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I'm on the same boat as wizz219 and polar 25. I feel like they haven't sent out all the invites yet because if FTE have 3 dates - first 2 with 13 people and the last one with 8, then that's 34 people in total. Now add that onto 13x7 (max for ctc and oaa), that'll be 125 people altogether, surely they're gonna interview more people than that right?
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Just checked my CTC FPP account because I have not received any emails yet and it says unsuccessful at stage 3. If you don't want to wait any longer I suggest you guys do the same.
Congratulations and best of luck to those of you who did make it through to the next stage. I guess I will look for other schemes or try to get the big loan and go self funded now.
Cheers, happy flying.
Congratulations and best of luck to those of you who did make it through to the next stage. I guess I will look for other schemes or try to get the big loan and go self funded now.
Cheers, happy flying.
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After a torturous wait, found out I was unsuccessful. Knew I absolutely ballsed the maths so not too much of a shock but still disappointed. Oh well, here's to next year for those unsuccessful, good luck to all those still in the process and thanks to all those that have provided info.
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The BA mental maths test was (for me) by far the hardest part of the assessment process so far. I knew I hadn't completely messed it up, but I also knew I scored nothing like the guys who claimed to have got 24 or 25 of the questions. Maybe they were bluffing?
I was holding onto the hope that I had at least answered the ones I had attempted accurately (about 17 of them) - which I think I did. Not sure what the pass mark was, but whatever I wrote on that bit of paper must have been good enough.
I was holding onto the hope that I had at least answered the ones I had attempted accurately (about 17 of them) - which I think I did. Not sure what the pass mark was, but whatever I wrote on that bit of paper must have been good enough.
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Guys and girls, I wouldn't expect that this particular mental maths test to be the reason why you were unsuccessful. I sincerely thought that I had messed up my chances this year on this test. I answered no more than 13 questions and I struggled a lot. Fortunately I still have made it through to the final stages. So heads up folks and I wish you all the best in the future.
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Congratulations to all those who have progressed!
Would it be fair to assume that all invites have now been sent out? I just want to gauge whether or not it's worth holding out any hope!
Would it be fair to assume that all invites have now been sent out? I just want to gauge whether or not it's worth holding out any hope!
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I did what guitardude4 suggested and logged into my BA Careers account. Does not yet say unsuccessful on my FTE FPP Application. I know I have probably missed out on the final stage at BA but I just wonder if FTE will offer me a self sponsored place. Clutching at straws I know but maybe these invites will be sent out seperately in the next few days.
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Ahh okay thanks for that Ben. I'm on the fence at the minute to be honest. The only issue for me would be the financing as I don't know if it will be possible for me to attach the loan needed onto a property. I'll look into it more closely if I am indeed offered it. The fact you're not guaranteed a job doesn't worry me that much, especially with the links they have with airlines. It might also be the only chance I get. What about you?
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Booked in for the 11th! Congratulations and commiserations guys and girls. Any one from oxford roughly see how many slots were available? 120-130 seems pretty low for 65 places?! I also seem to remember it being mentioned at ctc that up to 100 could go through.
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Didn't receive anything yet so have to take that as a no I am afraid 
Good luck to all that got through! I will follow this topic with interest still.
The experience of the assessment day was one of a kind and I am glad I did it.
As I say, good luck
Good luck to all that got through! I will follow this topic with interest still.
The experience of the assessment day was one of a kind and I am glad I did it.
As I say, good luck
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The fact that they are only going to interview 120-130 people is really surprising, I thought it would be a lot more! And so to those who did get an invite to waterside, a big congratulations because around 600 names would've been sent to BA and so you're in the top 25%. To those, like myself, who were unfortunately not successful, don't give up, stay positive and we'll have our turn to go to waterside next year 
! Best of luck to all of you!
! Best of luck to all of you!
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Sorry to hear all of you that didnt get through. Im not sure whether it is an option or not, but if possible try and get as much feedback as possible. If it was simply Maths, you know to really get practicing this summer so you can prepare for next year, or if it was the interview, try and PM someone that gets through and find out where they focused the competency based questions! Good luck!
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Just a point, but I would suggest the reason BA didn't say anything about the extra test might be because they didn't want people to be able to practice for it!
Remember that much of this is about testing basic aptitude, not the ability to cram knowledge prior to a test (though I'm sure that will also come in handy at various stages!) and hence if you knew too much about what was coming up, then it wouldn't necessarily be a true reflection.
From what I can tell about the whole process, it seems that BA are trying to test all aspects of a person's abilities. This means that just being a maths or physics genius won't be enough if you can't actually operate effectively as part of a crew; similarly, being an excellent team player with great hand/eye coordination will be redundant if you are perplexed by some intermediate level mental arithmetic!
BA will know what they are looking for, and all we can do is give it our best and hope that will be enough!
Remember that much of this is about testing basic aptitude, not the ability to cram knowledge prior to a test (though I'm sure that will also come in handy at various stages!) and hence if you knew too much about what was coming up, then it wouldn't necessarily be a true reflection.
From what I can tell about the whole process, it seems that BA are trying to test all aspects of a person's abilities. This means that just being a maths or physics genius won't be enough if you can't actually operate effectively as part of a crew; similarly, being an excellent team player with great hand/eye coordination will be redundant if you are perplexed by some intermediate level mental arithmetic!
BA will know what they are looking for, and all we can do is give it our best and hope that will be enough!