The Cathay Pacific Story! ︎

Back in 2014, I had recently graduated undergraduate law school (something that my parents. had planned for me) and felt extremely lost because I did not want to pursue a career in law. I was working as an administrative assistant at a hotel in Hong Kong and one day I saw an advertisement for an airline recruitment event; I immediately saved it in my calendar.

The day of the recruitment event rolled around the corner. I woke up early, did my hair to try to look as much as a flight attendant as I could and left home not know what to expect. I got to the venue which was a a huge expo center and was in line with over a thousand people (I am not exaggerating!). I was completely shocked because I had no idea that there would be this many people attending and I waited in line for hours.

The first interview took place and it was a group discussion with around 20 candidates including me, which lasted about 30 minutes. I found out immediately after the first stage of the interview that I had not made it to the next round of interviews and I was devastated. Cathay Pacific has a policy that if you fail their interviews,  you have to wait at least year to re-apply. Failing the interview made me even more determined to join. A year later, I re-applied, and made it past all 5 rounds interviews & assessments.

If you took the time to read all of this, thank you! I wanted to share this experience with you because it was one of the most exciting times of my life – waking up in different cities around the world every other day. I feel so grateful to have had the opportunity to travel to so many places around the world and be a part of the Cathay Family.









︎︎︎May 7, 2014 – The day I signed my contract!





︎︎︎My friend Prudence (she worked at Emirates in Duabi) and I at HKG.




︎︎︎Some photos from training which lasted 4 months.






︎︎Me around the world! (2014–2016)︎︎




︎︎︎KIX (Osaka, Japan)




︎︎︎AKL (Auckland, New Zealand)




︎︎︎AMS (Amsterdam, Netherlands)




︎︎︎SYD (Sydney, Australia)




︎︎︎JFK/EWR (New York City, USA)




︎︎︎ORD (Chicago, USA)




︎︎︎CDG (Paris, France)




︎︎︎DXB (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)




︎︎︎JNB (Johannesburg, South Africa)









The Cities Which I Operated To︎

Vancouver / Toronto / New York City / Chicago / Los Angeles / San Francisco / Paris / Amsterdam / Johannesburg / Colombo / Surabaya / Jakarta / Singapore / Kuala Lumpur / Taipei / Osaka / Tokyo / Nagoya / Dubai / Beijing / Delhi / Chennai / Seoul / Bangkok / Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh City / Auckland / Sydney / Perth / Melbourne / Zurich 

            



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