Qantas Pilots & Qantas Academy: Course Pack, Practice Tests & Answers [2025]
Applying for a position at Qantas Airlines? You probably know that Qantas Airways uses SHL assessments for the screening of candidates. Qantas Pilot Testing has a strict time limit - for any category, you'll have less than two minutes per question.
To help you ensure you are prepared for the Qantas Pilot Test ahead of you, we have developed a tailored SHL PrepPack for Qantas Candidates.
Qantas Pilots Psychometric Test
What’s Included In Our PrepPack?
Full Qantas SHL Test Simulations:
- 5 Qantas SHL Test Simulations (Interactive &Non-interactive)
Additional Practice Tests:
- Personality & Motivation Practice Test + Customised Reports + Guide
- 21 Numerical Practice Tests
- 20 Inductive Reasoning Practice Tests
- 7 Deductive Reasoning Practice Tests
Study Guides:
- 6 Qantas SHL General Ability Test Study Guides
- 15+ Additional Study Guides
This PrepPack includes:
- Qantas SHL Full Test Simulations & Study Guides - allowing you to practice the actual test's time constraints, format, and types of questions you will encounter on the actual test and identify your weak areas. Including interactive and non-interactive SHL general ability simulation tests and detailed study guides.
- 45+ Additional Practice Tests - covering all the topics and sections you'll face in the Qantas SHL Pilot Aptitude Test. The practice tests will allow you to thoroughly practice your weak points, as revealed by the full test simulation.
- 20+ Qantas SHL Study Guides - providing a thorough understanding of the theory behind each test section and the most effective methods for answering questions.
Applying for Qantas Pilot Academy? You'll need to take the cut-e pilot test!
What Is the Qantas Pilot Test?
The Qantas Pilot Test is the common name for the test taken by candidates for pilot positions, such as Qantas first officer and Qantas second officer. As part of the test, designed specifically for Qantas Airlines by SHL. If you're applying for Qantas Pilot Academy you'll need to take a pilot test, provided by cut-e, in addition to the SHL test.
The SHL Qantas Test includes 3 subtests:
Qantas Pilot Academy
Besides recruiting experienced pilots for their aircrew, Qantas operates its own flight school, Qantas Pilot Academy. Candidates with or without previous aviation or piloting experience can apply to Qantas Pilot Academy and undergo full pilot training.
Qantas Group Pilot Academy aims to develop highly skilled, competent pilots who possess the skills, knowledge, and professionalism that aviation requires. The program prepares students to pursue a rewarding career as airline pilots by providing a comprehensive and structured training environment.
Depending on the program and individual progress, Qantas Pilot Academy training typically lasts for several months to several years. The exact duration may depend on factors such as the type of training program you enrol in, your prior experience (if any), and your proficiency in meeting the required standards.
For more information, you can check out Qantas Pilot Academy's official page.
Qantas Airways is Australia's Flagship Airline. If you are looking for other pilot and aviation assessments, you can find them here:
Cut-e Pilot Test | Ryanair Pilot Test | easyJet Pilot Test | Aer Lingus Assessment | Leading Edge Aviation | Air New Zealand | British Airways Pilot Test | Qatar Airways | Cathay Pacific | Fly Dubai
Qantas Pilot Test Practice Questions (SHL)
This part of the assessment focuses on your ability to extract, calculate, and come to conclusions based on numerical data.
On each question, you'll be presented with numerical data arranged in a graph, table, etc. You'll be asked different questions and will need to be able to draw conclusions and perform numerical calculations based on the data.
Let's take a look at a screenshot of a sample question from our Qantas PrepPack:
Numerical Reasoning Sample
Observe the following screen grab of an interactive numerical question:
How would you answer this question?
SHL Inductive questions revolve around finding the logical rules represented in shapes’ colour, position, etc.
The purpose of an inductive reasoning test is to evaluate the way you think and react to new rules and situations. The questions often require you to identify patterns of rules in diagrams.
Inductive Reasoning Sample
Observe the following graphic series, from left to right, from top to bottom:
Now, observe the following options for the next item in the series:
Which of these options completes the pattern?
In this series, there are 3 small shapes with different patterns of movement: Green, light pink, and yellow triangles.
In each step, the green triangle moves 2 steps in a clockwise direction.
The light pink triangle moves 2 steps in a counterclockwise direction.
Recognizing these two patterns will already lead you to the correct answer. The yellow triangle doesn't show a clear and repeated movement pattern, making it hard to identify the pattern that it follows. However, its' pattern is not necessary in order to find the solution.
Deductive reasoning questions measure your ability to take information from a set of given premises and draw conclusions from them.
Because the tests are abstract questions, they don’t rely on any specific industry or cultural knowledge.
The important thing about these questions is that there is always a logically correct answer.
Deductive Reasoning Sample
Read the following passage, then answer the question:
Three travelers - John, Kate, and Lenny - came back from three trips to the following countries: Mauritania, Nepal, Oman, Peru, and Qatar. The countries each of them visited must be consistent with the following rules and conditions:
- Each country was traveled by at least one of the travelers.
- Each traveler took only one trip during which he or she traveled to only two or three different countries.
- Only one traveler traveled to Qatar.
- Every traveler who has traveled to Mauritania has also traveled to Nepal.
- A traveler who traveled to Qatar did not travel to Peru.
- John traveled to all the countries Kate has traveled to.
If Lenny did not travel to Qatar, which statement cannot be true?
The SHL Occupational Personality Questionnaire is a forced-choice personality assessment. This means that rather than rank yourself on one trait, you will have to choose which of a series of statements, all desirable, describes you most.
In each question, you will be asked to select one statement that most accurately describes you, a statement that describes you the least, and leave the third one blank.
Let's see a sample of how this type of question will look in your test:
OPQ Sample:
Read the following statements:
Which of these statements describes you most, and which describes you least?
In each statement you will be presented with, you will be asked to rate how motivating you find it on a scale from Very Demotivating to Very Motivating.
The Motivation Degrees will be presented as arrows. Let's see a sample of how this type of questions will look in your test:
Motivational Questionnaire Sample
Observe this screen grab, taken from our SHL Motivational Questionnaire Simulation:
How would you answer the question?
Although all Qantas candidates are required to take the SHL test, The Qantas Pilot Academy candidates are asked to take also the cut-e pilot test as an entry test to Qantas Group Pilot Academy.
FAQs
SHL assessments, in general, are fairly unforgiving. This is because they aim to shortlist the large number of applicants Qantas receives. If most people could pass them easily, they would not be useful to Qantas.
Most candidates are not able to finish all the questions on the assessment within the allotted time and come out feeling stressed.
This is why preparation can make a big difference. It will familiarize you with the assessment, reduce anxiety, and allow you to focus on answering questions similar to those you have already solved.
Qantas makes use of SHL General Ability (Verify G+) Test. It's a 24-question, 36-minute assessment that evaluates your ability in numerical, inductive, and deductive reasoning.
In addition, Qantas also uses SHL's personality tests, including the Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ32) and the Motivational Questionnaire.
The General Ability Test is officially 36 minutes long. However, it can take 46 minutes, with time for examples and explanations.
The OPQ and motivational questionnaire can take 25-30 minutes each.
SHL test scores are not absolute but relative. This means your score will not be based on how many questions you answered correctly out of all the questions on the test. Instead, they will indicate where you stand compared to past test-takers.
In order to guarantee advancing to the next stage, you will want to be in the top 20 percentiles.
Ace Your Qantas Pilots Test
Our prep pack mimics the actual test and includes dozens of practice tests covering all the different types of questions in the test. With our practice, you can master the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in your assessment, reduce stress on test day, and increase your chances to success.
