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21st Apr 2003, 23:40 #1 (permalink)

JetDriverWannabe Now Updated !!

Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Hong Kong
Posts: 55
This Section is written to help people who want to get into the Cathay Pacific
Cadet Pilot Programme.
As of 2005, here is a list of the "Hurdles" the a candidate must go through.
[list=1][*]Cover Letter[*]Resume[*]Certificates[*]Answer the 2
questions on the Application form.[*]English Listening Test
7 min English Test listening test.[*]English Grammer Test[*]IQ Test
60min IQ/Logic Test(Choose the correct box to complete the pattern)
[*]Computer Test
45 min Computer Test consiting of the following.
....Quick subtraction (Equation shown, is is correct or not)
....Hand/eye co-ordination(done with joystick)
....Feet/eye co-ordindation (done with rudder pedals)
....Landing Approach (depth preception)
....Nail the Bandit (shoot / don't shoot)
[*]Presentation
Topic = "Training Aspects of the Cadet Pilot Programme"[*]1st HR
Interview I
Interview with 2 HR people or 1 HR + 1 Pilot.[*]Numeracy Test
33 questions in 30 minutes. Select the best answer out of 16 on the
computer screen.[*]Personality Quiz
Answer 167 Personality Quiz questions in 45 mins.[*]Job Knowledge Quiz
Answer 45 Questions on information from a book they send to you. [*]Group
Exercise
You and 3 other candidates are give a problem to solve. You are each given
set of data and a set of possible solutions. Work together as a group the
solve the problem.[*]Panel HR and Technical Interview
Interview with 1 HR person and a Pilot or 2 Pilots. 1/2 HR questions, the
other 1/2 Technical Questions.[*]Flight Planing Excercise
You and another candidate is are each given some background information, A
set of data. You will be guided by one of the HR staff through the excercise to
come up with the best solution. You will be quized at each stage of the
interview.[*]Management Interview
Interview with a management type. Either a senior pilot or fleet manager etc
etc. [*]Medical
You will be tested on to see whether you can obtain a HKCAD class 1 medical.

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You must have at least

... Eyesight that can be corrected to 20/20
... Normal Color Vision
... no chronic sickness[*]Flight Grading
You are sent down the Australia to undertake a course that is designed to
measure your ablity to pass the full 60 week course on time. It tests your
ablity to learn and pick up new skills, and retain them. Items tested include
...level flight
...climb
...decent.
...turn.
...steep turns
...landing
...circuits
[/list=1]

Initial Testing

30 min Quick Medical (eye sight, hearing, height, weight)

5min Presentation on topic given to you before the interview
The topic has always been, "The training aspects of the Cadet Pilot
Programme."

1st Stage Interview

45min Interview with Flight Crew Recruitment Specialist.

Est. Pass combined rate of the above 2 items is ~ 1/6

Second Stage Interview

The second stage Interview and test consists of a full day at CX city.
30min Computer based Numeracy Test
This is a typical numeracy test where you are given 11 sets of data and 3
question to answer. You will be given a question booklet , pencil and paper
and will select the correct answer out of a possilbe 16 on the computer.
45min Computer based Psychological Test
You will be asked 187 questions on the screen. Answer yes/not sure/no
45min written technical Quiz

60 min Group Excersie

4 candidates will be given a set of data each, and will be required to work
together inorder to select best solution. The general layout will be like this.
...Here is a problem.
...We are given a whole list of restictions.
...Find the restirctions.
...Eliminate the non-sulutions.
...Select the best remaining one.
Answer a few questions about the whole excercise.

90min Flight Planning exercise conducted with another cadidtate.

60min Generals interview with technical component.

Est. Pass rate of stage III is around ~ 1/5

Management Interview
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JetDriverWannabe
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Posts: 55
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60 min Interview with a members of Management and a senior Pilot.
Est. Pass rate for the full 60 week cadet course in Australia is over 90%)
FAQ on the cadet selection process
Q: What do they ask in the interviews ?
A: Its pointless knowing what they ask becuase the questions change every
time. Knowing what they ask will just make you think up the "model answer"
and I belive that the flight crew recruitment people are very good at what
they do. They can "read you like a book".
Q: Whats the best way to prepare for the interviews ?
A: Know yourself better and be who you are.
Q: Whats the most common mistake candidates make?
A: IMO the most common mistake is that many candidates have no clue of
what they are getting into. This show up in the interview and you have 3 of
them to pass.
Q: What are the eye sight standards ?
A: Correctable to 20/20 vision. no colour blindness.
Q: How I am so sure of the details.
A: I aren't, the above represents a best guess.
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KA Cadet Selection Details
KA Selection details. Details from knowledgeable sources have indicated that
the KA process looks like the following.
KA Stage 1(Initial Medical Checkup)
You will be invited to attend a brief medical check up which tests,
weight/height and eyesight at a medical practice in Central.
Standards expected:
The candidate has healthy BMI.
Vision that can be corrected to 20/20.
You have normal Color Vision.
KA Stage 2(Computer Pilot Appitude test)
You will be invited to play some computer games in KA house with the
joystick. Tasks include:
Keep the cursor in the center.
Quick maths questions, is 924 - 4 = 920 true?
Keep check of the pattern etc etc.
Do all 3 above at the same time.
This test is much harder than the Cathay Pacific one.
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KA Stage 3 (1st Interview)

KA Stage 4 (2nd Interview + Numeracy + Group Exercise)

KA Stage 5 (Flight grading)

Question 1: What are the vision requirements ?

From previous discussion in the forums, It is generally thought that requires

that a cadet's vision be correctable to 20/20. Eyeglasses are allowed.
Corrective eye surgery is however not recommended.
CX is belived to require normal color preception. Color vision for CX is belived
to be measured with the Ishihara Test for color blindness. Examples here.

Will be adding more later..

Question 2: CX cadet program Hong Kong Residence Requirements. What is a

Hong Kong permanent residents?

The above means that that the applicant must have a Hong Kong Permanent
Identity Card. In order to quailfy for one you must meet the requirements set
by the Imigration services Department of the HKSAR. Details here.

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22nd Apr 2003, 17:08 #3 (permalink)

jetjockey696 reply

Join Date: Oct 2002 Hi JetDriverWannabe

Location: In someone
pocket
Posts: 1,063 Thanks for the heads up. One more thing if you help me with, Stage 2
interview....what type of computer numeracy is it????. Are there any types of
books I could use to prepare, for the test. My math is kind of weak right now.

Any type of help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

25th Apr 2003, 00:36 #4 (permalink)

qsp888 is cathay still hiring under the current difficult times?

what about those already hired but yet to report to duty?
Join Date: Jan 2003 any more training?
Location: us
Posts: 18

25th Apr 2003, 05:47 #5 (permalink)

JetDriverWannabe I am not sure about the current status of hiring at Cathay at the
moment...Some have said that all hiring has stopped. Others say abit is still
going on.

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Join Date: Mar 2003

Location: Hong Kong Lets take a look at the situatation. Currently, it is extimated that cathay is
Posts: 55 loosing ~US$3 million a day.
Any competent corprate officer would probably take action to reduce cash
outflow ASAP as it is unlikely that any the passenger numbers are going to
pick up soon.

Therefore, it would be safe to say that high-budget expenses like flying you
in for an interview or sending you down under for flight grading would be
called off.

As for people who have been hired but yet to report for duty?
I don't know what will happen to them.

One thing for sure, if the drop off does not statbilize by the end of may. The
corprate officers would probabaly take additional cost cutting measures.

29th Apr 2003, 17:13 #6 (permalink)

Flying Bagel Unfortunately, there is no hiring as of this moment. Those who have been
signed as direct entry are doing their courses now, but there are no more
Join Date: Dec 2002 new hires that will be going through the system as of May.
Location: the comfy chair.
Posts: 168 As for the cadet courses, there have been a few candidates which have gone
as far as the second interview phase. But there will be no courses starting
this year anymore, if you're looking at putting in your resume in, you're likely
to be waiting till next year.

1st May 2003, 06:05 #7 (permalink)

sourgrapes Not that it necessarily means that much but I just received an application
packet from them postmarked April 23.
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: LAX
Posts: 9

1st May 2003, 16:34 #8 (permalink)

ahks According to Cathay's website, under job search in the careers section, they
are still hiring cadets.
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Canada They are doing cadet interviews in the end of June and July, but still haven't
Posts: 12 yet confirmed. Because SARS in HK has already peaked with fewer new
cases, it is highly probably that interviews will commence then.

2nd May 2003, 07:28 #9 (permalink)

Flying Bagel You can still apply, and why not? If you can get an interview in, you'll
probably be put into the pool of possible qualified cadets, and you'll probably
Join Date: Dec 2002 be put in priority as to when you'll get called again for more interviews.
Location: the comfy chair. However, flight grading has been put on hold for now, so the furthest you'll
Posts: 168 get at this stage is probably the second interview.

If you get a package, do reply. There is nothing to lose in this matter.

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But again, there is no course for this year, the next one most likely will begin
in March 2004. There is already a backlog of DE and current cadets who will
probably be in a waiting list when they get back to HK.

In fact, the last batch of DE's are in their conversion course now. The rest of
the May crop will most likely be sent home for 3 to 6 months, at least until
the airline recovers to sustainable capacity figures.

So don't get discouraged if CX does not call you back. It may be that things
are not where they're supposed to be for more new hires at this moment.

2nd May 2003, 09:43 #10 (permalink)

rumour reader ahks,

the most recent posting on the cathay website for cadet recruitment was on
Join Date: Feb 2003 march 19th (i.e before sars). There is also a seperate window that pops up to
Location: mmnn tell you that hiring has been frozen.
Posts: 11 Unless you have used a different 'job search' or have another source of
information?

10th May 2003, 13:07 #11 (permalink)

ahks Any job postings in the Cathay's career website meant that they are still
hiring for those positions. If not, they would have taken it off by now.
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Canada Just curious, has anyone been called to or will attend the stage one or stage
Posts: 12 two cadet interviews in June or July?

11th May 2003, 10:57 #12 (permalink)

Flying Bagel I'm sorry, ahks, there will be no more interviews as of this moment.

Join Date: Dec 2002 People don't update websites often enough, it seems...
Location: the comfy chair.
Posts: 168

15th May 2003, 23:36 #13 (permalink)

Immel Man Hiring

Join Date: May 2001
Location: Hong Kong
Posts: 3
Just to clear it all up so you don't get your hopes up;
1. NO hiring whatsoever
2. Those cadets due to grad this summer are NOT being offered positions in
the company, but are first priority after rebound.
3. DO send your stuff and get on file.
4. DON'T expect a reply until rebound.

That should put ALL hiring questions to bed.

Goodnight

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21st May 2003, 20:00 #14 (permalink)

ahks Looks like Cathay is still hiring Cadet pilots. Just check their job posting
career website, as of May 20th.
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Canada
Posts: 12

21st May 2003, 23:14 #15 (permalink)

Flying Bagel Okay, there is a difference between accepting resumes, and actual hiring.

Join Date: Dec 2002 You can send in your resumes, and I'm sure Flight Recruitment will be happy
Location: the comfy chair. to accept them, simply because it will enlarge the pool of candidates that
Posts: 168 they can select from.

So go ahead, ahks, send in your resume. But don't expect an interview

anytime soon.

22nd May 2003, 06:19 #16 (permalink)

Guru There probably won't be anymore courses this year.

But then don't be despondent, Cathay will hire again and in greater numbers
Join Date: Nov 2000 than before.
Location: VHHH
Posts: 127

30th May 2003, 20:08 #17 (permalink)

ahks This is good news. Cadet interviews are being held again in June and July.
Anyone going to attend?
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Canada
Posts: 12

30th May 2003, 20:14 #18 (permalink)

hkwannabe101 ahks,

Join Date: Jan 2003 I dont want to offend, but that seems pretty soon considering the state of CX
Location: Hong Kong at the moment. How sure of this are you?
Posts: 31
hkw101

30th May 2003, 21:35 #19 (permalink)

ahks Those contacted for interviews in June, July and August will know that this is
true. Give them a call, if you don't believe me.
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Canada
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9th Jun 2003, 18:05 #20 (permalink)

Tungx2 it's true, the interviews are on again

Join Date: Jan 2003

Location: Canada
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