Overall it was very laid back and professional

rstharold, October 3, 2020, Atlas Airlines Ride Report, CJO Offered, 0

Which Airline did you interview with?	Atlas
How many days between invite, interview, and listed availability?	3 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?	Military
Total Flight Time	3,000-4,000
Total Turbine PIC Time	TPIC 121 hours 0 TPIC Military hours >2000 TPIC 91/135 0
General Overview of Experience	Overall it was very laid back and professional. They first do a quick phone screening and ask you to tell them about yourself, why atlas, some TMAAT/WWYD questions. Then you get scheduled for the HR and Tech interview after watching a company virtual brief. The HR portion was conducted by an HR employee and a retired captain and lasted about 35 minutes. The Tech portion was conducted by a retired captain and lasted about 45 minutes. I heard back via email 6 days after the interview for the CJO. I have yet to receive a class date, seems to be about 3 months after the interview typically.
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?	Attended a virtual FAPA job fair and emailed my resume to the reps at the job fair. Also, had a friend walk my resume in.
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?	None. Instead of sending every individual document, I created a PDF file with everything sorted including a table of contents in the beginning. Received no questions about it.
Technical Test Questions	What is V1? V2? Is V2 is greater than Vrefusal, Vmca? What is a balanced airfield? What will affect your actual landing distance? What is your favorite topic to instruct/teach? What is surface area? (in relation to the airplane) What is my weakest area of GK? 747, Engine rolls back due to a fuel control problem on short final, what would you do? LAX to London heathrow, lose an engine on takeoff, what would you do? Holding speeds? Do you have any other job offers?
What was the hardest technical question or content you experienced during the job knowledge test?	What is surface area? Seems like a very ambiguous question, but he was not upset in the least when I didn’t answer with what he was looking for.
HR Questions	Review Aviation career Date available? Reserve job? Where did you see yourself a year ago? Atlas? Passenger? How would you prepare, especially coming from a military background to flying 121 with the far aim and lots of regulations etc.? also talked about how I am always learning Which airframe do you want and why? How will your family support you being gone across the world? Glass cockpit? Flown to minimums? Have you diverted for weather? Engines on your aircraft? Good chef on the aircraft? Most memorable flight? Tell me about your most influential IP Have you passed a student that you regretted? Failed checkrides? Need extra training?
Cog Test	N/A
How long prior to the interview did you prepare for the HR portion of the interview?	1-2 months
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Which HR Prep service did you use and did it help?	ECIC, used them a lot for previous interviews, did more review this time around with a top off. They have been a huge help overall and I highly recommend them.
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