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Which Airline did you interview with? Delta
How many days between invite, interview, and listed availability? 50 days invite to interview, called with the date 14 days prior
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? Military
Total Flight Time 2,000-3,000
Total Turbine PIC Time
TPIC 121 hours 0
TPIC Military hours 1000-2000
TPIC 91/135 0
General Overview of Experience Military killing machines
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? Delta ATP-CTP app score request
How many internal recs did you have? 1-2
How long was it from the time of your invite to the actual interview? 7 weeks
Did you have any issues with logbooks, application or paperwork? None.
Technical Test Questions – a few questions about iced up pitot static instruments
– a few electrical system questions (load shedding – Utility bus)
– a few easy descent/nav questions (less complex than the gouge)
– a few pretty easy engine/systems questions
– a ton of aerodynamics questions that you’ll be ready for if you follow the RST program and devote the time
– zero weather questions
What was the hardest technical question or content you experienced during the job knowledge test? Nothing was terribly difficult. I didn’t know: You’re in a 777 on a 3-bar VASI, which two bars do you look at to stay on glidepath? (Never flown one of those before), and there was a question about airport diagram markings for RWY 31L at JFK that I didn’t know, but guessed it had to do with TORA. And a few others here and there. Overall not bad, but definitely know your aero stuff.
HR Questions Same flow as previously reported. The interviewers were completely friendly and professional, as one might expect, and like you’ve hopefully heard from everyone: be yourself. Yes, a lot is riding on it, but if you can relax and not give terrible answers, you’ll do fine. My answers were far from perfect. It’s okay to infuse a little humor into your stories, just keep it professional. I wasn’t telling jokes, but I got them to laugh a bunch of times, even though I had a few negatives in my app to explain my way through. The point is, they’re just people, they like to keep it light if possible, but they want to hear you articulate your answers and stories. That said, gage your audience. It’s just good old communication and showing them you’re not weird. I think there is a prevalent tendency to over-think all of this based on previous ride reports.
A couple of specific questions:
WWYD if the Captain thinks your current altitude will clear a thunderstorm 150 NM off the nose, but you know it won’t, and she’s initially unwilling to change course.
WWYD if the lead FA calls up in flight and says a group of passengers is acting suspiciously.
TMAAT you yourself helped a customer who really needed help (which I started down the completely wrong track with, and they stopped me mid-story and reiterated the question). Fortunately, I had something in mind that was much more along the lines of what they wanted. But I felt pretty dumb right at that moment. Just recover and move on.
By the way, don’t put a ton of stock in these ride reports. They are generally good and
it’s good to understand the process, but don’t let the negative ones shake you.
Cog Test Again, nothing too difficult. Relax with the test, but don’t get lazy and miss inputs, and when you make mistakes, get back on track quickly and move on. And I don’t think you need to be John Force with your reaction times…but be accurate.
How long prior to the interview did you prepare for the HR portion of the interview? Two weeks, maximum effort.
Which HR Prep service did you use and did it help? ECIC, and yes! Got lucky that there was an in-person seminar nearby the weekend after I got the call, then did one webinar, and a phone topoff. Spent a lot of time after academic studies each day preparing the intro, stories, and basic game plans for at least some of the more common hypotheticals. Big thing is don’t give canned answers. You’re not a robot, and they are not robots. Be prepared, but not prepped. ECIC is good for figuring out how to organize your thoughts and strategies in an interview setting, but don’t simply rely on it for answers.
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