CJO but sent to PARB

Jet Brain, April 19, 2022, CJO Offered, Delta Ride Reports, DAL Ride Report, 0

Which Airline did you interview with?	Delta
How many days between invite, interview, and listed availability?	Invited in November, earliest available dates were given at the end of December.
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?	PARB (possibly MMPI / Psych interview).
What is your experience?	121,Other
Total Flight Time	5,000-8,000
Total Turbine PIC Time	TPIC 121 hours 0 TPIC Military hours 0 TPIC 91/135 0
General Overview of Experience	Some general aviation, otherwise entirely international, no experience with US airlines.
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?	Heavy international time, internal rec.
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?	Not that I was advised of.
Technical Test Questions	None.
HR Questions	They were really interested in my training and academic history. Why did I pick the schools that I went to? What did I like better Part 61 or 141 training? Why didn’t I want to get the CFI? Mainly it was ‘tailored’ specifically to what they wanted to know about me. 0 questions about my checkride failures (because I do have some).
How long prior to the interview did you prepare for the HR portion of the interview?	Started preparing a month and a half prior to the interview.
How did you prep?	RST weekly webinars and also RST for the online portion. Read a great book by Rick Hogan called ‘How to land a top paying airline job’, that book alone is a great supplement to any study material that you may use.

Any additional information you would like to add.	Overall it was a very positive experience and I got to meet some amazing individuals, both among the interviewers (there was an HR employee observing my panel who spent almost 50 years with DAL!) and my fellow interviewees. Very organized and easy going process on Delta’s part. Early start at around 7am. Copies of docs collected first, did the HR panel, next MMPI (took it once, some people had to take it second time after lunch), short lunch break (very short, so plan on that, Delta did take care of us with free coffee, Biskoff cookies and some nuts though). After lunch CJOs were handed out to all of us who passed the HR part. Some further paperwork filled out and then the Zoom/Teams interview with a psychologist. Fingerprints and urine collection, and I was out before 3pm for my flight in a couple hours. Later that night I received an email notifying that my case was being sent to the PARB (pilot acquisition review board), and further confirmation on my CJO will be sent. About 3 weeks later got the email that PARB review was unfortunately unsuccessful and my CJO would not be extended. No mention about reapplying in the future.
Is there anything you wish you could have done different to prepare you for this process?	My guess is that I got flagged by the psychologist after my interview with her, and it is likely that some things didn’t match with the result of my MMPI. During the PARB I could only guess what exactly I was turned down for, could be my checkride failures, maybe my driving record, or could be the psych interview/MMPI combo, it also could be a combination of all these things together. I really think I did my best and was completely honest with the hiring team at all stages, including the psychologist and really feel that this rejection was beyond my control. I have never ‘studied’ for the MMPI on the RST platform, as I believe that one cannot really study for tests like that. Who knows, maybe I am wrong and that was my undoing. Overall I still think it was a good experience and I am glad to meet the people I met that day.

©2024 Ready Set Takeoff