aer lingus interview

[benji123]

Hello...does anyone know what questions came up at the aer lingus interviews this year...

[yoland]

Just been called for Aer Lingus interview and aptitude tests.Any idea what to expect in the interview.
Cheers in advance.:)

[bucko]

Yoland, is for FO or direct entry captain? Are you 320 rated?

[yoland]

F\O position and im current on the Airbus320 series but unemployed and you.

[bucko]

Also unemployed FO, have multi crew TR and time on type but not on 320. They must still have plenty of airbus guys to look at.:(

[FrankAbagnale]

whoa...and there is me hoping to hear from them with no TR and no Jet hours....wishful thinking ayeh?

Well, you dont ask, you dont get :{

[Airless7183]

how many hours do you have yoland?

just wondering because i am type rated on the a320 but have not heard anything from aer lingus

thanks

[Eddie Hitler]

Fairly standard airline assessment actually.

Psychometric testing. 3 or 4 tests all timed with increasing difficulty. The tests are all very old, the books were published in the 1940/50's so similar to the 11+ exam they used to have in the UK. Loads of free practice test available for this on the www, I think the University of Kent has some similar examples if you can navigate their website. I also found some books from my local library that were helpful in preparation.

Psychological profile. 240 questions in 40 minutes. Usual HR Bull:mad:.

Interview, about 30-45 minutes depending on how much you talk! It was with one Captain and one poisoned dwarf from HR. Fairly relaxed. HR questions first, usual B:mad:x questions from someone trying to justify their job. Give examples of when you have done this and that, what can you bring to EI from your previous airline, etc. If you do a search on this forum I think there is a long list of such questions. Tech questions next, fairly open ended. Tell me about the Hydraulic/Electrical/Pressurisation system of the A320. You just talk about them, when they have heard enough he will tell you so. If he wants more detail he'll ask for it.

Sim check. Very relaxed affair, sim Captain was a really nice bloke. Basic stuff from your LST but condensed into about 50 minutes! Normal takeoff and some hand flying following the FD, :rolleyes: not difficult really, then radar vectors for non-precision approach to land. Oh yeah, apart from the actual landing you can do this fully managed. So what are they testing here exactly? :ugh: Reposition for 2nd departure. Engine failure after V1, radar vectors for SE ILS. SE Go-Around, give you back the engine downwind for a Raw Data ILS to land.

There you have it.

Good Luck to all those invited for selection. :ok:

[benji123]

hi eddie...did ei give u much notice b4 ur interview date..any idea if theres many spots left for f/o's?.....cheers:ok:

[Eddie Hitler]

Hey Benji,

I had 6 days notice but I know some had more, some had even less!

To answer some PM's I have had as well, all the assessments happened in Dublin. Transport and HOTAC were all taken care of by EI. The assessments are usually over 2 days, interview and psych tests on Day 1 then if successful you get a call back for the sim at a later date. There is also a pre-employment medical at some stage.

As far as FO positions, I know initially they were after 16 for when they kick off at LGW in April and another 16 by then end of the year as they are intending to double the fleet based there. As far as I know at least 8 of these positions have gone already with further assessments ongoing each week. 4 guys were already Type Rated with a few hundred hours on type and another 4 from Oxford or FTE. Don't ask me why they are taking on non rated, inexperienced pilots when there are plenty of experienced guys out there already. :ugh: Must be Irish logic! :\

EH. :ok:

[benji123]

hi eddie...cheers for that!:ok:

[yoland]

Hi Eddie,
What did the interview consist of.Was there a lot of tech stuff.Are you rated on Airbus.Any info is appreciated and best of luck.

Cheers.:)

[Eddie Hitler]

Hi Yoland,

I am A320 rated, sadly was turned down, no feedback given! :confused:

I thought I already posted in this thread what the interview consisted off.

Interview, about 30-45 minutes depending on how much you talk! It was with one Captain and one poisoned dwarf from HR. Fairly relaxed. HR questions first, usual B:mad:x questions from someone trying to justify their job. Give examples of when you have done this and that, what can you bring to EI from your previous airline, etc. If you do a search on this forum I think there is a long list of such questions. Tech questions next, fairly open ended. Tell me about the Hydraulic/Electrical/Pressurisation system of the A320. You just talk about them, when they have heard enough he will tell you so. If he wants more detail he'll ask for it.


Oh yes so I did! :ugh:

The interview was about 50/50 HR/Tech questions.

Hope you have better luck than I did.

EH. :ok:

[Ride On]

Hi All

Is the sim check on the A320 or generic jet?

Cheers and Beers!!!!

[virtualaviation]

A320 full flight simulator.

[VIRGA]

a from oxford?????????????? :rolleyes: