Professionals and the Delta team goes out of their way to make you feel comfortable

rstharold, April 20, 2017, CJO Offered, Delta Ride Reports, 0

Which Airline did you interview with?	DAL
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?	Military
Total Flight Time	4,000-5,000
Total Turbine PIC Time
General Overview of Experience	Very Good. Professionals and the Delta team goes out of their way to make you feel comfortable. It is a stressful two days and they know it so they make you feel at home.
How long did you have your application in before you received an invite?
Did you attend a job fair?
Did you do anything special that triggered the interview invitation?
How many internal recs did you have?
How long was it from the time of your invite to the actual interview?
Did you have any issues with logbooks, application or paperwork?
How did you prepare for the JKT/COG portion of the interview?
Technical Test Questions	1) How do you compensate for longitudinal instability? Flap/No Flaps/increase speed/decrease speed? 2) Constant AOA in climb impacts to IAS/TAS/MACH 3) Effect of weight on landing speeds 4) MIN ILS RVR with all systems operating? 1800 5) Drag impact to selecting flaps at constant speed? Induced/Parasite? up/down? 6) Ram air impact to pressurization? 7) With north winds, why is landing 09/27 better with engine out? Offset asymmetrical power required 8) Transformer does what? Step down AC 9) Wing sweep impact to Mcrit 10) High DA airport–main concern? EGT? Tires speed? Picked EGT. not sure 11) MORA/MESA question–> know the 22NM VOR limit 12) Know dihedral effect : High speed/Low speed/high lift/low lift/high AOA/low AOA 13) ZULU to local conversion during DST. Took off from Memphis at 1700Z on DEC 15. Landed at LAX 3.5 hours later. What is the local time? 14) A bunch of easy VSI questions 15) No Wx questions on either exam
What was the hardest technical question or content you experienced during the job knowledge test?	See above
Cog Test	I did this test twice in a week, FEDEX/DAL and it is the same. Be careful of overconfidence–these tests can get people if you let your guard down.. I thought the previous number recall was harder than RST with only three numbers. I figured out the math has only 6 questions! Use your watch as it times out at 90 secs. Guess at the end before 90 secs is up if you are stuck. Do not forget the UXIOLT letters. Burn them in your brain before you start that part of the test. I maximized use of practice time.
Cog Math Questions
HR Questions	Why Delta? Bang in the back after takeoff? WWYD Pax suspects a pilot was drinking ? WWYD? Tell me about your volunteer experience? Follow ups to that. Questions about training/app/logbooks/education. Make sure those are tight and 100% truthful or you will not get hired. These teams look at hundreds of apps a year and are experts.. Saw several guys sweating mistakes/inaccuracies. Not worth it folks. If you have an issue, be upfront before they bring it up and hope for the best. Your a new CA and the FO does part of your checklist to help. WWYD? Gave the standard response of thanks, but I need to practice. I appreciate it etc etc. Does is again next flight?WWYD. I said I would say “I love you brother/sister but I need to do this to get better. Let’s start the checklists over from the very beginning.” Not sure how that went but it stopped the follow ups. 🙂
How long prior to the interview did you prepare for the HR portion of the interview?
Which HR Prep service did you use and did it help?	ECIC–yes. Did it partly to ensure I didn’t screw anything up. At this point, what’s a few hundred more dollars? Not absolutely necessary if you have a lot of experience, but peace of mind and an objective sounding board with good techniques made it worthwhile. I would recommend for most people unless on a really tight budget.
Any additional information you would like to add.	THANK YOU TITO AND TEAM RST! I lived off Test Tuesdays and Ride reports. ANA, EEPP, Gold Standard, Flash Cards, and all tests in RST bank are critical to your success. Put the time in and you’ll pass. I’m not smart on this stuff so if I passed, you can!
Is their anything you wish you could have done different to prepare you for this process?

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