ATC2B wrote: ↑Sat Apr 02, 2022 6:54 pm
sk1996 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 31, 2022 6:34 pm
I did FEAST in early 2019 and was not contacted back for the bootcamp and recieved the following email:
Thank you for participating in the recent testing session. After review of testing results, you have not been selected to move on to the next stage of assessment at this time. Your file will remain active for six months from your testing date for further consideration. If after this time, you have not been selected for further assessment, your file will be deemed expired. Your reapplication date will be 18 months from the expired date.
But now I have also been contacted for an interview. I am curious if this means that I will have to do FEAST again if I pass the interview.
I wonder if there's a serious need to get people into training asap and not enough capacity to pull people from the beginning (ie time to have people come in and do FEAST) that might be why your FEAST score is now good for an interview when it wasn't before... just pure speculation
While I think there's a serious need to get trainees in the pipeline, it's unusual they would skip the bootcamp section and direct to interview unless if they axed it due to the ongoing pandemic or changed up the order hoping the pandemic will subside later on in the year. It's really up to sk1996 to decide whether their time is worth the gamble. I wonder if they've changed the application process again due to the pandemic.
Asking for clarification would probably shove him/her back to the bootcamp section if they decided his/her scores are now acceptable given the current candidate pool. If they go ahead and try to do the interview, they're gambling on the fact that navcanada is going to factor it as a sunk cost (time) and proceed with them anyways without having done the bootcamp.
NavCanada obviously would have data on the candidate and all the assessment results on hand when doing a final comparison of candidates for offers.
In my opinion... at best Nav take it as an administrative error on their end and reschedule the candidate for the next boot camp once the interviews are done (which may delay them a year or more depending on when these are done in thier area). And at worse they would not look upon the candidate favorably.
For me personally, this wouldn't be an acceptable scenario, as I'm at a point in my current career where I need to know the results ASAP. Another 4 years (3 +1 if I were in SK's shoes and fail) in and I would have to give serious consideration whether switching careers is the correct choice. Right now, I'd do it in a heartbeat.