Two years ago I did an AC in Sydney, when I talked to the assesor on the phone recently they mentioned they wanted to do an AC in Sydney approximately end of August. TBH I would be willing to fly to either Melb or Bris if it meant a sooner date ha. The only thing I could think of is if they show you the operational side, like getting a tour of the facility. Sounds like I'm about a month or so behind your group. If I remember correctly they said they had about 50 people they were doing phone calls for after the interrupt so I'm guessing they pool people together by region and once they get enough they will put on an AC for the closest capitol city.

Hey all, got the assessment centre this week in Melbourne. Might be a bit of a dumb question but it's been ages since I've been to an in person interview. The email they sent out states to wear business attire, so does this mean a full on suit or just a nice shirt and pants, tucked in, just like you would going to work. Only asking because id assume if this was a finance/corporate role, a suit would be expected but maybe not for a role like this?

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Hi mate,

Wear a suit if you have one, everyone wore a suit to my assessment centre and I was the only one in a button up and slacks and nice shoes. In saying that it probably depends on your group, id wear a suit if I was to do it again.

Thanks man, yeah probably a good idea to go overdressed than under.

Ha funny you mention that, at my AC only one person was in a suit and everyone else in a nice button up. But this time around I'll probs wear a button up with a blazer over the top.

For those here who had their AC in Melbourne last week, did you receive an email from ASA saying that you'll get an email from XREF but haven't received anything from XREF themselves yet?

I got this phone call a while back too - any further updates on your end since?

I'm a trainee in the course just before yours. I didn't get an update until 1 month before the start date
They'll give you some resources to study and a chance to meet your course mates by teams

Hey all, for those that did the AC in Melbourne recently wanna shed some light on how it went? Curious to see how a full day will compare to the half day I did about 2 years ago. Still waiting for an AC invite for Syd, did my phone call at the end of May.

Do you remember how long after submitting your references that they got back to you regarding the outcome?

Xref will give you a confirmation email once your references have given the reference. Looks like i got a call two days after that

If it's been a while it would be worth calling to see what's happening but i wouldn't worry you're already through

Also curious about this. I did my AC about a month ago and got the Xref request 7 days later. It's been just under 3 weeks since my references were completed so now I'm just anxiously waiting for an update ;)

Yeah sounds like we had ours in the same week between 16th to 18th July in Melbourne? Or was yours in another state? Good to know that others are on the same boat hahaha

hey man, i wont reveal too much but essentially you've got 4 different assessment throughout the day, ranging between the interview itself and some ATC style tests. They're all pretty fun and although its a full day, you've got a lot of time between the assessment to chill and prepare for the next one, so doesn't feel too tiring.

Anyone looking for a room mate for the Melbourne course that starts 10 November?

Certainly is relieving to know I’m not the only one waiting haha

Mine was actually in Brisbane (31/07 and 01/08). They mentioned that the Melbourne cohort from two weeks earlier was the first to go through the new AC schedule, so that must’ve been your group.

Hoping we both get updates soon :)

How long after completing the online testing did you find out how you did? I can see the Airservices website has my application listed as Round 1 outcome and to refer to an email but I don’t have an email saying anything.

I’m guessing I didn’t get through as it feels like I really didn’t do well in the testing anyway

Did you do the two tests for round 1? Did the email go to spam or anything?

I did do the two tests on September 1st and the email gave me the link that was going to expire that day.

Ah well if I don’t get it. Cannot be worse than the last time I applied and failed 😬. Was an awful week then.

Hey all,

I applied back in May, and it took them a month before they sent me the links to the online tests. I passed all of the tests over the course of a month, and received a congratulatory email in early July. However, I have not heard anything from them since. Is this normal?

I have checked my emails including the spam folder, and I don't see anything more recent than the congratulatory email from passing the 1st stage assessments from early July.