Situational Judgement
Judge the most effective response
NATS Stage 2 pairs a Situational Judgement Test with a listening test, both proctored online by Aon. The SJT assesses, in NATS's own words, "how you evaluate possible responses to workplace situations". You read a realistic scenario from a safety-critical operation and choose the response you judge most effective — then see the reasoning behind every item.
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What to expect
- A short workplace scenario, then four possible responses.
- Pick the one you judge MOST effective — one answer per item.
- No technical ATC knowledge is needed or assumed.
- Full reasoning for every scenario once the run finishes.
What it measures
- Judgement in safety-critical situations
- Knowing when to speak up, and to whom
- Balancing procedure, pace and teamwork
Instructions
- 1Read the whole scenario before looking at the responses.
- 2Ask what a safe, professional colleague would actually do — not what sounds most decisive.
- 3Prefer resolving a doubt at source over waiting for evidence.
- 4There's no clock pressure: an SJT measures judgement, not speed.
Tips
- Watch for options that are right in principle but escalate too far, too fast — they're usually second best, not best.
- Doing nothing, or waiting to see what happens, is almost never the strongest response in a safety-critical setting.
- NATS publishes no mark scheme for this. Our answers are keyed to accepted safety-critical principles and explained, so you can disagree knowingly.
Situational Judgement
A workplace situation from a safety-critical operation, then four possible responses. No ATC knowledge needed — Stage 2 candidates have not been trained yet.
You are under training on a live position. A pilot reads back a clearance and you are not certain the readback matched what you issued. Your supervisor is occupied with another position. Which response would be the MOST effective?