I applied online. I interviewed at British Airways (Heathrow, England)
Interview
Easy group task, friendly other candidates, nice recruitment centre and free teas and coffees. Dreadful role play (my bad, stage fright is a horrible thing), though selection of others in the group just weird. Some really strong candidates got sent home. Inexperienced people got through, including some who knew next to nothing about the company, crew fleets, planes... etc. Seems a pretty sorry system there is no way to show knowledge of the industry/company and love of aviation before the cut off point of round one, not even on application. Even the orange budget brigade offer an 'anything else you'd like us to know' column. As I say, I know exactly what went wrong for me so for myself I know what I failed on in the role play (brain would not compute what was on the info sheet you get 35 seconds to look at and have as a guide close by and translate that in to ideas in my mouth. So frustrating!). I just don't think the theory about a) being a middle grounder and helper-out with the group task (calculating money and keeping time) and not being the strongest is correct information, and I would be very surprised, given the behaviour and lack of knowledge of some of the ones that got through that anyone was observing from a distance as rumour has it. Doesn't also seem to figure that if you research their look and colour palate and do the bun and suit thing it makes much odds as four girls got through with hair down, no suit and one guy (though very charming, I'd have chosen him) got through wearing jeans... ? ? It actually seemed to count against you unless you were already BA-connected to have any prior knowledge at all.
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Question 1
Didn't get that far. But then, neither did several others already employed in bigger (better) airlines.
I applied online. I interviewed at British Airways (Londres, Inglaterra) in Aug 2017
Interview
I arrived approx 40 mins before the interview and there was already a few people there. I know it's easiser said than done but please please do not be nervous or panic. The day is really fun and everyone is so lovely! I really worked myself up and when it came to the day it was a really pleasant experience.
Basically the day is as everyone has previously described it. We sat around until about 9.45/10 then began our role plays/group tasks. Just act as if the assessor a real customer and how you would handle the situation in real life. They do not expect you to know BA's policies, in my role play I read out the wrong in-flight menu but corrected myself and I was still put through. In the group task I would say put across ideas, use 'we' and think 'team'. Definitely address people by using their name 'I really like your idea Amy' 'what do you guys think of this' - BA pride themselves on being innovative so think unique and customer focused.
I got through to the interview stage where my nerves just completely took over. Just be yourself, I really planned my answers and I think it came across scripted. One thing the lady did express in the presentation is that they know a lot of the questions etc are available to read online so I think they're trying to mix it up. I had two ladies for my interview, they both worked for the recruitment team and one was like head of recruitment & they had both clearly worked there for years, so I do think I got a bit unlucky in that sense as they clearly knew what they were looking for and I really felt the pressure. She tried tripping me up on a few questions and a lot of the questions I was asked stemmed from my answers to previous questions so I was personally very taken back and was not expecting some of the questions. I'd say just be yourself and don't overthink it. Definitely plan your answers as they like to ask a lot of scenario questions so make sure you have some ideas in your head.
Also, when I was applying I was trying to read about what people were wearing. I was worried about wearing heels but everyone was dressed in business attire and the girls wore heels.
I applied in-person. I interviewed at British Airways (Londres, Inglaterra) in Sep 2013
Interview
Organised, informed and professional. An email was sent informing me i had made it through screening and my interview would be held at the head office in the recruitment centre. I had a choice of booking slots to choose from
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All competency based questions including why did you apply for the role and what where the skills and capabilities you would bring with you?