- •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
- •9. Discounts everywhere
- •1. Away from home and family
- •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
- •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?
- •20. What have you done in the past year?
- •Where would you like to be in your career five years from now?
- •What have you been doing since your last job?
- •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
2.3.4 Documents to prepare for your departure
This list of documents is different from airline to airline, but most will include the following:
Your highest education diploma in original and copies
Copy of your birth certificate
Copies of the birth certificates of your siblings (the mother and father name should be mentioned on it).
Passport copies for all your immediate family (parents, siblings, spouse, children, as applicable).
The original medical forms, reports and X-rays
Passport photographs (the number and specifications for each airline are different, you will receive the details in your successful candidate email). They will be used for Civil
Aviation Authority, Immigration Department, your staff ID, etc.
All the documents will be placed in your HR file.
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Chapter 3 - Off you go!
3.1 Family and friends
Telling your family and friends that you will be relocating to another country is one of the toughest things you have to do. You are about to embark on exploring unknown territory. You will always have people supporting you and people who will not agree with your choice.
There will be goodbye parties, tears and promises to keep in touch and come back home whenever you can or have friends visiting you as soon as possible.
I met a girl who was successful on her interview, but her boyfriend was against the move. She wanted to save the relationship and declined the job. She regretted every day her decision and eventually the relationship ended and she had to restart the entire process of becoming a flight attendant.
You will have friends you will lose contact with. This is a normal part of the process, but not the easiest. Being present on a daily basis and being able to participate in each other's life events is important.
You will also find new friends where you go - you will share your new apartment with somebody else, have batch-mates and meet with new people on flights every day.
The people who truly love you, will respect your decision and support you all the way.
Create a Skype account and make a commitment to keep in touch with your loved ones.
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3.2 What to pack
You will be given 60kg joining cargo allowance. It sounds a lot, but it really isn't. Women tend to have more problems than men to pack realistically. Bellow you will find a sample list of stuff to pack. Bear in mind that you are not going on a deserted island and there will be shops to buy your daily essentials from. Do not pack shampoo, soap or food. Also, do not pack your winter clothes. You are going to extreme heat.
Let's start first with what you will be provided by the airline in your new apartment:
✓furniture
✓bed-sheets, pillows and duvet
✓fully equipped kitchen, including utensils, pots and pans ✓TV set
✓washing machine and dryer
The list below covers the minimum items. You will need outfits to go through the first weeks of training until you receive your uniform. Think business attire, similar to the outfit you wore for your final interview.
Before you start packing, be reminded that you are going to a Muslim country. You are expected to dress conservatively. Do not take with you revealing clothing such as very short dresses or skirts, see-through items or deep cleavage tops.
1 suit in a dark color
5 shirts
1 dark shoes (closed pattern)
1 jeans
1 linen pants or other easy fabric
5-10 tops
1 casual jacket
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1 casual shoes
1 sandals or flip flops
1 elegant outfit (for going out)
undergarments
socks/pantyhose
gym clothes
swimming suit
PJs
1-2 towels
hair accessories (hair dryer, brush, comb, clips and pins)
skin accessories (shaver, creams, make-up)
mobile phone (make sure that it is not blocked to work only on the network in your home country)
laptop, ipod and other electronics
chargers
dictionary (english-your language. You will thank me during the training)
***Some airlines are specific about what they want you to wear during
training :
Ladies
Black skirt suit with white shirt, skin colored pantyhose and black
shoes.
Men
Black suit with white shirt and black tie, black shoes.
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