Virgin Blue Interviews ( Part 2 )
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From: Melbourne
Cabin boy you could wear pants and a dressy shirt or you could always go for the t-shirt with " I want to be Virgin Blue Cabin Crew - HIRE ME! I'm sure that would go down well! 
I think i'm going to call Vb i can't wait anymore!!!
Take care
P.S make sure you let us know how u go cabinboy.
I think i'm going to call Vb i can't wait anymore!!!
Take care
P.S make sure you let us know how u go cabinboy.
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From: Ozmate
thanks for your support everyone you honestly don't know what it feels like to be able to log on to the internet and a have support group of wonderful individuals there to help....it means so much...]
well i've narrowed it down to just wearing a nice collared button up shirt with pants ( a smart/clubby type look ) or nice trousers with button up shirt or option one with a suit jacket but no tie......you think i am any closer to reaching a decision......pfffffttttt !!
I'm as bad as a hollywood celebrity going to the Oscars !
Did they take your resume off you at the interview or just peruse it ?
well i've narrowed it down to just wearing a nice collared button up shirt with pants ( a smart/clubby type look ) or nice trousers with button up shirt or option one with a suit jacket but no tie......you think i am any closer to reaching a decision......pfffffttttt !!
I'm as bad as a hollywood celebrity going to the Oscars !Did they take your resume off you at the interview or just peruse it ?
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From: Townsville,Nth Queensland
Cabinboy
After watching your posts for a very long
time on here and other F/A sites, I will
keep my fingers crossed on Thursday, I
think you are overdue for a break. Goodluck
Wirraway
After watching your posts for a very long
time on here and other F/A sites, I will
keep my fingers crossed on Thursday, I
think you are overdue for a break. Goodluck
Wirraway
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From: Australia
Cabin Boy....
I am a boy as well, and recently had an interview with Virgin Blue. As you know im already an FA, but would love to move to Brisvegas, hence I applied.
I wore, grey pants and a lilac "Van Heusen" shirt, with no tie, as I was warned that they hate anything conservative - GUESS WHAT
It didnt work
All the other boys wore the full regalea with tie. The interview was a great experience though and I really had alot of fun. Using props, we had to make up either a song, fairytale, or poem, advertising Virgin Blue. I wore a sailors hat and had a rubber snake in my hand...and....swung it around..how embarassing. 
In fact I almost took a tumble, thanks to my leather soled Florsheims 
It doesnt help that whilst performing this Carryon, we were also doing the Can Can...Sheesk..it was alot of effort, but great fun.
They will look at your interaction with others in the group. They will see how they react to you, and how you manage to put all this together. I was very neutral..I invited ideas from the others, gave my own 10 cents worth and then we all put it together, into a song.
The other group was fantastic..They did a fairytale about a Virgin passenger who lost her frog (handsome prince) and was very sad.They performed as if they were the cabin crew trying to chear her up, and then her best friend met her at the other end.
I was dissapointed I didnt get through, even with 4 years experience. But..I still am flying which I just love to death, and you will too. Guess ill just have to wait about 5 years to transfer north.
Cabin Boy, youll do great..hope Ive helped you in some way. Let me know what you wear.
Good Luck mate Youll be great 
I am a boy as well, and recently had an interview with Virgin Blue. As you know im already an FA, but would love to move to Brisvegas, hence I applied.
I wore, grey pants and a lilac "Van Heusen" shirt, with no tie, as I was warned that they hate anything conservative - GUESS WHAT
It didnt work
All the other boys wore the full regalea with tie. The interview was a great experience though and I really had alot of fun. Using props, we had to make up either a song, fairytale, or poem, advertising Virgin Blue. I wore a sailors hat and had a rubber snake in my hand...and....swung it around..how embarassing.
In fact I almost took a tumble, thanks to my leather soled Florsheims It doesnt help that whilst performing this Carryon, we were also doing the Can Can...Sheesk..it was alot of effort, but great fun. They will look at your interaction with others in the group. They will see how they react to you, and how you manage to put all this together. I was very neutral..I invited ideas from the others, gave my own 10 cents worth and then we all put it together, into a song.
The other group was fantastic..They did a fairytale about a Virgin passenger who lost her frog (handsome prince) and was very sad.They performed as if they were the cabin crew trying to chear her up, and then her best friend met her at the other end.
I was dissapointed I didnt get through, even with 4 years experience. But..I still am flying which I just love to death, and you will too. Guess ill just have to wait about 5 years to transfer north.
Cabin Boy, youll do great..hope Ive helped you in some way. Let me know what you wear.
Good Luck mate
Youll be great
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From: In a box, ready for shipping...
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Squeals of delight for you all!! And if VB turn their back on any of you - well - all I can say is THEIR LOSS!
Right then - having just completed another 2 day trip (overnighting in Hobart...like, woo hoo...) ;-> - I'm now able to give you the goss on Impulse/QantasLink...
WELL...it's Sydney or Melbourne base following the closure of Coolangatta (with most - not all - of those staff moving to one or the other)...many staff resigning right now (flown with 3 who finish in a couple of weeks time) to take up jobs or study overseas (eg. Winter Olympics, travelling, etc)...
Impulse have apparently been saying to people they're not recruiting - which would explain the sudden number of people floating around our crew room cafe with resumes and 'flight attendant interview outfits' (i should know, I was one for 3 years!!)
SEND A DAMNED RESUME PEOPLE! What's the worst they can say? Not yet??? NO??? HELL - we've all been down that road before - only worry about it when they ask you in!!!
5 days and counting till QF decide to purchase us or continue wet leasing us (one or the other, so our future is safe!!) - Much godd about us getting some additional aircraft, or 737's into the bargain - like most things in this industry, believe it when you see it!
As for Virgin Blue, personally, I think it's silly to choose someone PURELY from what they're wearing (I mean, no suits - "we don't like that" ...surely an indication of how well a guy can groom himself - if he can't put on a shirt, tie and pants without making a balls up of it, then what CAN he wear?)...and yes, VB don't wear ties...but come on?! What, wearing a suit makes you LESS of a candidate? You're not AS GOOD as someone who wears jeans yet with far less experience?? Anyway...not my company, so who am I to care?
I soooooooo wish you all the best of luck - I can only imagine the nerves you're all feeling - just remember, whatever the outcome, YOU'RE ALL NUMBER ONE!! YOU ARE THE IMPORTANT ONES and FLYING DOES NOT MAKE YOU A BETTER PERSON! A better drinker, yes, but not a better person!!! ;->>
Squeals of delight for you all!! And if VB turn their back on any of you - well - all I can say is THEIR LOSS!
Right then - having just completed another 2 day trip (overnighting in Hobart...like, woo hoo...) ;-> - I'm now able to give you the goss on Impulse/QantasLink...
WELL...it's Sydney or Melbourne base following the closure of Coolangatta (with most - not all - of those staff moving to one or the other)...many staff resigning right now (flown with 3 who finish in a couple of weeks time) to take up jobs or study overseas (eg. Winter Olympics, travelling, etc)...
Impulse have apparently been saying to people they're not recruiting - which would explain the sudden number of people floating around our crew room cafe with resumes and 'flight attendant interview outfits' (i should know, I was one for 3 years!!)
SEND A DAMNED RESUME PEOPLE! What's the worst they can say? Not yet??? NO??? HELL - we've all been down that road before - only worry about it when they ask you in!!!
5 days and counting till QF decide to purchase us or continue wet leasing us (one or the other, so our future is safe!!) - Much godd about us getting some additional aircraft, or 737's into the bargain - like most things in this industry, believe it when you see it!
As for Virgin Blue, personally, I think it's silly to choose someone PURELY from what they're wearing (I mean, no suits - "we don't like that" ...surely an indication of how well a guy can groom himself - if he can't put on a shirt, tie and pants without making a balls up of it, then what CAN he wear?)...and yes, VB don't wear ties...but come on?! What, wearing a suit makes you LESS of a candidate? You're not AS GOOD as someone who wears jeans yet with far less experience?? Anyway...not my company, so who am I to care?
I soooooooo wish you all the best of luck - I can only imagine the nerves you're all feeling - just remember, whatever the outcome, YOU'RE ALL NUMBER ONE!! YOU ARE THE IMPORTANT ONES and FLYING DOES NOT MAKE YOU A BETTER PERSON! A better drinker, yes, but not a better person!!! ;->>
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From: Sydney AUSTRALIA
Ditch- Im sorry to hear that you didnt get called back for VB. Thats sad, your already flying and you sound as though you have ALL the experiance.honestly in this industry, alot of it has to do with "luck" on the day, and as long as you had fun and learnt something from the experiance in the long term it will all be worth it. Im not going to say keep trying as Im sure you will. Just remember as QA told me, only 1 in 100 actually are succesful. I totally agree on that...although sometimes I think its 1 in 100,000! But the positive side is that someone has to get in, so why not one of us. if you dont try you will never suceed. I sat around for almost 10 years just dreaming about FA, thinking...too hard. One day it hit me, and I realised Im just as good as the next person...and I went for it. 2 interviews later and ive been up to the final stage in both, so I must be doing something right.
Take care
PS. was your interview in SYD or MELB?
Take care
PS. was your interview in SYD or MELB?
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From: Townsville,Nth Queensland
Cabin Boy when I went for my interviews last year for V.B. I wore suit & tie & got the job.This may of changed but I haven't heard of it.If you don't want wear suit & tie I'd go with a suit & a nice open necked shirt with some colour.
Sweet & innocent,your so in providing u haven't done anything illegal 2 weeks previous 2 your medical. Cloud 9...a friend of mine got into V.B. last month,her final interview went for an hour..15 minutes doesn't sound good but they r recruiting big numbers at the moment
Good luck 2 all!
galley rat
Sweet & innocent,your so in providing u haven't done anything illegal 2 weeks previous 2 your medical. Cloud 9...a friend of mine got into V.B. last month,her final interview went for an hour..15 minutes doesn't sound good but they r recruiting big numbers at the moment
Good luck 2 all!
galley rat
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From: Sydney AUSTRALIA
Wirraway,
my thoughts exactly, I was so worried that my interview only lasted 15 mins....but then I realised that they were doing 2nd interviews every 15mins, so I calmed down a little. My girlfriend had hers a few hours b4 me and hers lasted the same time. well its a week today since I went, they said I'd be contacted between 1 to 4 weeks, so this is it guys..."ITS OFFICIALLY THE CONTACT PERIOD!!!!"
my thoughts exactly, I was so worried that my interview only lasted 15 mins....but then I realised that they were doing 2nd interviews every 15mins, so I calmed down a little. My girlfriend had hers a few hours b4 me and hers lasted the same time. well its a week today since I went, they said I'd be contacted between 1 to 4 weeks, so this is it guys..."ITS OFFICIALLY THE CONTACT PERIOD!!!!"
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From: Australia
Cloud Nine...
My interview was in Sydney at the Parkroyal. We were the last session of the day, and the recruitment team looked tired and over it. Unlike others, we wernt shown the uniform and one girl did all the talking, while the others sat there with a foul look on their face, which suprised me. I expected them to be as bubbly as hell. Still, it doesnt change my view on Virgin Blue, they are a great airline. Good luck to everyone.
Cabin Boy....D DAY..Good luck mate
My interview was in Sydney at the Parkroyal. We were the last session of the day, and the recruitment team looked tired and over it. Unlike others, we wernt shown the uniform and one girl did all the talking, while the others sat there with a foul look on their face, which suprised me. I expected them to be as bubbly as hell. Still, it doesnt change my view on Virgin Blue, they are a great airline. Good luck to everyone.
Cabin Boy....D DAY..Good luck mate
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From: Ozmate
Well...... here we go !
I turned up on time looking SMASHING BABY !! (Austin Powers )....I did not wear a suit. I turned up in a really nice lime green button up collared shirt with really nice black pants and shiny shoes. There were 4 guys in suits which looked horrible, ugly ties bad hair and they were all fat ! 2 other guys rocked up closer to my age - one guy was 20 and the other was 23 both wore long sleeve shirt with tie. Anyway, my group were nearly all ex ansett - I made friends with them all in the foyer and one ansett girl and I made good friends ( we were preparing our jingle in the foyer...shhhhhhh ! ).....anyway, they gave us a big speel about virgin and it sounds great - I really think I would love working for them!! We got split into 2 groups then performed our stint and then after that into pairs - I smiled and smiled and smiled and just acted as myself, what more could I do ? The bossy disco dotty's did their thing by trying to be the boss of the group so I let them, good for them... I was rather quiet but tried to include everyone in the discussion.
We got to ask questions at the end and every question I thought of was taken ! Then I thought........knock em out with your knowlege.......so I asked " Is it true the new 737-800's will have in-flight entertainment ? "..........basically I trying to show them I know my !!!!! ( I think some of the other girls were thinking what is a 737-800 ! )......anyway, thats it !
What more can I do......I did the best I could, we were told to expect a call in the next few days or maybe even in 2 weeks !
Cloud 9 and Sweet/Innocent - they said that the next training school is end of november, then the next one is in January 2002. We were also told not to reapply for 6 months after this interview.
And get this, 2 of the girls at the interview didn't even apply off staff cv website, they called the HR department and "asked" if they could come to our group interview as they heard that one of their friends was invited........VB said " yeh sure " so they turned up !
Well, lets see what happenes, to be honest guys I really don't think I stood out. I was the shortest guy there and my baby face looks are probably not appealing to them.
Regards and thank-you all for your wonderful support,
Cabinboy
I turned up on time looking SMASHING BABY !! (Austin Powers )....I did not wear a suit. I turned up in a really nice lime green button up collared shirt with really nice black pants and shiny shoes. There were 4 guys in suits which looked horrible, ugly ties bad hair and they were all fat ! 2 other guys rocked up closer to my age - one guy was 20 and the other was 23 both wore long sleeve shirt with tie. Anyway, my group were nearly all ex ansett - I made friends with them all in the foyer and one ansett girl and I made good friends ( we were preparing our jingle in the foyer...shhhhhhh ! ).....anyway, they gave us a big speel about virgin and it sounds great - I really think I would love working for them!! We got split into 2 groups then performed our stint and then after that into pairs - I smiled and smiled and smiled and just acted as myself, what more could I do ? The bossy disco dotty's did their thing by trying to be the boss of the group so I let them, good for them... I was rather quiet but tried to include everyone in the discussion.
We got to ask questions at the end and every question I thought of was taken ! Then I thought........knock em out with your knowlege.......so I asked " Is it true the new 737-800's will have in-flight entertainment ? "..........basically I trying to show them I know my !!!!! ( I think some of the other girls were thinking what is a 737-800 ! )......anyway, thats it !
What more can I do......I did the best I could, we were told to expect a call in the next few days or maybe even in 2 weeks !
Cloud 9 and Sweet/Innocent - they said that the next training school is end of november, then the next one is in January 2002. We were also told not to reapply for 6 months after this interview.
And get this, 2 of the girls at the interview didn't even apply off staff cv website, they called the HR department and "asked" if they could come to our group interview as they heard that one of their friends was invited........VB said " yeh sure " so they turned up !
Well, lets see what happenes, to be honest guys I really don't think I stood out. I was the shortest guy there and my baby face looks are probably not appealing to them.
Regards and thank-you all for your wonderful support,
Cabinboy
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From: Melbourne
Hey cabinboy, its sounds like you had heaps of fun, which is good!!! Well i hope you find out soon.
No news for me yet!!!
Cloud nine any news for you?
Sweet..whens your medical, hope it all works out for ya.
take care
No news for me yet!!!
Cloud nine any news for you?
Sweet..whens your medical, hope it all works out for ya.
take care
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From: Brisbane
Hey everyone,
Sorry I haven't been as active on the forum lately.... I've been a little busy. I have just finished exams at uni, am in the middle of organising an engagement party and am hunting for a house.
Cloud nine.. I will have that photo to you as soon as I finish my spring clean!!
(Gosh I'm sounding domesticated!!!!)
I'm also waiting for you guys to move to Brissie so we can all go out for coffee or hot chocolates or milkshakes........
Sorry I haven't been as active on the forum lately.... I've been a little busy. I have just finished exams at uni, am in the middle of organising an engagement party and am hunting for a house.
Cloud nine.. I will have that photo to you as soon as I finish my spring clean!!
(Gosh I'm sounding domesticated!!!!)
I'm also waiting for you guys to move to Brissie so we can all go out for coffee or hot chocolates or milkshakes........
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From: Sydney AUSTRALIA
SMILE- Thats sweet...will definatley be in on the hot choccy or milkshake if I move to Brizzi. Although, I'm not feeling very positive about the whole VB thing anymore. I have a feeling that 29 is to old in VB years.........