If you were an airline interviewer.....

[#1 Windmilling]

Air Force guy closes the curtains.....fearing his commander would catch him with the cheerleaders......

Army guy keeps watching.......because his porn movie just ran out in his hotel room.....

Navy guy goes to the other side of the pool hoping to look up their skirts, maybe he can entice them into the pool.....squids are like this....

Marine goes down and berates them.....then gets laid!

Civilian guy knows better than to mess with these flight attendants who are posing as cheerleaders as once he gets involved, they will take half his paycheck!

So, I guess the correct answer depends an your background, IMHO.

#1 W

 

[mar]

For ArcherB

That's a tough question for *me* to answer for *you*.

The real question is: What seperates you from the herd?

Some advice: Never diminish the other applicants.

In other words, let's say you have 5000 hours flying night freight in a rickety old piston twin over the mountains IMC single pilot and one lunar landing. Great. Don't tell the board they should hire you because the average applicant towed banners up and down the beach all day.

The truth is, if you all got called for the interview, the company already thinks you can do the job. You just have to reassure them you're the better choice.

You might be the better choice because you're already familiar with their operations--either geographically or logistically.

Some airlines (believe it or not) really try to provide customer service. Maybe you have a strong customer service background.

Maybe you have a strong management background.

Maybe they fly a unique airplane; use unique equipment; use unique procedures that you're already familiar with.

You really need to be knowledgeable about the company; about yourself; and about your competition.

Sorry I can't be more specific.
Good luck.

 

[Singlecoil]

Air Force guy closes the curtains.....fearing his commander would catch him with the cheerleaders......

Army guy keeps watching.......because his porn movie just ran out in his hotel room.....

Navy guy goes to the other side of the pool hoping to look up their skirts, maybe he can entice them into the pool.....squids are like this....

Marine goes down and berates them.....then gets laid!

Civilian guy knows better than to mess with these flight attendants who are posing as cheerleaders as once he gets involved, they will take half his paycheck!

So, I guess the correct answer depends an your background, IMHO.

#1 W

Yer hired! That was good.

 

[CCDiscoB]

Air Force guy closes the curtains.....fearing his commander would catch him with the cheerleaders......

I scoff....The Air Force guy would be down there.

The Civilian Capt/F.O. would close the curtain, because their lay-over is only 8 hours and they would be afraid the other would will turn him in.

If I really had that question posed to me I'd say, I'm downstairs until I hit 12 hours prior.

 

[DLconnection]

Re: 2 MORE

What does the Flux Capassitor do?
How many gigawatts does it take to power the Flux?

If they missed these two questions on the spot, I would follow with..."OOOK.....WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND PACK UP YOUR STUFF AND ........AHH....WE'LL LET YA KNOW..."

Answer: 1.21 gigawatts or a bolt of lightning

 

[ArcherB]

Mar,
Thanks for the info. Most of these HR questions seem rather difficult to answer the right way if indeed they all have some "hidden meaning" as to what they are really asking you.

 

[Airpiraterob]

this one was a little odd...

One question that suprised me...

Q: "Tell me about a time when you went against company policy and why." if you say you never have, they can tell 90% of the time if youre lying or not just cause it was a really unexpected question. good to rattle you.

i've always liked this
Q: "Tell me why i should hire you"...gives them a chance to imbelish horribly and throw away their interview. nothing about hiring you over the other qualified ones....just you and why you alone.

theres a good one i heard from my neighbor about an OLD chief pilot interviewing long ago who asked,
Q: "whats electricity?"

the candidate thought for a minute...."umm...isnt it the movement of positivelychargedelectronsthroughaconductivematerial?"

Laughter followed...."Can you start monday at 11?"

 

[B190Captain]

How would this question be answered then?



You are in the flight deck with your Captain and you are fairly new to the company and you smell alcohol is his breath, what do you do?


Chicklet?

 

[#1 Windmilling]

Hey Captain? You gonna share some of that with me?


I think this answer will help during a Guard/Reserve interview, maybe not with a 121 carrier, though!

#1W

 

[Hugh Jorgan]

Re: this one was a little odd...

theres a good one i heard from my neighbor about an OLD chief pilot interviewing long ago who asked,
Q: "whats electricity?"

the candidate thought for a minute...."umm...isnt it the movement of positivelychargedelectronsthroughaconductivematerial?"

Laughter followed...."Can you start monday at 11?"

And all this time I'm thinking electrons were negatively charged.....(sigh)... back to the drawing board.....

 

[Airpiraterob]

well....

hey ive never been that great at re-telling a story, and ive never been too good at telling the TRONs apart from each other...theres good and evil ones right? red and blue? or blue and red?

i 'passed' electricity in school....i didnt ace it.

 

[crosscut]

I scoff....The Air Force guy would be down there.

The Civilian Capt/F.O. would close the curtain, because their lay-over is only 8 hours and they would be afraid the other would will turn him in.

If I really had that question posed to me I'd say, I'm downstairs until I hit 12 hours prior.

I'd say the civilian guy goes down, but pays for the beer w/cash (as opposed to a credit card) so as to avoid a paper trail when he is taken aside for emanating a breath of alcohol smell at the TSA checkpoint the next morning. We learn.