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And Fail! 
Would love to know what questions I got wrong. I screen shotted all the questions in the SJ test as I went along so I could review them later. Maybe 1 or 2 were between 2 possible answers, but I don't think I was massively out on any of them
Maybe once the application process has ended (Tuesday) we can all compare notes as to the different answers people chose?
Would love to know what questions I got wrong. I screen shotted all the questions in the SJ test as I went along so I could review them later. Maybe 1 or 2 were between 2 possible answers, but I don't think I was massively out on any of them
Maybe once the application process has ended (Tuesday) we can all compare notes as to the different answers people chose?
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Everyone speaking of GCSE level maths… I had a mate complete the application. He has an electrical engineering degree and even found it took him a while to get through. He did not pass!
He got 18 questions done on the test. He thinks his answers were correct.
His background? He has a PPL and IFR rating from Canada, which he completed when he finished university there.
He does think that having a computer decide whether you’re successful or not for next stages is ridiculous. He also said as someone with a PPL and IFR and has studied for some CPL training, he felt like he barely did maths in his flying - if any!
He said he’ll probably go back there and continue training in the future, if becoming a pilot is so complicated in our country.
He got 18 questions done on the test. He thinks his answers were correct.
His background? He has a PPL and IFR rating from Canada, which he completed when he finished university there.
He does think that having a computer decide whether you’re successful or not for next stages is ridiculous. He also said as someone with a PPL and IFR and has studied for some CPL training, he felt like he barely did maths in his flying - if any!
He said he’ll probably go back there and continue training in the future, if becoming a pilot is so complicated in our country.
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I understand why companies (aviation or not) do this, it's easier to make a website and have that sort the wheat from the chaff. (And I'm sure some applicants are below even chaff levels!) I've had this on various job applications over the year.
But, they always feel like they are set up by people who THINK they know what a job requires, rather than by people who ACTUALLY do the job day to day and make a hundred marginal judgement calls based on what's in front of them and do just fine. If you've ever had to deal with the public in a setting like face to face retail you know that there's often no "one size fits all" response to every scenario. So to have a rigid "choose 1 from these 4 options" Where 2 are obviously nonsense and 2 would probably be fine in 99.99% of situations in the real world does probably result in a lot of potential very good candidates falling by the wayside because the test is badly set up.
Such is life
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I am just repeating what I have been told from an internal source.
I ran a fake profile and set my attributes to those less represented minorities, and just like that my application got all the way through just a shame my details won’t match the profile.
lastly unlike BAs recruitment site this forum and my name is anonymous and they wouldn’t be able to tell my actual name etc.
I ran a fake profile and set my attributes to those less represented minorities, and just like that my application got all the way through just a shame my details won’t match the profile.
lastly unlike BAs recruitment site this forum and my name is anonymous and they wouldn’t be able to tell my actual name etc.
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I am just repeating what I have been told from an internal source.
I ran a fake profile and set my attributes to those less represented minorities, and just like that my application got all the way through just a shame my details won’t match the profile.
lastly unlike BAs recruitment site this forum and my name is anonymous and they wouldn’t be able to tell my actual name etc.
I ran a fake profile and set my attributes to those less represented minorities, and just like that my application got all the way through just a shame my details won’t match the profile.
lastly unlike BAs recruitment site this forum and my name is anonymous and they wouldn’t be able to tell my actual name etc.
That said I’m fairly sure I failed the digital interview!
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Oh look, another person who doesn’t deserve a seat in a flight deck - ever. You’re fortunate that it’s anonymous on here, otherwise I would happily call you out if I ever found out you had a job at an airline. People like you are what’s wrong with the world, unable to own the fact you failed something so blame someone else. I’m a white male and passed the tests with no issues - maybe it’s just you.
That said I’m fairly sure I failed the digital interview!
That said I’m fairly sure I failed the digital interview!
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I am just repeating what I have been told from an internal source.
I ran a fake profile and set my attributes to those less represented minorities, and just like that my application got all the way through just a shame my details won’t match the profile.
lastly unlike BAs recruitment site this forum and my name is anonymous and they wouldn’t be able to tell my actual name etc.
I ran a fake profile and set my attributes to those less represented minorities, and just like that my application got all the way through just a shame my details won’t match the profile.
lastly unlike BAs recruitment site this forum and my name is anonymous and they wouldn’t be able to tell my actual name etc.
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Oh look, another person who doesn’t deserve a seat in a flight deck - ever. You’re fortunate that it’s anonymous on here, otherwise I would happily call you out if I ever found out you had a job at an airline. People like you are what’s wrong with the world, unable to own the fact you failed something so blame someone else. I’m a white male and passed the tests with no issues - maybe it’s just you.
That said I’m fairly sure I failed the digital interview!
That said I’m fairly sure I failed the digital interview!
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Oh look, another person who doesn’t deserve a seat in a flight deck - ever. You’re fortunate that it’s anonymous on here, otherwise I would happily call you out if I ever found out you had a job at an airline. People like you are what’s wrong with the world, unable to own the fact you failed something so blame someone else. I’m a white male and passed the tests with no issues - maybe it’s just you.
That said I’m fairly sure I failed the digital interview!
That said I’m fairly sure I failed the digital interview!
may I ask what you think went wrong?
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Useless
So did the first assessment for speedbird clicked submit page crashes so logged back in and says was completed but haven’t received another assessment or rejection email so emailed the speedbird help email provided 8 days letter nothing emailed every single day and CC in recruitment nothing.
rang BA said they couldn’t help and had to wait on recruitment to get back to me.
Very angry that 99% sure won’t get in not due to my fault but due to a technical problem.
rang BA said they couldn’t help and had to wait on recruitment to get back to me.
Very angry that 99% sure won’t get in not due to my fault but due to a technical problem.
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Hi Aj2017, totally get why you won’t tell anyone what was asked. Folk should be preparing for a whole array of stuff on their own anyway…
But are you willing to share any information on the format? Was there a time limit to your answers and are you able to re-record your response if you fluff it up?
But are you willing to share any information on the format? Was there a time limit to your answers and are you able to re-record your response if you fluff it up?