SIA Cadet Pilot - All Batches, Merged

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Here are a few tips when going for the interviews:

1) Please bring your own pen for interviews so you don't have to trouble anyone to borrow one. It is one of the little things that show much about your personal responsibility.

2) Be very familiar what are the entry criteria and make sure you satisfy them before you apply, e.g. 1.65m, visual acuity and min 5 O'Levels, etc.

3) For the eye checkup, you should provide an eye exam report from your doctor stating your unaided and aided visual acuity and colour vision (Ishihara or Snellen's chart tests). Don't forget these or else you may have to go for another eye exam in the clinic next door to the interview rooms (more $$$ and hassle).

Just a little more explanation on what all these eye business means... note that they are very strict on eyesight requirements and will turn you away if you do not meet those requirements.

For those who do not wear glasses ('perfect eyesight'), your visual acuity should be 6/6 (or 6/5 or 6/4). This is termed unaided visual acuity.

For those who wear glasses, you should provide both your unaided and aided visual acuity. For unaided acuity (not wearing glasses), you should be 6/60 or better. For aided acuity (wearing glasses), you should be 6/6 or better (e.g. if you are 6/9 with your glasses on, you should probably re-fit a new pair of glasses so that you are 6/6).

You should know your astigmatism too and it should not be more than 125 degrees. For those who have done Lasik, the pre-Lasik myopia should not be more than 500 degrees and your Lasik operation should be at least 6 months or more ago.

Myopia of not more than 500 degrees and astigmatism of not more than 125 degrees, fully correctable with optical aids. Visual acuity of at least 6/60, correctable to 6/6. For candidates who have undergone corrective eye surgery (e.g. Lasik), the pre-surgical visual acuity should also meet the above requirements

4) You should bring along all your duplicate and original certificates (birth cert, O Levels, A Levels, diploma, degree, SAF certificate of service, etc). You may be turned away from the interview if you don't, especially for the more important documents.

5) There is a culture of courtesy in the company so just be polite, smile and greet everyone you meet.