Joking during a WN Interview

[AvroJockey]

Question for Southwest Guys/Gals...

Would you joke during your interview? Not telling a joke, but maybe use playfull, properly timed sarcasm.

Example:
Interviewer - What do you know about the Wright Ammendment?
Applicant - You mean the Wrong Ammendment?

The reason I ask is given my personallity it might be hard to not to, especially when the PD wants to get the know the real you!

Thanks!

 

[boeing747-800]

considering it's wright not wrong I don't know. I don't think it's a joking matter.

 

[SWAdude]

Question for Southwest Guys/Gals...

Would you joke during your interview? Not telling a joke, but maybe use playfull, properly timed sarcasm.

Example:
Interviewer - What do you know about the Wright Ammendment?
Applicant - You mean the Wrong Ammendment?

The reason I ask is given my personallity it might be hard to not to, especially when the PD wants to get the know the real you!

Thanks!

Speaking from experience,

If its a natural part of the conversation it will show your humor.

If its forced then it looks and feels awkward.

The bottom line, be yourself.

 

[dink]

perfectly acceptable.

be yourself.....

good luck...

 

[StopNTSing]

Avro:

Just be yourself. If you're a jokester in real life, then cracking a few during the interview won't hurt (assuming they're clean!). A friend who interviewed here a few months prior to me topped-off his interview suit with some big, fuzzy dragon-claw slippers during his interview...and he got the job. That's just the kind of guy he is. Me...I'd have crashed & burned if I tried the same thing.

Again, just be who you are. The interviewers WILL be able to spot the fakers.

 

[StopNTSing]

Geeze, my fellow WN'ers are much faster typers than this hunter & pecker! LOL!

What they all said!

 

[SWA/FO]

boeing 747-800,

We know you hate SWA. Can you just stay off the SWA threads? You don't see us on the B747-800 threads do you? Well if there were any, we would not be on them.

 

[FN FAL]

Question for Southwest Guys/Gals...

Would you joke during your interview? Not telling a joke, but maybe use playfull, properly timed sarcasm.

Example:
Interviewer - What do you know about the Wright Ammendment?
Applicant - You mean the Wrong Ammendment?

The reason I ask is given my personallity it might be hard to not to, especially when the PD wants to get the know the real you!

Thanks!

Sounds like that one episode of "friends" or "seinfelt" where there was a job interview and the guy couldn't get past the word "duty" without cracking up.

 

[lowecur]

In fact bring a bottle of Ol' Grandad and a couple of shot glasses. Ask if Ol Herb is busy, and if they ignore you, just get his cellphone number from the receptionist. I know hundreds of pilots that have been hired with just this approach. :laugh: Remember, full flaps!

imp:

 

[TR4A]

In fact bring a bottle of Ol' Grandad and a couple of shot glasses. Ask if Ol Herb is busy, and if they ignore you, just get his cellphone number from the receptionist. I know hundreds of pilots that have been hired with just this approach. :laugh: Remember, full flaps!

imp:

It's Wild Turkey.

 

[canyonblue737]

be yourself, if humor is part of who you are use it in normal conversation. just make sure you aren't forcing the jokes or making negative jokes in anyway, including joking about other carriers etc. i think a personal who comes across as a professional, but still able to see humor in daily life including some directed at themselves comes across very positive.

 

[GuppyWN]

You know, if I was gonna lob one out there I'd make sure it was in referrence to homosexuals or of an ethnic variety

Gup

 

[miles otoole]

I'd wear an anchor on my lapel and state during the interview, that this is for my Midway out/ins. That'll get 'em howlin'.

 

[b82rez]

Example:
Interviewer - What do you know about the Wright Ammendment?
Applicant - You mean the Wrong Ammendment?

Jokes are fine...but man...that just aint funny

 

[Captain Overs]

If that's the best you have then leave the jokes to Robin Williams.

 

[Ty Webb]

Amen.

It's an interview, not the Gong Show, and that one would have been gonged.

 

[Widow's Son]

During my interview years ago one of the interviewers was doing my logbook check. I had always kept my logbook as kind of a diary so I had some momentos attached to different pages. On one page was an old ID badge from a previous airline. The guy who as an asst chief pilot made a comment about the picture not being all that flattering and I responded that my parole officer thought that it was actually one of my best.
The guy didn't say a word and kept flipping the pages. I got hired and years later I bumped into the guy and he remembered the moment and gave me light hearted crap about still having an ugly picture on my SWA ID. I agree that you just have to be yourself. You can get away with just about anything if you make it work but you can definitely bomb if it doesn't.

 

[N1kawotg]

I you take a beer in with you to the interview- YOOOOUUUU MIGHT BE A REDNECK!

 

[AvroJockey]

Ok dialog critics!
This was just an example!
It's why I'm a pilot and not Robin Williams!

Your probably just hatin' because you didn't get it, and had to Google what the Wright Ammendment is.

Peace!

 

[RichardRambone]

Ok dialog critics!
This was just an example!
It's why I'm a pilot and not Robin Williams!

Your probably just hatin' because you didn't get it, and had to Google what the Wright Ammendment is.

Peace!

And LOVE! Get it, Wright Amendment.........

 

[FN FAL]

Did you hear the one about the CANNIBAL?












...he passed his friend in the woods.

 

[Falconjet]

Ok dialog critics!
This was just an example!
It's why I'm a pilot and not Robin Williams!

Your probably just hatin' because you didn't get it, and had to Google what the Wright Ammendment is.

Peace!

Do you think you are the first pilot to figure out what the Wright Ammendment is?

Come on man.

Peace is right.

FJ