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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Booner123" data-source="post: 1201172" data-attributes="member: 18387">There were four sections in mine, the first was my motivation for wanting to join the armed forces and why specifically the Royal Navy. The second was to do with Navy knowledge, he showed me a load of pictures of different ships, aircraft and landing craft from all branches so surface fleet, FAA, RFA and the Royal Marines so make sure you can tell which ship is which from pictures. Current Naval affairs is a big one along with which ship is where. (When I was asked about current naval affairs I specifically told the interviewer which Naval ships were where at the time, this prevents him/her from asking questions on locations of specific ships, more importantly the ones you don't know about.) My training pipeline came up in this section and he wanted to know everything I knew about Dartmouth and then my specialisation so make sure you know this like the back of your hand, if not better. Thirdly I was asked about my leadership experience. I felt like he spent more time on this section than the others so I would make sure you have firm examples. I don't want to alarm you but also be prepared to answer questions you haven't thought of/ found on here. I was asked "What are the pro's and con's of delegation" that threw me a little but I answered and he nodded encouragingly. So be prepared to think on your feet and don't be scared to ask if you can just have a minute to think. It's better than sitting in silence whilst the interviewer wonders what on earth you are doing. Obviously don't say it for every question but you get what I mean.Finally was the mandatory questions part, how do you feel about taking a human life?, Do you understand the Royal Navies policy on drugs? and how do they police it? (I didn't know that part but it's just random drugs tests) and would you serve on a submarine etc etc.  I would say each of the sections 1, 2 and 4 he spent the same amount of time on with him spending an extra five or ten minutes on section 3 (leadership examples). All in all I really quite enjoyed the interview and if asked to I would quite happily do it again. I can't tell you not to be nervous but just try to relax and enjoy it, after all you're having a conversation about your future career, it's something you should be deeply interested in and want to talk about. Good luck tomorrow and be sure to let us know how it goes, who know, I might just see you at AIB. Posted from the Navy Net mobile app (Android / iOS)</blockquote>

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