CitationShares Interview

[247reserve]

I have a CitationShares interview coming up and want to make sure I am ready for it. I have read all of the gouge on Aviationinterviews.com and the postings on this board. I am looking for more up to date information from anyone who has been thru the process lately. I would really like to work for them and would appreciate any info. Thanks.

 

[labbutt]

just interviewed last thursday, and got the job. out of 5 candidates, 2 got bravo, 1 got xls, 1 not hired, 1 not sure. study climb gradients in aim, and know how to get climb gradient info out of afm. also be very familiar with jepps (airport page, reduced to mins, requirements, climb gradients, convert from fnm). very relaxed atmosphere, make you so comfortable that you almost let your guard down. hr interview consists of tell me about you, where you from, your career, why shares, what makes you think you can spend 7 days away from home. technical with barry or kurt or both. know ifr regs, 135 or 121 whatever you operate in. know your aircraft, especially if jetstream or 737. not sure about other aircraft. you get a tour of the facility, pretty impressive. definately got the impression that they go the xtra mile for their pilots. everyone was very warm and welcoming. definately focused on customer service. good luck

 

[247reserve]

Thanks for the response. Congrats on the job! Hopefully I will see you over there soon.

 

[johnsonrod]

just interviewed last thursday, and got the job. out of 5 candidates, 2 got bravo, 1 got xls, 1 not hired, 1 not sure. study climb gradients in aim, and know how to get climb gradient info out of afm. also be very familiar with jepps (airport page, reduced to mins, requirements, climb gradients, convert from fnm). very relaxed atmosphere, make you so comfortable that you almost let your guard down. hr interview consists of tell me about you, where you from, your career, why shares, what makes you think you can spend 7 days away from home. technical with barry or kurt or both. know ifr regs, 135 or 121 whatever you operate in. know your aircraft, especially if jetstream or 737. not sure about other aircraft. you get a tour of the facility, pretty impressive. definately got the impression that they go the xtra mile for their pilots. everyone was very warm and welcoming. definately focused on customer service. good luck

Interesting that they are still hiring into the Bravo - although I guess that is their biggest fleet and people upgrade over time. I like their entire fleet but I'd be especially happy with the CJ3 if the Sovereign weren't available for a newhire. I like that ProLine 21 and I know the CJ3 has the enhanced version.

I know CS has a huge number of potential domiciles - do they ask you which one you will likely select right off the bat?

 

[247reserve]

They asked me which domicile I would prefer on the phone interview. They also indicated that it is not a problem to get your choice of domiciles.

 

[bailout]

more importantly, know about the company itself. Like when it started, what kind of planes they have, schedules, etc. The number one rejector are questions like, " so, are you guys 3 on 4 off?" If you did your research, you would know the answer to that and questions like that.

 

[hopalong]

And never say that you have applications out there with anyone else,
especially netjets.