For the 128th episode of the Graduate Job Podcast, I speak with a leading low-cost airline Wizz Air, as they discuss their graduate and non-graduate job opportunities. If you are interested in a graduate job where you aren’t going to be spending all day sat behind a desk on a computer, then this is the episode for you, as today I am very excited to have leading low-cost airline Wizz Air join me on the show. In the episode we discuss their rapid expansion plans and the different opportunities that they have available, from cabin crew through to the pilots at the front of the plane. We delve into all aspects of the application process, from the type of candidates they are looking for, the particular skills and competencies that you need to be brushing up on, and brilliantly, how for some of the roles you can hired in a day. Yes, you heard that right, a one day selection process. If you have ever thought about a career with an airline then this is the episode for you. Now the links to the show notes today including a full transcript you can download and links to everything we discuss can be found at www.graduatejobpodcast.com/wizzair.
MORE SPECIFICALLY IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT:
- The exciting job opportunities at Wizz Air
- Wizz Air’s expansion plans for the coming year
- How you can secure a job within a day!
- What Wizz Air look for from their candidates and how you can stand out from the crowd
- The key difference separating the candidates that pass, from those that fail
- Insider secrets of how you can impress on the day and bag the job
Transcript –#128: How to get a job with Wizz Air
Announcer: Welcome to the Graduate Job Podcast, your home for weekly information and inspiration to help you get the graduate job of your dreams.
James: Hello and welcome to the Graduate Job Podcast, with your host James Curran. The Graduate Job Podcast is your home for all things related to helping you on your journey to finding that amazing job. Each episode I bring together the best minds in the industry, speaking to leading authors, graduate recruiters and career coaches who bring decades of experience into a byte size show. Put simply, this is the show I wish I had when I graduated.
James Curran: I’m very pleased to welcome to the show today, Andras Rado, senior cabin crew recruitment manager for Wizz Air. Andras, welcome to the Graduate Job Podcast.
Andras Rado: Hi, thank you for having me.
James: No, thank you for joining us. And today we’re going to dive into Wizz Air and just your interesting expansion plans that you’ve got going at the moment. So do you maybe just want to kick us off? Tell the listeners a little bit more about yourself and how you came to be working for Wizz Air.
Andras Rado: Hi, I’m Andras as you said. I’ve been working for Wizz for just over four years now and I started Wizz as the spokesman. Actually, I was responsible for the UK markets as well. And then after almost four years, I joined the recruitment team. And my job is to promote the airline actually, like a little border collie dog, drive all the interested people or even those who are still not interested in working for Wizz, to our recruitment days, and let people know that we are recruiting, that we are a company which is developing, which is hiring an immense number of people – cabin crews and pilots. I’m really enjoying my job. It’s been three months so far in this new position. I’ve seen a lot of interesting markets; I’ve seen how markets differ from each other. I’ve seen how I and the team can make a real difference in recruitment. Because recruitment today, as you probably all know, is not necessarily easy. It’s a pretty interesting area because a lot of companies are recruiting in the UK, outside of the UK. Thank God the pandemic seems to be over or almost over and the economies are ramping up, companies are ramping up. So there are a lot of open positions out in the market and I’m trying to convince everybody that Wizz Air is the place to come to work.
James: Perfect. And that will be music to the ears of the listeners, just hearing that you’re rapidly expanding and looking for brilliant employees, which I’m sure many of them are listening today. So maybe you want to just kick us off with a little bit about Wizz as a company. So I’m sure many listeners will have heard of them. would have seen them, probably might have flown in them themselves around Europe but do you want to maybe just explain a little bit about Wizz, where you’re based and where you fly to specifically in the UK?
Andras Rado: The airline Wizz Air was established almost exactly 18 years ago. So the first flight took off in May 18 years ago. And since, a lot of things have happened. I think one of the most important for our UK listeners is that Wizz Air UK has been established a few years ago, which is a UK airline, an official UK airline just like any other airlines flying out from the UK. We currently have four bases in the UK. Our biggest one is London Luton, then we have one base in London Gatwick, we have a base in Doncaster Sheffield Airport, and our newest opening is Cardiff. So we fly out of these four bases from the UK. So whoever will work for us will need to fly from these locations. It’s a pretty dynamically expanding airline in the UK, just as its kind of mother company Wizz Air Hungary. Wizz Air Hungary actually covers not only Hungary but many other countries, which all aircraft fly under the Hungarian flag and within Europe, but Wizz Air UK flies under the British flag.
James: Excellent. And I was looking for some cheap flights and I saw you had some amazing deals with Wizz actually where you could get to Abu Dhabi really cheap, which was one that I was tempted by. So it might have been via Hungary, you do fly sort of to the edges of Europe and the Middle East as well, don’t you now?
Andras Rado: Exactly. And one of our other airlines is Wizz Air Abu Dhabi. So we have Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, we have Wizz Air UK and we have Wizz Air Hungary. And maybe it would be interesting to many of the listeners to know that we are about to get a new aircraft; it’s called Airbus A320XLR – it’s extra-long range – within a year. So by hopefully next year spring we’ll have this XLR and that’s interesting because that will be able to fly longer than our current aircraft. It will be able to cover eight hours. So that will be as you said, we’ll be able to fly between the edges of our current network. So it will be able to fly from London to Abu Dhabi, for example.
James: Amazing. And yeah, eight hours from those bases in the UK can get you lots of interesting places. So yeah.
Andras Rado: Exactly.
James: That will be interesting now. So let’s maybe go through the different roles that you’re recruiting for then. So let’s maybe start with cabin crew specifically. What types of cabin crew roles are you looking for?
Andras Rado: First of all, we’re looking for over 200 cabin crew members in the UK now because of our massive expansion in the country. We are looking for people who have cabin crew experience. And of course, for all people who are inexperienced in aviation because we have our own cabin crew training. It’s a pretty rigorous, pretty long training, actually one of the hardest and most rigorous in the industry. It’s a six-week training for those who have no flying experience. And it’s somewhat shorter – four weeks – for those who have flying experience but of course, they need to get familiar with the Wizz way of doing things.
James: Excellent. Let me go through then, coming through, what would a standard day look like for cabin crew for people who might not have thought about applying for that type of role?
Andras Rado: I’m actually pretty sad that I’m not 20 years old, because if I was, I would be probably joining Wizz as a cabin crew because they have a very, very interesting life. They have a very dynamic life; they have a very flexible schedule. Their duty time is maximised by law, by regulations and they can only fly 100 hours per rolling 30 days. That gives them the security that they have the proper rest time. And it’s dynamic. It depends on what flight you have. You have a flight in the morning, maybe, then you wake up early, then you see the sun rise. Or you can sleep a bit more until maybe eight because if you have a flight at 10 o’clock or 11-ish, then you don’t have to be at the airport so early. Or you might also have an evening duty, which neatly requires you to be at the airport only in the afternoon. But besides this, I think the destinations we fly to from the UK are very, very exciting. We fly to many Mediterranean destinations, we fly to Eastern European destinations, we fly to Northern European destinations. I think London is the most flown destination from all over our network, so I think the most of our flights land in London these days.
The life of a cabin crew is in a way very strict, because you have to be at the airport on time, you cannot be late, although you have your schedule for a month ahead so you can plan your private life. You know when and where you’re going to be flying the next month. That gives you the kind of security, the kind of stability you need. On the other hand, you work with different people on each and every flight, so there’s no fixed crew members listed on every single flight. You meet all kinds of different and interesting passengers and you get to see a bit of the destination. You breathe the air of Lanzarote or Tenerife or Majorca, for example, during the turnaround time, which is not long, I have to tell you. It’s around half an hour, 45 minutes, and then you come back. You fly back to your home base, should it be any of these four bases I’ve previously mentioned in the UK. And then the good thing about it is that you can sleep at home every single day.
So I used to tell people that cabin crew members at Wizz are like bees: they fly out in the morning, they do their duties, and they come back to their hive in the evening. I think it gives people a lot of stability. You can have a much better life-work balance than at other airlines, for example, where you have to do layovers all over the world, spend days away from your family. While here with us, I think it’s easier, it’s much more manageable. You can have a private life because you come home every single day.
James: I liked the bee analogy; I think that’s a really good one. But I know from having flown with Wizz and some of their rivals, yeah, those turnarounds are nice and short. So yeah, it certainly is hard work once you land, you’ve got to quickly turn the plane around to get the new passengers on. But from speaking to some of the clients I coach, that lifestyle where you’re not just sat in front of a computer screen all day long for eight hours a day just looking at a screen or on Zoom calls, you know, it’s more interesting. You’re meeting passengers, you’re going to different places. Yeah, it’s for people who want something different than just sitting in the same four walls or same office, as I said, on a computer all day. This is a different career.
Andras Rado: Exactly. And furthermore, I think it’s very rare that you finish your job whenever you finish, and then you’re done. You leave the plane, you leave the airport and you’re done for the day. You don’t have to read emails, you don’t you won’t get a call from your boss, “Hey, could you please prepare the presentation for me? Could you come earlier tomorrow? Could you leave later today?” It’s a very fixed pattern. It’s a very fixed duty time. And under no circumstances are we extending this duty time above the legal possibilities.
James: Awesome. And you mentioned you’re hiring 200 people. I’m guessing given that the main bases are London-based, the majority of people then are going to be in London, with smaller amounts in Doncaster in Cardiff?
Andras Rado: Yes, exactly. So we need more people in London, around London. And then, of course, we are hiring for Cardiff and Doncaster bases. But if you wish, or if you live in Doncaster, for example, we can offer you a job opportunity, like at the base or a temporary work in London, if you’re flexible enough. And then when we need more people in Doncaster, you’re okay to move back.
James: Excellent. And in terms of the training, you mentioned six weeks, is that in London again or is that sort of around the country?
Andras Rado: Yes, the training is in London. The majority of the training is in London because we fly under the British flag that’s why we need to have our UK-based training. However, we have a training centre in Budapest, it’s a very modern, really cutting-edge technology training centre with a cabin mock-up. For the pilots, we also have simulators – three full-motion simulators and one fixed simulator. So there are some elements of the training which you must do in Budapest in the training centre. But I think more than two-thirds of the training is based in the UK.
James: Excellent. And one question that I know my listeners always want me to ask when I speak with companies is of course around the salary and benefits. So what would sort of the salary and some of the perks be like for cabin crew at Wizz?
Andras Rado: First of all, people hired and under training get a basic salary in the UK, which I think is a huge, huge advantage compared to many other companies, especially airlines. So you don’t have to spare money from your previous earnings for those six or four weeks, but you get a basic salary. It’s of course not the full salary you would get when you work for Wizz, but I think it’s a fair amount of money. Once you join Wizz Air, you automatically become a junior cabin attendant, then after nine months, if you’re doing your thing right, then you can automatically upgrade to cabin attendant. And if you want to become a senior cabin attendant, now you can apply after minimum one year of service and or 500 flown hours.
Upgrade is pretty quick at Wizz, both at cabin attendant and pilot positions because we give a lot of opportunity to our colleagues to fly. So it’s not our objective to let people do the same work, sit in the right-hand seat, for example, for first officers, but we want them to get an upgrade as soon as they can and as soon as they are ready. Of course, safety and exams and passing the exams is a prerequisite so never can safety be compromised. But if a person is able to get an upgrade, both as a cabin attendant or a pilot, we’re happy to give it to them and we’re happy to give them the pilot or the senior cabin attendant position.
But this is not the end of the career pathways because if you are a senior cabin attendant, you can become a trainer, you can become a recruitment assessor, you can become a Wizz Air ambassador, you can become the face of the brand. If you’re a pilot, you can become training pilot, you can be line trainer, you can be a ground trainer, so they’re almost unlimited opportunities. If you’re a cabin crew, you can become a pilot. We have a cabin crew to pilot programme, which is supported by the airline highly. You can move to the office. So really, opportunities are almost endless.
Wizz Air has recently introduced its biggest ever pay rise in the UK for its crew members, which made the charming position even more charming, because I think with this pay rise, our wages, our salaries are really, really competitive now within the industry. And for such a great amount of money with such good perks, bonus perks, I think it is worth giving it a second thought if you want to join Wizz because it’s a company which provides you with great work-life balance, which maximises the number of hours you can work, you can fly during the month, which gives you a lot of free time. And which gives you a lot of opportunity actually to shine and it gives you a lot of opportunities to see the
world.
James: Excellent. So I previously worked for an airline and one of the key perks was certainly getting the discounted flights around the network. Is that the same at Wizz as one of the benefits?
Andras Rado: Yes, at Wizz, we have a very, very charming scheme for these perks. Let me give you some examples. You get unlimited number of confirmed discounted employee tickets, which means that if you book a ticket, it’s yours. It doesn’t matter if it’s Christmas Eve, doesn’t matter if it’s June the sixth, doesn’t matter if it’s I don’t know May, if you buy it, it’s yours. So you won’t get a standby ticket, but you get a confirmed ticket. You can have five travel partners, which means that they get cheaper tickets as well. Also, I have to highlight that these tickets are also confirmed once they’re booked. They get the 25% off the price of the Wizz Air discount ticket price for the same flight. And then we get a great number of free tickets, absolutely free tickets. We usually get them twice a year – when we celebrate our birthday, I mean, the company celebrated its birthday and for the Christmas season. These tickets come with bags, with priority, and you can use it yourself, you can give it to your family members, you can give it to your friends, whoever you want to give it. And it’s exchangeable. I mean, you can cancel it and then rebook it if your plans change. So we get a lot of, lot of, lot of tickets almost for free, or actually for free. I think besides a pretty good salary, these tickets account for thousands and thousands of pounds worth of.
James: Excellent. A nice little bonus there. And yet plenty of places you can sort of Wizz to and go and see around Europe and possibly further afield coming soon so who knows. So yeah, lots of benefits for working for an airline there. Maybe before we then jump across to the application process, if we just touch on sort of the folks at the front of the plane. You mentioned pilots; are you looking for as many pilots at Wizz across the UK?
Andras Rado: We’re looking for a bit less pilots than cabin crew, as the ratio on the flight is also different. But we’re looking for tens of pilots as well. We’re mainly looking for experienced Airbus pilots because we need them quickly to start flying. So after the conversion training, the Wizz Air specific conversion training, they can be ready to start within a few months as well.
James: Okay, excellent. So Andras, let’s maybe move on then to the application process itself. So you’re looking for 200 amazing cabin crew. What is it you look for from applicants? What makes a Wizz cabin crew?
Andras Rado: We are really proud of our customer service. And I think that makes a huge difference with us because we are a customer-focused airline. Apart from having, of course, a brand-new aircraft delivered from the Airbus factory, we think that the real difference is made by our cabin crew members. We’re looking for people who really love to deal with people, who really love to take care of them, who really are flexible, who love this flexible lifestyle we offer, who don’t want to sit in an office eight to 10 hours at the same office every single day, but who want to see the world, who want to travel, who want to fly, who want to see the sun every single day because you know above the clouds, it’s always shiny. So we’re looking for people who are dedicated to customer service and who are happy to take care of people.
James: Excellent. And yeah, that’s one of the key parts of the job is if you’re not a people person, then it’s probably not going to be the role for you with that, but no, that definitely makes sense. In terms then of the application process itself, are there any particular requirements you need before people can apply? Are there any academic requirements or language requirements on your part?
Andras Rado: Our language requirements in the UK is easy because you have to speak English. It’s sometimes a challenge in other markets, but in the UK, I think that’s not a question. Besides that, you need to reach 210 centimetres barefoot. This is because of a security issue. You need to be able to close the overhead compartment in any case, even if you’re out of your shoes. You need to have a high school degree. So nothing more is needed. You need to be able to swim 50 metres unattended. You should have no tattoos which cannot be covered by the uniform. So no tattoos, please on the hands, no tattoos on the neck and the face. But other than that, you can cover it with trousers or with a long sleeve shirt. Basically, I think these are the basic requirements I would highlight besides, of course, as you also mentioned, being a people person, because, without that, I don’t think it is worth trying.
James: Definitely. What does the application process look like then? How would listeners go about applying?
Andras Rado: We have an online registration and then we usually hold physical sessions in our base cities, mainly. Sometimes we do some online recruitment as well but I think it’s better for both the applicant and ourselves to meet each other in person. It gives a much different, much better picture both of the company and of the applicant. So the application itself is easy. You just apply online, and then you appear at the events of your choice. And then at the event itself, we have four rounds. We have one introduction round, it’s an individual introduction round where you have to introduce yourself, tell us briefly within a few minutes why you’re the best. Why do you think you’re the best candidate for us? Then if you pass that section, then we’re off to a situational play. It’s an individual situational play. You need to think and act as a cabin crew already. We don’t need you to know our procedures, but we just need to see how you start solving a problem with a passenger. It’s interesting to see how different people have different angles of solving the same problem.
Then if you pass the second round, then it’s a group exercise where we actually test what kind of personality you have, whether you’re a leader, whether you’re a follower. And one is not worse or better than the other. We just really like to see how people react in different situations. If you can work in a team. That’s actually very important to see people if they’re able to work in a team or not, because it’s a teamwork. On the aircraft, it’s absolutely a teamwork. It’s a smaller team in the flight deck and it’s a somewhat bigger team of four and five people in the cabin. But it’s definitely a teamwork within the cockpit and the cabin and between the flight deck and the cabin, of course. And then the last round is as an individual, deeper into you, where we’re really getting to the personality of the people, really ask some more detailed question. And of course, that’s the place and that’s the time when the applicants can also ask a lot of questions from us.
James: Wow, that’s going to be a busy ol’ day, going through those four different stages but yeah, sounds really exciting.
Andras Rado: I’m sorry, yes, it’s a very busy day but you can get hired in the day. So I think in today’s world, it’s a huge advantage that you can get through an application process within a few hours within a day and you get to know whether you’re hired or not within a day.
James: I completely agree. That is amazing. From some of the other graduate recruiters that I’ve spoken to on the show, you are easily talking about a five-month process, probably four months, at the quickest to go through from the initial online application through to actually getting to the assessment centre and then actually getting an offer. I mean, one candidate I was working with, it took them four weeks just to let them know post assessment centre, whether they’d got the job. So to find out within a day, to go through all the stages and to get an offer is brilliant, so that’s really good.
Now let’s just maybe break down those individual stages. Would all candidates go through all stages or do you do a sort of X Factor-style call halfway through the different stages if people don’t make it past your sort of benchmark for the individual exercises?
Andras Rado: We do an X factor-like selection process. So we only tell people who pass after each stage. So yes, there are cases when people don’t make it to the second round, that they don’t make it to the third or the fourth round. Yes, we only continue with the ones– we only keep them there who have a chance to make it through to the end.
James: Okay, that makes sense. So let’s then maybe start with the situational play, sort of the roleplay as you mentioned? What advice would you give people to be able to perform at their best at this stage? I know often the roleplay situation is one that people can find quite daunting. What advice would you give people to prepare?
Andras Rado: I would definitely tell people to think with the mind of a customer, of a passenger. Because we usually play the rude passenger in different kinds of situations and the candidates have to solve the suggestion, have to calm down the passenger, have to solve the situation itself so that it’s both good for the airline, it doesn’t jeopardise any safety issues, doesn’t bring any safety issues and the passenger is also happy with the solution. So I definitely think that if you sit on an aircraft and you face a similar situation, which you might get during our interview, our situational play, think of a passenger’s mind, think with your own mind. What would you expect a cabin crew member to do, to say to you? How would you like them to solve the situation? And that’s going to be I think, the winning solution because someday we are crew members, someday we are passengers. And I fly a lot with other airlines as well and I see some good examples and some definitely bad examples how cabin crew members at other airlines treat passengers or have treated me.
James: Yep. No, that’s good advice. And as you said, you’re not expecting people to know all of your policies and the rules and regulations back to front. But yeah, approaching it from a customer’s perspective, you can’t really go wrong there.
Andras Rado: Exactly.
James: Good advice. Moving on, then to the group exercise. And again, I know from the clients I coach, this is one that can hold a little bit of trepidation for people in terms of the group exercise. You mentioned that you’re looking for different aspects – people who are leaders, people who are followers. Any advice here for how people can stand out? What separates the people who are going to make it through this stage from the people who aren’t?
Andras Rado: I think that the most important thing here is, and that’s what we’re looking for is that, as I said earlier, aviation is a teamwork. Working as a cabin crew is a teamwork. Working in the aircraft is a teamwork. So we’re looking for team players. Of course, if you’re a senior cabin attendant or if you’re a captain, you need to make the final call in different situations. But you need to listen to your colleagues, you need to cooperate with your colleagues, you need to talk to your colleagues, you need to listen to the passengers before you make any final calls. So you don’t disembark a passenger just because your colleagues said they behaved unruly. You don’t necessarily need to believe a passenger right away. You don’t necessarily need to believe your colleague right away. You need to look into the situation, you need to find out how you can solve it. What’s the best way to calm the passenger? What is the best way to manage your colleague if that’s needed?
So we’re looking for actually leaders, but leaders who can work with and listen to the team members. And we’re looking for people who are maybe just followers, but they know the procedures, they have their voice, they can let their opinions be heard by the colleagues. So we’re looking at the dynamics of these team exercises. And if someone is overly confident, tries to make the decision on their own without listening to the colleagues or the other candidates, I think that raises a red flag.
On the other hand, I would say that don’t try to behave differently than you would behave normally. We don’t want the theatre there. We don’t want to be biassed by behaviour you won’t be able to continue to do during work. We want honesty, we want to see who you really are. And actually, during the fourth stage when one would think that okay, if you pass four stages and there’s only one single kind of chat or interview situation with us, there’s not much of a chance you would fail but actually, some of the people’s real personality arouses there or comes out there. We saw people who were really not behaving properly during the fourth stage and they were referring back to the situational play, how others behaved, for example. And that was another big red flag for us.
James: Excellent. It’s always interesting the group dynamic, having, assessing myself, just seeing how people behave. And almost people who go into it thinking they’re on an episode of The Apprentice, and that you need to be the sort of alpha character taking charge of the situation, which often isn’t what companies are looking for, as you mentioned. It’s a group, and you’re going to be working in a team and it’s those team dynamics that you’re really looking for.
Andras Rado: Exactly.
James: Now, moving on then, to the final stage, the individual interview. You said that often, people can almost let their guard down at this stage. Again, same question then, what separates the good candidates here from the ones who might not make it at this final hurdle?
Andras Rado: I think the whole job itself is pretty unique in the job market because as we talked about earlier, you have a number of jobs where you can sit in an office, doesn’t matter if it’s downtown London, if it’s downtown Doncaster, if it’s in the suburbs, if it’s A O B Company, but you move there, you sit on the train in the morning, arrive to work, you spend eight, 10, 12 hours and you go home. This is not a job where this happens. This is a very dynamic job. And with all its dynamism, you need to be very precise, you need to arrive on time, as mentioned earlier, you need to have perfect grooming. You need to be dedicated to having such type of a job, such type of a lifestyle, actually, because this requires another lifestyle. It’s not a nine to five, it’s not a Monday to Friday job, it’s a very flexible job. You might be enjoying your day off on a Wednesday, you might be enjoying your afternoon, because you had a morning flight from six until, let’s say 12. But then you might be needed on board on Christmas Eve, you might be needed on board on New Year’s Eve, on your birthday. So we’re looking for people who really think of themselves as cabin attendants, who really want to join an airline, want to join Wizz, want to have this very unique lifestyle. And of course, as mentioned before, if you’re a team player, you’re welcome. If you are rather an individual, a lone star, then this might not be the job for you.
James: Excellent. Some good advice there. And as you said, flexibility is the key. This is not a standard nine to five. And probably that’s one of the main things that will attract a lot of people is that it’s not that standard nine to five. So yeah, brilliant advice there. So as we move to the end of interview, and just conscious of time, one final question, then. What would you say to someone who’s listened to this, and they’re currently on the fence about applying to Wizz? What final thing would you say as why they should apply?
Andras Rado: I would tell them to apply, and I would tell them to apply because as I said earlier, this is a company where you have, first of all, a very fast career advancement opportunity and you can have a lot of, lot of options within Wizz Air if you feel like you would move on. From cabin crew, you can become a senior cabin crew, you can become a trainer, you can start your pilot carrier, your pilot training with us within the company. You can move to our office. I’ve seen a number of people moving from cabin operations to our office. I’m actually working within the recruitment team. A lot of active cabin crew members who, besides flying, are doing these recruitment events. They’re assessors, they enjoy their time, they’re moving around within the UK, they’re moving around within Europe, meeting new candidates, helping them to get hired to Wizz. So I see no risk in applying. I see rather risk in not applying because if you get hired here, you will get a great salary, you will get a great deal for airline tickets, and you will have the opportunity to develop yourself, to grow yourself within the company and become even more successful pretty soon.
James: Excellent. Thank you, Andras. Listeners, you’ll be able to find a full transcript and links to everything we discussed today, including links to how you can apply and get yourself in the application process over at graduatejobpodcast.com/wizzair. Now, Andras, let’s move to our weekly staple questions. So three questions I ask each guest on the show, and I’m interested in your responses to these. First up is what one book would you recommend that our listeners should read? It doesn’t have to be recruitment-related doesn’t have to be aviation-related. What one book would you recommend needs to be on their bookshelf?
Andras Rado: So it’s probably one of the hardest questions for me because I wouldn’t be able to recommend one single book. I really like to watch films about nature and read books about nature. And actually, one of my favourite books was [Gerard Barrow’s 35:50] book when I was a kid. And I think I just stuck with it. And from time to time I open it. But I equally enjoy reading Sir David Attenborough’s books and watching his newest films, they’re just stunning. And I think there’s no more beautiful thing than nature.
James: Excellent No, good recommendations there. And yep, I will link to those in the show notes. So you can get copies for yourself, listeners. Now, next question, what website or internet resource would you recommend, Andras?
Andras Rado: I generally read news sites and economic sites because having been a spokesperson and being in the media business still, a bit, I’m really thirsty for news all the time. So whenever I read the net, like 90% of the time I go for the news.
James: Excellent. And a particular news site that you like?
Andras Rado: I wouldn’t say one. There are a lot of Hungarian ones and some international ones, which I check. I think I’m rather interested in objective news telling so I try to choose the ones which are not biassed by any political parties or any ideology.
James: Always a challenge these days. But no, good tips there. And final question, then, what one tip would you give listeners to help them on their job search today?
Andras Rado: Know what you want to do, search for that type of job or industry actually, and be brave to apply because you have nothing to lose. And if you find a good job, go hold on to it. Do it with great pleasure, with enthusiasm. And I think that doing the minimum is not enough today. You have to always walk the extra mile wherever you work, whatever you do.
James: Excellent, Andras. Thank you so much for appearing on the Graduate Job Podcast. What’s the best way that people can find out about you and also about applying for Wizz Air?
Andras Rado: I am on LinkedIn, so feel free to contact me over LinkedIn. And you can check careers.wizzair.com We have all the information you might need about recruitment, about open days, about applying to Wizz. Just click on it and hope to see you soon.
James: Andras, thank you so much for joining me on the Graduate Job Podcast.
Andras Rado: Thank you.
James: Thereyou go, many thanks again to Andras for his time and sharing about Wizz Air. Doesn’t that sound much more exciting than sitting at a desk staring at a computer screen all day? You have plenty of your life to do that, so have a think if this could be a career for you. You will certainly be gaining amazing transferable skills and a range of brilliant answers to competency questions that you will stand you in good stead no matter what you go on to do. So if you are interested in applying check out the show notes at www.graduatejobpodcast.com/wizzair where you can find all the links to everything we discussed today and a full transcript you can download so you can have all of Andras’s top tips up your sleeve. If you would like some help with your application, interview prep, assessment centre guidance for Wizz Air or any other company you are applying to, then I am your man. Check out the shownotes for where you can find links to booking a free 30-minute coaching call with yours truly where we can cover any topic you like. Completely free, no strings attached, what have you got to lose? So head to www.graduatejobpodcast.com/wizzair. Right, that is everything from me, I hope you enjoyed the episode today, but more importantly, I hope you use it, and apply it. See you next time.