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Which Airline did you interview with? Delta
How many days between invite, interview, and listed availability? 14 days between invite and interview
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? I got the CJO
What is your experience? Military
Total Flight Time 2,000-3,000
Total Turbine PIC Time
TPIC 121 hours 0
TPIC Military hours >2000
TPIC 91/135 0
General Overview of Experience Outstanding. Everything about the process was top notch. Delta is a very professional company and their attention to detail is impeccable. Everyone was very nice throughout the process and did their best to put you at ease and wish you luck.
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? I originally received an invite to interview in August 2017 but respectfully turned it down since my wife also wanted to fly with them and we didn’t want to both be doing Year 1 at an airline with a newborn baby. In mid January she decided she wanted to stay home with the kiddo for awhile so I sent an email with my updated app asking how I could be competitive again to interview. I received the invite the same day.
How many internal recs did you have? 5+
How long was it from the time of your invite to the actual interview? 2 weeks
Did you have any issues with logbooks, application or paperwork? No. Since I was military I just took my big green logbook that the HARM office gave me. I didn’t do anything special for it and it was a non-event.
How did you prepare for the JKT/COG portion of the interview? RST. The COG trainer on RST is way more fancy (nicer graphics and much faster) than Delta’s. It’s like the difference between a PS4 and an Atari. The Delta COG training is almost too slow. Felt VERY prepared for it after about 5 swings of the bat on the COG trainer.
Technical Test Questions Don’t remember specific ones but as everyone on here says, learn the actual concepts and don’t just study the flashcards and test questions on RST. I was semi-guilty of that since I had such little time to prepare (about 10 days total due to travel and previous commitments). It was doable but if I would’ve had another 2 weeks it wouldn’t have been nearly as stressful.
What was the hardest technical question or content you experienced during the job knowledge test? There were some random systems questions that I had to completely guess at. They had to do with how electrical components interacted with and without APU/external power being connected. Being a fighter guy that’s not ever dealt with an APU, I was playing Eenie Meenie Miney Moe for the answer. Otherwise it was as advertised: a kick in the junk.
Cog Test Piece of cake. Reference above.
Cog Math Questions Simple.
HR Questions All the STD tell me about yourself. What do you want to fly for Delta? They gave me a hard time for a couple of swimming classes I nearly failed in college (I hate swimming). I had fun with it. Kept it light but respectful. The actual job questions were ones I saw from previous ride reports. They were: “Tell me about a time you had a disagreement with someone that was higher ranking than you in the cockpit”; “What would you do if a flight attendant came to you very upset when passengers were boarding and said a first class passenger brought too many bags and refused to gate check them”; and “You’re flying a 777 into Narita and beginning initial descent when a natural disaster strikes and you can’t land there. What do you do?”
How long prior to the interview did you prepare for the HR portion of the interview? 1 day
Which HR Prep service did you use and did it help? I didn’t. I’d heard a lot of people getting grief for launching into ECIC canned answers in the interview. I have solid people skills and enjoy meeting new people and talking so it was a great time. I think if you’re a confident person and can articulate well, you’re wasting money and adding stress by using interview services. That’s just me though.
Any additional information you would like to add. Talking to guys the night before about the HR interview actually made me more nervous since there were so many weird “What if” scenarios they got from ECIC. When it came down to it the HR was pretty simple. Honestly it was my favorite part of the day. It was just an easy going conversation with 2 pilots and an HR person.
Biggest words of wisdom I can offer: Be yourself, be honest, be humble and admit when you made mistakes in your past. Own up to your shortcomings and celebrate your victories. Just have fun with it. By getting invited to interview, Delta is saying they want you. Just remember that to give you confidence and know that the people across the table asking you questions are as hopeful for you to get the job as you are.
Is there anything you wish you could have done different to prepare you for this process? Had more than 10 days to actually study for the JKT. I spent 10-13 hours a day trying to relearn/remember all that stuff and it was a pain.
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