AirAsia Cadet Pilot (Selection) - Stage 1 (Exam)

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Assalamualaikum, hello and welcome to the second post of this AirAsia Cadet Pilot (Selection) series. This entry will be the continuation to the previous post. If you guys haven't read the previous topic yet, I highly recommend that you do. Click here to go to previous post. The first stage for me is the most important stage as it's the first obstacle we must face in order to reach our dream. From now on until the last stage, there will only be nervous days waiting for the assessment date to come and restless days waiting for the result.

After two weeks of waiting, on the 25th of March, I got this email

I was quite shocked to receive the email this early. I was expecting them to invite people to the first stage examination after the application is closed and the examination would be held in June as was last year. Immediately after receiving the email, I open up my books. I was quite nervous because I have only around one month to study all the topics. (insert mission impossible theme song here)

I failed last year's first stage examination because of the lack of preparation and the lack of knowledge on how the questions would be as there is no  reference online. This is the main reason why I made this series. This year, I'm making sure that I'm well prepared. As it is a cadet pilot examination, one would guess that the questions would be based on knowledge on the aircraft or aviation and the likes. This was what I thought on my first time in 2016 and when I entered the examination hall and opened up the paper, boy I WAS WRONG. On the email last year, it didn't say how the examination questions would be based upon but it is clearly mentioned in this year's email that the questions would be SPM questions consisting of Physics, Math and English.

As for my preparation, I divided two weeks for studying ALL of Physics topics and two weeks for studying the objective questions topics of Maths. Studying and exercise is the way to do it. If you're well over 5 years after SPM like me, I would highly suggest that you do your preparation as soon as you know there will be an opening as although one month is enough to cover all the topics the pressure will take its toll on our body and mind. Everyday I wake up and after finishing my Subuh prayer, it's straight to the books and I caught a cold for two days after a fortnight doing this.

This is how the questions will be (all objective):

PHYSICS:

• will cover most of form 4 and form 5 chapters
• more questions on the form 5 topic compared to form 4's including Radioactivity and things aren't related to aviation that makes you say 'why are you asking this?'  つ´Д`)つ
• non-programmable calculator is allowed (fx-370MS, fx-570MS, fx-570ES, fx-570ES PLUS) - I personally use fx-570ES and fx-570ES PLUS because the display is easy and user-friendly
• there are 25 questions to be answered in about 45 minutes

MATHEMATICS:

• modern mathematics, not additional mathematics
• will also cover form 4 and form 5 chapters
• NO CALCULATOR IS ALLOWED (don't worry, the questions aren't that hard if you're well prepared)
• for the chapters, you only have to revise on the objective paper questions (no need to draw graph and stuff)
• set and Venn diagram is also present  
• there are also 25 questions with about 35 minutes of time given

ENGLISH:

• the same level as MUET (have long article and you have to answer questions based on the article, etc)
• read the articles thoroughly 
• I guess you have to study and read a lot?
• NO CALCULATOR IS ALLOWED (I don't know why you need a calculator in the first place ) (_　_|||)
• there are 25 questions with about 35 minutes of answering time 

As for the questions itself, it's not hard as some people might say. But I can say that the first stage's preparation was the toughest among the other stages' prep. As the Arabic saying goes, "man jadda wa jada" (who strives shall succeed), nothing can be accomplished if there's no hard work implemented into it. 

One final note, on the examination day, do ONLY as when they told you to. DON'T do anything according to your own accord. And, NEVER cheat. There's this one incident where a guy got caught cheating and he was forced to leave and the Captain got moody throughout the examination and it's a bad experience for everyone. Good luck!

P/S: the toilet is at the back of the hall