| Which Airline did you interview with? | Southwest |
| How many days between invite, interview, and listed availability? | Invite to interview: 7 weeks. Interview to available: 5 Months |
| Did you receive a job offer? | No, 6 months re-invite, Cog Failure |
| If you did not receive the CJO why do you think you weren’t chosen to continue in the process? | N/A–Gotta wait two weeks or more for SWA (had to choose something in the did you receive a job offer field…maybe add an N/A here) |
| What is your experience? | Military |
| Total Flight Time | 3,000-4,000 |
| Total Turbine PIC Time | >2,000 |
| General Overview of Experience | Just like everyone else says, it’s a great experience. The SWA facilities are fantastic and getting even better. Everyone there is very nice and welcoming, etc. |
| 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? | No…just applied in the Jan 20-27 window. |
| How many internal recs did you have? | 3-4 |
| 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? | No. But for Southwest (even Military, regardless of the instructions they send out), be sure to have your 1,000 hours PIC and 1,500 hours turbine total tabbed AT THE LEAST. Also, bring your original medical; they’ll ask for it. Furthermore, have your last 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 month totals PLUS each 12 month period broken down (1-12, 13-24…you get the idea). If there is a question/issue about ANYTHING, don’t get defensive; they’re probably poking the bear. Be ready to discuss check ride failures. Military: Know how you got your PIC totals. Also, they seem to want you to give them your totals WITH the .3 conversion. |
| How did you prepare for the JKT/COG portion of the interview? | N/A…SWA doesn’t test. |
| Technical Test Questions | N/A…SWA doesn’t test. |
| What was the hardest technical question or content you experienced during the job knowledge test? | N/A…SWA doesn’t test. |
| Cog Test | N/A…SWA doesn’t test. |
| Cog Math Questions | N/A…SWA doesn’t test. |
| HR Questions | I’ll cover all three of the Southwest interview segments here… LOI: No surprises here. They give you a thorough pre-brief about it and literally tell you that it’s a CRM exercise and that there are no right or wrong answers. There are only answers. Remember: you can debrief alot of mistakes, but you can’t debrief not making a decision. After the LOI is over, they’ll take some time to ask you a few questions, as will the logbook review folks. HR questions are everywhere, not just in the HR portion! Logbook review: Be sure to read what I wrote in the Logbook section previously. After the review is over they’ll ask you some questions about yourself, your experience, etc. Again, more HR type questions. HR questions: I’ll cover all of the questions asked during HR, LOI, and Logbook here… EACH group asked “Why Southwest?” EACH group asked “When did you get your 737 type?” EACH group asked some version of “Tell me about yourself.” More questions asked among all three: What makes a good FO? What is a misconception your friends have about you? What was your favorite job and why? Can you name all of the pilot bases (10)? The ONLY TAAT question I got was “TAAT you went above and beyond.” Do you have any questions for us? Don’t be afraid to ask them a question…it IS a two-way interview |
| How long prior to the interview did you prepare for the HR portion of the interview? | about 6 weeks…intensely for two |
| Which HR Prep service did you use and did it help? | Emerald Coast and yes. It really helped get my brain thinking of all of the things that I’ve experienced over the years. |
| Any additional information you would like to add. | The questions they DID NOT ask were interesting…didn’t ask weaknesses directly, didn’t ask if I did interview prep, didn’t ask scariest flight, didn’t ask if I ever considered a non-flying job. No drinking Captain or Captain wanting to break a rule hypotheticals. |
| Is their anything you wish you could have done different to prepare you for this process? | No. |
Just like everyone else says
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