QF mainline recruitment?

[EPIRB]

Get yourself a copy of "How to Pass Professional Level Pyschometric Tests" by Sam AL-Jojjoba. (not sure of the spelling of the authors name). It has the Qantas type tests. And don't answer what you think they want to see in the personality part as it will then be all over. Be honest. Good luck!

[KeepOnMovin]

Thanx very much. i will look it up. Any advice where i can purchase it?

[Gods Kitchen]

You can find it at the Technical Bookshop in Melbourne. (Collins Street from memory) They can post it to you anywhere in Australia. Great book

[Salt Spray]

Hi Guys,

So if KeepOnMovin has been called in for testing, one can assume that the info on the website re: recruitment after Feb remians under ongoing review" means that it is probably going to continue. Any thoughts, preferably positive?

Cadets for this year should be about to be farmed out to their respective training org's so now a big load has been removed from recruiting's workload. So we could hear good news in the not to distant....????????

SS

[Mr. Boeing]

Actually Swanson St.

[happydriver]

Just got the call for initial testing also......have been told that stage 1 will be conducted throughout march...could this be the year?????? ....coud someone in the know please share again the details of the tests involved.....including simulator and interview q's.....I know it'been beaten to death but the search engine is u/s....cheers.

[WhiteRat Wannabe]

Happy, concentrate on stage 1 first, QF website used to give you examples of all the different types of tests. Have a go at those ones and then go to your nearest bookshop/library and get your hands on some psychometric books with similar tests. (The above mentioned one is good). Any IQ test book is worth looking at for the reasoning/maths/comprehension tests etc which all help to sharpen you up a bit. Use your brain as much as possible leading up to it.
Be yourself for the personality side of things, it can be helpfull to have a look at a few questionaires just so you know what to expect. Just be honest.
Brush your interview technique up just in case you have a brief initial interview with someone (don't know if they still do it - didn't for me).
I think it's pretty rare to do it all at once, so you'll usually get anything from 3 weeks to 2 months between stages, which should be enough to study for the sim/interview. That way you don't have to bog yourself down trying to study for it all at once.

Good luck!
WRW

[Towering Q]

It's about time you changed the 'Wannabe' part of your name Rat.

Oh, and we still miss you.

[WhiteRat Wannabe]

Still a wannabe really, so it'll have to stay for a while yet
"i know noooothing"

Oh, and we still miss you

Hmmmmmm, who's your CAR/CAO/AIP/F+D TIMES consultant these days??

[griffinventure]

What are the failure rates for the skills + phsychometric tests at QF. I heard they are pretty high, around 80% for DE, and 90% for cadets(higher threshold set). Anyone know?

[Ratter]

Hi all,

I am interested in finding out what sort of levels of experience do those who have been invited for psych and skills have. Simply so i can gauge what is considered a "competitive application"; also to see whether or not i am dreaming at my level of T.T.

Thanks in advance. Safe flying

Ratter.

Congrats to all who have been called!

[KeepOnMovin]

I got the call last week. As far as hours go;
3600 TT, mostly twin turbine and P1. Currently P1 on a medium Multi-crew turbo prop, glass cockpit.

Opps! P1=PIC in Oz???

[adair]

Ive had two "not competitive enough" letters in 12 months. 5000+TT, 3000 command turbine, only 100 multi though. Looks like 500 min multi??

[Arbey8]

QF

Hey guys,
Well done to those who have recently gained start dates. IS there ANYONE who has gotten one without having too many over the minimum requirements? I'm staring my application in the face with fear! A few years back i passed the testing for the cadetship but botched the interview , will that be beneficial or a hinderance?

cheers lads, all the best.

[ozpilot]

I did QF stage 1 and stage 2 in May 2001. Bombed out at stage 2. In June last year, I reapplied and was told straight off the bat that I wasn't competitive enough. I will give it another go shortly but I suspect that for the time being I have blown my chances of working for them. I know of 2 other guys who did various stages, missed out and then were given second goes right through all of the recruitment stages. They both did well on their second goes but were told that they are not competitive enough and that was the end of that. At the moment, the pattern seems to be that if you stuff it up once you are pretty heavily penalised on any subsequent attempts. However that is just my guess.

WhiteRat, Q man doesn't need a consultant anymore - he is senior line pilot and heir to the CP throne after all

[Ralph the Bong]

A not-so-young bloke up here just got an invite from QF. Has degree and about 10,000 hrs including 6,000 jets.

[Towering Q]

Ozpilot , you do realise of course that there is nothing that a CP doesn't know.

[fly_boy 4 flying]

Applying..

G'day pplz,

i'm starting an airline preparation diploma course with flight instruction at Basair flying college at Bankstown this Monday coming. I've got my sights set on a career with QF. I'm just wondering is there any other things I could do to make myself stand out from the crowd like extra ratings or courses etc?

Regards, Flyboy

[OBNO]

Anyone know what aircraft type the guys who started on 17 Feb got?

[RB63]

OBNO
Classic's and 400's