Shadowing Practice: 6 THINGS TO DO BEFORE THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT INTERVIEW - how to prepare for any question (+ printable) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello friends, welcome.
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I'm Carissa.
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I am a flight attendant and I vlog about travel and the flight attendant life.
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One of the questions I get asked over
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and over in my DMs is asking for tips for passing the flight attendant interview.
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While I have made one in the past, I have linked it down below, you keep asking for more.
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So today this video is for those who are looking to become flight attendants
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or honestly anyone who is just wanting some hot interview tips.
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So if that's you, welcome.
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There has never been a better time to be a flight attendant.
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Airlines are hiring like nuts right now.
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While in the past becoming a flight attendant was a very, very competitive thing.
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I mean like a few dozen people were selected out of thousands of applicants.
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It was such tough competition.
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Now because of the boom of travel post all that 2020 stuff, the industry needs so many flight attendants.
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So this is the perfect time to get in the industry.
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Before I jump in, please press that like button.
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It helps you do a good deed for the day and it helps me. So win-win.
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So let's get to it.
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I am going to share a few things that will give you that little edge for interview day.
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Number one, research the airline.
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And I don't mean just reading the career page and fantasizing about what destinations they fly to, truly research it.
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Find out their mission statement, read their about page, their core values, how the company started, the history, their target customers.
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What words do they use to describe the airline?
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What is the main message on their about page?
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What's their commitment or promises to their customer?
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Are there any messages in the media that they keep repeating?
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Because these are their company values.
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These are the things that you need to communicate back to them in the interview.
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I need some tea.
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I'm a little bit sick right now.
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Side note, while you're busy researching the airline, look at all the variations of the uniforms that everyone is wearing
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and try to wear something that looks very similar for the interview
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because subconsciously it makes the recruiters think that you already belong in the company.
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All right, so now that you have a good idea of what the company thinks is important, you need to practice interview questions.
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And that's number two.
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You will want to find ways to sneak the company's values into your answers.
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So when I received notice from my first interview, I scoured the internet for weeks.
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I went into a rabbit hole of forums,
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blogs, Reddit, watched videos and read comment sections trying to find out how interviews were conducted
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and what questions I could expect to be asked.
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I copied and I pasted every question
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that I could find into a Word document then I printed it out
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and practiced answering about 50 different questions that seemed to be the most common.
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I don't have that sheet of questions anymore because this was years ago
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but I actually recreated it and this is all just common information
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that you can find on the internet on a hundred different websites
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and forums but because of all this prep
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that I did I thought I felt very prepared
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because I had researched what to expect and had answers for so many questions.
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I was confident.
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I felt good.
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And what happened?
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I did not pass the interview that I was so prepared for.
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So why I am sharing this cautionary tale is
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that I did not pass that particular interview because I wasn't thinking like an interviewer.
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I wanted the job so bad.
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I'm sure I had some desperate energy, which is never ideal.
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But I was thinking like someone who just really, really, really, really wanted to be a flight attendant.
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Thinking I knew what questions might be asked,
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this prep, it doesn't help unless you're thinking from a different perspective.
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Let me give you an example of a real question I have been asked in an interview.
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Who is my hero and why?
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This might seem like a simple icebreaker question that doesn't have anything to do with the job, but it actually reveals to them a value that is important to you.
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You could say you admire Audrey Hepburn because she's elegant and has a great sense of fashion,
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but that's such a waste of a question because it doesn't really say much about you, just that you value style.
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This is not a friend interview.
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Nobody cares.
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Instead, you reply to who is my hero and why with something like, I really appreciate my uncle Bob.
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He's been running this restaurant for 20 years and I admire the way he works with his team.
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The passion that he carries into everything.
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He just has this really incredible work ethic and I really look up to him.
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You can make that sound infinitely better than I just did, but do you see the difference?
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I have just told the interviewer that my core values are long-term commitment to a career,
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teamwork, passion, and working hard.
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All of that in one icebreaker question.
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So in every question, you have an opportunity to tell the recruiters why they need you.
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And that, that will change the whole energy of the interview.
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Don't just answer the questions at face value, take a beat, think about it and answer in a way that they know that you are the perfect candidate.
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So that's why this list of questions to practice on can be extremely helpful as an exercise.
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Obviously you don't know what exactly they're going to ask you, but if you analyze some of the most common questions, you can tailor better answers.
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Why are they asking this question are they trying to figure
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out how safety conscious you are how good at prioritizing you
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are are you calm in emergency situations are you patient
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when dealing with angry customers can you work well on a team yada yada yada just remember the main things
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that an airline cares about is safety great customer service
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and being on time
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and knowing what is important to them the airline needs to
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be what is important to you i made this into a pdf so
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if you want it the links in the description box you
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could spend thousands of dollars going to tourism college to increase your chances of getting hired
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or you could just download this and practice practice practice
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there is no inside information it's just questions for thinking through
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things yourself i also talk about this concept of answering questions
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well in a lot more detail in my first interview video
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so after this one you may want to go watch that
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but I just made it it's nothing special
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but it's in the description box hold on my cat just ran off with my headphones
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the lighting for this video is not as good as normal
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because he already chewed through the cord for my lighting machine
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so okay go go but don't chew anything else now number three role play the interview
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if you have a family member or friend
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that can act the role of the interviewer this can make you more comfortable with thinking on the spot
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if you don't have any volunteers use a mirror there's just something about looking at a human even
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if it's your own face that is really helpful.
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Number four, check your social media.
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If you have a lot of party pictures or your account is primarily thirst traps, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that,
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but maybe consider going private or archiving some content or just move your account over to a fake name.
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I don't know.
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It's just very common for hiring companies to check.
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Recently, I was asked to participate in a speaking event
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and I was told that the final decision to hire me was because my Instagram was professional.
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Social media is really often the deciding factor for a lot of jobs.
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So check your socials.
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Number five, dress for the job you want to have.
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On interview day, you want to suggest the look flight attendant as much as you can without looking crazy.
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We don't need to be as fantastic as Britney Spears in her music video, but you know, wear a dress shirt,
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pencil skirt, dress pants, maybe a blazer, maybe not.
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Put your hair up or in a sleek ponytail.
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The messy, artsy vibe that I love is not welcome in this space.
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You want to look very professional.
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Make sure your nails are groomed.
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Don't forget to make sure your shoes are shiny and fabulous.
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No wrinkles in the clothes.
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Show up like you're going to the most generic professional library convention.
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Yeah.
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Number six, show up early.
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One of the most important things to an airline is being on time.
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If you cannot show up on time for the interview or you arrive rushed and frazzled, I hate to say it, but that's probably it.
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So show up early.
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It's better to sit in your car and wait than be late. That rhymed.
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Well, friends, that's all I have for you today.
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These are just my own opinions and experiences, but I hope it was helpful.
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and remember just be you be confident in how amazing you are
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and i'm wishing you all the luck in the world what's
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meant for you will always come for you don't forget to like
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and subscribe have a magical day and i will see you next time bye
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “6 THINGS TO DO BEFORE THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT INTERVIEW - how to prepare for any question”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: interview, attendant, flight, airline, value. This video has 137 sentences and 1619 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:07. The speaker talks at a natural 160 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| attendant noun | /əˈtɛndənt/ | One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something. |
| airline noun | /ˈɛɹˌlaɪn/ | A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods. |
| yada | Only used in yada yada yada | |
| interviewer noun | /ˈɪntɚvjuɚ/ | One who interviews. |
| icebreaker noun | /ˈaɪsˌbɹeɪkəɹ/ | A ship designed to break through ice so that it, or other ships coming behind, can navigate on frozen seas. |
| preposition noun | /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/ | Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense… |
| chew verb | /tʃuː/ | To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed. |
| admire verb | /ədˈmaɪɹ/ | To regard with wonder and delight. |
| blazer noun | /ˈbleɪzəɹ/ | A very bright or hot day. |
| cautionary adjective | /ˈkɔʃəˌnɛɹi/ | Serving to caution or warn; admonitory |
| fantasize verb | /ˈfæntəˌsaɪz/ | To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy. |
| frazzled adjective | Frayed at the edges. | |
| ponytail noun | /ˈpoʊniˌteɪl/ | A hairstyle where the hair is pulled back and tied into a single "tail" which hangs down behind the head. |
| prioritize verb | /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/ | To value, do, or choose something first, or before other things. |
| subconsciously adverb | Below the level of conscious awareness. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| show up verb | To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically. |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. |
| ask over verb | To invite (someone) to come to one's house or other place. |
| look up to verb | To show respect or admiration for (someone); to see (someone) as a role model. |
| run off with verb | To steal or abscond with. |
| think through verb | To fully consider, so as to understand all the consequences of. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What's their commitment or promises to their customer?
- I'm a little bit sick right now.
- Who is my hero and why?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | were selected · were conducted · be asked |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have made · has never been · have been asked |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | those who are · anyone who is · energy, which is |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the most common · the most generic · the most important |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 22 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, doesn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: ethic /ˈɛθ.ɪk/, thirst /θɝst/, cloth /klɒθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, cautionary /ˈkɔʃəˌnɛɹi/, variation /ˌvɛəɹiˈeɪʃn̩/, conscious /ˈkɑn.ʃəs/, shoe /ˈʃu/
- Long words — get the stress right: preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, cautionary /ˈkɔʃəˌnɛɹi/, prioritize /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/, infinitely /ˈɪnfɪnɪtli/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like attendant, airline, yada.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.