Club 18-30 interview
Club 18-30 interviews are held all over the UK, and mine was held in Glasgow, there were about 30 people there around 15 female and 15 male. At the start they get you all into a room and tell you all about the job and what’s involved. For the first part of the interview they split us up into groups of 3 and took 3 at a time through to different rooms, there were about 8 interviewers in total, and for our first presentation which was the 2 minute presentation on myself there were 3 interviewers and the other 2 members of my team. We each had to present back to the 3 interviewers. So we did not have to present to the class of 38 which was a relief. The second part of the interview was our 1 minute sales pitch, and again in the same group of three we presented it back but to different interviewers this time, we had 2, my sale was a beach party.
After that it was time for our general knowledge, maths and brochure test. For the general knowledge test a week or two before the interview I would buy the sun newspaper as a lot of questions are based around what is in it.
for the next part of the interview we had to present our entertainment piece back to everyone at the interview approx 38 people so be prepared, I sang the Proclamers and danced about like a maniac.
If you are successful up to this stage of the interview you will all be given a one to one interview, they ask you various questions, why would you be a good rep, why should we give you the job, they also give you different scenarios of the kind of problems you may be faced with in resort and ask you what you would do to resolve them. They also have a chat with you to get to know you better.
Escapades interview
My interview was held in Glasgow; there was about 10 of us there me and a guy Stewart that was at the 18 – 30 interview with me and about 8 ladies. As we were not asked to prepare anything I wasn’t sure what they were going to ask us to do but once we were there it was similar to other interviews that I had been to in the past.
The first part was various presentations and team work activities. Then we had to construct a sale from a list of topics and present it to the group. For the entertainment section we were split into groups and asked to sing our favourite song in our teams of three and sing it to everyone in the room. For the customer service section we had to do a role play, I was to be working at a customer service desk in Ikea and one of the interviewers was to come in with a complaint and we had to deal with it.
Again at the end of the interview they hold a two on 1 to find out a little more about yourself.
Olympic holiday’s interview
Amount of people at interview: 31, 29 ladies, myself and another guy. (A bit out numbered). The age range of the people at the interview were from about 21 – 50.
The first part we had to interview the person on our right and then stand up and tell the group as much as you could about them. Then we had a class discussion about the role of a rep and they asked us various questions.
We were given various teamwork activities and then group presentations, and assessed on this. After this we had to prepare a presentation on our best ever holiday and why and present it to the group, just before the end we were given a maths and general knowledge quiz. Finally we then had a one-to-one interview if we made it passed the first stage.
Thomson holidays
At my interview there were only six of us there and I was the only male. The interview was in Edinburgh job centre in one of the rooms, for the first part of the day they asked us to introduce our selves and tell every one a little bit of you. They will tell you what to include. I was the only one who stood up and introduced myself the rest just sat down and did it so I was ahead from the start.
They split us into teams and gave us problems in resort to solve. And present back. Throughout the morning we were given various team work activities. In the letter we were asked to prepare a 2 minute presentation on the resort we would like to work in and why. So we all got up and did our presentations. Once this was done we had a test. We had to complete an accounts sheet on the information given to us (excursions sold etc), also on the test paper we had to solve questions on problems in resort.
Then to finish off the day if successful up to this stage you will get a one-to-one interview.
I only decided to only go for the 5 interviews and to leave the other 4, as I had been successful with each of the interviews that I went for. Depending on the tour operator you might find out if you were successful at the end of the day or during the next couple of weeks after. They will tell you at the interview when they will notify you. I decided to accept Thomsons offer.
day induction. The induction is intense, at my induction there were about 20 of us. There are a lot of presentations and team work involved. Some inductions are smaller or bigger depending on where you work. Here is an idea of what you do in the induction.
every day is different and there is always something happening. Away from the 9-5 job in the cold weather. You meet lots of new people and make friends like other reps, bar workers etc. I guarantee you it is an experience that will last you a life time.
job, be positive and don’t give up it does get easier and then you will enjoy the job.
And hotel visits are normally 8 hours instead of 6. But it will also be an excellent experience. If you want to last the season you will have to pace yourself or you wont last as it is a long season and when July/august come you will need the energy. So don’t go out every night and party and have hardly any sleep like I did as I was drained by the end of season. Late nights and drinking loads will also make you stressed and broke!
