- •1.1 The life of a flight attendant
- •1. See the world at no cost to you
- •2. Meet awesome people
- •3. Broaden your mind and experiences
- •4. Loads of free time
- •5. Flexible ever-changing team and environment
- •Your accommodation, transportation and uniform will be taken care of
- •People will be admiringly staring at you and your colleagues when walking through airports
- •Staff travel
- •9. Discounts everywhere
- •1. Away from home and family
- •3. Health
- •4. Relationships
- •5. Holidays
- •1.2 Your prospect employer
- •1.2.1 Emirates Airlines
- •1.2.2 Etihad Airways
- •1.2.3 Qatar Airways
- •1.3 Who is hiring
- •1.4 Your worries and questions answered
- •2.1 Before the assessment
- •2.1.1 Creating your cv
- •Personal details Include
- •2. Professional experience
- •Include
- •3. Education
- •Include
- •4. Skills
- •5. References
- •Include
- •Important points about your cv
- •2.1.2 Application photos
- •Important points about your photographs
- •2.1.3 Online application
- •1. Introduction
- •2. Letter of application
- •3. Personal details
- •4. Education and training
- •5. Career history
- •6. References
- •7. Photographs
- •8. Submit application
- •1. Basic requirements questionnaire
- •2. Contact details
- •3. Cv Upload
- •4. Application Questions
- •5. Language Skills
- •6. Application confirmation
- •1. Personal details
- •2. Competency Questions
- •3. Virtual Interview Questions
- •4. Key skills
- •5. Attach cv
- •6. Required attachments
- •7. Application submission
- •Important points about your online application
- •Perfume
- •Handbag
- •2.2.2 How to be confident during the assessment day
- •2.2.3 Documents
- •2.2.4 Open Day
- •2.2.5 Cv Submission Day
- •2.2.6 Assessment Day
- •Video Interview
- •Introduce yourself
- •Introduce others
- •Important points about the first stage of the assessment day
- •2.2.6.3.1 Exercise 1 - Prioritization
- •Important
- •2.2.6.3.2 Exercise 2 - Customer service
- •Important
- •2.2.6.3.3 Exercise 3 - Team-building
- •Important
- •Important points about the group exercise
- •2.2.6.4.1 100 Missing Words Test advice
- •2.2.6.4.2 Reading and understanding test
- •Important points about your English Test
- •Important points about the Math Test
- •Important points about the assessment day
- •2.2.7. Final Interview
- •1. Tell me about yourself.
- •2. Why do you want to work for our airline?
- •3. Do you know anyone who works for us?
- •4. Why do you want to be a Flight Attendant?
- •5. What makes a good cabin crew?
- •What can you do for us that someone else can't?
- •What do you find most attractive about this position? What seems least attractive about it?
- •What is your definition of the cabin crew position.
- •9. What do you ultimately want to become?
- •10. What values will you bring to this company?
- •At what point in life did you choose this profession?
- •Tell me about your dream job.
- •Why do you think you would do well at this job?
- •14. Why are you leaving your present job?
- •What are the responsibilities of your current/last position?!
- •In your current/last position, what features do you like the most? The least?
- •What have you learned from the mistakes you made on the job?
- •18. How successful have you been so far?
- •What have you been doing since your last job?
- •20. What have you done in the past year?
- •Where would you like to be in your career five years from now?
- •Are you willing to put the interests of the organization ahead of your own?
- •What are the positive traits you don't have?
- •What skills or qualities you think are important for dealing effectively with customers? Provide an example of when you have displayed these.
- •25. Do you work better in a team or alone?
- •How would your friends or coworkers describe you?
- •Tell me about a time when you helped someone.
- •Tell me about a time you made a suggestion to improve business.
- •Tell me about the most fun you ever experienced on the job.
- •What techniques and tools do you use to keep yourself organized?!!
- •Give me an example of a time that you felt you went above and beyond the call of duty at work.!
- •What are the steps you follow to study a problem before making a decision?
- •Describe a time when your work was criticized.
- •Explain what has disappointed you most about a previous job?
- •What is your greatest failure, and what did you learn from it?!
- •If I were your supervisor and asked you to do something that you disagreed with, what would you do?
- •37. When were you most satisfied in your job?
- •Can you describe a time when you had to be flexible in your job?
- •Can you describe a situation when you had to take charge at the job?
- •Have you ever had a deadline?!
- •Describe a time you worked as part of a team and it failed due to one or a couple of people.
- •Give me an example of a time when you did not agree with your supervisor. What was it and what did you do?
- •Describe a time when you had to deal with conflicting demands.
- •44. Do you have any blind spots?
- •Describe a time you were faced with a customer of a different background and you had to change the way you communicated and behaved towards them.
- •Give me an example of a situation when you had to be diplomatic to your customer.
- •Give me an example of a situation when you had to say no to the customer.
- •Give me an example of a situation when you did something extra for your customer. What was it?
- •49. What are your strengths?
- •50. What are your weaknesses?
- •Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a co-worker who wasn’t doing his/her fair share of the work. What did you do and what was the outcome?
- •Give me an example of a time you did something wrong. How did you handle it?!
- •Describe how you would handle a situation if you were required to finish multiple tasks by the end of the day, and there was no conceivable way that you could finish them.!
- •Tell me about a time you misjudged a person.
- •What's the most difficult decision you've made in the last two years and how did you come to that decision?
- •Tell me about a challenge at work you faced and overcame recently.
- •How are you planning to establish credibility with the members of your team?
- •58. Tell me about a time you resolved a conflict.
- •Have you worked with someone you didn't like? If so, how did you handle it?
- •What sorts of people do you enjoy working with?
- •What is the kind of person you refuse to work with?
- •What kind of situation do you find stressful?
- •Would you say that you can easily deal with high pressure situations?
- •Describe a situation where you had to make a quick decision.
- •What do you enjoy the most about working with customers?
- •When could your customer service have been better?
- •Give an example of excellent customer service that you experienced as a customer.
- •Give an example of excellent customer service you provided.
- •How can you deal with an upset guest in the plane?
- •If I spoke to your boss, what would he say are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?
- •71. What do you expect from a supervisor?
- •Do you think a manager should be feared or liked?
- •What motivates you to do the best on the job?
- •If you had to choose one, would you consider yourself a big-picture person or a detail-oriented person?!!
- •75. How would you describe your work style?!
- •76. What is your communication style?
- •77. Do you like to work autonomously or collaboratively?
- •How do you like to work with your supervisor?
- •List five words that describe your character.
- •80. Do you plan your day?
- •81. What will you miss about your present job?!
- •What are you looking for in terms of career growth?
- •83. Who is your hero? Why?
- •Describe your motivation for going to the college or university you attended.
- •What is the most important thing you learned in school?
- •86. Why did you choose your major?
- •Your resume suggests that you may be over-qualified or too experienced for this position. What is your opinion?
- •How do you want to improve yourself in the next year?
- •If you had enough money to stop working right now, would you?
- •Do you have any language abilities that might assist you in performing this job?
- •Do you have any restrictions on your ability to travel?
- •92. Do you need additional training?
- •How will you be able to cope working such long shifts?
- •How long do you expect to work for us if hired?
- •What did you do to prepare for this interview?
- •How would you react if we asked you to change your appearance to fit in with our company?
- •Which is more important to you, the money or the work?
- •What advice would you give to someone who was applying to become Cabin Crew?
- •Are you applying for any other airlines? What if more than one airline offers you the job?
- •100. Why should we hire you?
- •101. Do you have any questions for me?
- •Important points about the Final Interview
- •2.3 After the assessment
- •2.3.1 Golden Call and Successful Candidate Email
- •2.3.2 Documents submission
- •2.3.3 Date of Joining (doj)
- •2.3.4 Documents to prepare for your departure
- •3.1 Family and friends
- •3.2 What to pack
- •3.3 New place called home
- •3.4 The training
2.2.5 Cv Submission Day
This recruitment event is specific to Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways. Emirates sometimes organizes CV Submission events in very busy locations such as London, however this is not common practice.
Locations and timings will be provided on airline’s careers website. You are expected to go to the location during the set timings with the following documents:
Copy of your CV
4 passport photos
1 full length photo
copy of your passport (Qatar Airways only)
registration form (Etihad Airways only)
You are expected to present yourself in the same way you would for the assessment day - wear business attire, smile and answer the questions that the assessors might ask you.
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2.2.6 Assessment Day
Assessment Days are organized in certain countries and the date of the event will be advertised by the airline on their career website. To participate in the Assessment Day, you will need to register online, create an application and wait for your application to be processed by the airline's HR Department. Only the successful candidates will then be invited for the Assessment Day.
Recruitment Agency
In some countries, the initial selection process is organized before the assessment day by using a local recruiting agency. You will find this information on the airline’s careers website.
At the agency you will be required to fill-in application papers, complete an English test and a pre-interview session.
You should go to the agency as if you were going for the interview with the airline. They hold the decision to offer you a chance to participate in the Assessment Day with the airline, so you must be flawless in your presentation.
You will be asked to fill in an application form with your personal details and attach copy of your CV. Most agencies have a standard CV format which will be created with the data you provide.
Next step is a basic English test where you will be asked to translate an aviation related text and also show your capability of having a short conversation in English with the representative.
If you are not sure of aviation related terms, translate in
advance the following words in your native language:
aircra-
airport
seat belts
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seat belt sign
safety measures
non-smoking
lavatory
take-off
landing
departure
arrival
turbulence
weather conditions
captain
cabin crew
ground staff
After the English test, you will have a pre-interview session with one of the recruitment representatives from the agency. Your experience, education and motivation to become a flight attendant will be discussed.
Be prepared and make a good first impression.
Once the initial screening is completed, you will be given the details and the invitation to the Assessment Day.
The airline pays the recruitment agency to assist them in finding the right candidates for the cabin crew position. You should not be asked to pay the agency for finding you work. If that is the case, you should contact the airline immediately.
If your country doesn't organize the Assessment Day in conjunction with a recruitment agency, you can just proceed to apply online on the airline career's page.
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