Funny SW did just call for interview, now what?

[TUPAK]

Do the prep - you will regret it later if you don't pass and every penny will be worth it if you do pass!!!!

In other words - pass or fail, you will know that you did everything you could have done and also you will be more relaxed while you are interviewing realizing this fact.

Good Luck!!!!

 

[PurpleChimp]

Who's Albie and what's his website. Thanks.

Here 'tis http://emeraldcoastinterviewconsulting.com

 

[SWA/FO]

So, you either slipped through the cracks OR Southwest is looking for ostentatious, egotistical, jacka$$es.........Just curious which of these two applies to you?

None.. Fool, I'm a member on the interview team. I make sure we get the right guys. The rest can go to Fed Ex.

 

[CaptainMark]

None.. Fool, I'm a member on the interview team. I make sure we get the right guys. The rest can go to Fed Ex.

and thank God for that....we fdx guys could not afford the pay cut and increased block hours and crap retirement...i mean no retirement...yeah baby!!!!:uzi:

 

[SWA/FO]

There you go again talking bout $$$$ cus dats all you got. We got culture, baby! Last time I checked this is a SWA thread. Why you hangin out - here? Go play on the cargo boards. You will have plenty of time during the next sort or 50 hour layover.
SWA/FO = imp:

 

[CaptainMark]

yeah...you do have culture...i've seen the tv show "airline" .

 

[threegreen]

The SWA interview process makes the company seem very arrogant.

 

[satpak77]

I heard....

(just something I heard, could be complete Horse Dung)

I heard that when SWA was still an "underdog" airline, back in the early 90's, late 80's, the interview was more "we appreciate your desire to work for SWA"

Now that SWA is "the place to be" (arguably), I heard that the interview "atmosphere" is more of a "why should we hire you" and "what do you bring to SWA"

again, pure "I heard XXXX".....could be way off.....just putting it out there

 

[AlbieF15]

Satpak...

I think the fact some folks liked SWA "back in the day..." DOES make those there suspicious of anyone now as a "Johnny come lately...." Same thing is sort of going on at FedEx.

Don't have any magic antidotes--just know its a tougher nut now than in 1999 or 2000....

 

[satpak77]

Satpak...

I think the fact some folks liked SWA "back in the day..." DOES make those there suspicious of anyone now as a "Johnny come lately...." Same thing is sort of going on at FedEx.

Don't have any magic antidotes--just know its a tougher nut now than in 1999 or 2000....

Roger that, yeah could be complete BS (most hangar talk is), but just putting it out there. I think if you want to work for FDX/SWA you should prep, either via self-prep or via paid assistance. This is the shot of a lifetime. Think of it as "preflight" before the interview. Heck yes you should be familiar with "all available information!"

when I retire from my current job, maybe I will be a 50-year old SWA/FDX poolie....lets see

later

 

[AlbieF15]

2 cents on what I think is the "buy low, sell high" stock...

Right now people are passing Continental by for FDX, UPS, or SWA. For those guys who get hired in 2006-7, however...

IF you don't merge...
IF we don't suffer another major force majeur type event....

5-8 years from now those guys will be looking like the smart guys on the block. Retirements, growth....pretty solid company... And 3-5 years from now when EVERYONE stiff-arms SWA (slower growth) JB (slower upgrades) FDX & UPS (great jobs but pax contracts are catching up...), the guys who took at chance will look pretty smart. And the Continental interviews will then be a LOT harder than they are right now...

 

[SWA/FO]

The SWA interview process makes the company seem very arrogant.

Why would you say something like that. You ever experience or hear about a UAL interview in the 1990s? "'Do you have what it takes to be a United Pilot?"

 

[CaptainMark]

Why would you say something like that. You ever experience or hear about a UAL interview in the 1990s? "'Do you have what it takes to be a United Pilot?"

nothing was as bad as the American Airlines stool sample!!!

 

[SWA/FO]

They took your $hit? Tested it for what?

 

[Melon]

I wouldn't say getting a CAL interview is easy. I can't get called by any of them (or F9, Alaska, etc.) so I must really suck.

 

[threegreen]

Why would you say something like that. You ever experience or hear about a UAL interview in the 1990s? "'Do you have what it takes to be a United Pilot?"

It's just based on observations from this site and from talking to people who have interviewed there. At some companies, once you get the interview the job is yours to lose. Not so with SWA (from what I've heard), but I think that's just a natural result of the ratio of applicants to open positions.

And the copywrited 12 core values you need to be a member of the 'family'... Don't get me wrong - I'm a great employee and will do whatever I can to get the job done with a smile on my face, but this is business and we airplane drivers are standardized commodities. From the pilot's perspective, the 'family culture' only goes so far as the dependability of the paycheck we earn and our senority numbers.

 

[CaptainMark]

They took your $hit? Tested it for what?

not me..i was in high school..i think it was in the late 80's...i just heard about it...

 

[PurpleChimp]

At some companies, once you get the interview the job is yours to lose. Not so with SWA (from what I've heard), but I think that's just a natural result of the ratio of applicants to open positions.

Your odds of your $8,000 Higher Power type rating doing you any good are significantly worse than if you laid that 8 grand on "black" at the roulette table.

 

[j41driver]

...I know this is a break or make career move and I don't want to blow this...

I think you know the answer already. Good luck.

 

[AlbieF15]

They took your $hit? Tested it for what?

...they way they acted at the time, you'd think it was to see if it stunk. If if did not, you MIGHT get to be an AA pilot...