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| New office building with sim hall on the right |
Today, the humidity is incredibly high and all windows of air-conditioned rooms are covered with condensation – I am starting to feel that this humidity and AC will result in to nasty sore throat (and it did)
1030 and I am walking with Filipus our coordinator in to the office building for my interview. Do not forget to take your shoes off in front of reception!
Few minutes of waiting and Filipus is coming to tell me that they are ready for me.
I am being interviewed by two people: Mr Wong and Mr HR whose name I did not catch. I did ask for it again but Mr Wong said that I can call him Mr HR so I did J
Mr Wong wants to know how I was treated in terms of accommodation, food, transport, what do I think about the facilities and how did I find all the tests. The fact is that I was impressed with everything from first minute so it was easy to answer.
After that we went through the general tell me something about yourself, background, professional history, hobbies, how did I start flying, travelling experiences, etc, etc – nothing different from any other interview.
Then I have been asked to identify five abbreviations written on the white board – I answered four and I said that I do not recall seeing one of them – later I found that I was moppet because it was MEA – Minimum En-route Altitude… after that I described Caravan in detail – I think I spent at least 20 minutes on PT6 itself and when I started with fuel system I have been stopped by Mr Wong J – this was actually good sign because the way he stopped me was something like “OK you have told us enough, lets change the topic” and he asked me about few limitations and speeds – I was not that confident with some of those so I had to say I do not know at some cases. From that I have been given scenario during the flight and I had to describe all actions I would take and with every answer there was challenging question – after we got aeroplane safely on the ground I have been asked what would I change if he would ask me same question – I have identified three main points and admitted that one of my actions was incorrect and for two situations I could do better. He agreed with me and I noted that we learn something new everyday, even on the interview – that made him smile ;-)
From here we changed topic on to moving and living in Indonesia, reasons why SusiAir is hiring ex-pats, culture differences and company philosophy.
On the end of interview I have been asked if I have some questions so I have asked about my mistakes in tests but this remained unanswered but I have been given recommendation on what else I should have focus during my studies – I am taking it as a positive sign ;-)
Last question I had was how many people are being, interviewed, when we will know the results and if successful, when we will start the training and so on.
We were first of six groups, each with six applicants for ten positions in total, but there are three candidates from previous selection process who were pretty good so they might be awarded three positions and allowance for our lot would drop down to seven.
…either way the chances of getting invitation for training are quite high – something between 18% - 26%
We shook hands, I thanked them for the opportunity to be there and their time and I walked out – tired but happy – happy because I was living the dream…
Now it was beach time, exploration time, boat trip time, food time and Bintang time J
btw: I have added some pictures for Day 1, and Day 2 posts.
