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does anyone have a good few sentances to reel off when they ask why you want to join the Paras rather than another unit.....they always come back with the classic one that you can jump out of planes but not have to join the paras....i can`t think of any reasons why that wont make me sound a bit daft in an interview situaton.....cheers:P

couple of things you could do:

1) brown nose with the "dont want to be an ordinary hat" stuff (which they may see as brown nosing)

2) go with the "i want to be more than just an infanteer" (similar to 1, but less brown-nosing

3) read up on regiment history and say you want to be a part of it (a little more brown nosing)

ultimatly, be honest.

Yeah i got the classic line too in my 2nd Interview. They are going to ask you what you can give to the Para Reg, they kept trying to startle me with questions like that. I passed, it felt more like i was being interogated rather than have an interview. It was the Lesbo Staff Sgt i had, i never liked her since i first seen her. She is still trying to get me to join an Infantry regiment, if i was i would of not had such a hard time with her. You know what, she aint going to stop me becomming a para. She is even saying that she needs proof that i can do 1.5 Miles in under 9.18 before she even sends me off to RSC. But she would happily send me off for Infantry. I am rambling and sorry for going a bit off topic, but thats how my interview was and still the same after it. I need to get my run time down though, about another month and i should of cracked it. If she is still being a pain in the arse i am going to another AFCO.

Ive got a Informal Interview coming up. well its basically half the day watching videos then a informal interview at the end. Would you still wear shirt and tie etc.

I just went in casuals for my informal one, but still looked smart but not shirt and tie smart.

good luck grimey.... dont let sgt lezza stop you... i should be at RSC in about a month or so but i need to shave some time off my BFT also

How did your formal interview go then mate ? I had mine today, with regards to the question u mentioned earlier ive been quite lucky in that area the Sargeant whose incharge of my application has been telling me to make sure i get what i want and not to settle for any other regs and hes from the kings aswell couldnt belive it

One of the ways to explain why you want to join is just to say,"some people want to be pop stars or racing drivers me I just want to be a paratrooper, it is most like a calling, all you need to do is to bless my application".

was better than i thought funny you should say that though, my sgt said do not sway under any circumstances in your choice as the mjr will think its a sign of mental weakness..not that i would have chnaged my mind anyway.... you off to rsc soon? i should be there in september.. i hope i can make an intake before the new year ... luckily my interview came before tab posted or i might have ended up as a padre

Yeah should be at rsc in 3 - 4 weeks but theve said that before so i wont hold ma breath.
when have you got your confirmatory interview i gotta wait 2 weeks coz the WO2 is on holiday, on the other hand tho it gives me more time to get rid of this runners knee an get ma BFT time down

didn`t know about that one...i`ll phone tommorow and find out, my afco said i was going to get a letter for a date for RSC soon...having said that i may have to postpone it as i dont seem to be getting any better at my BFT can imagine saying im going for the paras then being outrun by everyone else going for the engineers etc haha that would be a kick in the knackers

What time are you running it atm mate ? mines down around 9:40 but physio has told me i need to ease off the running a bit because the runners knee i have could lead to stress fractures in the top of ma shins so gotta be careful now only alowed to run 3 - 4 times a week now just have to make each run count i guess

I wore a suit and tie.

Pretty straight forward - didn't really ask much apart from confirmed a load of details, confirmed what I wanted to do (7 Para) and gave me an advanced job brief. That was a sat, I was at RSC the following Tuesday.

i`m doing a 3.3 mile course in 21m 44secs....i think thats about 9-10mins for a 1.5 mile so i`m pretty much in the same boat :O i`m on a diet at the moment to get my body fat down so i should be able to go quicker... no more donuts for me over the next few weeks i want to get it down to about 8 minutes 30 incase i feel like shit on the day...i`m not sure if thats possible in 4 weeks...may have to stall them a bit ... its probably best to cut back on your running a bit with something like that, you will probably save yourself time in the long run by not making it worse

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