AirAsia Cadet Pilot (Selection) - Stage 2 (Personality Test)

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Assalamualaikum and good day to my fellow readers. This post will cover the second stage of the AirAsia cadet pilot program. The assessment for this stage is personality test that would be conducted by using the Harrison Assessment  software. 

After a week after my first stage examination, I received this email:

I would say that this stage is both easy and hard at the same time. Easy because there's no right or wrong answer. Basically I did little to no preparation for this stage because the assessment is to test our personality. The only preparation I did was doing multiple personality test online and Googling personality and traits of a pilot. 

This brings us to why this assessment is also hard. It's because we don't know what does the company want in their pilots. Do not lie in the assessment. They will know. 

The room I was assessed in is on the first floor. Once you're in the computer room, pick a seat, listen to what the personel is briefing and key in the particulars when directed. 

As for the assessment itself, it has series of situation consisting of 8 statements. You have to arrange the statements according to what best describe you or how would you prefer to do in a situation etc in an orderly manner with the top being what you agree the most and the bottom is what you disagree the most. After a couple of series, the situation will be repeated but with the statements' order being randomised. 

Some of the statements includes "I prefer to work while standing","I like to be a leader", "I don't like to follow procedures" etc

The key is consistency. This is where they would know if you're lying or not. Before leaving the room, you have to check at the front desk whether your answers are consistent or not. If it's not consistent, you have to take the assessment again. 

And a tip for my Muslim future cadets, if your session for the assessment is at 1pm like me, and if your name hasn't been called yet,  do perform your solat first because the assessment can be quite long. I was called at 3.30pm and the assessment for me took nearly an hour to complete. The surau is on the right side on 1st floor near the toilet near the stairs if you take the stairs at the lobby.