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Which Airline did you interview with? United
How many days between invite, interview, and listed availability?
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?
What is your experience? Military
Total Flight Time 2,000-3,000
Total Turbine PIC Time 1,000-2,000
General Overview of Experience As depicted on all the ECIC trip reports.
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? Invite came the day after my 4th rec went into airline apps.
How many internal recs did you have? 3-4
How long was it from the time of your invite to the actual interview? 4 weeks
Did you have any issues with logbooks, application or paperwork? None.
Logbook / ARMs printout was never mentioned or discussed.
Application that I reviewed/signed was archived data from about the time I got the invite, not most current AirlineApps data … that being said they only wanted updates of more than 100 hours.
How did you prepare for the JKT/COG portion of the interview? N/A (United)
Technical Test Questions As expected.
For the callouts, the CA will put a slide up on the monitor to work from.
This is the “side view” from the packet they give you to study … with ALL of the words removed.
What was the hardest technical question or content you experienced during the job knowledge test? N/A (United)
Cog Test N/A (United)
Cog Math Questions N/A (United)
HR Questions None of them were verbatim from the gouge … but very similar.
I felt like the tone of the TMAAT questions has shifted some from the bank.
There were no TMAAT you screwed up, made a bad decision, got mad type questions.
All of the TMAAT questions were positive, a time you did great, a time you helped, a time you went above and beyond.
How long prior to the interview did you prepare for the HR portion of the interview? 4 weeks (I had a long stretch from the invite to the interview)
Which HR Prep service did you use and did it help? ECIC … yes!
Don’t go into an interview blind.
Any additional information you would like to add. The previous trip reports are spot on, so read them.
Everyone bends over backwards and tries to put you at ease … try to relax.
They want to hire you.Prior:
The Doubletree was convenient and free breakfast.
Be sure to get your shoes shined by Mr. Park in the lobby. He’s been doing it for 37 years and gives a nice pep-talk. Plan on 30 minutes for the shine.
They have a shuttle to the airport, to the training center, and will also take folks wherever you want (local restaurant, Walmart, etc.) time permitting.Day of:
Read all the fine print in the information United sends … they want you to arrive 30 minutes prior to your interview time.
Cranium’s up, the map of the facility in the information packet is oriented south-up.
You will start at the security desk once you walk in.
Security officer will want an id (preferably driver’s license) and for you to sign in, then you’ll get a badge.
She will give you ridiculously detailed instructions on how to walk in and take the 3rd door on the right.
Pilot Recruiting:
Walk in and introduce yourself.
Since the interview process is (relatively short), Doris introduced us to a guy that was just finishing up for a quick pep-talk, what to expect, etc.
One thing I wasn’t expecting was how small the pilot recruiting office/interview area was.
The office side was about as large as a standard hotel room, with 3 desks (AmyLynn, Doris, etc.) and a small table that they’ll sit you down at.
Doris (or AmyLynn) will take your paperwork and logbook, and have you review and sign your App.
Of note, the App was “old.” Even though it was printed out the day prior, it was an archived copy of the App from about the time you got the call.
(recommend you have a current copy of your own app to reference).
You will also review/sign a single piece of paper that has a printout of your hours. That paper was up-to-date with AirlineApps data from the day prior.
Of note, they only wanted changes of 100 hours or more, and didn’t seem overly concerned with in-the-weeds level details.
For example, I had changed jobs (military) but was still at the same base and flying the same aircraft since the printout … and they did not need/want that information.
There is plenty of water and granola bars/snacks around.
You will leave your briefcase in that room … have/take a folder to carry resumes, etc. for the interview portion.
There were plenty of folks coming and going … feel free to chat.
Interview Area:
Again, I was surprised at the smallness of it all.
The interview area is connected to the pilot recruiting room, and is another room about the size of a standard hotel room (maybe 20×30).
Half of that area is for waiting (comfy leather chairs, magazines, water, snacks).
The other half is divided into 3 “briefing rooms,” each fairly small at about 8×10 or so. Each briefing room has a table, 2’x4′ or so … so it’s an up-close and personal event.
There is a small whiteboard in the waiting area that said when to expect training (if successful at the interview). I interviewed early December, training in March.
I did the technical interview first.
Technical Interview (1.5 hours):
The same “briefing room” setup with table, but there is a monitor on the wall at the end of the table that the captain will use for slides, video, etc.
My captain was personable, helpful, made plenty of small talk along the way.
The whole process flowed in a chronological order.
CA showed me the tools on the Ipad, told me the routing (Denver to Portland) and runways in use, and gave me all the time I wanted to review SID, STAR, Approaches, WX, and Notams.
Of note, he was using live, real-time weather and notams … I got the impression not all tech interviews do.
Briefed the plan, and off we went … basically briefing a section of the flight and then answering questions about that section and going on to the next.
A few “climb via” and “descend via” questions, but once I demonstrated I knew what I was talking about he didn’t dig.
A few questions about Hot Spots.
Of note, when talking about the callouts, there will be a slide on the monitor to talk from. It is the Side-View graphic from the packet with NO WORDS at all.
Just the picture of the aircraft, the “flightpath,” the dots along the flight path, and the runway.
My EP was a yaw damper light … very straightforward to get in the QRH, turn it off, turn it on, fixed the problem, press on.
My CRM video was a crew going into Reno at night and getting a ground proximity (mountain) warning.
This portion definitely felt like a discussion with a few questions sprinkled in … not a grilling.
Back to the waiting area.
Although the 2v1 interview is scheduled for 1.5 hours, they spend about 30 minutes of that reviewing all your information with the “briefing room” door closed.
I chatted with my technical interview CA since he was out and milling around. This would also be a good time to work on thank-you notes.
HR interview:
Not much to add to this section.
The door to the “briefing room” will open, and the CA will come out and get you.
As I mentioned, it’s close quarters.
I don’t recall the exact questions asked, but the flow was as expected:
-They told me about the flow, what was going to happen, and to use the STAR method.
-Tell us about yourself?
-4-5 TMAAT questions?
-Why United?
-Questions for us?
This part definitely felt like it flew by and went quick!
The interviewers have pre-printed sheets that they ask questions from and take notes on.
None of the TMAAT questions were verbatim from the MQF, but similar.
I will say that I felt like the tone of the questions was much more positive than I expected.
There were no “TMAAT you screwed up, or got mad, or made a mistake” negative type questions.
All of the questions were about a time you did something good, or above and beyond, or helped.
They were all positively framed.
There was no mention of my logbook at all.
Done:
Check out with the pilot recruiting folks (Doris, AmyLynn) before you leave.
Give a pep-talk to the next batch of interviewees.
Write your thank-you notes.
Of Note, if you don’t remember the names of the folks you interviewed with, or want to make sure you spell them correctly, you can ask Doris/AmyLynn.
Doris showed me the master interview spreadsheet so I could get names, and I did notice that they have lots of different CAs and HR folks coming and going to do interviews.
It’s not the same 2 folks interviewing every candidate for weeks on end. My technical interview CA had done a couple that day and was off to catch a trip. My HR lady ran out after my interview to try to catch a flight back to the west coast. There was a different CA doing the 2v1 interview for the guy after me. Lots of moving parts (and people to chat with) in the pilot recruiting department.
Good Luck!
(and relax).
Is their anything you wish you could have done different to prepare you for this process? Nope
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