Newbie Q's
Test a persons judgement by providing an example of 4 different weather senerios and have them rank them by importance....and why.
Testing the newbies ability to anticipate potiential problems by provide several examples of TAFS where the forcast is getting worse, better, marginal then ask which may need an Alternate, and why.
Provide an office senerio where the weather is bad, the phones are ringing off the hook, scheduling has a problem with one of your crews, and the dispatcher has 12 releases to get done in the next 15 min. (Test how they handle multi-task and priorities)
Weather basics: i.e different air masses moving across the country during winter and summer months, what kind of potiential weather hazard could be expected above and below the Lows and highs...
Based on your office dynamics: ask how the newbie would use, or ask for help from fellow dispatchers in tight situations, Like MEL Performance interpolation, mutliple weather problems.Captains wanting more fuel etc..testing if they are willing to ask for help or to embarassed, which could cause mistakes...DRM
I would think these Q's would give you a good feel if the interviewee has the basic cognitive ability to accept the pressure of the job and mutlitask in a timely manor...
