Ryanair Cabin Crew Assesment day | My Flight Attendant Experience PART 1

Assessment Day

1. You can apply online – Ryanair/Crewlink post ads everywhere – on job sites such as Indeed and LinkedIn.
2. You will be invited for an assessment day – if in London, that could be at a hotel by Stansted Airport.
3. On the assessment day we found out if we were successful of not – they either say ‘Yes’, ’No’ or ‘Improve your English’.
4. I noticed people were not as pristine as on the BA assessment day, but everyone still looked cute.
5. Interviewers were ex-cabin crew and actually quite friendly. They really tried to bring out the best of you in the 1-on-1 interview Especially when they asked questions like “what 3 words would you use to describe yourself?”
6. Their main goal is to recruit as many people as possible since the employee turnover is very high.
7. before the assessment day they ask you to bring in a few things (will be detailed in your invitation email)
8. only about 3 out of 50-60 people were rejected – because they weren’t fluent in English, whereas with BA over 60-70% of 50-60 people were rejected throughout the day
9. I noticed with BA there was also much more diversity in the applicants – Not so much with Ryanair.

How to have a SUCCESSFUL day

1. Be fluent in English
2. Try to have all you paperwork in order – passport, full length photos, etc (items will be detailed in your invitation email)
3. Dress relatively smart (follow cabin crew guidelines) / grooming manual

After the Assessment day

1. After the Assessment day, they send you an email stating if you have been successful or not 
2. If successful, they immediately assign you to a base, (detailed in the email) and invite you for a training course
3. The training course could be anywhere, mine was in Hahn, Germany
4. Some people train in Madrid – Spain 🇪🇸  or Bergamo – Italy 🇮🇹  (not sure of other locations)
5. If you are available you can reserve your place on the course, if not, then you can tell them you would like to wait for a later course date, OR reject the offer.

Here is the Assessment Day Video.

Be sure to stay tuned for part 2 & 3 where I discuss the training course and my first day on the job!

Until the next post,

Tabitha