JustaNumber
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It was well known that during the late '90's, XJT (Continental Express at the time) had a very short interview that involved the good cop/bad cop routine. One interviewer would play nice, but the other one would give the applicant a really hard time about some insignificant detail in their logbook, perhaps even outright accusing them of pencil-whipping the whole thing. The gouge going round said that many guys would get so angry at the supposed pettiness and assault on their ego that they would also storm out of the interview.The person who was interviewing him gave him such a hard time about his logbook that lead to a big argument to the point that the CA walked out of the interview.
At the time, I agreed with those who called the whole interview process unprofessional, and I actually decided I didn't want to work at such a company, so I never applied to them.
The ironic thing is, since I've now been in the industry as long as I have, I now actually agree with the method! Just about any qualified applicant can be taught how to fly the way the company wants (or else they can be washed out of training easily enough). But it's the narcissistic A-hole super-egos that can never be gotten rid of that you really want to avoid hiring in the first place. And since everyone puts on their friendliest face at an interview, I can really understand how intentionally pushing buttons to see how people react to stress/idiots/provokers/etc. can reveal how they will respond to, frankly, everyday crap that they will see online.