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Which Airline did you interview with? SWA
How many days between invite, interview, and listed availability? 6 weeks between invite and interview, listed availability was 2 weeks
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? 121, 135, 91
Total Flight Time Greater than 8,000
Total Turbine PIC Time
TPIC 121 hours >2000
TPIC Military hours 0
TPIC 91/135 >2000
General Overview of Experience Part 121 Regional and Major Airline. Furloughed and separated, part of the “lost decade”. Part 91 contract pilot then Part 135 on demand. Most recently Part 91 corporate for a Fortune 20 Company. 13,600 TT, 7,200 Turbine PIC, 9 Type ratings. Lifetime Platinum with Marriott.
How long did you have your application in before you received an invite? 12 months +
Did you attend a job fair? No
Did you do anything special that triggered the interview invitation? Not to my knowledge.
How many internal recs did you have? 5+
How long was it from the time of your invite to the actual interview? 6 weeks
Did you have any issues with logbooks, application or paperwork? None
How did you prepare for the JKT/COG portion of the interview? N/A
Technical Test Questions N/A
What was the hardest technical question or content you experienced during the job knowledge test? N/A
Cog Test N/A
Cog Math Questions N/A
HR Questions HR:
-My aviation BIO
-A time you went above and beyond for a customer
-A breakdown in CRM among other crew members that you had to mediate as PIC
-A CRM issue with another pilot
-A time you had to take the controls away from another pilot
-Why SWA
-Your worst flight
-Two things your fellow co-captains and/or CP would say you could improve on (I fly corporate where we are all Captains and we rotate PIC/SIC duties on trips)
-What makes a good F/O
-What if you observed a SWA CA conduct and unstable approach
-Upgrade is 10 years now, likely to drop but if it stays at 10 years are you OK with that? (I am 51)
LOI:
-FL 400 BOS-FLL
-Medical emergency over ORF
Logbook:
-Tell me about a mechanical issue that caused a divert
-Tell me about this aircraft incident that you have on your application
-Why SWA
-What makes a good CA
-What would you bring to SWA
How long prior to the interview did you prepare for the HR portion of the interview? 4 weeks
Which HR Prep service did you use and did it help? Ace Interview Prep-YES! It’s been A LONG time since I interviewed anywhere. Was good to prepare for the TMAAT questions.
Any additional information you would like to add.
Is there anything you wish you could have done different to prepare you for this process? I don’t think so.
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