The program is absolutely professional and they do their best to put you at ease

rstharold, December 23, 2019, CJO Offered, Delta Ride Reports, Delta Ride Reports, 0

Which Airline did you interview with?	Delta Air Lines
How many days between invite, interview, and listed availability?	2 weeks availability, 31 days invite to interview
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	1,000-2,000
Total Turbine PIC Time	TPIC 121 hours 0 TPIC Military hours 1000-2000 TPIC 91/135 0
General Overview of Experience	The program is absolutely professional and they do their best to put you at ease. It is a valiant effort on their behalf, but fact of the matter is it is going to be a stressful couple of days. Once you get there the schedule for the first day’s events are listed- whether you are testing or interviewing first, and what your scheduled interview time is. However, be prepared to start your interview early. Overall, despite the stress, the process is a well oiled machine and the lobby is comfortable. Don’t miss the opportunity to talk to “day two” guys to help build your expectations. The one thing that caught me a little off guard was the interview room is comically small – not the 100 ft Bruce Wayne dining table experience I was expecting.
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?	Delta ATP-CTP course
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?	My flight time and log books were not addressed at all. The interview started with a review of my application and each member of the interview had a prepared question – this took on more a “yes/no” line of questioning and if they wanted to know more they asked. Paper work was fine if you follow the checklist that was sent to you. For the Air Force folks, a “Fitrep” is Navy talk for OPR…. no need to include for PT Score… telling for a friend.
Technical Test Questions	The RST prep more than prepared me for the knowledge test, and there were only a couple of questions that were total curveballs… folks with 121 experience will likely be more prepared for those. I did not have any cosmic math questions, but some certainly did… though no one that I spoke with had to calculate a coefficient of lift/drag etc. With all of that being said, I studied 3 hours a day for a month and did not feel totally prepared before I showed up, but once I started the test I felt pretty confident… none the less I strongly recommend ensuring you know the material and not just the answers to the practice tests.
What was the hardest technical question or content you experienced during the job knowledge test?	One question about RWY lighting and a question that gave a line of a METAR (that looked like no METAR I have ever seen) and stated – you are on a stable ILS where will the runway be? A) centered B) Offset left C) Offset right…. The way the question was worded didn’t really indicate that you were to try and figure out the crosswind… seems simple enough on the backside, but threw me for a total loop. All of my holding questions were “left hand turns/non-standard”.
HR Questions	As previously stated, a lot of “yes/no” questions regarding my application. I had 1 “tell me about a time” and 2 “what would you do” questions. “Tell me about a time that you saved your squadron/the Air Force face”, “What would you do if the Capt lined up on the wrong runway on a visual approach and the ILS/VOR was INOP”, “You are the Captain what would your crew brief look like? What would you do if in the middle of it you saw two of your FAs texting on their phones”. A few other let us get to know you questions. The Psych eval is where I got a lot more of the “list” type of questions. I would treat the psychologist as another HR representative.
Cog Test	Very similar to the test prep, but think more 1991 DOS prompting using a stylus and touch screen and much fewer sections.
How long prior to the interview did you prepare for the HR portion of the interview?	1 month – but primarily focused on the knowledge test
Which HR Prep service did you use and did it help?	ECIC. I listened to all of the audio seminars and about half of the video seminars. I did one group webinar and 1 “mock interview” phone call. I wrote out my intro and practiced it to a point of “precisely candid”.
Any additional information you would like to add.	They want to hire you. But they want to hire the real you, so be as honest upfront as you can be. Between the two personality tests, psychological interview, and the fact that interviewing is HR’s primary mission set…. they are going to find the inconsistencies. I also recommend trying to finish the MMPI as quickly as possible – the 4 folks that finished last had to retake the test… don’t over think it. My one data point might be totally invalid, but there seems to be a correlation.
Is there anything you wish you could have done different to prepare you for this process?	I would have casually started sooner on the knowledge test. There is a lot of information that needs to be addressed and if you aren’t a 121/135/91 type you likely haven’t been exposed to it. I think the month of solid prep was about right for my learning curve I got pretty stressed in the short hairs as new and questions started popping up in review and I hadn’t read any of it. Its all in there though.

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