Virgin Atlantic apprenticeship

[Flightmaster93]

Hi, just came across this thread today, I've made it through to the exam stage of the recruitment and was wondering if anyone has any information about the next stage, any help would be appreciated

[alexluckham]

its amazing how well indexed this thread is on Google, about 3 or 4 people out of 150 - 200 applicants who got accepted to the next stage have found this.

[owenm]

:)

hello i am new to all ths forum stuff but i would like to ask if i could have the information about the assessment day as well please, i dont mean to be annoying to mr flghtmech, but i would be very grateful if one of you could sent it to me too.

Thank you

[munster]

My son for some reason wants to follow in my footsteps and become an aircraft engineer. He has been invited by Virgin for an assessment/exam.
would anyone be able to give him a heads up on what he can expect, ie maths/physics exam, practical tests etc.
any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

[grahame1]

Sorry to bother you, but would you please tell me what happened during the assessement day and the following stages ?
Thanks very much.

[aimeeprocter1993]

Virgin Atlantic

Hi

I have applied for the Virgin Atlanctic Engineering Aprrenticeship, I have passed the application process but have now been invited to the second stage (ability tests). Could you please tell me information that you know about this?

Thanks

[flame_bringer]

Have some patience it takes quite sometime for these sort of things to be processed occupy yourselves with something else or perhaps get a part time job untill you recieve the response from them it's no good to keep looking at the emails and posting in forums asking about it.

[vs69]

Check your messages aimee.

[C.Taylor]

Not long now.......

Well this is it, we should be hearing if we get an interview anytime from today! Good luck to all who applied!

[owenm]

hiyaa

does anybody know what the interview interview bit would be like, i heard from the guy who sat next to me at the assessment bit that they wll ask some quite like specific questions..

Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thankks

[Virginlimadelta]

Interview help

Hi guys heads up for you lucky ones who have been invited for the interviews I can give some advise been there myself just read about the airline and general aviation topics that are relevant to vaa aircraft also a bit of theory of flight goes a long way

[owenm]

thank you

thank you for the advice, thats is pretty much what i have been trying to do, hopefully its enough. no specifics to watch out for or get caught out on is there?

cheers and good luck toyou

[joe7038]

Hi, Please could you help me out?

Hi,

I am looking to join the Virgin Atlantic Apprenticeship and from reading this thread it looks like you may be able to assist me best.



Do you mind if I ask a few questions to get an idea of the sort of standard they accept,

What GCSE grades did your son have? Also did he have any extra relevant qualifications such as a national certificate in engineering?

Do you also know roughly how many applicants they take through to the second stage, which i believe is ability tests and/or interviews??

Again thank you so much for your info

Cheers,
Joe

[The90sAME]

I Applied last year but didn't get past the testing.
I dont look back in disappointment though. I wouldn't have got into the Airline im in now.

When I got through I had;

NVQ Level 2 in Performing Engineering Operations (Lathe, hand work, building circuits and CAD)
National Diploma In Aerospace Engineering.
GCSE's graded A-C (D in Math)

The tests on the day were;
Math
English
Mechanical Reasoning
Psychometric.

They usually hold the English test last, and tell you, when you are done, you're free to leave. Don't leave until the time is up.

Me and a few others from my college left when we completed the last test, none of us got any response, so we think that its part of the weaning process, anyone who leaves, doesn't get any further. However, that's our opinion. We could, and most likely, have under performed on the tests compared to others.

[munster]

My son went for the virgin assessment last year. After the tests he left as described and was invited back for the interview a few days later.