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Which Airline did you interview with? Delta Airlines
How many days between invite, interview, and listed availability? Invite-Interview: 8 weeks Invite-Availability: 7 Weeks
Did you include volunteer work in your application? No
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 4,000-5,000
Total Turbine PIC Time
TPIC 121 hours 0
TPIC Military hours >2000
TPIC 91/135 0
General Overview of Experience An excellent experience overall. The whole Pilot Selection Team goes out of their way to make you feel at ease and give you the opportunity to put your best foot forward.
How long did you have your application in before you received an invite? 1-6 months
Did you attend a job fair? No
Did you do anything special that triggered the interview invitation? I had a former coworker and current Delta FO email the HR department with my application information. He was also someone who had written a recommendation for me on Airline Apps, not sure if that sped things along. It was less then 3 weeks from him emailing HR to receiving the invite.
How many internal recs did you have? 5+
How long was it from the time of your invite to the actual interview? 7 weeks
Did you have any issues with logbooks, application or paperwork? The only issue I had was with a GPA calculation. I had transferred credits from a community college to a 4-year school, and on the unofficial transcript there was a combined GPA. On the official transcript they were separate. I explained this to the HR rep and he had me update the line on the application so there wouldn’t be any confusion.
I would definitely recommend ordering an extra set of official transcripts for yourself so you can work off of the same piece of paper.
How did you prepare for the JKT/COG portion of the interview? I did the 15 day RST course and ran through the COG until I was comfortable with all the modules, I was getting around 750. I would say that overall I spent about 50 hours going over the material, but I am a fast reader and have had success using the Shepherd Air method of going through the questions, highlighting missed questions, then going through those twice. If you are spending more than 100 hours on the JKT, the time is far better spent on HR prep.
Technical Test Questions Nothing surprising here, seemed about the same as the JKT prep on RST. Not many math type questions, I had three if I recall. The 15 day course is plenty to get you a passing score on this, spend extra time on the HR portion.
What was the hardest technical question or content you experienced during the job knowledge test? The only question that really made me scratch my head was about runway nose down trim, the way the answers were worded (would you want higher or lower flaps) made it difficult to determine if they were asking about the flap setting or actual position of the flaps.
Cog Test If you are comfortable with the RST COG you’ll do fine on this. Overall it was way easier. The shape to numbers portion actually leaves the legend up the whole time. The localizer is the exception, it seems to be scaled to the amount of deviation. It is easier to keep it centered, but the further it gets from center the more sensitive it gets and it is much harder to re-center it.
Cog Math Questions Easier then RST.
HR Questions The HR portion was pretty straight forward, no surprise. They went around the room and introduced themselves and told me when it was my turn to give them 5 minutes of my professional career up to this point. I started with my first job and used it to tie in some points from Rules of the Road that I knew were lacking in other areas of my job history.
Next I got TMAAT you had unpopular opinion, I used a story I had prepared and again tied it back to Rules of the Road and the importance of listening.
Then I got the ever popular line of thunderstorms dilemma, I explained safety first, then passenger comfort. They pressed on the potential to divert and what I was considering in regards to a divert location. I explained my rational in terms of passenger comfort, assuming safety wasn’t an issue, that I would prefer a larger hub with more flights to get customers to their original destination as quickly as possible. This seemed to be what they were looking for and they moved on.
Then I got WWYD if the anti-skid light came on. Safety first, can I get into the destination. They said yes, would you declare an emergency? I answered no, but I would request that equipment be standing by in case the failure was caused by a hydraulic leak and we needed them on landing. I then said I would brief the passengers on exactly what was wrong and what they could expect on landing (honesty from Rules of the Road) and then I would bring up the flight attendants and review the evacuations procedures so that it would be fresh in our minds if we had a brake fire on landing.
The last general question was how do you combat complacency and why is it important to recognize? I used a story about a time complacency could have been a problem on one of my deployments, and an anecdote from my current aircraft about how we use simple “housekeeping” items such as centering the heading bug to gauge each other’s attention to detail and warn of impending complacency.
The last two questions I received were tailored to my app, what was the most rewarding part of my career and how would I bring my leadership skills to Delta as an FO. They seemed to be getting at how I would handle going from the top of a career back to the bottom. I highlighted my love of learning and that I had recently transitioned airframes and enjoyed the experience of learning from more experienced people. I also highlighted my experience of flying into airports around the globe and being able to help the Capt in a divert scenario.
The very last part of the interview they asked if I had any questions for them. I asked what the most rewarding part of working for Delta was and how easy is it for flight crew to get involved in innovation. This is another opportunity for you to illustrate that you have done your homework on the company and for you to highlight something that wasn’t discussed in the rest of the interview. For me, I was involved in several innovative projects over my career and I was able to use Delta’s litany of “first to X” as a way to tie something from my background to something that Delta values.
How long prior to the interview did you prepare for the HR portion of the interview? 1 month
Which HR Prep service did you use and did it help? I didn’t use an HR prep service. I started with Rules of the Road and tied it directly to my current job and the Air Force core values. I then broke down the questions on the HR simulator into 10 broad categories and came up with stories from my career that fit. I then made sure I could tie those stories back to Delta’s values. For my final prep, I used someone who has done a significant amount of interviewing and spent about 2 hours going over Delta as a company and how my answers illustrated what Delta values.
Any additional information you would like to add. None.
Is there anything you wish you could have done different to prepare you for this process? I would have focused less on the JKT and more on the HR portion polishing my answers.
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