all right guys we're back my name is Amanda I'm a flight attendant for Emir and this is Jack hey guys I used to be a flight attendant for Virgin Australia and we're going to run you through a few differences what it was like to apply for Virgin and what it was like to apply for Emirates and pretty much what our interview days looked like see I applied it for Virgin during Co actually so for me I had a little bit of a different kind of experience as to what it is nowadays I feel like but I still feel like it's quite similar in the sense you know all the stages that you go through to get the job so yeah one day during Co I was just at home and I saw an ad for I love that I literally love that honestly I was like it was during lockdown and I was like okay this is going to be perfect I'm going to come out of lockdown like hope like that I can get this job so I saw the ad and I applied I was like okay hoping for the best with all this but the thing was I knew a lot of people went for these jobs so I was like oh like who knows what's going to happen because in the past I had actually applied for jet star a few years ago yeah but I that was before Co no but you know they missed out y did not get it so um I was hoping for the best this time around so yeah I did my regime I filled out like a CV I did the whole like online application thing and just submitted my application and hope for the best did you WR a cover letter as well I did I did yeah did you have to did you have to do a video application not initially not at that stage so at that stage it was just do all that kind of bit and then I remember it was actually only a couple days after that I did all that I remember they um sent through a link to do like an online video so you get it after so like I applied for Virgin this is something I remember forever cuz I was terrified they wanted you to do a video application so at the start so you had to be like hi like my name I have never filmed anything and I might just put a little little clip of it right now good afternoon my name is Amanda King and I'm here to share with you my interests of why I want to become a cabin crew member of Virgin Airlines Australia I understand the role as a cabin crew member is going above and beyond just serving food and drinks but confid L making our customers feel safe welcomed and important I strongly feel that in my experience in my current role would align perfectly what is sought after as a cabin crew member yeah so we had to do a little bit of a video interview and I was terrified and I was just not going to do it because of it so the fact you didn't have to do that I feel like I was cheated I was so scared well you know what when okay so when I first applied and then they sent you the link to do like the video B cuz for me that was like the second phase I actually almost like just complet completely gave up because I stuffed up like when I opened that link I didn't realize it was like on a timer so there was like a timer that you had to like do it in and I stuffed up like I started I think I pressed like start or something and then like I just froze and I was like oh my God it's like happening and I was like oh no and then I remember like completely exited out of it and I was like No it's it's just not meant to be and then there was that bit in me that was like Jack come on like don't just like give up like this like so then I remember I emailed like the person that originally like sent me the link for the video interview I was like Hey like I've just had a little bit of a technical difficulty even though like I literally just like froze and luckily they actually sent me through another link to um redo that video interview yeah so what the video interview was though it was like automated like questions that like came up on the screen I think that was three maybe five I can't remember that's a l maybe it was three yeah I think it was just three um yeah so there was like three questions and you kind of just had to answer them before the timer went out um so yeah I did that round and then all went good from that so yeah I was up to round three now because this was like during Co it was all on Zoom so my like kind of like open day would you say like assessment day interview yeah yeah so it was like the group kind of assessment round um so yeah it all happened on Zoom so I think that was like 30 of us within this one call and um at this that would have been so hectic it was honestly and I think some of them kept like cutting in and out and stuff like I it went for like I think like 2 hours maybe actually yeah it was a bit it was a bit leny a bit but um yeah they pretty much did like a little presentation at the start of it and then um they broke you off into like little groups like within like the Zoom call like I think it was called like rooms that you got put into it was just random oh crazy honestly hear anyone else no nothing so what they wanted you to do though was like do a like group activity and like I think they'll just kind of like observing how you all like worked together and like whatnot did I forget what it actually was but you had to like put something together to like present to everyone else so yeah after that we all went back to the call we all let presented to one another and then all was fun in games after that so you have do one-onone interview so then that was like the next round so you didn't actually know yeah so um so after that call you didn't actually know if you had a one-on-one um interview you were waiting on an email to see if you had made it to the next round I know honestly so yeah luckily um I think a couple of days later I got the email to invite me to the one-onone interview and I remember you had to like select a time um so I selected my time went to the interview and to be honest like I actually had a really good experience in that one-onone intervie virgin it was more like a conversation it it was very very casual honestly I remember we literally talking about like Christmas like for half of it I swear like yeah it was around like November November that time yeah so did you remember any of your interview questions my gosh I honestly forget but they weren't anything that was like nothing that I wouldn't expect to be asked in an interview I remember like thinking like they were just very like like oh how would you like work in a team like oh like what's an example where you've had to you know give feedback to like a coworker or something like yeah that's I think there was just like little very like generic kind of questions like that from memory but um yeah nothing that kind of like threw me completely off guard or anything they're pretty good with it like teamwork yeah exactly yeah so but yeah then after that um luckily made it and then had to do my medical assessment my swimming assessment and what's it that think theal assessments you have to do yeah we don't do swimming assessments at em see that's one thing I'm jealous about I swear this when cuz you have to do it all on like your own and I remember having to go like my local swimming pool and like you to print out this form it was the most awkwardest thing ever and I remember I was like all these other people at the pool and I was like oh like it was just I remember asking a lifeguard when did it and he's like you need me the what time you like treading for 2 minutes or something yeah that was it I think 50 m like swimming like and then you have to like tread water for 2 minutes I think that's what it so awkward him just sitting there like okay let time was on oh my gosh honestly I think that was the hardest part of the whole like application process I'm not even joking like my hardest part was defin when I ver was definitely the video at the start what am I getting your into I was like 19 you yeah man but it was it's a good experience it was yeah definitely do you miss it I do like I really do like do you miss the interview oh you know what I actually miss ground school I miss the training that was one thing that like I took for kind of like I want to say like oh I would I don't know like I what you me for granted yeah for a bit like once I like started flying and stuff like I remember being in like the training and being like I can't wait to like this all be over and I'm like flying and stuff and then it was kind of like I I reckon like the actual training that was like the fun bit like that was really like it was cuz you had like everyone that you knew because you were with the same people we still keep in touch every day almost so yeah definitely the funnest part I mean our grand school in virgin was like that everyone I ended up moving in with my friend like we yeah we were we liveed together we started F yeah and when we were studying too like we were in the same interview and then we got a place together I know it was so cute crazy and then so yeah we would like we'd have like sticky notes all over the house of like all the equipment it was so it was stuff awesome so w yeah no that's amazing but my interview for emirat was a little bit different but I did apply during Co so I had the same sort of like initial kind of like uh interview process I had to do the online application which is on the careers page you do the CV do cover photos we had to submit like photos really yeah I mean obviously they want to see what you look like and they want to see you look professional and just what they want to you know they can have a little Gees and uh then you have to do I did a cover letter as well and then I got sent an invitation for a like a question like kind of what you did like it was three questions and they like automatic and at a timer right and you could do like two takes I think the maximum oh yeah cuz I like stuffed up the first one I remember I was like and I was like oh no and I used see the tape and I was like oh thank goodness I can do another tape no that's what I did in my interview and I just quit out the whole thing that's that's what I was like Jack come on don't give up like this come on like hey you took inititive by emailing I did I I couldn't believe it honestly oh man but yeah like the questions were like I remember was like tell us a time you exceeded someone's expectations and I was like tell us a Time you uh got something implemented into your workplace like a change yeah it was really interesting and then I think the other one was like the same sort of thing like how would you work in a team or there was some other question that was like um how do you work with different cultures or something I think obviously like Emir is so cultural and stuff like that um and then that was like October then when I appli and I always get asked like how long the process takes and it can take it can take a while but then it can also take really really like small amount of time it depends on emone needs like if they need you now they'll ask you now so I had to wait from October till February cuz the borders of Australia were shut still yes so that was when like they could come and actually do an assessment dat and an interview so we they came and they did the assessment date and you all rock up and you get like your height and you get your weight and everything you go to the reach test which is like 200 yeah a version you have to reach uh 212 CM because of the height the lockers yeah and you have be on like flat feet wow and then yeah I know so that's like the first thing they do and then then you know if they if you pass that you go on to the next stage and if you don't then they like they send you home because they give you all like a number at the start of the interview and each person has a number and they call out like they do the assessment for the round and then they go back into a room and they wait and they call out the numbers are like going home yeah so it's like really literally I have to say that actually oh my gosh and then you go into like a group interview or I I can't remember if we did the introduction first the group interviews but pretty much the group interviews were like it's really interesting because there's no right or wrong answer I'm telling you this there's no right or wrong answer in the group interviews they just want to hear you speak and they want to hear you like if you're confident if you speak English really well and pretty much it'll be like a photo I remember it this photo of this girl in like a pink dress and like looking at her friends like waving and I was like describe what do you what do you see really hly that would throw me off G I worked with someone that said that they didn't know what they were getting asked so they just said hi this is like they said their name and pass the final but hey they got the job so like that's good know the answer just introduce yourself and say something like even if it doesn't make sense just they want to hear you speak they want to hear like what your interpretation is I guess and if you don't have an interpretation well then that's fine too yeah so yeah there was like these photos and they tell you like what yeah you need to describe what you see there was a lot more Aviation kind of things in the group intervie compared to Virgin there was like nothing to do with AV because they don't expect you to know what you yeah exactly I think Em's expect you to know a little bit like cuz it was a photo of two girls like K crew sorry and they hanging out toys on board and it was like what do you see and like what are they what are cabin crew duties something that I said was because it's like a magic moment I guess Emirates take pride in being like you know excellent and something different and handing out the toys on board if you had a flight with Emirates you know they give the toys to the kids and it makes such a difference for the parents like it just means it's just this little thing that we do and it just makes I like the Polaroids my favorite it just makes everything so special so if you could talk about the fact that you know the cabin crew duties is to make uh someone someone's Journey really special and we do this by giving other toys like this is really nice and you know it's a part of something extra going above and beyond and then you could even talk about I think I talked about like the Teamwork because you have to do it with someone else as well so you have to be able to coordinate um to do you know each side but it I mean we I know this now cuz I do it but if you don't know this here's a little hint basically you have two crew and they're doing it together and you have to work as a team because you have to make sure each kid gets a toy so you do one side they do the other side and then you come together yep have you done it all yeah so teamwork and Magic Moment for sure like yeah but again if you don't know this to the answers you can always just say like you know the cabin crew working together they're giving out toys on board I mean and my name is Amanda but yeah the group interviews go like a little like that and uh after that then they'll do again another round eliminations and then you do an English test and it's really interesting cuz I I mean I'm from Australia so I didn't really think twice about it but I guess for some people it is a little bit tricky cuz it would have questions like and it's like a blank it's like you walk into the elevator or you walk on the elevator or you walk oh I see behind the elevator that would even throw me off I swear oh you know what this actually reminds me this is a little bit off topic but one time I actually have to do like an English test like this I forget what it was for but um I I didn't even know what the word meant in English do you know what the word quarrel quarrel is like a problem yeah I have no idea I swear I have no idea what the word quarrel meant I was like I have no idea like yeah to be honest sometimes I question my English I've never forgot that yeah so and then once you do the English test and you pass that again you'll get like told they'll read everyone's number out and then you'll do the one-on-one interview and that's like the most nerve-wracking because you're like just you and the interviewer but lucky I feel I felt very good because from Virgin I was like it's just a conversation like just you know speak for my mind say like some actual like experiences that happen like it should be fine like right so did that all happen on the same day yes wow it's a huge day yeah so it all happens on the same day and you you'll basically know if you go to the final interview like you obviously have a chance of getting the golden call is what they call it and uh but then again I know that there was like maybe four people that went into the final interviews on my day and only two of us got called Prett sure yeah so they don't always call you so but I mean obviously if you don't get to the final interview you have you can't you don't get a job so you know if you get all that way it's a good chance like you've got yourself in a good position and the final interview is just the same thing it was like oh I was like why do you want to work for emance it was like you know that s of question like why do you think you're best suited for the job or stuff like that yeah but it's it's definitely most nerve-wracking is the final interview but once it's done that whole day it's such a good experience and even if you don't get it I this is my tip and my point I would say go to an open date or you know go do an assessment date cuz you can reapply in 6 months and it will give you the practice you need to know what to do on the next one that you actually get the job so and it doesn't put like a marking into your name or anything like if you don't get the job on the first interview like on the first day like it's fine you can just do it again and then a lot of people do that a lot of people apply multiple times before they get the job so yeah it's like the same at version actually yeah it's like it doesn't it's not even bad to do it a couple of times and I think it would definitely like if I had done it before then I'd give myself time to prepare and know exactly what I need to know and then nail it the next time that's our little experience between what the difference for applying for Emirates and virgin and I mean I guess during CO as well different but you know it's all the same sort of stuff so if you do need any help or advice just pop the questions you have in the comments below and maybe we can do another little uh video I don't know if you want to know let us know and we hope you like it bye guys bye [Music] we