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Which Airline did you interview with? Delta Air Lines
How many days between invite, interview, and listed availability? 2.5 months
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
Total Flight Time 5,000-8,000
Total Turbine PIC Time
TPIC 121 hours 1-500
TPIC Military hours 0
TPIC 91/135 1-500
General Overview of Experience It was a typical airline interview experience, sorry that’s not too descriptive for some. I think I was more nervous during the cog screening when I was missing things than in the HR. I think the HR was the easiest part.
How long did you have your application in before you received an invite? 12 months +
Did you attend a job fair? Yes
Did you do anything special that triggered the interview invitation? I had two DAL pilots working for me. I think both sent an email to the internal “review this app” email, and one guy was talking with union pilots and giving them my resume. I’m not sure what the secret formula is. I had my app on file for 7! years so for the guys and girls that are being called in a few months are extremely lucky. I did a job fair about 4 years ago, not sure if that factored in.
How many internal recs did you have? 3-4
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, I had a full electronic logbook with all flights and my original log book that I kept until about 300 hours. No issues with application. There were things that they overlooked and I corrected them on.
Technical Test Questions Sorry this will be vague. I don’t remember many of the questions but there were a good mix of aerodynamics, looking at actual charts and retrieving info off them, some planning decent questions, an engine or two question, a few electrical, etc. The take away for me is that everyone had different questions and some test skewed one way or the other in what they were “heavy” in. My suggestion would be to not get wrapped up in anyone section of studying. I think knowing the aerodynamics for naval aviators was helpful and you should know the concepts but being ready for electrical, systems, AIM knowledge etc. is just as important. I would guess I got around a 50% to 75% on the test, so it’s not so critically important.
What was the hardest technical question or content you experienced during the job knowledge test? There was a question about a failure with oil heat exchanger, what indications would you see. Increase oil temp and hydraulic temp increase, fuel tank temp increase, and other options. The answers are worded in a fashion where you would think the oil exchanges heat with hydraulic fluid (which doesn’t make much sense) and then the two answers about it exchanging with the fuel are vague and seemingly wrong. It was difficult because without knowing the system on the airplane it was hard to distinguish between the two fuel options.
HR Questions Talked about my University, my major, why it took me a two years to declare my major, why psychology.
How did I pick where I trained for flying (just picked a flying club, part 61)
A little about my flying experiences right after getting my ratings
WWYD you are CPT, FAs are late from inbound
WWYD you are CPT Human trafficking suspected
Cog Test I was ill prepared for the cog test compared to the others. It was down on RST for seemingly the entire time I was studying. I was the last one out of the testing room because I was making sure I understood the task before I started. I was told that the RST trainer is exactly the same as the Cog test.
I also used lumosity.
How long prior to the interview did you prepare for the HR portion of the interview? 2 months, but more towards the last month.
Which HR Prep service did you use and did it help? None for this particular interview, have used one in the past. Drew on my 4 previous airline interviews for HR knowledge. If you use an HR prep I caution being too rote or trying to nail the question with a canned answer. This has caused me to lose jobs in the past.
Any additional information you would like to add. I can’t stress enough how much being comfortable in the HR is, I think this is most important. My limited knowledge tells me the two that didn’t pass were way too stressed out and nervous for the HR. Go practice with a family member, girlfriends, wives, etc. Maybe even go on random dates and practice your delivery (who cares if they think you are talking too much about yourself haha). If you haven’t done it, there’s nothing like sitting in that hot seat and trying to delivery answers organically with a genuine feel in front of strangers for a job you’ve always wanted. Think broadly about topics when preparing, not just specific questions. Remember to be inclusive, He/she, him/her. I was messing that up when preparing on my wwyd answers, it’s an easy thing to overlook.
It’s seems there are definitely different types of HR interviewers. One group seemed to be harder than the other. Just remember you are going to get asked a greater variety of questions in the psych eval that might catch you off guard than the HR portion. Mainly because you know all the HR questions and scenarios.
Interesting note: Wasn’t asked why Delta and was so prepared for that.
Is there anything you wish you could have done different to prepare you for this process? Not really.
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