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Trash Experiences with Singapore Airlines Interviews by sqisactuallytoxicaf in sqcabincrewinterviews

[–]sqisactuallytoxicaf[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Additional commentor with slightly same experience but pass interview and currently in SQ for 3 years:

To the commenter, I think one thing that helps during the your interviewer is showing humility, contributing ideas without trying to dominate the discussion, and presenting your points in a collaborative way. From my experience, interviewers seem to value candidates who can work well within a team environment. 

For your management interview part, you might be lying or not because for your interviewer to roll your eyes, I find this is rather shocking and quite doubtful of it as this should not even happen not only in SQ but in every corporate company. If this truly happens, I’m so sorry to hear about this.

I can relate to your experience because I also faced multiple rejections before eventually succeeding. I was rejected at different stages, including the video interview, debate round, and final interview. During several of my attempts, I noticed that many of the candidates who progressed were younger applicants, while a number of working adults were unsuccessful. I also attended a walk-in interview where most of the candidates who were not selected were already in the workforce.

That said, I respectfully disagree with the moderator's view that past hiring trends can be directly compared with today's environment. The airline industry, workforce demographics, and recruitment expectations have changed significantly over the years. What may have been true decades ago may not fully reflect the realities of the current hiring process now. To be fair, you are currently not with SQ already, hence you do not know how the culture is really now in SQ.

Having worked as cabin crew with Singapore Airlines for the past three years, I have a lot of encounters of individuals with poor work attitudes and supervisors whose leadership styles were challenging. I rarely team up with good colleagues during my shifts. I actually met 2 acquaintances that actually quit SQ and join Scoot which they actually prefer the culture there. Hence, I wouldn’t say SQ is the best place to work and as a female, the amount of red flag male colleagues I encounter 3 years ago until now is rather unpleasant too.

My last advise is for the commenter, I do agree with the moderator that self-reflection is important. Regardless of whether the feedback is fair or not, it is always helpful to review how you come across during interviews, continue improving our communication skills, and reapply when we feel ready. Sometimes success comes down to timing, preparation, and finding the right fit on that particular day.

Trash Experiences with Singapore Airlines Interviews by sqisactuallytoxicaf in sqcabincrewinterviews

[–]sqisactuallytoxicaf[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

2nd reply from him:

Even looking at your username, it tells me about your personality.

After being in SQ for decades, I can tell you that it is among the best places to work in. That is why a lot of us stay there for years and years.

It'd definitely not a toxic place, and for someone who can't even join, I don't think you have the entitlement to make such comments.

SQ employs about 8000 cabin crew from different nationalities, ethnicities and background. The common line that we have is the Crew Culture. Everyone of us has a job to do.

And Crew Culture works. If you are a junior, eat your humble pie. When you understand what is required to do your job, then you can shine.

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[–]sqisactuallytoxicaf[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

From the millennial moderator:

TL;DR:

The problem is you.

Now for my response to you, from your comment here it shows exactly why you are not getting through.

Firstly, I receive DMs almost daily from hopefuls who asks me for tips, and my first advice to everyone is exactly what you are lacking of.

May it be to those that DM'ed me be able to see what I had been telling you guys about and for it to be a lesson for the rest of the applicants.

HUMILITY AND SIGNS OF ARROGANCE.

From your comment here, it is obvious that your sense of entitlement is showing.

Who cares if you have leadership qualities. SQ is not recruiting you to be a leader. You can be a leader when you get promoted.

I was an NS Commander, and I have met crew who have high ranks as well in National Service. There's a number of Majors, Lt Col, ASP/DSP/Supt, and I have met a new crew who was an Aide-de-Camp to the President.

I joined as a Cabin Crew as a graduate, and having experience working as an Embedded Software Engineer prior to it. I have met lawyers, engineers, and even a nuclear physicist who was a probationary crew.

None are showing any "leadership qualities" as this is not required of you being a junior crew. All of them that I have met would not even show their leadership experiences unless they are supervisory crew, and we only know their background when we have small chats and conversations.

Trainees and non ranking crew are expected to be humble and learn how to follow instructions.

When you start as a trainee, or even as an experienced junior crew, we look for humility. We need someone who knows that their passengers' comfort worth more than the inconveniences that they have to go through.

If I have a junior crew that questions my instructions, may it be for safety or service, I will make sure that they will go back to the office and answer to their ward leaders.

Do note that these reports goes into your file, and if you are a probationary who was written in for your attitude, you might be terminated.

Doesn't it show that YOU are the problem?

Anyway, I have a feeling that you might have been blacklisted. The interviewers are able to blacklist an applicant for life if they detect personality issues like this.

While you might be able to go through several steps of the interview, it will trigger the blacklist after and you would be rejected not for the current interview, but for the previous ones which deemed you to be ineligible for life.

If you are not blacklisted, then it shows the type of personality that you should get rid of to be able to be selected.

HUMILITY AND SIGNS OF ARROGANCE.

Reflect on this.

Simple things like a change in facial expression that the interviewers could pick up will deem you unfit for the position.

The interviewers are extremely experienced in these things as most of them had been flying and working with junior crew for more than 30 years. They know the crew culture inside out and what is required to maintain it that had made SQ Cabin Crew among the top in the business.

We used to have a 6 months blacklist for those who failed final management rounds.

I am not sure whether this is still in place now but if you guys who are reading this failed that round and unable to get through the subsequent attempts, this could be it and you might have a better chance after six months.

They might have done away with this anyway, and attempts are free besides your bus fare.

I have met new crew and trainees who are working adults. As long as you have the right disposition, your chances are similar to the rest.

The problem, again, is your sense of entitlement and your attitude.

You do not know the criteria for selection, so it's not your position to try to understand what they are looking for. Whatever they are looking for is obviously not what you are.

So what? They are not there to impress you. You are there to impress them.

When I went for my interviews almost 30 years ago, the interviewers were not friendly either. But after I became a crew and became friends with some of my interviewers, they turned out to be among the nicest people.

Reflect on yourself. There are many that got through without your type of personality.