November 7, 2015
Wind howling, clouds gathering, with the crackles of thunder in the background, it is a rather relaxing Saturday morning, with coffee and danish bread for breakfast at the Starbucks.
The only downside is, I am back home again after yet another routinely round of SIA interview. Out on my first round for the 10th time, ok maybe more than the 10th attempt. This time, I am dressed in knee length black dress, coated with an office blazer and an average makeup, topped however with red lip and the signature cabin crew bun. I smiled a lot, practiced my speech, maintain my posture. Our question this time was,” What do you think will be the most challenging issue for you as a cabin crew?” I mentioned difficult passengers and perhaps jet-lag. Some of us answered time away from family, language barriers and adapting to people from different backgrounds and ethics. Out of 10, 5 of us passed on to the following round, most of us who dress and spoke well were rejected.
Perhaps the next time I should dress more causal and sound more fresh-grad?
My young sister was once a Miss Singapore Peagent in 1985. After that she went to account firm to work as an accountant. After working for a short while, she found accounting was not her cup of tea. She went to SIA interview and got in as Air Steward. After being bond for 6 years, she quit being an SIA crew. To pursue her dream, she went to oversea LA to study dance. Now she is a dance instructor and happy about her job now. Life is short and I think pursue what your dream is more important. I think my sister could be more in position to advice you. If you need, I could arrange my sister to talk to you. All the best to you.
From Roy Tan
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Hi Roy, Thank you for offering to help! But for now I am ok. 🙂 I guess for me I need to put in more and produce more content and things before I should ask anyone for help! 🙂 Once again, I am very grateful for your offer! XD
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Hi Ziyi. Will you be going to the interview this Saturday? If you are, just wanna wish you all the best and hopefully I’ll see you there! 🙂
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Sorry I was oversea! But I will be going for the next one!!
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Hi Ziyi, did you go for the SIA interview today? If so, how was yours? I got out for the 4th time in all the 1st round as well. Very disheartening but somewhat used to it lol.
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Hello! No I wasn’t there as I m currently in Japan. 🙂 but the next one I will be there! That would be my 12 or 13 times I think? Actually I lost count. Lol U will be as well?
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Yup i will. Anyway just curious, why don’t u want to accept the silkair offer and give it a try first? 🙂
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Hi Ziyi. Will you be going for the interview tmr? How many times have you tried previously?
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Omg its tmr?!? Lol I didn’t check thanks for letting me know!
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I forgot to ask if you did leave some of the details of the application form empty? Or did you write NA? And did you state how many attempts you have tried?
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No, I did not leave any of the details empty! but yes I did state how many times I have tried. 😦
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