Today I attended a YOU session at the Defence Force Recruitment centre in Adelaide. The day included waiting, aptitude testing, waiting, informal interview, form filling, more waiting and finally a basic medical interview based on the previous form filling. The aptitude testing was a very basic multiple choice affair. First you take a general test which asks simple questions like:

Which of the following words does not belong:

Dog. Cat. Bird. Tyre. Fish.

After completing the first test or running out of time (the tests are timed), you have a short one minute break before doing the second maths based test. The maths test is a little bit more involved but overall the questions are simple like:

Plane A and Plane B are 500 kilometres apart and flying towards each other. If plane A is travelling at a constant speed of 240 k/m and plane B is travelling at a constant speed of 360 k/m when will the planes meet?

The informal interview afterwards is nothing special. You’re asked a few questions to sum up what you know about the ADF and are then presented with the results of your aptitude testing and the roles you can join. I chose Communication Electronic Technician and due to being a job in demand had an interview set up on the spot.

Communication Electronic Technicians maintain and repair the Air Force’s vast array of radar, radios, satellite and computer systems to ensure the Air Force has an accurate view of the airspace around it.

Three hours had passed and I spent a fourth hour doing some form filling and confirming some of my answers with a nurse before heading home. My job interview is scheduled for Tuesday the 23rd.