icao level 4 interview

7/23/2019 ICAO Level 4 Interview

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TOPICS FOR INTERVIEW PRACTICE

No. Topics Suggestion

1. Prepare for the

interview

How did you prepare for this interview?

What do you know about this interview?

2. Hometown Where are you from?

Could you tell me something about your hometown?

3. Home/house Where do you live? How long have you been living there?

ell me something about your house.

How far is it from your house to your offi!e?

How long does it take you to get there?

"o you live alone or with your family?

#. ravelling/$eans of

transport

How do you go to work? How often do you get stu!k?

What do you think about the traffi! this morning/afternoon?

$ake !omparisons between travelling by air and travelling

by road.

Whi!h is safer% travelling by air or highway travel? &ive

your opinions.

Have you had any problems when travelling by air? ell me

about that.

'. (eisure time and

)ntertainment

When staying at home% what kinds of entertainment do you

en*oy most?

What do you often do at weekends?

How do you normally spend your leisure time/spare

time/free time?

What kinds of + programs do you like?

,. Hobbies "o you like reading/singing/going fishing /surfing the

-nternet in your free time? Why/Why not?

How often do you go to the !inema?

What do you like eating at weekends?

. Plans What are your plans for the net 0 years?

1fter this interview% what will you do?

What will you do when the weather is fine?

. )du!ational/1C

ba!kground

ell something about your edu!ational/1C ba!kground.

What have you been doing sin!e you left High

s!hool/1viation s!hool/College?

What !ourses did you attend to be!ome an air traffi!

!ontroller?

What sub*e!ts did you study in your initial training !ourse?


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4. 1C working

position

Whi!h unit are you working at 5W6% 1PP% 1CC7?

ell about your working position.

What is your favorite 1C unit? Why?

. raining !ourses ell me something about your basi! 1C !ourse.

What is the importan!e of training for air traffi! !ontrollers?

What are some advantages of your refresher or re!urrent

!ourses?

"o you think that training !an help you in handling the

traffi! in non8routine situations? Why/Why not?

What is the most useful 1C training !ourses for your *ob?

Why?

What are the advantages of overseas training?

What do you learn from simulator training?

2. 9ob des!riptions

and working in

general

How long have you been working for your !ompany?

How long have you been working as an air traffi!

!ontroller?

How many hours a week does you normally work?

"es!ribe your *ob.

ell about the main purpose of the 1C servi!e?

What are your responsibilities/duties at work?

#. -deas about *ob/

!areer

ell your opinion about 1C *ob 5the good things/bad

things/most diffi!ult/most !hallenging things7.

he reason why you !hose 1C as your !areer.

"o you think 1C *ob is very spe!ial and only some people

!an do?

"o you think that +iet :am;s air traffi! !ontrollers givespe!ial treatment to lo!al airlines 5+ietnam 1irlines%

9etstar...7 by giving them priority during arrival and

departure% in !omparison with foreign airlines?

Whi!h *ob would be your !hoi!e if you had not !hosen the

1C !areer?


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. Working

!hara!teristi!s

"es!ribe the most important !hara!teristi!s of a good air

traffi! !ontroller.

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Why is it ne!essary for pilots and air traffi! !ontrollers to

use -C1> standard phraseologies to !ommuni!ate with ea!h

other?

&ive eamples in whi!h language is barrier for pilots and!ontrollers in !ommuni!ation.

-f you !ould not understand what the pilot of an arriving

air!raft was saying% what would you do?

What is your opinion about -C1> )nglish language

profi!ien!y test for air traffi! !ontrollers and pilots?

2'. :on8routine/

abnormal/

emergen!ysituations in

general

ell about an abnormal situation/non8routine/ emergen!y

situation you en!ountered.

How !an you and your !olleagues help ea!h other in

handling traffi! in abnormal situations?

How does emergen!y air!raft affe!t traffi! under your

!ontrol?

2,. Controlling

traffi! in general


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1!!ording to the lo!al regulations% the +-P flight has priority

over other air!raft% so in this !ase will approve the pilot;s

re=uest.

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No. Topics Suggestion!oordinate with 1CC to re=uest 1C !learan!e for him.

8 -f the pilot de!lares emergen!y and he needs to land

immediately - will inform him the latest landing !onditions% and -

will try my best to support him making a safe landing.

What would you do if an arriving air!raft reported that he

had a shortage of fuel?When the air!raft reported that he had a shortage of fuel% - would

gave him priority land% asked the pilot;s intention% and

!oordinated with !on!erning units.

-f the pilot de!lared emergen!y - would inform my supervisor

and !oordinate with ground emergen!y servi!es.

3#. ake off/(anding

-n a !ase of an emergen!y landing% what would you do tohelp the pilot land safely?

+erify air!raft position% understand the nature of emergen!y.

&ive air!raft priority landing.

-nform air!raft the latest landing !onditions.

-nform the supervisor to !oordinate with 1irport emergen!y

servi!es.

&ive maimum support to the air!raft.

What would you do in the following take off/landing

situationsA

8 runway lights were in failure due to unknown reasons

and an air!raft re=uested to land at the airportD8 6unway lights failureA -f day time% inform pilot and re=uest pilot

intention. -f night time% !lear air!raft to holding fi% waiting for

repairing or to divert to alternate airport.

8 an air!raft re=uested landing or take8off from a

runway whi!h was not suitable for prevailing wind at

the timeD

-n this !ase - would not approve the pilot;s re=uest

be!ause it was not safe to take off or land with unsuitable

wind !onditions.

8 an air!raft diverted to your airport for landingD

-t depended on the situations. -f it wasn;t an emergen!y

situation% - would !ontrol this air!raft like normal

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arriving air!raft. -f it was an emergen!y air!raft% - would

follow the pro!edures in $1:>P% su!h as giving the

air!raft priority landing% informing


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"es!ribe an in!ident/a!!ident when the weather was a

fa!tor.

-f you were working on the tower at busy time and the

visibility was very low. he pilot of a taiing air!raftinformed you that he was lost. What would you do?

-f you were working on the tower% the weather was in +$C%

an air!raft took off and lost !ommuni!ation. What would

you do?

What would you do if you noti!ed your !olleague !learing

an air!raft for approa!h when the weather was below

landing minima?

-f the weather was so bad 5under the minima !ondition7 what

would you do to help the pilots to land at your airport?

#. )=uipment%

fa!ilities and

te!hni!al

problems

ell about surveillan!e systems that are used to !ontrol air

traffi!.

What are some of the !ommon problems with 1C

fa!ilities?

"o you have any problems with e=uipment at work?

Why?/Why not?

How do you handle a stu!k mi!rophone?

How do you !ontrol the air!raft without using radar?

"es!ribe the fire and res!ue features in an airport you are

familiar with.

What would you do if you re!eived the pilot;s re=uest to

divert to another aerodrome due to te!hni!al problem?

What would you do if the radar was in failure?

#3. C1< or 1C1< ell about C1< or 1C1


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radio !ommuni!ation failure situation.

What would you do in the following situationsA

an air!raft was entering into your airspa!e without

establishing !ommuni!ation yet?

you tried to !onta!t with an air!raft but there was no

reply?

you eperien!ed a !ommuni!ation failure situation?

#0. Health problems -f the weather !ondition was below operation minima% the

pilot of an air!raft holding for weather improvement

informed you that there was a passenger with serious health

problem on board. What would you do?

What would you do if the pilot of an air!raft informed youthat there was a passenger suffering from a heart atta!k on

board?

#'. )ngine on fire What would you do if an air!raft was eperien!ing engine

on fire?

What would you do to assist an air!raft having engine on

fire?

#,. &ivinginstru!tions

-s it ne!essary for pilots to repeat or read ba!k theinstru!tions given by the air traffi! !ontroller? Why?

What would you do if a pilot !learly made a mistake or

misunderstood an instru!tion?

What would you do if you gave a wrong instru!tion to an

air!raft?

#. Bomb

warning/Hi*a!k

What !ould you do to assist air!raft having bomb on board?

What would you do if a pilot informed you that he was

being hi*a!ked?

04. )mergen!y

des!ent

What would you do if a pilot was making an emergen!y

des!ent due to de!ompression?

What are some !ases when the pilot has to make an

emergen!y des!ent?

0. >thers When did you get here this morning/afternoon?

What time did you !ome here?

1t what age is too old for an air traffi! !ontroller?

Where did you go last summer holidays?

What did you do last weekend?


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What do you think about this interview?

ell about the air route systems in your airspa!e.

What is the importan!e of P-6)P< 5pilot reports7 to air

traffi! !ontrollers?

What do you think about familiariFation 5am. light7?

What do you learn from am. light?

ell about the relationship between air traffi! !ontrollers.

What should the !ontroller know about the air!raft

performan!e? Why?

What do you normally do when you feel sleepy while on

duty?

-n order to prevent feeling sleepy while on duty% what do

you normally do?

What would you rea!t if an air!raft;s position deviated

signifi!antly from its report?

What would you do if the pilot who broke into a fre=uen!y

and !ut off another pilot;s message?

-f there was a similarity between two or more air!raft !all

signs that might !ause !onfusion% what would you do?

How do you handle traffi! having depressuriFation?

"es!ribe the alerting servi!e operating at your airport.

-f you were working in radar environment% you saw that the

mode C level was signifi!antly different from the pilot

reported level. What would you do?

ell about a spe!ifi! eample of situation !ausing delays at

your airport.

-f you were working on the tower% the emergen!y landing

air!raft overran the runway and the pilot informed you thathe needed to eva!uate the passengers immediately. What

would you do?

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FUNCTIONS OF ENGLISH

(Useu! tec"ni#ues o spe$%ing&

1. Ans'eing tec"ni#ues

You may often need to delay answering a question while you think for a

moment or check on your facts. Here are some useful techniques for delayingyour answer:

8 Well% let me seeG

8 Well nowG

8 >h% let me think for a momentG

8 -;m not sure% -;ll *ust have to find outG

8 hat;s a very interesting =uestionG

). Hesit$ting

Hesitation is a natural part of using a language-both for those learning

English as well as for native speakers. Very articulate and fluent speakers

dont need to hesitate very often. !he worst way to hesitate is with silence.

"ilence causes embarrassment and confusion.

Hesitation devices give you time to think-to organi#e your thoughts and

decide how to e$press them. Here are some useful hesitation devices:

8 Em

8 )r8 Well

8 1!tually

8 -n fa!t

8 @ou see

8 @ou know

8 he thing is

8 How shall - put it?

8 (et;s see now8 -t;s like this% you see

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8 -n my opinionG

8 -;d say thatG

8 he point isG

8 "on;t you agree thatG

8 1s - see itG8 -;d *ust like to say that - think thatG

8 -;d like to point out thatG

,. Ageeing $n- is$geeing

1&6))$): - !ouldn;t agree more.

hat;s *ust what - was thinking.

@ou know% that;s ea!tly what - think.

- agree entirely.hat;s a good point.

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8 1s far as - !an rememberG

8 - remember =uite !learly thatG

8 1fter thatG

8 Before thatG

8 While that was happeningG8 he net thing - did wasG

2.). esci3ing e7peiences

'e sometimes begin talking about our like this:

8 >h% that takes me ba!kG

8 -;m not sure - !an remember all the details% butG

8 -;ll never forget the time -G

8 hat reminds me of the time -G

8. T$!%ing $3out t"e utue4 st$ting intentions

)othing is totally certain about the future. 'e can try to foresee events( we

can make plans and state our intentions-but we can never be sure what will

actually happen.

Here are some ways of stating intentions and showing how firmly we intend

to do something:

8 -;m !ertainly going toG% -;m going toG% that;s for sure 5@es% !ertainly7.

8 - think - willG% - mayG% -;m hoping toG 5@es% probably7.8 -;m thinking ofG% - thought - mightG% - haven;t made up my mind whether

toG 5Perhaps7.

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