The experience was very pleasant and everyone was very friendly

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Which Airline did you interview with? United
How many days between invite, interview, and listed availability? Hogan on Dec 23rd, invite to interview on Jan 4th, interviewed Jan 16th, CJO Jan 23rd. Two week availability
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? NA
What is your experience? Military, 121, 135
Total Flight Time 4,000-5,000
Total Turbine PIC Time
TPIC 121 hours 0
TPIC Military hours 1000-2000
TPIC 91/135 1-500
General Overview of Experience The experience was very pleasant and everyone was very friendly as all the previous ride reports have already stated. On a personal note, I was very nervous. Like beyond any amount of nervousness I have ever experienced. It was evident in my HR panel and the Captain doing my interview stopped the process and basically talked me off the ledge and gave me a quick minute to gather myself. and then we proceeded with the interview. At the end of it all, I don’t think that I could have or would have said or done anything any different than what I did. When they say that they want you there, they mean it. I could have easily bombed the interview, but by the patience and understanding I was shown, it’s very evident they want you there and are anxious to hear what you have to say.
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? Did an app review in October with Checked and Set, got the hogan two months later.
How many internal recs did you have? 3-4
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? None. Used my Army DA Form 759, DA Form 759-1, and an Excel logbook that I’ve kept since I retired from the Army that only included my time since retirement.
Technical Test Questions Literally just table talking through a flight. They hand you an iPad with all the apps that they use and give you a quick tutorial. Gave me about 5 minutes to prep for my flight. When the interviewer came back in, I treated as if we were meeting for the first time. Introduced myself, asked if he was fit for duty, asked about all required documents (medical, license, company ID, etc), and then went straight into my brief. Simple flight from Denver to Seattle. Read off the weather for that day, read any NOTAMs that might have affected our flight, then went to the taxi diagram and briefed our taxi to the runway. Gave my Aborted Takeoff spiel and then went into the takeoff profile. As previously stated, know all of these verbatim. Non negotiable. Got airborne and then I had an issue, refered to the QRH and then continued onto Seattle. ILS profile. KNOW THEM VERBATIM. Went into a missed approach due to airport closure. Missed Approach profile. I don’t need to say it again but I will. Know it. Just simply know it. Executed the missed and then was asked what we’re going to do. I informed dispatch of the situation and the queried for an alternate airport. I was given three; all had good weather, good runways, and all had United services. I selected the closest one simply cause it was closest.
After that we watched the CRM video and discussed it and I was escorted back to the group for my HR panel.
What was the hardest technical question or content you experienced during the job knowledge test? Not that they were hard, but he pointed to the grey number on the SID and asked what it was. MORA. What’s it give you? 1000’/2000′ clearances. Then asked if I was vectored off the SID while climbing, what information would I want to be given? Altitude. Then I’m cleared back to a point on the SID and told to climb via, what is my top altitude. For the SID we used, FL230.
HR Questions What sparked your interest in aviation and tell me about your career up to this point.
TMAAT you had to make a decision and inform the crew/passengers. It might have actually been TMAAT you had to make an unpopular decision.
What was your most proud mentoring moment?
TMAAT you had something abnormal happen in the cockpit. Or an emergency or something like that.
TMAAT you made a change to an SOP/introduced a new process or changed how things were done in your organization.
TMAAT you had to instruct someone on a new SOP. I couldn’t think of an answer for this so I asked if I could tell them about a time I had to instruct someone on an existing SOP. I was told that’s ok, and was asked a different question. Because I couldn’t answer this question I was actually asked 6 TMAAT’s but I can’t remember the 6th one.
Why United.
Cog Test NA
How long prior to the interview did you prepare for the HR portion of the interview? About three weeks.
Which HR Prep service did you use and did it help? Cage Marshall Consulting. Perhaps a little bit.
After talking with a buddy of mine and contacting the company, I would recommend people start looking at Clarke Aviation Consulting.
Any additional information you would like to add. NA
Is there anything you wish you could have done different to prepare you for this process? Used Clarke Aviation Consulting instead of Cage Marshall.
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