an additional 3 aircraft will be delivered therefore 300 crew will be required it can roughly be calculated as 20 Flight Attendants x 4 for each aircraft being the number of crew required to operate the aircraft plus additional crew for reserves etc.
I think there will be an additional requirement for Melbourne base. As you SHOULD all be aware if you are going for interviews with Qantas is that Melbourne-LAX will be going daily from next year when the new aircraft are delivered as well as Melbourne-Singapore-London. I would certainly hope that you are ALL aware of this very basic information which has been available on the Qantas Website under Press Resleases for a while now.
Dont even waste your time trying to understand the Qantas recruitment process. It is extremley complex and goes through many layers of staff and management before a decision is made thus the reason people are rejected after medical and security, thats just another layer before another layer before reference checks etc. The intervies and assessments are just a small component of a very complex system.
Dont burn your bridges by voicing your distaste of this process to Qantas as this could well not work in your favour later in the year should recruitment open again.
Good Luck.