Shadowing Practice: Emirates Assessment Day | Quick Guidelines & Tips | Real Experience | Cabin Crew Interview | Success - Learn English Speaking with Video
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hi everyone welcome back to my channel i hope you are
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all doing well um for those of you who are new to this channel my name is rugbyr singh um
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and i'm a daily vlogger you can say i travel i vlog about travel food
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and pretty much everything that i do
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and for those of you who are returning viewers thank you
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very much for your support since day one now today's video is a little bit different from our previous videos
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because today we're going to talk about an experience
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that i had yesterday and
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that experience was the emirates airlines assessment day for the position of a cabin crew now
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if you are planning to be uh or
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if you're planning to attend the emirates assessment or recruitment
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or open day they call it i suggest you stick around in this video
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because i'm going to give you a quick quick overview of
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uh what it was like to to attend the assessment day
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uh what do you what you can expect to do at the assessment day
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and what you should and what you should not do
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so i'll give you a very quick overview uh a very
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like um quick guidelines to help you uh master through uh the day
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and probably also suggest some some things
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that you must try to avoid um at the assessment day
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so let's start off with the first thing that you do um
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that is um try to arrive actually the first thing
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that you should do is try to arrive at least 30
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minutes before the the start of your um your your your time
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so let's say if you were
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if you were scheduled to start at nine make sure you
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get there at least by 8 30 8 45 now the first thing
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that you're going to do is register now registration usually is
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done online however yesterday they were not really prepared for it
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and they had to do i would say about 80 percent of the registrations are on the spot
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because a lot of people just thought it's an open day
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and they popped up at the venue
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but i had my registration then online at their career website
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so be sure to double check with that
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if you're heading to the open day without any registration or you got an invitation by registering online on their website.
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Now the registration is done then you will be given a candidate number
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and based on the candidate number you will be divided into groups.
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So depending on the number of people
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that are present at the day of assessment you might be broken into a group of five or a group of ten.
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for us we were split into a group of 10 after you've been divided into groups you will be
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asked to present yourselves in front of the whole room as a group just a very brief self-introduction
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and that self-introduction should be about 40 seconds to 50 seconds or at least 30 seconds
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so 30 to 50 seconds try to keep it between
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that now 30 to 30 to 40 seconds is actually not
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a lot of time for you to explain like to introduce yourself because usually
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when we go to interviews 30 to 40 seconds you usually take up by just telling your name your age
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and uh that's pretty much it you know
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so uh you really have to be sharp and to the point with what you say um
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usually what they're expecting you to say in this self-introduction is obviously your name, your age, any customer service experience.
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That is what they want to hear.
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And these are the main three things.
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And another interesting thing that they might ask you, like for us they did was, if you are actually selected to be a cabin crew at Emirates,
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what would be your first dream destination to fly to?
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And so these are the four things
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that they asked us to mention obviously i did mention
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that oh my name is rugby saying i'm 29 years old
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and i've had several years of customer service experience
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because i've worked in the food and hospitality industry for about two years
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and i've also had a front-hand sales experience dealing with customers walking in to the stores
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and online customer service experience as well so that's what i mentioned
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and my dream destination was madrid
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because as i said um i am a really big football fan
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and i really want to see real madrid play
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and at their home stadium so you can just make things up for the last questions
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but for the first three parts you have to make sure
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that you are really confident in what you say um this first part of the assessment day is really important
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because this is where they eliminate almost 50% of the candidates.
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So we had about 100 people um yesterday at the at the assessment
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and after the first round only 48 were left and we were really everyone was pretty shocked
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um to how um how big the numbers were when they
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when people were walking out the door
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so um i didn't know i i actually made it through the first round
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so what they're looking for um uh in this first round
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is how well you're able to articulate yourself how well you are able to
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express your ideas in short direct and a proper manner
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and your body language when you're when you're giving yourself introduction
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that really matters as well and obviously your language skills you know
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if you are a bit nervous you're a bit shaky
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so these are the type of things
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that they're looking for obviously they want someone who is confident who is loud
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and clear and um just to the point you know that's what they're looking for here now
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round one's done you've made it to the next round right now the next round is uh really interesting
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because it's a group discussion
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and it's the same thing in the group you might be divided into a group of 10
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or group of 12 in our case it was a group
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of 12 after you're done dividing yourselves into a group
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and you're sat together in a circle your group will be given a topic
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a situation actually and for us it was a situation that we are flying from dubai to new york
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and on the flight there were seven situations
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that occurred at the same time and we as a crew had to prioritize each
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and every situation based on its importance and its priority
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so as a group your your aim is to prioritize each
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and every one of those from one to seven and give a presentation
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at the end of the 15 to 20 minutes discussion to why your group thinks
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that this is number one number two number three and
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so on and
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while you're discussing amongst your group um the the recruiters the hr they will walk around the hall
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and they'll try to take notes
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and uh also one of the recruiters will set up the height uh measurements
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so um for emirates i think the minimum height was 165 centimeters
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and the minimum reach was 212 centimeters now their minimum reach is slightly higher than other airlines primarily
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because of their a380s yeah so
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while you're doing your group discussion you will be asked to come out remove your shoes measure your height
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and do the reach and once you're done doing
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that dress yourself back and go back to your seat
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and continue the discussion
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and uh again uh in this in this round uh apart from the height
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and reach what they're looking for is how well you're able
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to uh uh give off ideas in a group discuss uh
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some people tend to be more assertive on top of the
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others however this is what they do not want you to do
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because the the biggest thing um in a cabin crew is
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that you should be a team player and
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if you're trying to assert yourself onto others um
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that is going to be a big turnoff for the recruiters obviously uh you would want to lead
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but lead in a way that you listen to others as well
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and obviously you have to speak up
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because since they're walking around there's there's only
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so many people they can look at and if you speak loud
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and clear they'll be able to you know you'll able to stand out
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so that's what you really want to do be loud
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and clear and really just just sell yourself the best you can in the group interview right
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so when the group discussions are done your group will come out again you'll stand in line
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and then pretty much just explain what are the priorities
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that your group's at and then explain
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that you you will divide the roles amongst your group who will be saying what
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and who will be doing what
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so that's very internal depending on your group now once
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that is done you will be given another 15 to 20 minute break right
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and after the break when you come into the room they will have this projection screen
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and on the projection screen they will show numbers so
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if your number is on the screen congratulations you moved on to the next round now
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if not then you're out and you can reapply for this position six months later
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because that's a cooling off period
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so let's say you moved on to the next round
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and what is going to be the the next round that is the English language test.
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Now the English language test, there's no standard
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questions because it's an online test that you have to do on your phones
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or on your tablets uh on your gadgets whatever you bring along with you
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and uh they will show a qr code on the screen you scan it
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and then they will probably uh redirect you to the to
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the link where the test is uh the test is is is really simple i mean
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if you've done i also toffle i think can get through it i'll try to find a link
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and i'll i'll leave it in the in the description below
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so if you want to have a mock uh english language test for emirates click the link below
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and then you can probably just uh try to practice once
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or twice before you really uh go for the assessment of
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the recruitment days now after the english language test is done
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you've passed with flying colors uh you will be uh moving on to the last part of the assessment day
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which is the one-to-one interview now the one-to-one interview can be really daunting at times
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but again it's just going to be a mixture of mixture
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of the first two rounds basically you will be asked to uh give you give a self-introduction
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but a very detailed one now you'll have a lot more time instead of the 30 seconds
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maybe you'll have one minute one minute and a half
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or up to two minutes for you to do your self-introduction
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and once you're done with your self-introduction then it's just going back
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and forth with the recruiters answering questions uh like why you want to work for emirates why do you feel
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that you'll be the best candidate and what do you feel are the best qualities of a um
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qualities that a cabin crew must must possess
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so it really depends on how well you plan these questions uh plan for these questions
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and uh again the main thing is be confident uh don't
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try to uh give a lot of big pauses in your answers
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because then it really shows
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that you're not ready you're not confident in what you want to say
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and just try to be logical with your answers because uh
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they also know that there's there's a lot of things going through your mind
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but you know so So if you try to be logical, if you try to be direct, then it'll be pretty good.
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And after that, then it's just a waiting game.
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You know, once you're done the face-to-face interview, they'll thank you for coming and then so on.
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So if you are not successful after that, when you get home, you'll probably get an email saying thank you very much.
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In my case, I was not successful as well.
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When I went home about 7, 8 p.m., I got an email saying thank you for your time.
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unfortunately we're not able to process uh go go ahead with your application
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but be sure to apply for other emirate opportunities
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or the same position six months later uh however
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if you are um uh accepted then you will get what they call a golden call
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and uh with the golden call usually comes around a week
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or a month it really depends from people to people uh
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once you get the golden call you will be flying to dubai for their eight week intensive training
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and eventually if you pass the tests
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if you pass the practicals then you will be ready to fly as a as an emirates cabin crew congratulations
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so let me just sum up everything once again
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because i know there's a lot of details
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that i mentioned a lot of things that i mentioned
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and you might have missed out
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so what happens on the assessment day is number one registration
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number two self introduction for your group number two group interview scenario
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and prioritizing the tasks that they've given you
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and number four the english language test and number five the one-on-one
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or face-to-face interview with the recruiters
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and eventually number six would be the ideal situation for everyone
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that is the golden call right so um some things to keep in mind dress well uh the
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main thing would be to tidy up your hair properly go
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clean shave now obviously i had my reasons i couldn't shave
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so i told them they said it's okay no problem in the interviews uh we can excuse it
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but if you're selected then you do have to do it
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and i was like yeah no problem um so clean shave for men
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and wear a dark colored suit a nice iron shirt with a proper tie
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proper shoes belt leather belt try to wear a leather belt black or brown really depends on your choice or your
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what color of suit you're wearing and for ladies try to be really professional as well.
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You know, a proper business formals outfit will be really, really helpful.
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Keep your hair neat and tidy, dress well, dress to impress as they say
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and uh try to cover up tattoos honestly um make sure
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there's no tattoos on your visible body parts on your hands
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on your arms on your necks um you know anywhere um
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so anywhere outside of your shoulders uh for you know it's a big no-no they don't like
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because if even if it's on the arm
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if get selected then their shirt material is quite see-through
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so people can see your tattoos um
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so tattoos are a big no-no just try to cover it up or let them know that i have a tattoo
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and then they'll they can let you know if it's acceptable
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or if it's not acceptable and so on
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and uh be loud be clear uh be confident try not to shake too much
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when you're speaking or move your hands too much when you're speaking
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and when you're talking look at the recruiters eye to eye give them some eye content eye contact
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and also look at your group mates in the eyes
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when you're talking it really helps uh it actually then it actually shows
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that you're actually communicating with the wider group instead of just looking at one person
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or just looking around at one spot in the room you know
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that really helps
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and uh try to be logical with your answers uh some
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people try to to say a lot of extra stuff that really doesn't make sense.
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I was trying to look for the right word
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and I had one in mind but it wouldn't be appropriate for the video.
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So try to be really logical with your answers and
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if you're logical and it makes sense then you'll be in the good.
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Be really careful with your body language because if you're slouching too much
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or if you're moving too much then it doesn't look really professional you know.
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What you want to do is you want to sit up
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straight with your hands on your knees you know as for boys
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or for girls what i what i what i noticed a
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lot of girls doing was uh they had their hands like this placed right in the middle
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so that and for boys just sit up straight with your hands on your knees and uh be confident just um
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be like you're the best person in the room and when you're standing make sure you have your hands
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like this you know just in front of you
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and uh don't move around too much
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when you're standing stand still with your shoulders out you know
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your chest up front just be confident you know just be
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like a big guy standing like like like a bodyguard like
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that right so that that's what you want to do
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and uh some things to avoid is talking too loud
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when other people are presenting uh because it really disturbs everyone
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and uh don't be unnecessarily clapping for things
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if everyone is clapping then you can join along uh
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because there there were some instances yesterday where a group might be presenting
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and then some people would just uh clap at a person's self intro
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and that is really unnecessary you know really um just disturbs the recruiters
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and the the candidates as well and uh don't chew gum uh it's not professional
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if you're chewing gum on in an interview
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and uh drink water yeah you can do
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that you can drink water have your coffee if you
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if you brought along that's completely acceptable uh you don't have
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to raise your hand to ask you know we're not kids anymore
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so so that's that's just a few things that you have to be mindful of uh but all in all
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I would say
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if you're going to your Emirates assessment day don't be nervous just be yourself just give it your best
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and if you give it your best don't worry
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if you don't make it because there were people
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that were coming there for the seventh time I was really
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shocked they were like oh I've been to Canada I've been
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to Malaysia I've been to all parts of the world for their recruitment days
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and this is my seventh attempt and I don't know
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if they made it or not I hope they did
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because seven times is a lot that's a lot of commitment just to be an emirates crew so um
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yeah that's pretty much what you can expect on the emirates assessment day from what my experience was yesterday
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and i hope you uh had something to take away from this video
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and um if you have any more questions
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if you want to clarify something
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that i've just said just hit me up just comment down in the video
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and i'll let you know
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if you want to um ask me personally i'll i'll this
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is my instagram id you can just drop me a dm there as well
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and i'll be more than happy to help you guys
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and um i'm actually now planning to uh do the etihad assessment day as well at etihad airways
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so if i do end up being called up for the interviews i'll let you guys know
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and we'll also do a video on their assessment day
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and how it goes uh but that is to be seen
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because i've only applied for them i'm still waiting for the emails on their online tests on interviews
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and hopefully uh face-to-face interviews
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so thank you guys very much i hope you guys learned something from this video
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and i'll see you guys in the next one thank you very much take care bye
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Emirates Assessment Day”. Este vídeo tiene 281 frases y 3445 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 19:48. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 174 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 86 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| emirate sustantivo | /ˈɛməɹət/ | emirato |
| registration sustantivo | /ˌɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/ | registración, inscripción |
| divide verbo | /dɪˈvaɪd/ | desunir, dividir |
| cabin sustantivo | /ˈkæbɪn/ | barraca, cabaña |
| tattoo sustantivo | /tæˈtuː/ | tatuaje |
| logical adjetivo | /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/ | lógico |
| depend verbo | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | depender/pender (de), ser dependiente (de) |
| prioritize verbo | /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/ | priorizar |
| clap verbo | /klæp/ | dar palmas, palmear |
| shave verbo | /ˈʃeɪ̯v/ | afeitar, rapar |
| recruitment sustantivo | /rɪˈkruːt.mənt / | reclutamiento |
| acceptable adjetivo | /əkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/ | aceptable, asumible |
| tidy adjetivo | /ˈtaɪ.di/ | pulcro, prolijo |
| disturb verbo | /dɪˈstɜːb/ | molestar, disturbar |
| chew verbo | /tʃuː/ | masticar, mascar |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| come out verbo | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | revelarse, salir a la luz |
| sit up verbo | sentarse | |
| walk around verbo | deambular | |
| come around verbo | /kʌ.məˈɹaʊnd/ | entrar en razón |
| cover up verbo | encubrir, cohonestar | |
| end up verbo | terminar, ir a parar | |
| get through verbo | /ɡɛt ˈθɹu/ | aguantar, salir adelante |
| give off verbo | /ɡɪv ɒf/ | emitir, desprender |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | you've been divided · i've worked · you've made |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | were scheduled · were not really prepared · is done |
| Posibilidad con “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo posible pero no seguro | might be · might ask · might have |
| Consejo con “should” should + verbo — decir qué es buena idea | should and · should do · should be |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 99 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, don't, I'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: registration /ˌɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/, shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, projection /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/, shoe /ˈʃu/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: registration /ˌɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/, prioritize /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/, acceptable /əkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, articulate /ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.leɪt/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: slouch /ˈslaʊ̯t͡ʃ/, scan /skæn/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: divide /dɪˈvaɪd/, shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, yourselves /jəˈsɛlvz/, overview /ˈoʊ.vɚˌvjuː/, seventh /ˈsɛvənθ/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: prioritize /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/, yourselves /jəˈsɛlvz/, pause /pɔːz/, possess /pəˈzɛs/, presentation /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como emirate, registration, divide.
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.