Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Air Canada as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Flight Attendant and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Flight Attendant and roles were rated as the easiest.
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The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Air Canada (Calgary, AB) in Nov 2016
Interview
Basic. It took me 3 months~ to get hired
Phone call basic interview - 10 minutes .. came in 2 days after I applied
Language tests - within a week scheduled after the initial phone interview
Personality tests / basic webcam based tests conducted online.. scheduled alongside the language tests that can be done on own time
Face-to-face interview followed with a group interview if successful in f2f.. 10-15 minutes each.. whole process takes 1-1.30 hrs
Scheduled approximately 1-1.5 months after th e online/phone tests
Medical - 1 hour scheduled within a week after face-to-face interview
Job offer within a week after medical with two weeks notice to start
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a difficult customer interaction
How will you be a good flight attendant?
Favorite destination to travel
And other basic flight attendant interview questions that can be found online
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Air Canada (Calgary, AB) in May 2019
Interview
Applied on the Air Canada site for the job. They called me and scheduled a phone interview with me a week later. After the phone interview they respond to see if you get the offer. Pretty straightforward.
I applied online. The process took 12 months. I interviewed at Air Canada (Toronto, ON) in Nov 2018
Interview
Began with online application, waited 6 months for invite to do Einterview (recorded on home computer by robot), a year later I updated resume and submitted online again. 6 months further invited to in person and in depth medical.
3 psych evals, background check, drug test and very specific references.
3 months later job offer to start in 1 months time.
Interview questions [8]
Question 1
Tell us a time that you went above and beyond to help someone at work