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Which Airline did you interview with? Delta
How many days between invite, interview, and listed availability?
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?
What is your experience? 121 only
Total Flight Time 5,000-8,000
Total Turbine PIC Time 1,000-2,000
General Overview of Experience Overall, it’s consistent with the other ride reports. They really do want to get to know you. People suggest that there is some kind of hidden meaning behind the water bottle with the name tag, etc. I feel that the main thing to do is be yourself the most you can be. Be genuine, if you’re not it will come across that way in the HR. Actually believe in what you say, it’ll help you carry the tone you want to portray while in the interview process.
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? The only thing I can think of is that I had to go through training on another aircraft this past spring and I ended up splitting up my FO and CA time at the same company on two separate employment sections to help organize the details. Besides that, I started to consistently update my flight times once a week on my commute home.
How many internal recs did you have? 1-2
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 logbook or application issues. I spent a couple of hours verifying my flight times with my logbook and also making sure that all the dates and numbers for my licenses, and transcripts were correct, including GPAs. With the PRIA paperwork in stack 2 I didn’t realize that you need a Form 11A for each company that you have a Form 11 for. Minor fix, that I did with the secretary, nothing mentioned about paperwork in the interview.
How did you prepare for the JKT/COG portion of the interview? I reviewed the JKT study guides and practice tests initially to discover the areas that I was weak in. I also read the T-36 Guide, skimmed the ANA, read the pertinent sections of EEPP, FAA Aircraft Knowledge Handbook, the lighting section from the AIM, and my CFI notebooks. In addition, I really focused on having a good understanding of the basics of aerodynamics, aircraft performance in relation to CG and stalling speed and AOA, along with jet engine theory and operation of an axial flow engine. (I.e. effects of fwd/aft CG on stall speed, stability, AOA; where the highest pressure is in the engine, etc) If you have a good grasp on the fundamentals you’ll be able to work your way through it. I did not spend a ton of time on the equation questions.
As for the COG, RST does a great job preparing you for the actual test. I ran through one at least once every other day.
Technical Test Questions The technical test focused considerably on aerodynamics, performance questions (TAS, density alt), CG and stability in relation to stall and AOA, along with jet engine theory, several holding questions, several airport runway lighting questions, the Krueger flaps (leading edge flaps), one arc radial time question, and an instrument procedure question in relation to what you need to see to land with an ALSF- 1.
What was the hardest technical question or content you experienced during the job knowledge test? Hardest question was the arc math one. Your on the 60 DME arc and end up traveling across 10 radials. They give you the TAS and ask how long to go across the 10 radials. Or something similar to this, I don’t remember the exact wording. I definitely wouldn’t spend too much time studying the math formulas, I only spent a couple of hours the week before, focus on the concepts of the rest of the JKT.
Cog Test The actual test will mix up the order of the tests though, they will not be in the same order as the trainier. Also, the lesson with the five boxes and continuing the number or letter sequence also grades you on how close to the center of the box you make your selection. Not too bad overall, definitely read the directions and practice the localizer/number recall level several times before you select to move on to the actual testing. The localizer line or jet that you use with the arrow keys actually moves slower near the center and faster towards the edges, so you have to adjust your arrow key selections depending on how close or far away from the center it gets. I do know that several people in my interview group let the localizer go full scale and still received a CJO.
Cog Math Questions Oh boy. Yeah these kicked me. I honestly didn’t think I got any of them right. I studied the math on RST, and although the actual test questions are similar I didn’t see any that were the same. I had the math as the second section of my COG. I would look at the answers and work the problem backwards to figure out the best answer.
HR Questions The HR experience wasn’t too bad. My panel wasn’t too stone faced either, they did show some facial expressions. They gave a brief introduction on the process and also a little bio about themselves and then had me start with a 5 min intro of myself from high school. I was interrupted and asked some questions within the intro too about things I had participated in. I practiced explaining my passion for aviation and also why I made the decisions I did for colleges and activities that they did not really ask many questions from the application. I did have a 121 checkride failure so they did dive into that by wanting me to tell the good and bad of my different types of flight training (61, 141, airline focused 141 schools), and then explain what happened with my checkride, what I learned, and reassurance that it won’t be a problem later. This definitely seemed like a big concern of there’s, so be ready to talk about it and explain what you learned in detail. Then we got into What is my responsibility to Delta as a commuter? Also, what would I like people to say about me by retirement age? WWYD CA says I’m too slow as a new FO and continues to push and nag to be quicker, WWYD drunk Diamond Medallion First Class- role played not. Wing cooperative, WWYD CA or FO appears not fit for duty, WWYD CA flying, you’re the FO, 2 previous a/c GA due to windshear of 20 it loss- role played and CA continues the approach, still continues the approach, meets stabilized approach criteria, gets WS warning and follows company procedure with GA, would you turn them in? Overall, a good experience. After the intro and going over the application the WWYD questions are pre selected from a data base and they just read them off. They do have the ability to skip some if you already answered them. I was surprised that I had prepared for so many TMAAT stories and I wasn’t specifically asked the questions in that way, I had to work only a couple stories in with other questions. My TMAAT conflict stories actually paid off more for the psych evaluation on DAY 2 more than during the HR interview.
How long prior to the interview did you prepare for the HR portion of the interview? As soon as I got the invite, so 4 weeks. Definitely focus first on the HR and then the JKT and then the COG.
Which HR Prep service did you use and did it help? I did pay for ECC and completed the audio and video files along with an online Seminar. I also did 2 Top-Offs about a week apart on week 2 and 3 because I knew the HR was going to be my weak point. Additionally, my awesome wife spent countless hours going over HR questions, stories, my intro, and my failure explanations. And one last thing I did was pay for a face to face HR consultation with a local HR airline coach. Plus constantly going over my stories in my head and talking out loud to myself.
Any additional information you would like to add. Read lots of ride reports, it’ll help you get a good overview of the process of what to expect along with the type of questions you may get asked. If you have extra time in between the HR, tests and lunch go over to the Delta museum. Admission is free and allows you to get away and relax for a while. Also, red folders don’t mean that you got axed, they’re mixed up.
Is their anything you wish you could have done different to prepare you for this process? I would definitely focus on the HR and the concepts behind the JKT, not just studying the cards off of RST and doing practice tests.
What can we do to improve our services? The step by step process of studying that you put out is a good start for studying for the interview.
Concepts not covered by RST I can’t recall any specific areas that were not covered, but I do know that several people felt that there were questions on the test that they have not seen. Luckily the ones I hadn’t reviewed I was able to decipher and relate to my current 121 aircraft. I can’t remember which ones though.
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