Philippine Airlines Impact Interview

Hello future FA's ❤️

I applied to PAL last February 2015 through their email address posted on their website. They called me 2 months after I sent my resume.

April 20 they called and told me that I'm qualified for the Impact Interview and invited me to their office in PNB Macapagal Pasay. They asked some questions like my height, age, if I'm single and if I have a bachelor's degree. After that, they told me that they will send a confirmation text but

I didn't receive any so I called them again after 2 days. After my call, they send a text message :

"Good day! This is Des from Philippine Airlines. We would like to invite you for an impact interview for

cabin crew position. Here are the details.

when: April 28, 2015 (Tuesday). 08:00am

where: 2F Talent Acquisition Office, PNB Financial Center, Macapagal Avenue, Pasay City.

Bring: valid ID, 1 2x2 pic, 4r pic(1 close up and 1 whole body Formal), updated copy of your resume,

photocopy of TOR(can be followed up if not yet available).

Attire: Male- long sleeves polo with necktie, black slacks and leather shoes.

Female- black skirt and blazer with shorts sleeves polo inside, skin-toned stockings, high-heeled

closed-toe shoes, make-up and tie your hair in a bun.

Kindly reply your FULL NAME/FS for confirmation."

Before the day of the interview, I researched a lot about the questions that they might ask and on almost all the blog that I read, its "tell me about yourself" so I prepared my answer (better prepare yours because this is really what they asked 🙂 )

✦ THE DAY ✦

When I got there, there are already applicants waiting in the lobby (about 15 applicants). At exactly 8 am, we were instructed to go to the 2nd floor. We went inside the "classroom-like" room. Then, the staff told us to sort our resume, pictures, and TOR and pass it to them. I don't have my TOR that time since I just graduated so I just submitted my resume and pictures only. They gave us 5 mins to go to the restroom and refreshed ourselves. After that, the interviewers (2 ladies and 1 guy) came in and introduced themselves. 

The interview was like what I expected. It's a mass interview where you will go in front and tell something about yourself for 2-3 minutes. I think there were 25 applicants and my name was the last one they called because unfortunately, they call on alphabetical order (surname). There were more guys at that time and applicants have a degree in nursing, HRM, and tourism. Only me and the other guy are IT.

✦ JUDGMENT TIME ✦

When you're not accepted they will call your name and they will give you a paper saying that you didn't qualify. From my observation, only 8  passed the first round. I don't know how many passed the last round. Unfortunately, I got a regret letter which means I didn't pass. 

They will not tell you why you didn't pass nor will give you feedback on how to improve yourself. You will just go out of the room (sad).

✦ MY ADVICE✦

Though I didn't pass, I want to give you some advice. if you don't mind 😄. You don't really need to consume the 2-3 minutes introducing yourself. Just be confident and say only the important things like your experiences and why you want to be a flight attendant or something interesting about yourself. Just be confident! Be confident! But not overconfident. I learned that the shorter your speech, the better. Because for me, I talked too much that in the end, I got nervous lol.

I hope that this will help you with your application. If you have a question, comment below.

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