Hardest Interview Question???

[TxPilot0878]

Just wondering what questions have come along that left you "stumped" or stammering....?

Tex

 

[Golden Falcon]

"Why do you want to work for us???" An invitation for a speel of bull********************e for sure...

 

[TxPilot0878]

Thinking about it yeah thats one that so many times you respond to as your removing your foot....I have found myself less than happy after the interview for this one!

 

[johnnyb]

"You have an apple and an orange, tell me 10 things you can do with them."

Number one, immediately came to mind ....

 

[Dumb Pilot]

So when can you start?

From one of those places that you go to practice your interview techniques

 

[SWAlifter]

"Tell us a joke"

(Kinda hard to think of a clean one right away!)

 

[ec130e]

"What are some of the things that you did not like about your previous job?"

 

[Sig]

"You have an apple and an orange, tell me 10 things you can do with them."

I can compare them to each other!

 

[hagen]

How does it make you feel knowing I hold your destiny in my hands?

 

[MED]

What are your weaknesses?

 

[Paul R. Smith]

Passengers are not always plesed with our efforts. Tell us about a time a passenger confronted you and said that he/she was displeased with your efforts. How did you handle the situation?

And the most technical..

Explain to me why critical mach and indicated stall speed converge at high altitudes.

I spent about 2 minutes saying the word "density" about 10 times it seemed. ...Caught me off guard needless to say.

Flame away.

 

[2LT]

$$

How do you plan on affording this?

 

[Paul R. Smith]

How do you plan on affording this?

Easy ...Its none of your business. Thats between me and my wife and the financial planner I wish I had.imp:

 

[PaulFooley]

"If you could be any animal in the animal kingdom, what would you be and why?"

---asked in NWA interview, 2001 (I didn't get the job)

 

[southernpilot]

"Why are you here, I hear Horizon Air is hiring"?
Same jerk said later in interview, " this place sucks, you don't want to work here".

 

[Skaff]

"Why are you here, I hear Horizon Air is hiring"?
Same jerk said later in interview, " this place sucks, you don't want to work here".

Where did they say that?

 

[johnnyb]

I can compare them to each other!

Well, that or 'I can cram them up your __ for asking such a dumb question'.

It's all good.

 

[Vastly Underemp]

From a Delta interview.....

"Which do you love more, your Mother or your Father?"

And yes, there is a right answer.

Talk about homophobia

 

[Full of LUV]

Not tough, but needs to be consistent....

From a Delta interview.....

"Which do you love more, your Mother or your Father?"

And yes, there is a right answer.

Talk about homophobia

I was asked at AA in 2000:

Rank your priorities in life.....

I said: " 1. Family, 2. Health, 3. Career 4. Friends...etc"

about 15 mins later in the interview after some light tech questions about the 707, they asked:

"What would you do if after your 4th year you came off a trip and your wife said she's had enough of airlines you quit AA or I walk with the kids...."

Well, of course I claimed my wife would never do that, or we'd work something out etc, but they pressed for a yes/no answer so I said I'd quit.

After the interview, they told me I had the job and later on I saw the same captain that interviewed me during training at which time he told me about 1/3 of the people he'd interviewed were inconsistent, and he didn't offer the job as he felt that at least one of their answers was obviously bs. Thought it was interesting.

 

[bailey3083]

My Interview with TWA:
" Would you let your family fly on the same plane you are flying"
My Answer " No because I cant trust the other guy not to mess up"

From My UAL interview " So why did you come to interview"
My Response "I am tired of being a vampire"

From a regional interview after I was furloughed:
" So why do you want to work here"
My Response " I just lost my job and I need money and at $15k a year you are the highest paying" ( I actually got the job as the C.P. loved my answer LOL)

Bailey