Aer Lingus Cabin Crew Recruitment thread

Calmcookie84

Hi. I'm just wondering if anyone has applied for the current Aer Lingis cabin crew positions. I recieved a link to do the assessment tests yesterday. Does anyone know what these are like and what the next step would be after the tests are done? Many thanks

River Song

Calmcookie84 wrote: »

Hi. I'm just wondering if anyone has applied for the current Aer Lingis cabin crew positions. I recieved a link to do the assessment tests yesterday. Does anyone know what these are like and what the next step would be after the tests are done? Many thanks

After the online tests usually it's a phone interview, which is just standard interview questions (read up about EI and their history). After that, should you be successful, it's the proper interview, unless it's different this year.

amdublin

Do they take on staff and let them go every year

Or just keep people on temporary contracts?

dropzone

River Song wrote: »

After the online tests usually it's a phone interview, which is just standard interview questions (read up about EI and their history). After that, should you be successful, it's the proper interview, unless it's different this year.

Any idea how long after the tests the results are released?

Locker10a

Thanks for the info , the fact that EI are going down the seasonal route a la the charters is a little off putting as I currently have a permanent job and it's a risk to leave it for a 6 month contract! 😔😪 and by the looks of things it will be a while before they offer permanent positions

Calmcookie84

I haven't heard anything back after my online tests yet. I assumed the position I applied for was a permenant one as there was no mention of it being a temporary contact. I can only wait and see. It will be the first question I ask as soon as I get to speak to a recruiter

Locker10a

Calmcookie84 wrote: »

I haven't heard anything back after my online tests yet. I assumed the position I applied for was a permenant one as there was no mention of it being a temporary contact. I can only wait and see. It will be the first question I ask as soon as I get to speak to a recruiter

Unfortunately it is a temp position contracts are likely march to October

Jack1985

The days of walking into CC permanent are well and truly over even in EI in the late 80's early 90's you weren't permanent for up to five years in cases, these says it can be anywhere between 1-3 years. EI unfortunately have to keep a balance of permanent/flexible staff, subject to the change aviation now faces on a yearly basis. From a personal point of view, I'm less than a year in EI, not permant but have been extended for the winter - your performance really matters these days and it's something that should really be bared in mind, it's really hard-work - but great craic with some of the nicest people you can work with, and yes there is plenty of crap and rumours (wouldn't be EI with them) but IMO it's remains a great company to work with. I througly enjoy it and would recommend it to anyone, Locker10a I completely understand where you are coming from, I took the risk and its paid off so far.

wannabegard

Did my telephone interview there during the week. Any idea when people will be called for the real one? If you are not selected will you not be told as that happened to me before when i was applying for a customer service job with them?

Locker10a

wannabegard wrote: »

Did my telephone interview there during the week. Any idea when people will be called for the real one? If you are not selected will you not be told as that happened to me before when i was applying for a customer service job with them?

Did they by any chance mention when they would be offering courses ?

wannabegard

Janurary for those that successfully apply. 5 weeks.

Locker10a

wannabegard wrote: »

Janurary for those that successfully apply. 5 weeks.

Thank you 😩

Santo81

Hi I'm just wondering I have complete the assessment on line with Aer lingus few weeks ago, but I haven't heard anything yet ! Is it normal or is a bad sign ?
Many thanks

wannabegard

Apparently they have just started the telephone interviews. Theyll probably be in touch in the next week or two. I dont think they inform applicants who failed the online tests. A few months back I applied for a customer service job in Shannon. I didnt get any email from them to say that i didnt get through.

Santo81

Hopefully that they will contact me, I have all the criteria that they are looking for with a second European language.
The closing date was at fort on the 10/15/2014 and then next day they had position on again closing next Wednesday, so they most haven't a lot of respond ...

Ree86

Hi everyone, I got my phone interview on Friday the 24th, the lady said that they will be sending me an email for the face to face interview. I haven't heard anything back and I keep on checking my inbox again and again.

Has anybody been called for the interview after the phone interview.

Thanks.

doyle1991

I have just finished the assessments. What is the telephone interview like? Are the questions basic and long does the telephone interview last?

Ree86

doyle1991 wrote: »

I have just finished the assessments. What is the telephone interview like? Are the questions basic and long does the telephone interview last?

Hi there,

Telephone interview was around 10 minutes long. The lady asked very basic questions like
What do you know about the Airlines?
What do you think is the most important aspect of being a cabin crew?
Do you have customer services experience?
Any visible piercings or tattoos?
Do you live 90 minutes from the airport?
How long notice you need to give to your current employer?

All were very straight forward questions. And remember always stress upon safety when answering any of the aircraft/duties questions.

Good luck.

doyle1991

Ree86 wrote: »

Hi there,

Telephone interview was around 10 minutes long. The lady asked very basic questions like
What do you know about the Airlines?
What do you think is the most important aspect of being a cabin crew?
Do you have customer services experience?
Any visible piercings or tattoos?
Do you live 90 minutes from the airport?
How long notice you need to give to your current employer?

All were very straight forward questions. And remember always stress upon safety when answering any of the aircraft/duties questions.

Good luck.

Thanks so much for your reply it really helps! Good luck! Hopefully we will be cabin crew next year

Santo81

Hi, can anyone tell me how long after the assessment on line with Aer lingus they recieved the phone call?

Calmcookie84

I did my assessment a 2 weeks ago now and I still haven't heard anything. I'm guessing that it means that I haven't been successful.

Santo81

Calmcookie84 wrote: »

I did my assessment a 2 weeks ago now and I still haven't heard anything. I'm guessing that it means that I haven't been successful.

Thanks for replaying , what will I do is I'll send them a email inquiring about.

wannabegard

question lads. Im living in limerick but i said to him i would be willing to move up if i got the job. Will this affect my application in an negative way?

Santo81

wannabegard wrote: »

question lads. Im living in limerick but i said to him i would be willing to move up if i got the job. Will this affect my application in an negative way?

My point of view, I don't think so, is obviously you move once you have job, or you could have said I have a place to go already organised ( as I have ).

Can I ask you how long after you did your on line assessment they have called you ?
Thanks

wannabegard

Id say about 3 weeks

Jack1985

wannabegard wrote: »

question lads. Im living in limerick but i said to him i would be willing to move up if i got the job. Will this affect my application in an negative way?

It won't. The fact you are willing to move up to DUB for the job (as I did) will actually stand to you.

Calmcookie84

I would be wiling to move from Cork. I think it shows commitment to the job that you would be willing to move.

wannabegard

so no one has heard if they have been put forward to real interview yet?

Ree86

Santo81 wrote: »

Hi, can anyone tell me how long after the assessment on line with Aer lingus they recieved the phone call?

Hi there,
I did my assessments on Monday 20th and got a call on Friday 24th October.

Good luck

Santo81

Ree86 wrote: »

Hi there,
I did my assessments on Monday 20th and got a call on Friday 24th October.

Good luck

Hi thanks, I guess that I was unsuccessful as I did my assessment nearly 3 weeks ago.
I still hope that they will call me.

Ree86

Santo81 wrote: »

Hi thanks, I guess that I was unsuccessful as I did my assessment nearly 3 weeks ago.
I still hope that they will call me.

I am sure you will be successful, I have previous cabin crew experience maybe that's why I got called early. Good luck!!

Joe95

Got a phone call around an hour ago. Have a formal interview on the 10th of November

Ree86

Joe95 wrote: »

Got a phone call around an hour ago. Have a formal interview on the 10th of November

Hi Joe,
Did they tell you over the phone? Or you got an email?
Thanks in advance.

wannabegard

Ya got the call aswell for the tenth. Its on!!!

wannabegard

Santo81 wrote: »

My point of view, I don't think so, is obviously you move once you have job, or you could have said I have a place to go already organised ( as I have ).

Can I ask you how long after you did your on line assessment they have called you ?
Thanks

Ree86 wrote: »

I am sure you will be successful, I have previous cabin crew experience maybe that's why I got called early. Good luck!!

Ree86. Could ya give us an idea of what the job is like. What cabin crew do every day?

Santo81

wannabegard wrote: »

Ya got the call aswell for the tenth. Its on!!!

I have email them today cause I haven't heard nothing from them since I complete my assessment (3 weeks ago).
I got a replay saying this:
Applications are being assessed at the moment and you will be contacted via email in due course.
So anyone can tell me if u get a email before the telephone interview or what.
Thanks

wannabegard

Ur one said to me over the phone at 4 o clock today that i said an interview at a certain place at a certain time. I would get an email on monday to confirm the details and i would have 2 forms that i would have to fill out and bring with me to the interview. Dont email them. Wait for them to contact you. That will annoy them and they might count you out for that. I know from personnal experience.

Santo81

wannabegard wrote: »

Ur one said to me over the phone at 4 o clock today that i said an interview at a certain place at a certain time. I would get an email on monday to confirm the details and i would have 2 forms that i would have to fill out and bring with me to the interview.

Thanks for that, so that means I wasn't successful, they normally replay saying that as happend before .
Sad I was looking forward for this opportunity .
Good luck everyone

wannabegard

Hard luck lad. sure theres always ryanair!! :P

Locker10a

wannabegard wrote: »

Ree86. Could ya give us an idea of what the job is like. What cabin crew do every day?

I'm not Ree but I have an idea or at least I think I do lol!!
Check in an hour before your flight
Have a briefing with the pilots and other crew
Go out to the aircraft and complete your relevant preflight checks and security search
Board the flight
Prepare the cabin for departure and take off!
The service aspect is something I'm sure you have seen if you have flown before! The you prepare the cabin for landing
Land
And then turn the aircraft around and off you go again!!

I really enjoy it! You could work with a different crew everyday but it's still enjoyable there is an almost automatic Camraderie with crew and it can be a really nice work environment
Any questiona I'll be happy to answer

wannabegard

Cheers lad. Aswell I keep meaning to ask this but i keep forgetting. For new cabin crew people would you be given short haul flights for a while and then gradually move up to long haul flights or would they throw you in the deep end?

Locker10a

wannabegard wrote: »

Cheers lad. Aswell I keep meaning to ask this but i keep forgetting. For new cabin crew people would you be given short haul flights for a while and then gradually move up to long haul flights or would they throw you in the deep end?

Depends what aircrafts you are trained and certified to operate on but I EI keep new temp peeps on short haul for a while before training on the long haul fleet

wannabegard

Whats the initial training like?

Santo81

wannabegard wrote: »

Hard luck lad. sure theres always ryanair!! :P

No thanks I deserve better then that

Jack1985

As Locker10a points out you won't be trained on the long-hauls until your permanent (as is normal practice, currently). I love the Europe's myself, demanding but rewarding.

A bit of a tip to for your interview, try to answer every question (that relates to the daily operation) from a safety aspect but also commercially. That's something EI appreciate, awareness of the operation (ACL leases, Little Red, Long-Haul expansion, Positioning to a HUB operation, EI having some of the highest LF's and margins currently etc) and the commercial realities we currently face.

Whats the initial training like?

Intense, it requires - motivation, hard work and focus for the five weeks. You'll spend Five weeks studying safety, just four days of that will be customer service training, that should give you an idea of the role.

Locker10a

wannabegard wrote: »

Whats the initial training like?

Be prepared to learn drills off by heart and be ready for lots of exams with high pass marks you almost have to have perfect knowledge of everything taught to pass training

River Song

In addition to above, try to slip something in about winning passengers' RETURN BUSINESS. They seem to love those two words, as in it's not about giving Mary and Joe in 5A and 5B a cup of tea with a smile, it's making that interaction such that it'll make them want to fly Aer Lingus again. That'll go down well.

blackplum123

Hi guys,
I applied for this job too,I have been out of the country for the past week however.
I got a two missed calls off a number during the week and can't get back through to them when i ring.
I'm not sure if this is them or not could anybody tell me from the phone interviews if their ringing off a mobile number or house number or what the number actually is.
Cheers.

Rachel

Ree86

I called the number back (telephone interview number) and asked the lady about the personal interview round. First she said you will receive an email I said that I have been waiting 2 weeks but have received nothing. Then She said she can schedule me for an interview on 14Nov. So that's that.

I felt that she somehow forgot to schedule me in. Anyone waiting to hear back, I would suggest to call back and check.

She said she will confirm the date and time by email during the week.

Good luck to all. Please let know how did the interview go and what kind of questions were asked. Hoping we will be crew in the new year!!

Ree86

blackplum123 wrote: »

Hi guys,
I applied for this job too,I have been out of the country for the past week however.
I got a two missed calls off a number during the week and can't get back through to them when i ring.
I'm not sure if this is them or not could anybody tell me from the phone interviews if their ringing off a mobile number or house number or what the number actually is.
Cheers.

Rachel

Hi Rachel,

It's a landline number, also they were closed for the weekend, maybe try again today.

Good luck.

wannabegard

How long is the interview expected to go on for?