I guess the good news is that the number of people trying to book should be reducing each time they release new dates. so it should get easier.

That said, hopefully NATS re-think this entire booking process for when they re-open applications, because it's clearly not working efficiently and causing lots of unnecessary stress.

Stage 3
 

Hi, has anyone who sat stage 3 throughout the month of July heard back yet?

Personal circumstances
 

Good Morning all,

First time post as I’m struggling to find an answer anywhere and I’m hoping someone might be able to help.

I was due to attend assessments in the last round of applications but I withdrew my application due to personal circumstances (not wishing to be too emotive but my three year old son was undergoing leukaemia treatment).

Now I know that withdrawing makes one ineligible to reapply for a period of time but I was wondering if NATS might consider my circumstances. I didn’t explain the matter at the time as my priorities were elsewhere.

Thankfully my son is now doing extremely well, but I am searching my emails for a contact within NATS and just cannot find one.

Would anyone have any advice on how I could approach them explaining what happened and asking them to perhaps allow me to reapply? I have filled in the online contact form on the website but have not had a response.

many thanks
M

Still nothing heard from July assessments.

Are people still struggling to get Stage 3 assessments? I passed stage 2 in July and still haven't been able to get a slot, early August was the last time I heard they'd released slots and after checking multiple times I never got a space.

Really don't want this to use up one of the three 'chances' on the scheme.

I check the original email every few days and still nothing. On the 8th/10th August, I refreshed every 10 seconds all day and got nothing. Their last email mostly just says "Don't email us..."

Have you heard back finally? Can someone who passed or failed at stage 3 this year can tell us how long he had to wait? Thank you :)

It was around 6 weeks until they found time to tell me I hadn't made the cut, despite saying during the interview that it would be "2-3 weeks" :*

Wow that’s long… And did you feel that you succeeded after stage 3?

I wasn't very confident after Stage 3. It didn't go particularly badly but the Assessment Centre was very "HR focused". Competency-based interviews seem to rely heavily on your interview technique, which is not one of my strengths....

Hooray, another ballot-style Stage 3 extravaganza in October... 🙄

Stage 3
 

Hi everyone,
Has anyone any feedback on how the stage 3 assessments have been going at all? Not after what the exact questions are but anyone able to shed light on the day about the order of things or if you are able to advise if the ATC test is multiple choice. If I’ve understood this right, there are more psychometric tests, group exercise and an interview.
Thank you.

I had my stage 3 assessment day a couple of weeks ago - could anyone let me know when they heard back after their stage 3?

I see that people who had their assessment centres in summer waited up to 6 weeks :bored: Has anyone had a more recent assessment centre who could advise?

For ours we were told that we would find out within a week but I think this was only if you were successful. In my case I think it was around 3 weeks to find out I failed.

I heard I was successful just over a week later. My stage 3 assessment was mid October. Good luck 🤞

Congratulations! When does your course start? I imagine NATS must have be filled most of their spaces for 2024 already?

Hi there :) I had my assessment date mid-October, and heard back via phone call 4 weeks later, with a yes - July 2024 course

Did anyone else managed to get feedback from their assessment? I put a lot of effort into my preparation for it and to not know why I failed has been pretty difficult.

Thanks so much for getting back to me - my assessment centre was late October so I’m hoping I’ll hear back this week!

Hope you hear soon, and good luck! To be honest, it seems that there is such variation in the length it takes to hear back, that I don't think more time is any indication of pass/fail.

Best of luck, and let me know if you happen to be on my course! :D