Airbus Assessment Centre

Hi,

Good to hear that you have an assessment coming up. What were your psychometrics scores?? I have done it till psychometrics but no calls for assessment center yet. When did airbus contact you for it??

Hi,

I passed the online reasoning tests for a DEG and I have an assessment centre coming up soon. If anyone has experienced an assessment centre with Airbus Engineering DEG, I would appreciate if you can share your experience and provide some tips and advice on this...

Thanks

Hi essam86,

Im glad u made it to the assessment centre n wish u best of luck. I had my online tests on 19 nov., I wonder how many days did it take for u to get reply after the tests. And how was ur results. My numerical was 10% top but verbal and logical were 30%.

Thanks in advance and good luck again

Hi Ravenious,

Well done on your online tests, I think you have passed. They will respond to you within this week. It takes a couple of days. I got 30% top for all.
They told me they will let me know about the assessment centre soon. My entry is for the Engineering DEG. How about urself?

Cheers and good luck!

@essam86,

Thnx, I hope I can pass them too. I applied for engineering DEG as well

Good luck! Let me know how you did and maybe we could meet up at the assessment centre!

Cheers! yea sure, I will let u know when I get the result

Hi Ravenious,

Did you hear anything regarding the online tests? If not, email them and they will be able to let you know.

Hi Essam86,

thx for the suggestion, it was really helpful. I sent an e-mail and they told me that I had to release my profile. After I had done that, I got another e-mail telling me that I passed the online tests. However it does not say anything about the date of the assesment centre

Hi Ravenious,

Thats good and well done on the tests! We have to wait until we hear further info on the assessment centre. Our application will be put forward to the next stage and if successful they will advise us on the assessment centre dates and venues. Good luck!

Let me know if you hear anything and I will do the same.

Hi guys, I finished my online test but the test always needed to be reset as there was always something wrong with the submission of VRT section and I was told to retake the VRT section. It happened 3 times and yet they still claim they havent got the VRT submission from me. Just so weird.

Gonna email them about this and see if they can solve this.

It seems they arrange ASC in Dec, Jan & March every year, so the first batch of ASC would be just before Xmas.

Good luck everyone.

PS: Wondering if anyone is setting up an Airbus UK DEG 2011 group in FACEBOOK?

Hi Cliff

Nice to see your email. Yeh I know the DEG website hasn't been working well recently; heard there were some bugs and errors.
Anyway, hope you get those out of the way. That would be good if we can attend the first ASC batch. I haven't seen a facebook page for the 2011 DEG, maybe it would be a good idea to initiate one!

Best of luck!

Hi guys,

Has anybody got invitation to the assessment centre or any further info about it

Hi Ravenious,

Nope I havent heard anything yet! How about u? Have they told you anything?

Hi essam86,

me neither

I just passed online test. Are you invited to the assessment centre? How was it like? Toptips?

I passed a while ago but they are still reviewing my application. If anyone is to proceed to the next stage, the next assessment centre will take place on the 11/12th of January for Eng Flight Physics. What position have you applied for and how did you do in your online tests?

You mean you passed the assessment centre a while ago? Well, thats quick...

I got top 30% for all sections in online test and I applied for structures as top choice. They didnt tell me anything about assessment centre though, just said will inform me in due course.

No I didnt pass the assessment centre LOL!! I would have been informed within a few days had I passed and would have celebrated the whole month! haha
I passed the online tests and I got top 30% for all, same and they said they will inform me in due course regarding the assessment centre. They will review our application and if we are invited to the assessment centre, it will take place on the 11th and 12th of January 2011. So I'm hoping to be there.

Im hoping to be invited to those ASC sessions as well, although still heard nothing from them making me quite worried.

I too applied for flight physics, donno what the tech interview will be like, will they ask general questions or be specifically related to the discipline? Explain Navier-stoke equations? Explain simple aerofoil theory? Explain boundary layers?

Anyone from outside UK who got call for online test or Asc ??? because it seems they are only considering UK candidates.....I applied for flight physics in middle of november but haven't even got call for online test...!!!

Chinmay

Chinmay

The DEG scheme at Airbus is open for UK citizens only. Its not available for international candidates. You can apply for other schemes such as the VIE at France. Email the graduate team for more info.

Hope this helps

Sam

Thanks Sam..... I think VIE is for European graduates.......may be PROGRESS is an option for international candidates....

I applied to the UK DEG and I'm not a UK citizen, I've been given the online test though.
As I speak German, Spanish, English & a bit of French I'm not entirely sure where I'll be placed but as far as I was aware EU citizens could apply to the UK DEG :s

Adil any news from your side regarding the assessment centre? did you get it or not?

Yeah.....may be they are only considering EU citizens. I still can apply for PROGRESS which is open for everyone (that's what they are saying on website). My area of specialization is flight physics and they are not seeking flight physics guys in PROGRESS. So, for me DEG is only option.

Anyway my bad luck...........

Thanks for the information.

Chinmay

Hi,
Can you please guide me on the online tests and how did you prepare to get such a good result

The best and only tip would be "practice". Try some free mock tests online or you can buy related books. However, note that most free mock online tests are easier than the real thing so be sure to do some hard ones or download some formal practice tests which may cost some money, but its worth it.

Psychometric test is more valued in banking industry or roles for management, less valued in engineering sector I would say, normally used as a tool to limit the number of candidates invited to assessment centre. Most engineering companies will assess psychometric test in conjunction with your application and other performances, not really a pass and fail test generally. However, different employers use different kinds of psychometric test, so you need to check that before apply. Also, it is common that you will be asked to do these tests again during the interview or assessment centre, so be prepared.

Good advice Cliff. Have you been invited to the ASC coming up next week?

I passed the online tests, still waiting for an invite to the ASC though :[

Thanks for the advice Cliff. can you suggest some online sites which helped you? i am ready to buy such stuff online.. i had online test for PROGRESS last year, it was very hard, time was the key element with around 30 seconds per question.. in the assessment you did.. the questions were like shl assessment which airbus advise? or were they from cut-e?

To "essam86": Not yet, by the time they sorted out the online test bug I experienced it was already mid-Dec and I missed the structures ASC in Dec. My profile was passed on to the business area just before Xmas and I suppose they just started to review it after the break. What about you? Got invited?
Their HR staff told me they do take on more structures guys than Aerodynamics since structures is their largest domain in Filton site, in total roughly 50+ positions for engineering and 10+ for supporting functions are provided for DEG every year. I heard a very few of those engineering candidates will work in "Fatigue & Damage Tolerance(F&DT)" function which is not part of DEG training programme but a graduate job, so those guys dont go thru 2-year DEG training and they work under a different scheme.

To "b.masood": Airbus UK DEG this year uses Kenexa as online test provider, not SHL. I presume they change test provider every year and "Progress" appliactions might not be assessed by Airbus UK HR but by EADS HR in continental Europe, one of my friend applied to "Progress" last year and received telephone interview from EADS Germany. So definitely different online test providers are used for DEG and Progress respectively.
I bought some practice tests from "assessmentday.co.uk" and from some other sites I cannot remember, just google it you will find loads.

Thanks for the details. I am yet to apply for DEG (flight physics) don't know if there still will be an ASC available now.. as you seem to know more about when they have ASC. I practiced kenexa, though very limited number of questions, every time I get the same grade (C) in numerical reasoning, even I changed my answers.. anyhow.. I wanted to ask you if there will be just a numerical + verbal reasoning test or more for the DEG online assessment? thanks for the reply in advance

Anyone hear anyything? I have a friend who was invited to the structures assessment centre on Monday - I still have no news for flight physics.

Hey guys, has anyone attended a recent Airbus assessment centre? Any tips?

Hi All
I have heard back from Airbus that i have been successful with my aptitude tests. Does anyone know how long it takes to hear back if I have been invited to an Assessment Centre?
Does anyone know what the Assessment Centre consists of and for how long?

Hi,

I haven't heard from anyone yet regarding the assessment centre. I passed the online tests over 6 weeks ago, but still haven't received an invitation to the Assessment centre. I think it takes a while as they need to shortlist all those who have passed the online tests to be selected for their business function.

All the best

Is anyone else in a similiar situation to essam86? 6 weeks seems an awful long time!

Hi, guys.
Just got the call today that I am successful in psychometric tests, and invited for AC in Bristol on 25th of January. I applied to DEG in Finance. Anyone who will be attending on the same day?

Hi Viopas,
Did you get an email before this phone call to say "you have been successful in passing the online tests and your application has been put through to the next stage of the recruitment process for the Graduate Programme."??
I have recieved that email yesterday evening.

yes iv recieved an email to come toe a/c on the 25th aswel, what grad scheme are you applying for?

I received a call at 9 am, and the woman said that I am successful, and invited me to AC. Then she said that she will send me a confirmation e-mail with all the details. And in 20 minutes I received an e-mail, with some docs attached. Now I need to book the hotel, as she said that I can stay overnight. I am coming from Manchester, and AC will start at 8.30 am on 25th. So, I will come in the evening on 24th.
I applied to grad scheme in Finance, and you, B.H?

Thats good finance guys! No one has heard anything for the Engineering schemes yet!

I received a call for the the AC on the 25th yesterday afternoon. I applied to DEG Finance aswell.

Yes im coming for the finance position aswel, staying overnight coming from leicester so look forward to seeing you all next week! any of you seen to an assessment centre before?

I'm also inveted to the assessment center for DEG finance. I am in Bath and I will be there on 25th. I wonder does anyone know how many people will be there that day?

I dont know how many people, but I think that there will be also people from Marketing, HR and other business related areas. Although I am not sure :)

I have to take the online psychometric test for DEG Engineering before next Wednesday.

Can anyone give me some tips? I wanted to start by the verbal one first but i checked it out and I have to start by the abstract test first...

Any tips to pass it?

Cheers in advance.

@ yanness: good to know you are going for an online test.. i am still waiting..can you tell me what are the tests ? numerical, verbal and abstract reasoning? what is the order of the tests?

From what I have seen the order is:
logical, numerical and verbal. But I don't know if they will change or not.
Did you already take any of these?