Aer Lingus Engineering Apprenticeships 2011

Darius.Tr · 21-05-2011 5:34pm

Han anyone got an email saying that they failed during the online aptitude test? because it looks like the only people who heard back from them were those who got an interview.

clown2brown · 21-05-2011 6:02pm

I received this from them yesterday:

Dear Clown2Brown

Thank you for your application to the Aer Lingus Apprenticeship Programme.

As we offer only a small number of places on our Apprenticeship Programme, the process for short-listing for the next stage was extremely competitive.

Unfortunately it is with regret that I must inform you that your application has not been successful.

I would like to thank you for your interest in Aer Lingus and wish you every success in your future career.

Yours sincerely
The Aer Lingus Recruitment Team

CaptainSkidmark · 23-05-2011 2:21pm

how old is everyone going for this?

Alter-Ego · 23-05-2011 4:40pm

Darius.Tr · 23-05-2011 5:11pm

I'm 19, any1 else haven't heard back from aerlingus yet?

Jim236 · 23-05-2011 7:07pm

Darius.Tr wrote: »

I'm 19, any1 else haven't heard back from aerlingus yet?

Nope nothin yet.

sdanseo · 25-05-2011 1:23am

Got invited for an interview there myself - got the email on the 20th also. I wonder how many in 2nd stage and how many applied originally?

22 here for whoever asked about age.

kkk1985 · 26-05-2011 6:20pm

i would say anyone who didn't here back yet is on the back up list to replace the people who don't accept the offer of the interview. interviews have to be accepted by june 4th i think so ye'll prob find out then i would say.

looks like i'm the oldest of ye at 26!!!

Darius.Tr · 26-05-2011 7:37pm

I think the emails are delayed due to the huge amount of people who applied, I only heard back from them today so did the few other people from my school. Too bad i didn't get an interview...

CaptainSkidmark · 27-05-2011 10:58am

kkk1985 wrote: »

i would say anyone who didn't here back yet is on the back up list to replace the people who don't accept the offer of the interview. interviews have to be accepted by june 4th i think so ye'll prob find out then i would say.

looks like i'm the oldest of ye at 26!!!

im nearly 28 lol

i must practice the maths!

lintdrummer · 27-05-2011 1:43pm

I'm 24. Really hope I get this apprenticeship, my current job is driving me mad and aviation is an industry i'd love to work in.

Can anyone remember how many positions are available? I'd love to know how many are through to interview!

KatieH151 · 28-05-2011 6:59pm

Got an interview and I'm 17 for whoever was asking!
Doesn't seem to be much girls going for these apprenticeships!
Anyone have any tips on what might be asked in the interview? Any suggestions are much appreciated!

Celtic Mech · 29-05-2011 8:08pm

Congratulations with anybody who has been called for the interview stage. Interview would most likely be broken in two parts - one by someone from the HR Dept and 2nd by someone from Engineering. My advice to anybody who wishes to prepare themselves for potential questions would be:
- Have a look at typical HR questions about Communications, Motivation etc i.e. How would you motivate someone who wasnt pulling their weight.. Have you ever worked as part of a team, give examples. Examples of conflict and how you have dealt with it. Other questions such as what makes you suitable for the job.
- I would strongly advise on reading up about Aer Lingus itself. Read up on its history. I would recommend finding out they types of Aircraft and amount of each. Also - find out which aircraft were recently sold/handed back to lease companies etc. Do you homework on the company itself.
- It will not be a technical interview as such - they wont be asking questions about aircraft systems! But do read up about aircraft - the basics. How an aircraft flies, how a jet engine works (basic knowledge). on the topic of engines - i would tend to do research and find out what type of engines are fitted to the aircraft....i.e. In my opinion it would be quite impressive to the interviewer if you did research and said the A330's operated by Aer Lingus are powered by General Electric CF6-80E series Engines which can produce a Maximum of 72,000 Pounds of Thrust. Some good, firm research will do you well. 2 Sites i would look advise on lookin at would be http://www.geae.com/engines/commercial/cf6/cf6-80e1.html and http://www.cfm56.com/products/cfm56-5b

The interviewers will want to see you have done the homework - its up to you to prove why you should have the job over the other candidates who have got this far.

Best of luck! Anyone needing any info, feel free to PM me.

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lintdrummer · 31-05-2011 11:04pm

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I suppose if you look at it another way you're not really employed at all whilst training, you are just an apprentice. I presume that the objective is to become an Aer Lingus employee at the end of it all, hence why they are offering the apprenticeship.

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lintdrummer · 01-06-2011 12:50am

Don't take that as gospel, it's just the way I see it. I'm open to correction!

CaptainSkidmark · 01-06-2011 5:45pm

emmettogara wrote: »

I suppose if you look at it another way you're not really employed at all whilst training.

Yes of course you are. EI Pay and Train you therefor EI are your Employer.

Otherwise you could say that about every single Apprentice Electrician working for the likes of Dornan, Mercury, Kirby or Sepam.

27-06-2011 6:55pm

Hey guys, I have an interview coming up with Aer Lingus and I was wondering if I could have an informal Q&A with someone who works in Aer Lingus Engineering, in particular someone who has experience with the Apprenticeship scheme. Feel free to PM me if you are interested.

kona · 28-06-2011 1:59pm

Whats the craic with all the forms they sent out?? They are the type of forms you fill out after you get the job, not before an interview??

CaptainSkidmark · 28-06-2011 2:55pm

Have them filled out and ready for monday morning.

I cant seem to find my Leaving cert results lol last time i looked at them was when i originally did my CV 9 years ago!!

Darius.Tr · 28-06-2011 3:18pm

CaptainSkidmark wrote: »

Have them filled out and ready for monday morning.

I cant seem to find my Leaving cert results lol last time i looked at them was when i originally did my CV 9 years ago!!

Have a look at examinations.ie, you will have to fill out a form and pay a fee of about 15 euro and they will send you your LC results to you

EDIT: good luck to everyone

FOGOFUNK · 28-06-2011 3:37pm

kona wrote: »

Whats the craic with all the forms they sent out?? They are the type of forms you fill out after you get the job, not before an interview??

Takes a few weeks for the Garda vetting and DAA background checks to get your airside pass. So if you get the job they can send the forms away and not be waiting around.

kona · 28-06-2011 6:20pm

Sounds like if you get this, youl be starting in early august, if these forms are anything to be believed.

Do I have to bring my LC results? I havnt gotten my Degree yet so Ill have to go without that. Going to end up pulling my house apart looking for these results.

CaptainSkidmark · 28-06-2011 6:23pm

kona wrote: »

Sounds like if you get this, youl be starting in early august, if these forms are anything to be believed.

Do I have to bring my LC results? I havnt gotten my Degree yet so Ill have to go without that. Going to end up pulling my house apart looking for these results.

im just calling up to the school tomorrow in hopes the staff are there. i havent seen mine in 9 years lol

FOGOFUNK · 28-06-2011 6:24pm

kona wrote: »

Sounds like if you get this, youl be starting in early august, if these forms are anything to be believed.

Do I have to bring my LC results? I havnt gotten my Degree yet so Ill have to go without that. Going to end up pulling my house apart looking for these results.

All aircraft engineer apprenticeships start in late august/early september, because thats when phase 2 in shannon starts.

CaptainSkidmark · 28-06-2011 6:27pm

FOGOFUNK wrote: »

All aircraft engineer apprenticeships start in late august/early september, because thats when phase 2 in shannon starts.

Ah for feck sake, Im flying to ibiza on the 1st of sept for 9 days lol

FOGOFUNK · 28-06-2011 6:31pm

CaptainSkidmark wrote: »

Ah for feck sake, Im flying to ibiza on the 1st of sept for 9 days lol

**** one, it's a tough call as you wouldn't really miss anything in the first week or two but trying to explain that to a new boss wouldn't be fun.

doink · 28-06-2011 7:13pm

ya wudnt just go straight into phase 2.ya have to do phase 1 which I think is a minimum of 6 months.

LeakRate · 28-06-2011 8:19pm

Phase One is two weeks

FOGOFUNK · 28-06-2011 9:15pm

Yeah, my phase 1 was one week.

kona · 28-06-2011 11:23pm

CaptainSkidmark wrote: »

Ah for feck sake, Im flying to ibiza on the 1st of sept for 9 days lol

Id rather be getting the time off for Ibiza than repeats

(hope to **** I dont have them!)

CaptainSkidmark · 29-06-2011 1:52am

Ive 2 gigs in the 9 days im there so to be honest they can go whistle if they want me to cancel My yearly pilgrimage. Im flying with EI anyway so i should be excused lol

kona · 29-06-2011 1:38pm

I just re read the Email, seems the Junior Cert is sufficient, Funnily Ive found my Junior but not my Leaving

Also for some of the younger lads, you dont have to pay to request results from 2006 to present.

CaptainSkidmark · 29-06-2011 1:59pm

kona wrote: »

I just re read the Email, seems the Junior Cert is sufficient, Funnily Ive found my Junior but not my Leaving

Also for some of the younger lads, you dont have to pay to request results from 2006 to present.

I found my junior cert results also but not my LC

I imagine it would stand to us better if we had the LC though

Even though I have a national trade cert as a electrician id still rather have the LC

kona · 29-06-2011 4:24pm

CaptainSkidmark wrote: »

I found my junior cert results also but not my LC

I imagine it would stand to us better if we had the LC though

Even though I have a national trade cert as a electrician id still rather have the LC

Id imagine most the people called back have 3rd level qualifications, I think its just to make sure you meet their criteria, the refrences will sort out the rest. I wonder if the aptitude test will be the same.

CaptainSkidmark · 04-07-2011 6:58am

Best of luck everyone.

CaptainSkidmark · 04-07-2011 5:02pm

Had mine this morning, The engineer's questions were straight forward but the HR woman(who was smokin hot) asked a load of very similar questions and got a bit confusing when she basically worded them differently

KatieH151 · 04-07-2011 5:49pm

CaptainSkidmark wrote: »

Had mine this morning, The engineer's questions were straight forward but the HR woman(who was smokin hot) asked a load of very similar questions and got a bit confusing when she basically worded them differently

Without sounding a bit cheeky...can I ask what kind of questions you were asked?

How long was the interview?

CaptainSkidmark · 04-07-2011 6:26pm

no problem at all,

The Engineer asked if i understood how a plane takes off and how it generates lift and how it turns and asked me if i knew a couple of flight controls. to be honest he asked 4 questions then the girl from HR asked a load about working in teams and how it has its advantages and if i was ever in a team situation where it went wrong. I was in there for 30 minutes. the aptitude test was short enough, only 2 modules. i had the true or false and the logical reasoning.

there was no mechanical reasoning practical exam.

Just make sure that if you were on social welfare between jobs then write it on that 5 year background sheet as everything must be accounted for. and they are mainly interested in your junior cert results, they only go to the leaving cert results if say you got a d in maths in the JC but need a c, well then if you got a c in the leaving than that is ok if that makes sense?

kkk1985 · 04-07-2011 8:43pm

I haven't got any police reference yet for when i was out of the country for more than six months. i wonder will this be a major problem or can it be passed on at a later date?? my interview is tomorrow...:eek::eek:

lintdrummer · 04-07-2011 8:56pm

I had mine this morning too. In terms of the paperwork they seem to be pretty happy for you to forward additional information via email when you have it so I wouldn't be too worried about waiting on a reference etc.

kkk1985 · 04-07-2011 9:07pm

emmettogara wrote: »

I had mine this morning too. In terms of the paperwork they seem to be pretty happy for you to forward additional information via email when you have it so I wouldn't be too worried about waiting on a reference etc.

thanks for that Emmett.
did u get on good today?

kona · 04-07-2011 10:52pm

kkk1985 wrote: »

I haven't got any police reference yet for when i was out of the country for more than six months. i wonder will this be a major problem or can it be passed on at a later date?? my interview is tomorrow...:eek::eek:

I think its only a factor if they offer you the position.

CaptainSkidmark · 04-07-2011 11:31pm

they must contact everyone on your background check form and then get them to fill in a form and send it back.... I have 6 employers on my form as i do all contract work and 2 of the companies are gone belly under so i wonder how long it will take for my background check to go through

CaptainSkidmark · 05-07-2011 9:11pm

how did people get on today?

CaptainSkidmark · 05-07-2011 9:15pm

How did people get on today?

lintdrummer · 05-07-2011 9:53pm

kkk1985 wrote: »

thanks for that Emmett.
did u get on good today?

I was happy enough with it, thought the HR side of the interview could have gone a little better but I suppose hindsight is a great thing. Invariably there will always be something that you'll think "Damn! I should have said that!". I guess I'll just have to wait and see like everyone else, hope they don't leave us waiting for too long!

How did you get on yourself?

CaptainSkidmark · 05-07-2011 10:14pm

emmettogara wrote: »

I was happy enough with it, thought the HR side of the interview could have gone a little better but I suppose hindsight is a great thing. Invariably there will always be something that you'll think "Damn! I should have said that!". I guess I'll just have to wait and see like everyone else, hope they don't leave us waiting for too long!

How did you get on yourself?

I got on fine but again the HR side was a bit strange, anyone i was talking to though said the same. It seemed as if she asked the same question in a different way a few times.

I forgot to ask how many positions were available though.

Aer Lingus Engineering Apprenticeships 2011

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