Super positive experience from beginning to end

Which Airline did you interview with?	UPS
How many days between invite, interview, and listed availability?	Available 1 May 2017. First call on 23 Feb. Completed Hogan on 26 Feb. Invited 27 Feb. Interviewed 12 April (They offered 3 April, but I wasn’t available).
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?	NA
What is your experience?	Military
Total Flight Time	3,000-4,000
Total Turbine PIC Time	>2,000
General Overview of Experience	Super positive experience from beginning to end. UPS conducts almost all interaction via telephone instead of email so be ready for that. Arrived at the training center at 6am and was met by a management pilot at the door. Handed out a security badge and was immediately taken to a room where I handed over all my paperwork and logbooks (separate copies from your originals). I was given a binder with some basic information on the A300, but instead of studying, was given a brief by another management pilot on the sim profile, some basic pitch/power settings, and then off to the sim. I had zero experience with heavy jet aircraft and did not pay for sim training or prep. The management pilot had me give my pre-takeoff brief, execute a takeoff (he made all the callouts), and level off at 5,000 feet. Did 30 and 45 degree turns, climbs and descents, vertical S and then vectors to an ILS. I got into a localizer PIO at 500 AGL and went around and he seemed to like that decision. Set up on 7 mile final for another ILS that went much better and then flew a missed approach. Ended with a visual landing. Sim was one hour. If I had to do it again, I wouldn’t change a thing. I don’t recommend sim prep since they are simply looking for how well you can adapt and maintain a solid instrument cross check. After the sim, I was taken to an interview room where I spent two hours with the management pilot that met me at the door and an HR representative. They were super friendly and spent about 10 minutes introducing themselves and emphasizing that were just 3 people sitting at a table having a conversation. They made it clear that they didn’t want to hear canned answers and wanted to get to know the “real” me. It was a very positive experience and the 2 hours flew by. They ended with some HR scripted statements about post interview expectations that were no surprise – you’ll hear something in 10-14 days and if successful, placed into the candidate pool. I received the CJO via telephone the day after the interview.
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?	2x Internal recommendations. I doubt it’s possible to get an interview without at least one.
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?	None. My experience is nearly exclusively military fighters (Air Force). I brought copies of everything from my flight records and logbooks for my GA time. They kept everything except for the stack of line by line military sorties. Not a single question about my flying time.
How did you prepare for the JKT/COG portion of the interview?	NA
Technical Test Questions	Standard fuel burn calculation. You have 50K, burn 10K per hour, how long can you hold and maintain a 45 minute reserve? Answer: 4+15.
What was the hardest technical question or content you experienced during the job knowledge test?	NA
Cog Test	NA
Cog Math Questions	NA
HR Questions	– Tell us about you, your interest in aviation, and your life to today. They let me go for my entire intro without interruption. – Your worst aircraft emergency? – How do you handle fatigue? Lots of depth here. Be prepared to talk about the importance of fatigue management and how you have handled this successfully in the past. – WWYD if a captain wanted to takeoff with an inoperative MEL indicator light that didn’t compromise safety? They want to hear you say in the end that you would comply with policy and not takeoff. – Tell us about UPS. They want to hear about what the rest of the 400,000+ folks at UPS do. I talked about their business services from capital, production, warehousing, return/repair management and it seemed to go over well. They also asked about a brief overview of the history of UPS. – Why does UPS do all the above? To get packages on the planes and trucks! – Told me about UPS charitable activity and then asked me what I did for volunteer activity. – How are you going to handle home life with our flying schedule (nights)? – Tell us about our flying schedule and what are the pilot domiciles? – What is your leadership style? – Do you have any questions for us? Does your wife have any questions?
How long prior to the interview did you prepare for the HR portion of the interview?	On and off for 2-3 months. Did an emerald coast top off that was good practice for telling my story.
Which HR Prep service did you use and did it help?	ECIC
Any additional information you would like to add.	Highly recommend the RST Hogan prep. I probably would not have gotten the interview without it.
Is their anything you wish you could have done different to prepare you for this process?	No

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The interview experience was incredibly relaxed

The whole process for eight applicants took about two and a half hours

Awesome. Everyone is super friendly.

I wish I would have had my app reviewed!

Super positive experience from beginning to end

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