Just a note of caution for SWA interviewees.

[TheDogsBollocks]

First, you answered your own question, "we mean what we say". When your "friend" was called, he was offered to "continue the selection process", he was not offered a job. When we say it, we do it. We didn't say it, please get of your "holier than thou" horse.

Second, this sounds like your "friend" has some skeletons in the closet. even though he denies it, you will never know. Sorry.

Holier than thou? far from it.

"continue in the selection process"=euphanism for "you got the job".
"not selected to continue in the selection process"=euphanism for"you did not get the job".

While I may never know, I do prefer to give the benefit of the doubt to the candidate.

 

[Tidewater]

Dogs Balls-

He's not even a "friend" of yours, yet you instantly have no reason to question his integrity...hmm....sketchy. I agree with the majority of respondees...unfortunate, but stuff happens. You either got the job on your own merits, or you got the job by mistake, eh? Your friend will be better off when he gets a job on his own...not because of a typo.

 

[TheDogsBollocks]

Dogs Balls-

He's not even a "friend" of yours, yet you instantly have no reason to question his integrity...hmm....sketchy. I agree with the majority of respondees...unfortunate, but stuff happens. You either got the job on your own merits, or you got the job by mistake, eh? Your friend will be better off when he gets a job on his own...not because of a typo.

I agree it is a very unfortunate mistake to happen. In regards to judging a person I do not know personally, I prefer to operate on the M.O. that they are of good character until proven otherwise-if that's considered a weakness of my own character that is something I can live with.

 

[scoreboard]

"continue in the selection process"=euphanism for "you got the job".

Sorry, Iit's not a euphamism. "Your hired, heres your class date"="you got the job". "Continue the process"= "we're still checking you out". It's not legaleeze, it's not pandering, it's not a euphamism, "we mean what we say", stop reading between the lines, there's nothing there. Again, sorry.

 

[TheDogsBollocks]

Sorry, Iit's not a euphamism. "Your hired, heres your class date"="you got the job". "Continue the process"= "we're still checking you out". It's not legaleeze, it's not pandering, it's not a euphamism, "we mean what we say", stop reading between the lines, there's nothing there. Again, sorry.

I will yield that the class date=job certainly has more of a finality to it I have one more question before I let this lie. What does in plain English "you were not selected to continue in the selection process" mean?

 

[bravodude]

I think dogy balls is just alittle upset he didn't get the chance to continue in the interview process.

 

[328dude]

I will yield that the class date=job certainly has more of a finality to it I have one more question before I let this lie. What does in plain English "you were not selected to continue in the selection process" mean?

Your kidding right? I don't know, maybe "your not continueing the process"? There have been occasions where fellers recieved the "good call, congrats and your continuing the process, to sorry, your background check dosen't jive with what you disclose.

Your not hired until the first day of class. Point blank and very clear. If they find something on your background check which turns up that you did not disclose, sorry and begs to ask what else could there be?

Just a word of caution. The background check is very very detailed. If you hide it, they will find it.

 

[scoreboard]

What does in plain English "you were not selected to continue in the selection process" mean?

Your kidding? Sorry for the "not selected to continue"="Not hired" letter. Better luck next time.

 

[RedDogC130]

I flew with a guy this past week and we were talking about people getting hired. He said he went to bat for a "good" friend that he was friends with for years in the flying community. Well the guy did not get the job. Well it turns out the guy dropped out of high school and never even went back to get a GED. Did the guy writing the letters of rec know this....hell no. He said had he known this he would have never gotten involved.

You may not know everything about people you feel you are friends with. Now if you met this guy in the interview, you don't no crap about him/her. Quit feeling sorry for them because this is still like a poker game for some people. Hide your cards until someone calls you then they see you were bluffing....then you lose.

 

[flyguy8]

I work with the guy that everyone is talking about. He is a stand up individual. It was simply a error on SWA. The day he interviewed, there was also a guy there with the same last name and same first name initial. The phone call went like this:

CP “Hi, this is the CP from SWA, is Joe Blow in?”
AP “This is Jim Blow.”
CP “Uhm, yeah, Jim blow congratulations you are passing onto the next phase”
AP “Awesome, I am so happy. I am going to tell everyone”

A few days later Jim Blow go the letter in the mail. He called the People Department and they informed him that there was a mix up. He didn’t do well in the LOI portion of the interview.

 

[Rook]

. He didn’t do well in the LOI portion of the interview.

How do you know that? I don't think SWA would divulge that kind of information to an interview candidate. Unless he told you he bombed it.

 

[TheDogsBollocks]

I work with the guy that everyone is talking about. He is a stand up individual. It was simply a error on SWA. The day he interviewed, there was also a guy there with the same last name and same first name initial. The phone call went like this:

CP “Hi, this is the CP from SWA, is Joe Blow in?”
AP “This is Jim Blow.”
CP “Uhm, yeah, Jim blow congratulations you are passing onto the next phase”
AP “Awesome, I am so happy. I am going to tell everyone”

A few days later Jim Blow go the letter in the mail. He called the People Department and they informed him that there was a mix up. He didn’t do well in the LOI portion of the interview.

I'm glad that SWA clarified where he went wrong, I wish they could've told me so I could learn from the experience. It is good to hear that the guys integrity is intact, there were a few posters on this topic assumed off the bat he must have had a skeleton in his closet and he was not telling me everything.

Thank you for your post.

 

[RedDogC130]

They did not tell me what I scrwed up on when I did not get it the first time. I highly doubt they told him but who am I....I guess the stars align once in every decade. I think that is the canned reason why people don;t get the job due to a poor interview. I screwed up the LOI. If that is the case then he or she should have no problem getting a second interview.

 

[GuppyWN]

I've got a signed letter from Plato Rhryne at Delta telling me I'm in. I've also got the one I got a few weeks later telling me they changed their minds. That was 2000. Man am I glad for miracles.

Gup

 

[Jim Smyth]

As someone told me as I transitioned from the military into this business...

"You're not an employee until your sitting in class with an employee # on your company badge....and then you're on probation for 12 months!"

Never burn a bridge until you have to....and always have a plan B.

Best advice given in this thread!