Excellent experience

Which Airline did you interview with?	Delta
How many days between invite, interview, and listed availability?	Applied in Jan; invited in Mar; inteview in May;
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	1,000-2,000
Total Turbine PIC Time	1,000-2,000
General Overview of Experience	Excellent experience. The HR staff in Atlanta was very friendly and professional. They tried to set us at ease. The interview was very conversational, and I actually enjoyed it.
How long did you have your application in before you received an invite?	<60 days
Did you attend a job fair?	No
Did you do anything special that triggered the interview invitation?	Internal recommendation. The Delta FO who submitted an online recommendation for me in Airline Apps also emailed the Pilot Selection team with a recommendation.
How many internal recs did you have?	1-2
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. I was not asked at all about my flight time or log books. I printed my Air Force ARMS reports and created a 1-page excel spreadsheet to summarize those hours. I provided “Set One” documentation in nice, tabbed leather folder — not because I needed to, but because it made me feel better and more confident about the product I was selling (me).
How did you prepare for the JKT/COG portion of the interview?	RST. I did the 15-day program first, then the ground school. Then I read all chapters related to Aero, Weather, Systems, and Nav from the “Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge” and the “Instrument Flying Handbook”. I took several practice JKT tests, and I practiced the COG test 3 times with some additional practice on weak COG areas (for me that was the cog math and the combined aircraft centering number comparison test).
Technical Test Questions	Most questions focused on aerodynamics and systems knowledge. I had one question about weather, and a few about navigation. I had a couple of easy math questions related to descent profiles. I walked out of the test certain about 80% of the questions. I was uncertain about approximately 12 of them, but could eliminate 50% of the answers as clearly wrong.
What was the hardest technical question or content you experienced during the job knowledge test?	1. A bird strikes the right engine and you hear a bang… what happened? Compressor stall is what I answered, but another answer talked about bird parts blocking fuel flow, and another talked about stator vane damage. 2. What happens in ground effect… I answered AOA increases for same amount of lift and drag is reduced. There were other close answers… the part I was uncertain of was AOA change relative to lift production. 3. What are the limitations of an ILS? Four possibilities: (a) no limitations, (b) atmospheric interruptions, (c) interruptions from previous aircraft causing erratic indications, or (d) reverse sensing on the front course. I chose (d), but I am not sure that is right… I know false glide slopes occur, so (a) was not right. I had never heard of (b) and (c) occurring, so I guessed (d). However, the question might have been referring to an aircraft on the ground in which case, (c) would probably be correct.
Cog Test	Easier than RST as everyone says. No surprises here if you do the RST practice several times.
Cog Math Questions	Easier than RST… don’t remember them exactly, but 3 of them were reverse percentage questions — i.e. you used X% of total objects available. If you used Y objects, how many total objects were there?
HR Questions	We sat at a small round table… HR, retired CA, and current CA 1. Each of us will go around the table and introduce ourselves. When we get to you, please introduce yourself and tell us about yourself in 3-5 minutes. 2. Several questions about jobs I had done in my career. Very conversational here. 3. You said you had never flown until college. What motivated you to start working on your PPL? 4. Tell us about your two Bronze Stars. 5. What are the negatives of working for Delta? Follow up: You mentioned time away from family as the primary negative… how will you and your family manage that separation? 6. As a squadron DO, what keeps you up at night? 7. What is your view of customer service? Tell us about a time you provided good customer service. 8. Tell us about a time you were told to do something by a superior officer that made you uncomfortable. I relayed a story about something my squadron commander had told me to do as a young IP instructing a General who was going through an upgrade. I talked about lessons learned as an IP, but then I was also asked to talk about what lessons I would have taken away if I had been the Commander or the General in the story. 9. You run into an old squadron mate on your way out to the employee parking lot. You just finished a trip, and he is on his way to start one. As he leaves, you realize you smelled alcohol on his breath. WWYD? This one, they kept ratcheting up until I had to go speak with Pro Standards. They concluded by asking me if there was ever a situation in which I would allow a crew member to board if I knew they had been drinking. I gave a firm “no” answer. 10. You are in the middle of a 4-day trip, and you notice the CA has been very short/tempermental with two FA crews. WWYD? There were others… but am already forgetting whether some of the questions I am thinking of were asked, or whether I simply remember preparing for them. Before, the interview, I scoured the ride reports and I had typed up 4 pages of potential questions. I then wrote down a couple of bullets for each potential question.
How long prior to the interview did you prepare for the HR portion of the interview?	Two months
Which HR Prep service did you use and did it help?	Emerald Coast… all online academics, an in person seminar, and a phone top off two days prior. Absolutely, I would not have done as well as I did had I not used ECIC… worth the money!
Any additional information you would like to add.	Notably… although I prepared a lot for these questions, I was not asked what I knew about Delta, why I wanted to work there, or what I would bring to the company. This could be because I tried to season the rest of my answers with small tidbits of info about the company and my reasons for wanting to be a Delta pilot.
Is their anything you wish you could have done different to prepare you for this process?	No. I was certainly nervous going into the day, but the RST and Emerald Coast preparation gave me the confidence I had done what I could to prepare. If I had not been offered a job, I would have still walked away feeling good about the work I put into it.

Very helpful & professional

Went two days early to MEM

Very welcoming and relaxed

Got the Job

Honestly the worst part of the whole 2 days

Straight forward

HR is quite conversational, it's best kept that way

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