Hainan Airlines interviewed its new flight attendants in Beijing, May 29, 2012. [Photo / chinadaily.com.cn]

Hainan Airlines interviewed its new flight attendants in Beijing on Tuesday.

The carrier plans to recruit about 1,000 flight attendants this year and recruitment has launched in more than 100 colleges all over the country.

Social media has also been used for the recruitment and over 5,000 candidates have applied through micro blogs since March.

The interview in Beijing was specifically for candidates who applied through micro blog. A total of 109 candidates attended the interview, out of which 20 will be recruited.

The interview will be carried out in other cities soon.

The candidates are aged from 18 to 27 years old. It is required that female candidates should be between 1.65 to 1.75 meters tall and males should be between 1.73 to 1.85 meters tall

Image, mixed abilities, including strain capability and potential in the carrier, are also part of the criteria.

Candidates who can speak rare foreign languages were encouraged to apply.

The recruits will receive two-months training before working on flights.

wangwen@chinadaily.com.cn