Hi people,
I am Dani, from Spain. I just joined this forum, because a friend who works for Emirates recomended it to me.
Well, I have attended an OP in Seville, Spain. The first day, was the screaning and the CV drop-off, there were like 200 people. The recruiter were nice, Elena from Spain and Sian from China. After all the videos and info, when I was called, I gave them my CV, she asked me first, where I am from, and then my age, I said 27, as I have a Degree in Tourism, she was interested in that, but I finished in september so I've been studying it 6 years, she asked me why, I said because I spent one year in England as an Erasmus student and I was working at the same time. My job experiences had were very shorts, she said too, but I reply the last two experience have been internships, just to gain experience whilst studying, and the other one in UK, because I had to come back to Spain....
Well, I thought they weren't going to call me, so I left the hotel quite sad. But at 16:45 in the afternoon I got the call. And I was extremely happy and nervous.
The next day, I went there. There were only 30 people now. We had the groups dynamic assesment, and the reach test. After the reach test, one of the interviewers asked me what do I do at the moment, I said, I just finished my degree and I am seeking for job opportunities, in concrete I am very excited for the cabin crew position with Emirates. She replied, what is your motivator? and I answered, well to be honest, I consider myself to be a truly international person, I am really passionate about foreign languages and the different cultures of the world. And working with Emirates I'll be able to deal with people from all around the world in a multicultural environment while having the opportunity to build a career.
Then, the dynamic group session. They gave us cards with pictures of diferent cities, we had to say 3 tourist attractions and talk about them to the rest, I was in a group of two (Antonio and me). Antonio had a lower English level, but good enough, I think he could've done it better... we discuss about what to say, our city was Buenos Aires, neither of us knew much about the city apart from being the capital of Argentina, the tango dancing and that they eat a lot of meat and have a drink called mate, which is made out of grass and it's similar to tea, but different.
Well, Antonio started to talk first, even though we decided I was going to be first, he didn't introduced us saying our names...
he just started saying all the stuff about the city.... and didn't let me anything else to say but the thing about the mate drink... he talked so much of the time and then I had to invent another issues.. But i think that was my mistake, I should have interact with him, like a team and talk about what he said and add something else, I deeply regret not haven done it better...
we both got the "Thanks for attending..... Unfortunately you have not success......" nevertheless we encourage you to re apply within 6 months...
SO HERE I AM!! Fellow Cabin Crew Wannabes! I'm not gonna give up, not gonna give in! in 6 months I'll try again. So I wanna get as much info about the dynamic group as I can! I am willing to help anybody, but I need help too!
We must act like a team work! and we'll be success in our dreams!