Getting hired at Air Canada
Accounts from crew who applied. The shape of the process is published to everyone; what was actually asked is what an account gets you.
The selection process
What crew who applied say it consisted of.
- Online assessment or aptitude test100%
- Group exercise or assessment day25%
- HR or competency interview100%
- Simulator assessment75%
Difficulty
3 / 5
Application to answer
9 wk
4 who heard back
The time figure covers processes that ended. Applications nobody ever answered have no week count and are left out of it rather than counted as fast.
- OfferDifficulty 2/5· 4 weeks to an answer2026Online assessmentHR interviewSimulator
[demo] Online maths and personality test, then a sim assessment a fortnight later. Raw data both seats and an engine failure after V1. The panel cared much more about why you did a thing than about limits.
[demo] crew00
- OfferDifficulty 4/5· 4 weeks to an answer2026Online assessmentHR interviewSimulator
[demo] Online maths and personality test, then a sim assessment a fortnight later. Raw data both seats and an engine failure after V1. The panel cared much more about why you did a thing than about limits.
[demo] crew03
- Held in a poolDifficulty 3/5· 9 weeks to an answer2026Online assessmentHR interviewSimulator
[demo] Three stages over nine weeks. Long gaps between each with no contact, then an offer with 48 hours to accept.
[demo] crew02
- RejectedDifficulty 3/5· 12 weeks to an answer2026Online assessmentGroup exerciseHR interview
[demo] Group exercise in the morning, HR panel in the afternoon. Nothing technical at all, which surprised everyone in the room.
[demo] crew01
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