I interviewed with Fed Ex and Delta and this was by far the most laid back and comfortable experience

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Which Airline did you interview with? UPS
How many days between invite, interview, and listed availability? 4 weeks
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/135
Total Flight Time 3,000-4,000
Total Turbine PIC Time >2,000
General Overview of Experience I interviewed with Fed Ex and Delta and this was by far the most laid back and comfortable experience. I was the only one interviewing that day so it was all about me, not one of 15. I did the 757 sim with Mark and the HR interview with Mark and Warren. They were not adversarial like at Delta when going through my records and transcripts. The sim lasted an hour and the interview was probably less than an hour. Got fingerprints done at the end and was out the door in less than 4 hours. Very impressed with the hiring experience.
How long did you have your application in before you received an invite? 1-6 months
Did you attend a job fair? Yes
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? 4 weeks
Did you have any issues with logbooks, application or paperwork? None, just brought Military Flying History Summary page and my personal logbook.
How did you prepare for the JKT/COG portion of the interview? N/A
Technical Test Questions N/A
What was the hardest technical question or content you experienced during the job knowledge test? N/A
Cog Test N/A
Cog Math Questions N/A
HR Questions Did you use HR prep? What do you know about UPS? Who are the founders? Tell us some important dates in the company’s history. What else does UPS do? How will you adjust to our flying schedules? Where do you rank following the SOP on your list of priorities? Who are our competitors and what are our major differences? When did you want to be a pilot? How do you deal with a CA who doesn’t follow the SOP? How would you describe yourself with 3 adjectives? A few leadership questions on dealing with subordinates. (Spending the night on Wake Island where there are only 3 internal racks, the rest are outside under a tent, where do you sleep?) I said I’ll stay with my crew outside. A few random questions about my resume. Where would you like to be based? Tell us about an emergency you had. What are you most proud of in your career?
How long prior to the interview did you prepare for the HR portion of the interview? About 3-4 weeks
Which HR Prep service did you use and did it help? Used ECIC for previous unsuccessful interviews, chose not to do HR prep for this one, just read RST trip reports and compiled a list of frequently asked questions, then practiced giving my intro and list of questions.
Any additional information you would like to add. I firmly believe I wouldn’t have gotten the interview and CJO without the RST Hogan prep. I had many questions answered differently that were probably deal breakers that Tito explained to me what they are looking for. Passed and got the call to interview about a week later. I don’t recommend winging it, do the prep! This is a multi-million dollar career! Showed up at 0630 and met Mark. He is a big guy and very nice. We went over the 757 sim profile to include pitch and power settings. He then gave me about 10 minutes to review and then into the sim. The profile is as previously discussed in prior trip reports. Takeoff 17L climbing left turn. Did steep turns, 30 and 45 degrees each direction. Slow and steady! I found the 757 throttles do not have much discernable movement. It just takes a little pressure to increase or decrease power by a few percent. While straight and level, did the CRM emergency. Cabin Fire. Cincinnati is 30 mins away, 20 mins with max airspeed. Did a public math problem on how much time we could fly with 30K of fuel, burning 6K/Hr and land with 10K. Got vectors for the ILS after that. I thought the plane would descent with 2 degrees NH but it didn’t so I got behind and was about a dot high until about 2-3 miles out. Then stable on short final but was sent around for him to monitor the go-around. After that, Mark asked if there how I thought the sim went and what was good, bad and what I would do differently. He asked what grade would you give yourself? I said a B as I was behind on the GS but did fairly well on the rest of the profile. Also asked what grade would I give myself if I performed like that in my current aircraft. I said a C. I would expect to fly better in the plane I am current in, being my first time in the 757, I think a B is pretty fair. I said I would want to do another ILS so we did one in VFR conditions to a full stop. The 757 is a smooth plane from what I can tell. I was leaning towards the A300 but I’m sure they are all smooth and I’d be happy flying any brown tail.
Is their anything you wish you could have done different to prepare you for this process? If money was no object and I had the time, I would get a few hours of sim time but it isn’t necessary if you are a current flyer. RST is gold! Trip reports and Hogan prep are worth every penny!
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