Very friendly, informative, and welcoming

rstharold, January 6, 2020, CJO Offered, Spirit Ride Reports, 0

Which Airline did you interview with?	Spirit Airlines
How many days between invite, interview, and listed availability?	1.5 months
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
Total Flight Time	3,000-4,000
Total Turbine PIC Time	TPIC 121 hours 500-1000 TPIC Military hours 0 TPIC 91/135 0
General Overview of Experience	Very friendly, informative, and welcoming. Everyone gather before 8am in the lobby of the hotel they do it in. Sit down inside the conference room at 8am, everyone introduces themself, FLL chief introduces himself and does presentation on Spirit followed by Q&A. Then they play games while they pull people 1 by 1 for interviews. They did fingerprinting as well because it was a quick turnaround time before expected class dates.
How long did you have your application in before you received an invite?	1-6 months
Did you attend a job fair?	Yes
Did you do anything special that triggered the interview invitation?	Went to meet the chiefs in Orlando, had 2 pilots submit internal recommendations, and just hit 3,000hrs total time.
How many internal recs did you have?	1-2
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?	Had several checkride failures to explain but everything is straightforward.
Technical Test Questions	ILS 18L at KSEA: what is FAF on ILS? Can we continue pass ___ of visibility drops below 1200? How would you fly the missed? hold entry? Why is the first number in the chart number (21-21) a 2? (2nd airport in Seattle, WA first is Boeing field))
What was the hardest technical question or content you experienced during the job knowledge test?	None. Pretty easy and understandable.
HR Questions	TMAAT you failed as a leader TMAAR you made a decision you had people disagree with you on Why Spirit Don’t you want to fly wide bodies? What have you changed in the last 6 years to not fail another checkride?
Cog Test	N/
How long prior to the interview did you prepare for the HR portion of the interview?	2-3weeks
Which HR Prep service did you use and did it help?	None
Any additional information you would like to add.	Just relax, be friendly, conversational, and a good listener. The best interview experience I’ve had and they care more about getting to know you as a person rather than the technical side. They know you can fly, they want to know if you’re going to be a good team player who will be committed to the company.
Is there anything you wish you could have done different to prepare you for this process?	No

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