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Which Airline did you interview with? Delta
How many days between invite, interview, and listed availability? 8 weeks invite to interview; invite was after availability date
Did you include volunteer work in your application? Yes
Did you receive a job offer? Yes
If you did not receive the CJO why do you think you weren’t chosen to continue in the process? N/A
What is your experience? Military
Total Flight Time 2,000-3,000
Total Turbine PIC Time
TPIC 121 hours 0
TPIC Military hours 1000-2000
TPIC 91/135 0
General Overview of Experience The interviews are conducted alphabetically. In our group there were 12 interviewees and 3 interview teams resulting in 4 interview times spread throughout the day between 0830 and 1430. I believe this is pretty typical of the numbers. There are 2 testing time periods: 0830-1130 and 1230-1530. Each testing period consists of 3 approximately 1 hour tests taken in the following order: Cog Test, Personality Test (~280 questions) and Technical Knowledge Test. The only test actually timed is the Knowledge Test where you have 60 minutes to answer 60 questions. Some individuals will finish early while others will have a break in the middle of the day. For example, i your last name starts with “Z” your schedule will be testing 0830-1130, break from 1130-1430 and then interview 1430-1530.
How long did you have your application in before you received an invite? 6-12 months
Did you attend a job fair? No
Did you do anything special that triggered the interview invitation? Internal Recommendation
How many internal recs did you have? 1-2
How long was it from the time of your invite to the actual interview? 8 weeks
Did you have any issues with logbooks, application or paperwork? No. I created a digital logbook to translate my military records (primary time for example) into the appropriate application times (PIC, Dual Received). However, on advice from several people that went through the process, I decided not to include this information or associated summary sheet with my turn-in. All I brought was my green military flight records folder (original checked out from HARM office) and a current Flight Hours Report (FHR) summarizing my flight time printed by the HARM office. I received no questions and I believe they spend all of 2 minutes looking at it, just to make sure you meet all the minimum requirements. Personal logbooks likely receive more scrutiny.
How did you prepare for the JKT/COG portion of the interview? RST. I also read most of the book “Everything Explained for the Professional Pilot,” but honestly that was overkill. RST contains everything you need to do well on all testing.
Technical Test Questions Sorry, I can’t remember specifics, but there were no surprises on my test. I felt that all the questions were things I had already seen in RST or they tested the same concept as something I had already seen.
What was the hardest technical question or content you experienced during the job knowledge test? The only question I can remember at this point is:
When flying a No Flap approach, your approach speed (increases/decreases) and your tail clearance (increases/decreases). The first part is easy, but I had to think a little about the second part. The correct answer is faster final approach speed and less tail clearance.
Cog Test The only surprise here was the exercise where you correlate symbols to numbers. Make sure you take some time to memorize the relationship and then do the exercise. The legend stays on the page, however, memorizing the sequence will not only make you go faster, but they later in the Cog Test they ask you to recall the sequence.
Cog Math Questions I had very little Math and it was all easy.
HR Questions – Tell me about a recent event that has had a major impact on the airline industry.
– WWYD: flight attendant reports human trafficking
– TMAAT: worst emergency you’ve dealt with in-flight
– TMAAT: someone questioned or disagreed with your decision
How long prior to the interview did you prepare for the HR portion of the interview? 90 days, but focused on it 30 days prior.
Which HR Prep service did you use and did it help? Emerald Coast. It definitely helped. I did 2 Webinars which were very good practice. Also, my top off counselor asked me several of the same questions I got in my actual interview. I also found it useful to practice with friends going through the process.
Any additional information you would like to add. No
Is there anything you wish you could have done different to prepare you for this process? I would have gone to Atlanta 2 days prior to my interview to adjust and make sure I was well rested. The most challenging part of the process is I only slept 1.5 hours the day before the interview. It was mostly self-imposed stress, but also sleeping in a new environment (room near noisy elevator, couldn’t get the room temperature correct, etc). I think adding a day to the trip would have made the process less painful.
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