Etihad Cadet Pilot Training Assessment 2009

[first officer]

zain...me also a guy of karachi...please give me ur id..then we shall talk on msn

[kasparove]

Did anyone receive Maybe from the assessment of JOH?????
they didnt answer me back untell now,,,thats normaL???

Thanks

[Keygrip]

Well, you won't be talking on PPRuNe for at least a week.

[BabyGirl]

I got an assessment time for 9 in SYD - I was just wondering if its possible to change this to another slot like 1400

[mik757]

Got the Syd assessment email, like the others, I had about 5 emails come through!
Ill be attending the 2pm assessment, on the 26th. Just booking my flights to Syd now.:)
Looking forward to seeing you all there!

[Tenacious]

Hey Pruners

I attended the Johannesburg assessment must say it was really hard. . .
:ugh:

Strange thing though. . .They told us we will receive feedback in 2-3 weeks time. . .I received feedback on the 18th saying Dear candidate we regret to inform you that you have been unsuccessful in your assessment. . .

Could this be an automated response. . .because the email was sent 11 days earlier than expected. . .

And another thing people that want the thread to be closed why don't you just stay out of the room. . .we don't need sad sorrowful people here in this chat room. . .

[kasparove]

i attended the assessment of JHB ...i didnt make it......:cool:

all the guys(i know them or i met them there) attended the assessment didnt make it..... i wonder who pass this assessment.

they didnt send to me an email like them after 2 days of the exam day....they just reply to an email i sent to them asking why i didnt have my result like most of my friends.

[MAINTAINVERTICALSPD!]

I was also unsuccessful and I thought I did OK.

[SU-GCM]

Guys, Anyone knows the estimate dates for AUH assessments in July 09 ?

I may need some more time longer than a month to prepare visa, tickets, etc....

Also Who is going to AUH ? Any Plans to meet guys ?!

[stefmysta]

Anyone else have change of assessment dates for Sydney?

[VT-ASM]

Hi mate,

I'll be going to AUH to take the test...plan to be in DXB for a bit....
Would love to meet up...
pm me.

Also, are calculators needed during the test ?

Regards,

ASM

[SU-GCM]

I think calculators aren't allowed !
however I stand to be corrected by those who attended at FRA/JHB/LON ?!
Can you guys comment on this ?!

[GBB]

No plastic brains, but get your self a wizz wheel, maybe they will let u use it :}

[Gustavo_Nieto]

Hello mates !! It's so exciting to hear about other attending to AUH, im flying from LEMD and i'm planning to take the tests and have a time around AUH and Dubai, im just so excited !! , Time flies and i keep studying a lot !!
Where are you guys staying? I have to arrange mi visa , since i do need it, and im kind of lost with that, ive heard that the hotel would tramit the visa, and then they sendyou a copy via email or fax, and when you get to AUH you just pick the original one, is anyone familiarized with this procedure? I'd really appreciate the help and if some local could "sponsor" me i would be very greatful, i believe the assessment would be near the aiport where EY offices are, so if youfind any hotels nearby or would ilke to share a room, please PM and we can arrange it to make it cheaper to all of us.
I can't wait to meet you guys !!
Kep up studying se you pretty soon.:):O;)

[GBB]

Gustavo,

UAE Travel: Tourist: Visa information - UAEinteract (http://www.uaeinteract.com/travel/visas.asp#visa)

You will get one at the airport in UAE (if you are from Spain).
Dont really listen to hotels as they will always try to tell you lots of crap just to get you stay with them! (they might charge you for visa that you wont need at the end) This happened before to some people I know.
UAE Embassy might do the same thing, they will tell you that you need one just to get your money - that happened. (happened as well for Bahraini Embassy.. Visa was required of course but it was 7 times cheaper to get it on the spot when you get there, so they will simply lie to you, or not tell you all the details just to take more of your money)
Ask at your airpot if you need one with check-in staff as they do have all of that info in the system. (You wont have to pay for it)

[SU-GCM]

We are going for stage 1 at AUH
I Think we are considered the 2nd Batch after LON/FRA Assessments

[blackbird93]

Has any one of you attending the Sydney assessments have received the changes on the date and time of the assessment. I received mine yesterday and my assessment will be on the 24th of June 2009 at 2.00 pm, thank god for me I haven’t booked my flight tickets yet, really hope the etihad recruitment team will not make any more amendments on the dates and time of the assessment.

[Tumachica]

i got my amendment message too!! :ugh: couldn't believe my eyes!!

plus, i'e book eveything!

What a message! :ugh::ugh::ugh:

[mik757]

Hey blackbird
I got the same email; `revised dates for SYD`. Thankgod i didnt book the flights when i said i was going to! Im waiting on cheaper fares..:O

Mine`s now the 24th at 2pm.:ok:

[dirk85]

Any news from LON\FRA guys?

[Tumachica]

isn't it supposed to booked everything before they announce the assessment date and notify the candidates?

it's quite un-sophisdicated and less professional manner of doing things like that.

[PIREP 123]

Yes, the LON/FRA guys have been notified already. I didn't get in unfortunately. Just one piece of advice. Don't go in there thinking that you know what to expect. I felt I did very well in the group exercises, put forward excellent ideas and as a result our team even got an ovation from the other guys for one of the exercises we completed!! I scored very well on the Psychomotor tests (from what I know!), passed the medical with 'flying' colours, answered interview questions well (I think!) and seemed to have a good personality profile... I showed I could think outside the box, that I had a sense of humour and I believe that I was a mature individual (all of which they say they are looking for!)... Yet I wasn't good enough... :ouch: :rolleyes:

Once again, they seem to be looking for something (that X-factor possibly!) that is out of our control. Age demographics maybe? I don't know! But one thing that annoyed me was the fact that there was someone who was 29 there and got in. There I am within the 'acceptable' limits but don't...I won't go into how that person got there but let me just say that like in most areas of aviation it's a matter of who you know...

Don't pin your hopes on this too much. I did and you need an insane amount of luck (and of course skill!) to be selected for the course. Also, the number of spaces available varied from the start of the selection to the interview. I thought it was 12 but then it was only 7.

Good luck for the rest of you guys....I don't mean to sound bitter but when you have put an INSANE amount of work into getting it, you generally expect a different result...but hey....life goes on.

[VT-ASM]

Sorry to hear that mate....
Maybe you could give it one more shot....

Regards

[PIREP 123]

Thanks! Yes, I will no doubt give it another try! Another guy I was there with had gone for it for a second time, but didn't get in either...AGAIN.

[first officer]

anyone who can tell me about the spatial test??/from where i can prepare ma self

[VT-ASM]

You could start with googling....:}

[PIREP 123]

I think the spacial awareness test is the least of your worries...

[RunSick]

@ PIREP 123
"I won't go into how that person got there but let me just say that like in most areas of aviation it's a matter of who you know..."
Are you suggesting that Etihad has their test arranged? Why would they be spending money and time doing them if that was the case.

[PIREP 123]

I wouldn't say 'arranged' but obviously rule bending isn't out of the question. I'm not saying the person who got through wasn't 'qualified' to do so, just didn't meet minimum requirements like the rest of us with regards to age, and his father happened to be a Captain with Etihad. There was also another person who got through who was going for meals with one of the interviewers after the interviews but prior to the results coming out. It just wasn't very 'tactful' even if it isn't 'wrong'!

[ATCNoob]

PIREP - PM me...I was there too and didn't get in.

[sufffus]

WHoa! I've been reading the posts and they've all been rather colourful yeah? I couldn't help but observe that the emotions swing from nervousness to excitement to hope to more anxiety to elation to bitterness. Pretty scary. In any case, I just have a question for those who've taken the assessment: Do they allow toilet breaks between the tests or must we remain in our seat throughout the FOUR HOURS of assessment?

[Grass strip basher]

Geeeez guys Ethiad owes you nothing.... they can do what they want.... they are not bound by any namby pamby Eurozone labour laws etc.... if you are upset about what is going on and see it as grossly "unfair" you probably are not suited to life in the middle east anyway.

[RunSick]

"...obviously rule bending isn't out of the question".
If as you say that person is relative to Etihad staff, the rules are different. Age limit for staff and staff relatives is 30.
Maybe you should calm down accept your failure and think about the reasons you might have not been accepted, instead of suggesting that there's something irregular going on in the company you say you want to be part of. :=

[PIREP 123]

Geeeez guys Ethiad owes you nothing.... they can do what they want.... they are not bound by any namby pamby Eurozone labour laws etc.... if you are upset about what is going on and see it as grossly "unfair" you probably are not suited to life in the middle east anyway.


First off, I didn't say or even hint that Etihad owed me anything. Secondly, I didn't kow that seeing something as unfair was an inhibiting factor in relocating to the middle east. :bored: :ooh: :confused:

If as you say that person is relative to Etihad staff, the rules are different. Age limit for staff and staff relatives is 30.
Maybe you should calm down accept your failure and think about the reasons you might have not been accepted, instead of suggesting that there's something irregular going on in the company you say you want to be part of.


That 30 year age limit is for locals and staff, not family of staff that aren't residents! Even if that were true, it doesn't mean (surely!) that family of staff should even be exempt from partaking in the first round of assessments and skip straight to the psychomotor and interview...? Don't you think? In what way have I shown that my failure has not been accepted? I am not giving excuses as to why I am not in, just pointing out things to future candidates. I have a very good idea as to why I didn't get in and it's not realated to the above. Do you work for the company? Have you seen the recruitment process? Have you spoken to people on the course? If not then I would leave it at that...

[flybe37]

Don't pin your hopes on this too much. I did and you need an insane amount of luck (and of course skill!) to be selected for the course

So future candidates shouldn't bother applying, as they can't pin their hopes on it? You're giving out the wrong vibe here. My advice is go for it, and if it's meant to be you'll get it.

Also, the number of spaces available varied from the start of the selection to the interview. I thought it was 12 but then it was only 7.

It was always going to be 7 or 8 places. There was so much speculation going around the group though that some ended up thinking there'd be 12 places.

Thanks! Yes, I will no doubt give it another try! Another guy I was there with had gone for it for a second time, but didn't get in either...AGAIN.

After all the apparent bad press you've just given Etihad, you might want to think twice before applying again... Etihad staff DO read this forum regularly you know. As for the guy who'd gone for it a second time, yes that was extremely disappointing for him.

There was also another person who got through who was going for meals with one of the interviewers after the interviews but prior to the results coming out.

Is that any different to going out for drinks with one of the interviewers, whilst out in Abu Dhabi?

Even if that were true, it doesn't mean (surely!) that family of staff should even be exempt from partaking in the first round of assessments and skip straight to the psychomotor and interview...?

Surely the fact that he passed the psychomotor test, personality profile, additional spatial awareness tests AND the interview shows that he's a good candidate? Just because he didn't partake in the first round doesn't mean you should be bitter. In all likelihood he probably would have passed with similar results.

Have you seen the recruitment process? Have you spoken to people on the course? If not then I would leave it at that...

Yes, and yes.

Anyway - that's enough on the matter. Congratulations to the guys who got in and commiserations to the ones who didn't.

[PIREP 123]

So future candidates shouldn't bother applying, as they can't pin their hopes on it? You're giving out the wrong vibe here. My advice is go for it, and if it's meant to be you'll get it.



Please don't paraphrase what I am trying to say. I think this has all gone a bit overboard. I simply originally stated what I had seen and said that the guys shouldn't pin too much of their hopes up. I didn't say don't bother applying... at all!

I agree, let's just leave it there now. Enough said...

[ATCNoob]

I think that nerves are still a bit fresh from what has happened. Let's just change the topic back to what's relevant...

JHB and SYD...What's happening with you guys?

[GBB]

You poor souls!
I told you before that nothing is as it "seems" to be when it comes to EY cadet programee.
Some people were bashing me for simply telling the truth but what do I care :}
There is always back door to everything in this world and most of the time is NOT what you know, but who you know!
I said that at least some of the places will be GIVEN to people with "special" references.
Some of you going to say... So why they spend so much money on going around the world, doing assesments and so on...
Some of it need to be done, as there will be FEW getting in on REAL merits. How would management explain a full batch of "special" ones? There would be way too many questions.
Say what you want but this cadet thing (for foreigners) was the last thing that EY needed and was lunched for wrong reasons.
When it comes to age, I think 30 is max for EY people and their relatives.

[SDMP]

@pirep 123 and GBB

both of you guys have some good points !!!! i completely agree with you......the truth is when it comes to this it depends on WHO YOU KNOW AT ETIHAD ???? not what u know....:ok:

[sufffus]

Hmmmm... I know we're in the midst of some debate on whether Etihad picks candidates based on merit or connections, but I would REALLY love to know: Are there toilet breaks during the assessment?

Anyways, for those of you out there despairing on your super duper slim chances, here's a few words of hope: If it's meant to be, it's made for me. It's like the fish caught in the ocean half the world away ending up at your dinner table. You never knew it was meant for you. But when it becomes yours, it's yours. Hahahaha... ooooookaaaaaay... MAYBE I'm not making any sense.

[FlyingMoggy2]

You're allowed to go to the toilet all you want between and even during the assessments.

[sufffus]

Hahaha, thanks brother.

[hermione]

Hey guys

For your information, the candidate you are mentioning did actually take the first round of assessments in December, with staff-related candidates.
Only some of them succeeded, including him.

Keep it simple, maybe he made because he is smart...and relax, he did not skip anything.
:)

[xxTS-IQQxx]

for your information,that guy took the assessment of FRA (he works for etihad and he even helped them during the assessment on the second day )....all that doesnt matter anyway...lets face it!!! we didnt make it:{
Congratulations to all the 6 guys (btw 5 of them are from the uk:rolleyes:
the present nationalities were :
-Austrian 1
-Dutch 2
-Italian 3
-Rumanian 1
-Hungarian 1
-Tunisian 1
-Egyptian 1
-Pakistani 2
-US-chinese 1
-peruvian 1
-english the rest )

Source: CIA records:}

[first officer]

hey guys...
is the first round of assessment tough or easy? or anyone can pass the test easily.....:confused:

[Keygrip]

OK - enough of this drivel.

If you want the thread re-opened then contact upper management directly and put your case as to why PPRuNe should now be a chat group for the last few souls who refuse to pass any information to each other....other than if you may go to the toilet.

Get on Facebook.