SIA Cadet Pilot - All Batches, Merged
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Hi all,
I applied for SIA cadet pilot on 10th oct and i receive email for 1st interview 30mins after submitting the application. Currently i'm in my 3rd yr in NTU doing my degree, 24yrs old this year. Do u all think i should take up the interview? cos looking thru the forum, as a singaporean to be in SIA u must be 26yrs old.
Any recommendation or suggestion for me? Thanks...
I applied for SIA cadet pilot on 10th oct and i receive email for 1st interview 30mins after submitting the application. Currently i'm in my 3rd yr in NTU doing my degree, 24yrs old this year. Do u all think i should take up the interview? cos looking thru the forum, as a singaporean to be in SIA u must be 26yrs old.
Any recommendation or suggestion for me? Thanks...
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Interviews
For those who are interested to apply or go for interview etc.. You can just go ahead with it first, but try to have the mindset that they are not going to hire you..
Go find yourself another job somewhere else and forget about SIA for the moment. If they call you eventually then good for you. If not at least you have something to do.. There are people who have waited or were told to wait for a VERY long time.. (i.e more than 1 year)
The HR wont do you any favours either like replying you, answering your calls, giving you an explanation or addressing your concerns. You will just be ignored. So please guys just take the whole hiring thing likely if you dont want to undergo the very frustrating period.. Best of luck!
Go find yourself another job somewhere else and forget about SIA for the moment. If they call you eventually then good for you. If not at least you have something to do.. There are people who have waited or were told to wait for a VERY long time.. (i.e more than 1 year)
The HR wont do you any favours either like replying you, answering your calls, giving you an explanation or addressing your concerns. You will just be ignored. So please guys just take the whole hiring thing likely if you dont want to undergo the very frustrating period.. Best of luck!
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hi I would like to check with those who applied, did you receive an automated email after you submitted your application? Cause I didn't and I have been waiting for about 3 weeks for anything.
thanks.
thanks.
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hi guys,
first time post in this forum but glad there are still active and helpful people here around.
I sent my resume on 13 oct and got a invitation for interview today.
My interview date is 28 of oct.. so as to say i have less than 12 days to prepare! This is my 2nd time for interview as I failed my 1st walk-in interview 2years ago. I will be more prepared this time..i hope!
anyone going for the interview next week too?
first time post in this forum but glad there are still active and helpful people here around.
I sent my resume on 13 oct and got a invitation for interview today.
My interview date is 28 of oct.. so as to say i have less than 12 days to prepare! This is my 2nd time for interview as I failed my 1st walk-in interview 2years ago. I will be more prepared this time..i hope!
anyone going for the interview next week too?
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Hi Furthermathematics, have you tried calling or dropping them an email? if you log onto the application website, what does your status say?
Hi Bradz, all the best and good luck!
Hi Bradz, all the best and good luck!
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the page says they do not have any records on file with my email address. should I re-apply? [edit] I just sent in a query regarding my application as advised. thanks! i feel so much better.
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Hello aspiring pilots..
Need some advice here. I've attended my 1st interview on 29th September. The interviewer told me during the interview that they will notify me on the result the following week but I did not receive any email. It's been 3 weeks already and I am still waiting. From what i know if a candidate is being rejected, SIA will send a rejection email on the following Monday. How accurate is this? I did not receive a rejection email but they didn't invite me for 2nd interview like what they've told me, to notify in the following week.
Should I send an email to ask them about the result? Anyone had their interview on the same day as me?
Need some advice here. I've attended my 1st interview on 29th September. The interviewer told me during the interview that they will notify me on the result the following week but I did not receive any email. It's been 3 weeks already and I am still waiting. From what i know if a candidate is being rejected, SIA will send a rejection email on the following Monday. How accurate is this? I did not receive a rejection email but they didn't invite me for 2nd interview like what they've told me, to notify in the following week.
Should I send an email to ask them about the result? Anyone had their interview on the same day as me?
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@machforce You may try emailing to ask about it but usually they wont reply.
i had friends who attended the 7th oct interview together with me. on 11th oct both of them got the invitation to final interview, which is scheduled for tmw.
as for myself, i havent heard back from SIA. but like the previous posts have said, no news is good news. i'm waiting patiently while keeping my fingers crossed.
i had friends who attended the 7th oct interview together with me. on 11th oct both of them got the invitation to final interview, which is scheduled for tmw.
as for myself, i havent heard back from SIA. but like the previous posts have said, no news is good news. i'm waiting patiently while keeping my fingers crossed.
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And why is that so? I'm dying to know the reason.. We've be left out? And why your friends received reply so soon..... Wonder how they review the results and how they schedule candidates.
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hello y'all 
was wondering if anyone's heading for 1st interview on 21 Oct, 3pm?
i applied a couple of weeks back and they replied me within 2 working days and told me to go for the interview on the 21st. i'm a biomed sci major and i have rudimentary knowledge on planes but i know i'd love flying.
it'll be great if someone could share his experience regarding the 1st interview? i'm still in the midst of preparing what i can like reading up on current fleet status, the company's financial results, boeing vs airbus, etc. i don't know if i'm doing too much for the first interview though. lol
was wondering if anyone's heading for 1st interview on 21 Oct, 3pm?
i applied a couple of weeks back and they replied me within 2 working days and told me to go for the interview on the 21st. i'm a biomed sci major and i have rudimentary knowledge on planes but i know i'd love flying.
it'll be great if someone could share his experience regarding the 1st interview? i'm still in the midst of preparing what i can like reading up on current fleet status, the company's financial results, boeing vs airbus, etc. i don't know if i'm doing too much for the first interview though. lol
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hi jem21 - dont think its ever too much. there's just simply so much you can read up on haha. what you have done thus far is good but try to go into the technical stuff like how does the jet engine work, how does an airplane fly, yaw, roll, pitch, etc.
Also try to read up on the destinations that Singapore airlines fly to. Navigation questions seem to be common as well (e.g. where is the Philippines with reference to Singapore)
Once again, try to take it easy and most importantly, be YOURSELF. they value honesty and will not penalize you for wrong answers. more like looking for someone who has the right character and mindset and of course, a passion for aviation
Good luck and all the best!
Also try to read up on the destinations that Singapore airlines fly to. Navigation questions seem to be common as well (e.g. where is the Philippines with reference to Singapore)
Once again, try to take it easy and most importantly, be YOURSELF. they value honesty and will not penalize you for wrong answers. more like looking for someone who has the right character and mindset and of course, a passion for aviation
Good luck and all the best!
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Interviewees!
hello interviewees!
the 1st interview was the easier one. of course like what everyone said, be honest. if you don't know, say you don't know. don't try and guess an answer or bluff.
it will be good to know some geography too. like the capitals of places you have been to, & also like those which are commonly mistaken: Switzerland, Australia and maybe New Zealand. I've also heard of a person who got asked on the flight path taken on a flight he has taken before. he bluffed though he didn't know, and he failed the interview in the end.
my technical questions on fleet, jet engine, theory of flight and winglets were almost perfectly answered, and so the interviewers starting asking me these questions:
1. Who is the Secretary-General of the United Nations
2. Do you know what has been happening in Europe?
3. Do you know what has been happening in Japan? I'm not talking about the Tsunami.
I couldn't answer any of those properly. And so the interviewer left a parting remark for me: "If you were to get to the next round of interview, you need to brush up on this area."
I got to the 2nd round.
2nd round was the hard part. 6 interviewers questioning you about everything you have/ have not done. About your passion. Reasons for wanting or of not doing some things you could have. Reason why you did not join the RSAF. How some of your results prove you might not be able to cope with flying on top of studying theory during cadet training.
They'll spare no technical questions to test whether you are really interested and really know your stuff.
Make sure you revise what you're supposed to & expected to know. Question yourself in every aspect and cover for whatever they might question you and the facts and knowledge to prove to them, especially when you have been technically trained!
Good luck. See my next post.
Zack
the 1st interview was the easier one. of course like what everyone said, be honest. if you don't know, say you don't know. don't try and guess an answer or bluff.
it will be good to know some geography too. like the capitals of places you have been to, & also like those which are commonly mistaken: Switzerland, Australia and maybe New Zealand. I've also heard of a person who got asked on the flight path taken on a flight he has taken before. he bluffed though he didn't know, and he failed the interview in the end.
my technical questions on fleet, jet engine, theory of flight and winglets were almost perfectly answered, and so the interviewers starting asking me these questions:
1. Who is the Secretary-General of the United Nations
2. Do you know what has been happening in Europe?
3. Do you know what has been happening in Japan? I'm not talking about the Tsunami.
I couldn't answer any of those properly. And so the interviewer left a parting remark for me: "If you were to get to the next round of interview, you need to brush up on this area."
I got to the 2nd round.
2nd round was the hard part. 6 interviewers questioning you about everything you have/ have not done. About your passion. Reasons for wanting or of not doing some things you could have. Reason why you did not join the RSAF. How some of your results prove you might not be able to cope with flying on top of studying theory during cadet training.
They'll spare no technical questions to test whether you are really interested and really know your stuff.
Make sure you revise what you're supposed to & expected to know. Question yourself in every aspect and cover for whatever they might question you and the facts and knowledge to prove to them, especially when you have been technically trained!
Good luck. See my next post.
Zack