QATAR AIRWAYS FO ASSESMENT RECENTLY EXPERIENCE (3TH JAN)
Dear Colleagues,
Here you can find what was my last experience at QR selection at Doha, attended on the 3rd Jan 2012.
After being invited and shortly before your interview date (within one week), you will be sent an email with travel, accomodation and information for the selection. The package contains:
Travel Tickets to/from DOH. Print it
Visa Copy. Print it
Sim Package (details about sim session, whats gonna be assesed and basic briefing about acft and procs. Mine was in the A320)
Checklist. For them to Xchecked the veracity of your docs. Fill it with your details, print it and bring it with your others docs to interview.
Hotel acomodation and details.
Oryx Rotana Hotel,
Doha.
Arrange to bring the following documents to the interview as it is mandatory:
· Original Flying Licences - Valid. Bring original and a copy as well
· Original Medical Certificate – Valid. Bring original and copy also.
·In case of CPL, ATPL theoretical exam results and Multi Crew Cooperation Certificate is required in accordance with JAR-OPS
· All Original Logbook(s) – Please add up the hours (both PIC and SIC). Copy last two pages
· Copy of last Simulator Check
· Valid original passport. Bring original and copy also
· Letters of Reference/Recommendation
· Human performance and limitation certificate (if available)
· English Proficiency Certificate if applicable
Interview started at 0800lt (be before) at first floor at meeting plus 1 room (out of the elevator left and left). We were welcomed to QR flight deck recruitment by a group of 4 people (3 pilots and a person from HR) and have a company presentation of 15-20min about history, fleet, destinations, milestones, expansion intentions and Captain, Fo and SO Packages. After the presentation we were invited to briefly introduce ourselfs
1. State name.
2. Where you from.
3. Marital & Family Status.
4. Brief airline career history.
5. Why you want to work for Qatar.
After this, they request your documents. They inmediately start to xcheck all documents.
Assesment comprised 3 stages
1st Stage. Technical Questionary
One hour to complete 50 questions ATPL multiple choice. There are different exams topped with numbers ( I was given number 5 for example). I didnt find the exam difficult, maybe there are 1 or 2 questions to think about, the rest are basics. Mainly performances, aerodynamics and meteo. I prepared myself with Ace book and Atpl banks I have ( you may also use this website www.aviationtire.com ). Questions that i remember
Definition of TORA
Range behaviour with aft CG
Dew point
Press alt and how affect perf
Time of useful consciouss at FL 400. 12 secs
Stadbye horizont energy source. With an independent gyro
Refs speeds. Min and max values of V1 if not limited by VMBE
How slope affects v1 speed
Identify if weather report is metar, TAF 12h, 9h...
ISA parametters. 15 C 1013,25hpa, 1225 gr/m3, lapse 0,65c/100m...
Most dangerous ice type. clear ice
Thats what I remember. I reccomend ACE to be familiar with the subjects and atpl bank questions that you may find around. By the way, there is a very good website called smartcockpit.com where you can find a good pdf doc named How to grips with performance and some other stuff like cold weather and severe weather...i would recomend it.
After completing the exam they grade it and inform you if you proceed to next stage
2sd stage. Interview (45 min)
Were divided and assigned a time and room for interview with 2 persons (HR+pilot or pilot+pilot). Is a very straight forward and relax interview so dont be scared. You are asked first about yourself and your background. Afterwards they start asking you questions about different situations and you have to give example when this happend to you. Dont say no it never happend to me or I dont know, take your time think about it and response, if you dont understand the question tell them to explain to you. Be yourself and dont try to impressed, they want to hire you (they need like 600 pilots so they need you). Some questions I was asked; tell me one time that you had to say no, tell me once that you were under stress, tell me one time that you had to adapt to other rules, tell me one time that you took preferences to your own needs against company needs, tell me how you would adapt to a multicultural enviroment...
Inmediately after interview the tell you if you continue to sim and they give you a letter with time and place.
3rd stage. Simulator
You will be given a letter with time for pick up at hotel and time for your session (mine was on a320). Upon reaching the sim center, an instructor welcomes you and take you to the briefing room. He will explain you everything in due course. Session last for 45 min more or less. My session consist on:
EGLL R27R straight ahead 3000, vectors and ILS 27R, land and full stop.
Reposition T/O R27R same rwy heading 3000, FWD CARGO SMOKE, vectors for ils27r and landing
The instructor will act as an assesor, so brief him with everything you want and need using your crm skills. All will be flown raw data, no AP, no AT, no FD.
Note; If you never flew airbus before like me. Try to make very small inputs, acft is very stable, hold the sidestick with 2 fingers, set the attitude you want and leave it.
Over all was a great experience and company seems to have great future plans.
Good Luck!