Wizz Air assessment day in three weeks. What exactly happens, what do they cut people for, and what is this training bond?
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#1 Bucharest, 22, and I have a Wizz Air assessment day in three weeks at the Otopeni base. I have read the general assessment threads but Wizz seems to run theirs a bit differently and I would rather know the actual shape of the day than guess.
What I have pieced together from the Romanian crew groups:
- The day starts with a presentation about the company, and they are watching you during it
- Then an English test, both written and a quick spoken part
- Group exercises, usually two
- Individual interviews for the ones who get through
- Reach test at 210cm and a check of the arms for tattoos
The part everyone argues about is the training. Some say Wizz makes you pay for training, some say you sign a bond and it is deducted if you leave early, some say it changed last year. I do not want to sign something on the day without understanding it.
Questions:
- How many people typically turn up in Bucharest and how many make it to the interview?
- Is the English test hard? My English is good but I have never done a formal test.
- What do they actually cut people for in the group exercises? I have heard 'too quiet' and 'too loud' and that covers everyone.
- The bond: what is the current arrangement and is it negotiable?
I am not nervous about the flying, I am nervous about the room.
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#2 Wizz Krakow, 18 months. Bucharest days are big, 100 plus, and roughly a third get to interview. The English test is a standard online style thing, if you can read this forum you will pass. The group exercises: they cut people who do not contribute at all and people who take over. The middle is wide. Speak twice, say something useful, agree with someone by name once. That is all it takes.
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#3 The bond: at my base it was a training agreement, not upfront payment. You do not pay anything on the day. If you leave within a set period (it was two years for me) a proportional amount is deducted from your final pay. Read the exact numbers on the day, they give you the document, and they will let you take it away and sign later if you ask. Nobody can negotiate it but you can understand it before signing.
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#4 @viktorbud thank you, that is much clearer than the group chats. So it is a leaving penalty, not a fee.
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#5 Did the Warsaw assessment in spring and failed at the group stage. What I got wrong: I treated the exercise like a debate and tried to win it. They are not looking for the person who is right, they want the person who makes the group work. I got that feedback informally from a recruiter afterwards. Reapplying in October with that in my head.
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#6 One practical thing: they do the reach and the visible tattoo check early and quietly, and people who fail it are let go before the group work. Check the 210cm on tiptoes at home, and if you have anything on the forearm or wrist, know what their policy says today, not what a blog said in 2022.
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#7 Also, the presentation at the start. People relax because it feels like a lecture. Recruiters walk around during it. Sit up, look at the presenter, no phone. That is the easiest part of the day to not fail.
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#8 Prague crew, not Wizz, but I did their assessment years ago. The individual interview at the end was friendly and short, mostly about why Wizz, availability for bases, and a couple of customer situations. If you get that far you are most of the way there.