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Application Process Samples [ 2019-present]

Hey, That's good to know, I'm based out of Edmonton and I have a Test Scheduled next month in the Edmonton detachment. Did you practice before your CFAT, any tips That you would recommend before going in?
Also, Did you complete Your Formal Interview, if yes how was your experience?
Thanks for sharing your Thoughts on the Topic!
Yeah, I brushed up a bit on my vocabulary and mathematics when I was studying for the CFAT. I've used army-test to study and it worked out pretty great from my experience. You can use either the CFAT Practice app if you prefer studying with a mobile device, or army-test for PC. I believe both are made by the same people since on the army-test site it also linked towards the CFAT Practice app. However, both of them required you to pay their subscription in order to gain full access to them so it's up to you if you really want to spend a bit of cash. But it's really worth it at the end.

I'm not allowed to share or disclose any information about my experience or what type of questions they asked me during my interview and medical, but for the interview, just wear your formal clothes and have a general understanding of the trade you've picked. Also, be open and honest as well when answering their questions, same goes for the medical checkup.
 
Hey, That's good to know, I'm based out of Edmonton and I have a Test Scheduled next month in the Edmonton detachment. Did you practice before your CFAT, any tips That you would recommend before going in?
Also, Did you complete Your Formal Interview, if yes how was your experience?
Thanks for sharing your Thoughts on the Topic!
Practise the CFAT for sure. The practice tests like this one Test Window will give you a good idea of what to expect. In the math section in particular there are a lot of questions that aren't difficult math, but need to be thought through carefully, as well as a couple of left-field questions that are a big step up in difficulty compared to the rest. Time management is the biggest factor. Skip questions and come back to them at the end rather than wasting time going in circles on them.
 
Update:
Recruiting Centre: CFRC Vancouver
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: Officer (DEO)
Trade Choice 1: Artillery Officer
Trade Choice 2: Logistics Officer
Trade Choice 3: -
Application: Sep 20, 2022
First Contact: Sep 21, 2022
CFAT: Oct 6, 2022
Medical 1&2: Oct 18, 2022
Interview: Oct 17, 2022
Medical Approved: Nov 02, 2022
Final Processing: Nov 03, 2022
Interview 2: Sep 20, 2023 (Update Interview completed and cleared)
Reliability Screening: Sep 20, 2023 started
Competition List: ...
Position Offered: ...
Enrollment: ...
BMOQ: ...
 
Practise the CFAT for sure. The practice tests like this one Test Window will give you a good idea of what to expect. In the math section in particular there are a lot of questions that aren't difficult math, but need to be thought through carefully, as well as a couple of left-field questions that are a big step up in difficulty compared to the rest. Time management is the biggest factor. Skip questions and come back to them at the end rather than wasting time going in circles on them.
Hey, I have been practicing I have to agree time management especially the left fielded questions is a must, skipping is what I usually do and come back later, but I greatly appreciate the support!
 
Recruiting Centre: Local Armoury
Regular/Reserve: Reserves
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: Infanteer
Trade Choice 2: Armoured Soldier
Trade Choice 3: N/A
Application: July 25th 2023
First Contact: Jul 27th 2023
CFAT: Aug 2nd 2023
FORCE: 12th Sept 2023
Medical & Interview: Pending
Final Processing: Pending
Competition List: Pending
Selected: Pending
Offered: Pending
Enrollment: Pending
BMQ: Pending

Best of luck everyone!
 
Recruiting Centre: Local Armoury
Regular/Reserve: Reserves
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: Infanteer
Trade Choice 2: Armoured Soldier
Trade Choice 3: N/A
Application: July 25th 2023
First Contact: Jul 27th 2023
CFAT: Aug 2nd 2023
FORCE: 12th Sept 2023
Medical & Interview: Pending
Final Processing: Pending
Competition List: Pending
Selected: Pending
Offered: Pending
Enrollment: Pending
BMQ: Pending

Best of luck everyone!
Hey, i got my CFAT comin up this month any helpful tips, and your experience. Thanks
 
Recruiting Centre: Local Armoury
Regular/Reserve: Reserve
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: Infanteer
Trade Choice 2: Armoured Soldier (taken off I think?)
Trade Choice 3: None
Application: Jan 12, 2023
First Contact: Jan 13, 2023
CFAT & FORCE: March 21, 2023
Medical & Interview: March 25, 2023
Final Processing: April 21, 2023 (unsure but around that period)
Ready for Competition List: August 11, 2023
Competition List: September 7, 2023
Selected: N/A
Offered: N/A
Enrollment: N/A
BMQ: N/A

Will post back for an update. Best of luck to other applicants!

Recruiting Centre: Local Armoury
Regular/Reserve: Reserve
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: Infanteer
Trade Choice 2: Armoured Soldier (taken off I think?)
Trade Choice 3: None
Application: Jan 12, 2023
First Contact: Jan 13, 2023
CFAT & FORCE: March 21, 2023
Medical & Interview: March 25, 2023
Final Processing: April 21, 2023 (unsure but around that period)
Ready for Competition List: August 11, 2023
Competition List/Selected: September 7, 2023 (No competition selection process according to my recruiter)
Offered: N/A
Enrollment: N/A
BMQ: N/A

Will post back for an update. Best of luck to other applicants!
 
Hey, i got my CFAT comin up this month any helpful tips, and your experience. Thanks
Hey! The best advice I can give is to brush up on grade 10 Math skills, pay attention to the questions as sometimes the answer is in front of you, if you don't know something YouTube is a perfect place to start for preparation, push yourself and keep looking through the test even if you're done and last this one I got from a reddit comment regarding Spatial Ability, the best way to see is to look for the sides/faces instead of the whole shape, it makes life way easier! For me, the Verbal Skills and Spatial Ability sections were easier, but I panicked while doing the Problem Solving section as I am not the best in math. You can do it, and best of luck!!
 
Thought I'd start up sharing my experience with the Pilot recruitment process.

Recruiting Centre: Vancouver (New Westminster)
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: Officer
Trade Choice 1: Pilot
Trade Choice 2: Intelligence Officer
Trade Choice 3: N/A
Application: August 15 2023
First Contact: August 28 2023
CFAT: September 21 2023 (Successful)
ROTP Admission: Pending
FORCE: Pending
Medical & Interview: Pending
Final Processing: Pending
Competition List: Pending
Selected: Pending
Offered: Pending
Enrollment: Pending
BMQ: Pending
 
Recruiting Centre: London, ON
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: Officer
Trade Choice 1: Public Affairs Officer
Application: November 2022
CFAT: March 2023
Interview: June 2023
Medical: August 2023
WCPT: September 22, 2023 (Results received Oct. 3)
Final Processing: September 2023
Competition List: October 3, 2023
Selected:
Offered:
Enrollment:
BMQ:
 
Recruiting Centre: Local Armoury
Regular/Reserve: Reserve
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: Infanteer
Trade Choice 2: Armoured Soldier (taken off I think?)
Trade Choice 3: None
Application: Jan 12, 2023
First Contact: Jan 13, 2023
CFAT & FORCE: March 21, 2023
Medical & Interview: March 25, 2023
Final Processing: April 21, 2023 (unsure but around that period)
Ready for Competition List: August 11, 2023
Competition List/Selected: September 7, 2023 (No competition selection process according to my recruiter)
Offered: N/A
Enrollment: N/A
BMQ: N/A

Will post back for an update. Best of luck to other applicants!
Recruiting Centre: Local Armoury
Regular/Reserve: Reserve
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: Infanteer
Trade Choice 2: Armoured Soldier (taken off I think?)
Trade Choice 3: None
Application: Jan 12, 2023
First Contact: Jan 13, 2023
CFAT & FORCE: March 21, 2023
Medical & Interview: March 25, 2023
Final Processing: April 21, 2023 (unsure but around that period)
Ready for Competition List: August 11, 2023
Competition List/Selected: September 7, 2023 (No competition selection process according to my recruiter)
Offered: October 11, 2023
Enrollment: October 16, 2023
BMQ: N/A

Finally got in! Best of luck to other applicants!
 
Recruiting Centre: Local Armoury
Regular/Reserve: Reserve
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: Infanteer
Trade Choice 2: Armoured Soldier (taken off I think?)
Trade Choice 3: None
Application: Jan 12, 2023
First Contact: Jan 13, 2023
CFAT & FORCE: March 21, 2023
Medical & Interview: March 25, 2023
Final Processing: April 21, 2023 (unsure but around that period)
Ready for Competition List: August 11, 2023
Competition List/Selected: September 7, 2023 (No competition selection process according to my recruiter)
Offered: October 11, 2023
Enrollment: October 16, 2023
BMQ: N/A

Finally got in! Best of luck to other applicants!
Congratulations! Planning on doing BMQ part-time or full-time? :)
 
Recruiting Centre: Halifax
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: Officer (DEO)
Trade Choice 1: Nursing Officer
Application: Nov 3rd, 2022
First Contact: Nov 8th, 2022
CFAT: Dec 5th, 2022 (successful)
Medical: Jan 9th, 2023
Interview: Jan 17th, 2023
Medical Forms Submitted: April 19th, 2023
Med Fit: April 28th, 2023
Final Processing: Sometime in May, never showed up on the portal
Competition List: Late May, 2023
Selected:
Position Offered:
Enrolment:
BMOQ:

Not very hopeful of being selected this year since I wasn’t on CL before April 1st and it’s a very competitive trade from what I’ve heard, but fingers crossed!
Update:

Recruiting Centre: Halifax
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: Officer (DEO)
Trade Choice 1: Nursing Officer
Application: Nov 3rd, 2022
First Contact: Nov 8th, 2022
CFAT: Dec 5th, 2022 (successful)
Medical: Jan 9th, 2023
Interview: Jan 17th, 2023
Medical Forms Submitted: April 19th, 2023
Med Fit: April 28th, 2023
Final Processing: Sometime in May, never showed up on the portal
Competition List: Late May, 2023
Selected: October 12th, 2023
Position Offered: October 12th, 2023
Enrolment: October 25th, 2023
BMOQ: November 6th, 2023

Trust the process!
 
Update:

Recruiting Centre: Halifax
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: Officer (DEO)
Trade Choice 1: Nursing Officer
Application: Nov 3rd, 2022
First Contact: Nov 8th, 2022
CFAT: Dec 5th, 2022 (successful)
Medical: Jan 9th, 2023
Interview: Jan 17th, 2023
Medical Forms Submitted: April 19th, 2023
Med Fit: April 28th, 2023
Final Processing: Sometime in May, never showed up on the portal
Competition List: Late May, 2023
Selected: October 12th, 2023
Position Offered: October 12th, 2023
Enrolment: October 25th, 2023
BMOQ: November 6th, 2023

Trust the process!
Awesome- really quick turnaround on your medical forms to med fit- was it a really minor medical issue or just lucky that they cleared you through quick, do you think? I'm feeling like it's going to be a long while still before I hear back. and I'm bracing myself for a rejection and lengthy appeal process...
 
Recruiting Centre: St. John's , NL
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: ATIS
Trade Choice 2: Information Systems Technician
Trade Choice 3: Signal Technician
Application: July 20th 2023
First Contact: was none till I went directly into the recruiting centre and asked why.
CFAT: Oct 5th, 2023
Medical: Oct 5th, 2023
Medical Forms: submitted Oct 2023, approved but awaiting final approval
Interview: Oct 12th, 2023
Background Check: ...
Competition List: ...
Position Offered: ...
Enrollment: ...
BMQ: ...
 
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Recruiting Centre: Local Armoury
Regular/Reserve: Reserve
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: Infanteer
Trade Choice 2: Armoured Soldier (taken off I think?)
Trade Choice 3: None
Application: Jan 12, 2023
First Contact: Jan 13, 2023
CFAT & FORCE: March 21, 2023
Medical & Interview: March 25, 2023
Final Processing: April 21, 2023 (unsure but around that period)
Ready for Competition List: August 11, 2023
Competition List/Selected: September 7, 2023 (No competition selection process according to my recruiter)
Offered: October 11, 2023
Enrollment: October 16, 2023
BMQ: N/A

Finally got in! Best of luck to other applicants!
Recruiting Centre: Local Armoury
Regular/Reserve: Reserve
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: Infanteer
Trade Choice 2: Armoured Soldier (taken off I think?)
Trade Choice 3: None
Application: Jan 12, 2023
First Contact: Jan 13, 2023
CFAT & FORCE: March 21, 2023
Medical & Interview: March 25, 2023
Final Processing: April 21, 2023 (unsure but around that period)
Ready for Competition List: August 11, 2023
Competition List/Selected: September 7, 2023 (No competition selection process according to my recruiter)
Offered: October 11, 2023
Enrollment: October 16, 2023
BMQ: Around January 4, 2024

Thus' my application process chronicles has finally come to an end. Best of luck to other applicants who are still applying and don't give up!
 
Recruiting Centre: Local Armoury
Regular/Reserve: Reserve
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: Infanteer
Trade Choice 2: Armoured Soldier (taken off I think?)
Trade Choice 3: None
Application: Jan 12, 2023
First Contact: Jan 13, 2023
CFAT & FORCE: March 21, 2023
Medical & Interview: March 25, 2023
Final Processing: April 21, 2023 (unsure but around that period)
Ready for Competition List: August 11, 2023
Competition List/Selected: September 7, 2023 (No competition selection process according to my recruiter)
Offered: October 11, 2023
Enrollment: October 16, 2023
BMQ: Around January 4, 2024

Thus' my application process chronicles has finally come to an end. Best of luck to other applicants who are still applying and don't give up!
Congrats! It took 4 months for your final processing!?? I'm at final processing stage now and God I hope it doesn't take that long lol
 
FYI - I did my medical in late July and we're "still waiting for Ottawa" according to the recruiter.
 
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