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Which Airline did you interview with? Delta Air Lines
How many days between invite, interview, and listed availability? Invite to Interview 2 Months, Availability 2 Weeks Notice
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? 121, 135, 91
Total Flight Time 4,000-5,000
Total Turbine PIC Time
TPIC 121 hours 0
TPIC Military hours 0
TPIC 91/135 1000-2000
General Overview of Experience Receiving an invite to interview with any of the “Big 6” US carriers is nerve wracking. You want to do well, and (if you’re like me) you want a prescribed study method to get you there.
At Delta, the interview is broken down into 2 days and 6 parts.
Day 1 consists of a Job Knowledge Test, a Personality Test, a Cognitive Test and a Panel Interview with 2-3 current/retired Delta Pilots and a current/retired HR representative.
EVERYONE that you meet on Day 1 is helpful, friendly and encouraging. While it is hard to believe in the idea that “you already have the job when you receive the invite; the interview is your chance to either prove the pilot selection committee right or wrong…” after interviewing with Delta, I truly believe that.
To prepare for the Job Knowlege Test and the Cognitive Test, “Ready Set Takeoff” is by far the best source. They have a 15 day Checklist that is comprehensive and complete. They also have “training modules” on three key areas that are emphasized on the “JKT.”
The “RST” Cognitive Trainer is far more difficult than the actual Cognitive Test. I used the Cognitive Trainer on two occasions and had no issues with actual Cognitive Test at all.
The personality test can’t be prepared for. It is 249 questions that must be answered honestly. That said, common sense would direct you to answer few with “strongly agree” or “strongly disagree” so that you fall into the “normal category” and “under the bell curve.”
If you want to be successful during the “in person” portion of the interview, I highly suggest the following two steps.
First, Contact Keith with Centerline Interview Consulting. Keith has been in the business of hiring pilots for a number of years, and his feedback in invaluable. Keith will set up a number of mock interviews and ask you any number of varying questions. After your interview is complete, he will explain the reason each question was asked and what an interviewing team is looking for by asking the question. He WILL NOT, however, feed you any canned answers. Keith will emphasize just how important it is to be yourself, which leads to my second point.
The Delta interviewers see between 30-50 pilot candidates each week. They’ve heard the full range of answers to each and every question they ask. In large part, they’re trying to determine if you are 1.) Safety Minded 2.) A Professioanl 3.) Honest and Trustworthy 4.) Humble and Grateful and 5.) Fun to be around… If you show them the above-listed attributes and “be yourself,” your chances of receiving a Condition Job Offer (CJO) are very high.
Delta grades candidates using a numerical system. The computer tests must be passed with “X” and the in person score must be “X.” As long as you meet the threshold for each of those values, you are in!
Day 2 is more relaxed, but it is STILL an interview! First, you will take a 580 question MMPI-2 Test. Again, this Test cannot be prepared for. It a True/False Test. Do not think too much into any one question, and DO NOT select an answer based on what you think Delta wants to hear. On average, at least one person per day has to retake this test because their answers come across as disingenuous. After the test, you will have to be finger printed for your SIDA clearance and have your photo taken for your company ID. The final step on Day 2 is a 30-45 minute meeting with a Psychologist. The psychologists will ask some personal questions. They do not have a crystal ball where by they’ve been spying on your life and are asking these questions to stump you. They are simply doing the job they’ve been tasked to do. My interview with the psychologist was non-threatening, fun and mostly light hearted. The time flew by.
After all of the steps for Day 2 are complete, you may leave the Delta Pilot Selection Center. You will be contacted before end of business that day with your results.
Should the psychologist feel that you need further review, you will likely have to wait a couple of weeks for the final decision. If everything went well, you will receive an “all clear” message from Captain Barry Holmes with instructions regarding your background check.
Best of luck to you all. Study hard and just be yourself!!!
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? 1 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? None really… Just questions about direct entry corporate captain positions that I held. They HR rep seemed a little surprised that most corporate airplanes are flown with a crew of two captains.
How did you prepare for the JKT/COG portion of the interview? RST. Excellent resource. Priority for a Delta Interview should be HR Prep, JKT then COG.
Technical Test Questions No specific questions stand out as difficult. Some of the pilot math questions provide you with a lot of extemporaneous information. Determine what the question is asking, weed out the unecessary information, and you’ll be fine.
What was the hardest technical question or content you experienced during the job knowledge test? I do not recall. Each candidate’s test was vastly different from the next based on our lunch conversation…
Cog Test Review COG trainer 2-3 times, and you’ll be fine. The Delta one is much easier, and any of the “moving items” move much slower.
Cog Math Questions 1 reverse percentage. The rest were basic division or multiplication…
HR Questions You are a captain flying with a 2nd Year FO who is disgruntled about how contract negotiations are going. As he walks up the jet bridge, he tucks his hat into his bag and says “screw wearing that stupid thing,” what do you do?
Questions about learship style and how you apply it on the flightdeck.
TMAAT where you were unsure about the outcome of a decision you made in flight.
How long prior to the interview did you prepare for the HR portion of the interview? One Month
Which HR Prep service did you use and did it help? Centerline Interview Consulting. Absolutely Top Notch. If I had to select one element that contributed to my success, preparedness and confidence, it was working with Keith at Centerline Interview Consulting.
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