So today I had my mock interview in college, some past Jet2 cabin crew came in to do the interview’s. the session was split in two parts, the first half was to assess how well I would do in a real interview and the second part was to prepare me for any future interviews in the tourism industry.

They started the day off with an icebreaker which was to get us all comfortable and for them to get to know us a little better. We were asked “you’re given £500 to spend on either a family member or friend for a weekend. What would you do and why?” everyone then took some time to think and write the answer down my answer was I would treat my mum to either a spa day or take her for afternoon tea somewhere and some shopping as she does everything in her power for me it would be nice to treat her and let her relax. We then all shared our ideas and got to know a little bit about each other.

We then went onto the next activity which included us selling something we were all given 15 minutes, I decided to sell a party package for Zante which included a boat trip, white party, bar crawl etc… I described all the benefits and what was included in the package I then described Zante and what Zante has to offer such as restaurants, nightclubs, bars, beaches, shops etc… I finished the pitch off with prices and offers that would be available if they booked the same day. i believe this was a great way for me to work on my presentation skills, as i had to speak in front of people and sell them my deal.

This day was full of all different styles such as communication, teamwork, listening and i would also apply leadership into this day as i took it upon myself to lead the group when we were all asked the first question.

The next task was a maths and English test, we were given these to do interdependently to assess out skills in currency exchange, basic maths and basic English. i was very surprised and proud that i achieved high marks in this test which gained me more knowledge and confidence when it comes to my weakness in numeracy.

The final task to finish off the mock interviews was a one to one interview in which I was asked a number of questions about myself, why I wanted the job, why Jet2, what would I bring to the company, my strengths, weaknesses, challenges and conflicts I have overcome.