meaning of interview at NetJets

[igneousy2]

How likely are you to get hired at NetJets if you interview.

At some airlines, once you get an interview...they have pretty much made up there mind to hire you and the job is yours to lose... i.e. Continental and Alaska's 2nd interview.

At some airlines the interview is a right of passage that weeds out the weak and only a small percentage make it through....i.e. FedEx

Any thoughts as it relates to NetJets?

Later

 

[Archie Bunker]

How likely are you to get hired at NetJets if you interview.

At some airlines, once you get an interview...they have pretty much made up there mind to hire you and the job is yours to lose... i.e. Continental and Alaska's 2nd interview.

At some airlines the interview is a right of passage that weeds out the weak and only a small percentage make it through....i.e. FedEx

Any thoughts as it relates to NetJets?

Later

If you are invited to an interview at NJA, they want to hire you. The sim check is to make sure that you have basic instrument flying and CRM skills. The HR/Capt interview is to make sure you're not some mouth breathing, studdering troglodyte, with no social skills. The job is truely yours to lose.

 

[gunfyter]

Its the best interview I ever had with any place resembling an airline. Strraight forward ... No BS good cop bad cop routine. No BS Frasca sim... etc..

There are a lot of good things about this company and the interview process is one of them.

Ever been at an interview and wanted to walk out or choke the interviewer? Well not this interview.

 

[Guitar Guy]

I completely agree with the previous responses. Of all the interviews I've had in either the flying or the engineering world, I think that my experience at NetJets was the most relaxed and enjoyable interview I've ever had.

With that said, do make sure that you prepare and that you present yourself well. I know of one person who came here for an interview who really wasn't all that interested in the job, despite having an internal recommendation. He was turned down because his indifferent attitude showed through to Derinda. Also, with regards to the sim, remember that CRM is a big area of evaluation for interviewees: if one guy fails (enters the hold incorrectly, for instance), usually the partner fails, too.

 

[captain dad]

I agree too!

I just did it a couple of months ago. Just be yourself, try to be humble(asking a lot from some pilots), get some raw data hand flown IFR practice, don't make a fool of yourself and your in.

"They only call (email) the people they want to hire." a quote from my interviewer.

Good Luck

 

[CA1900]

All that said, it's not a sure thing by any means. I had a couple of friends interview there, and got turned down. Still not sure why; both were really good people. And yet they hired me. It doesn't make any sense...:0

 

[capt_zman]

Have to disagree on the Fedex interview. The job is yours as long as you don't dork the sim or piss off an interviewer. The last I heard the pass rate was over 80%.

 

[StarHustler]

Out of my interview group, about 2/3 got the job. I was not one of them. They were all very nice though and I did enjoy the process. I only wish I would have made the cut. The job is NOT yours to lose, but yours to EARN. I tried but fell short (probably in the sim, but they do not tell you - I asked). The good news is that you can reapply in 6 months and they will only make you repeat the part that you were found deficient on (Per Derinda). I still have about 2 more months to wait. Good Luck!

 

[Nixon]

The sim check is to make sure that you have basic instrument flying and CRM skills. The HR/Capt interview is to make sure you're not some mouth breathing, studdering troglodyte, with no social skills. The job is truely yours to lose.

I respectfully disagree. I suspect this perception is skewed because people who were successful in the interview are more likely to chime in when asked about the experience.

When I interviewed (a few months ago) only a handful of the applicants were selected. Of the group of rejects, I didn't notice any mouth-breathers among them. In fact, some of the decisions really surprised me.

For my part, I didn't "screw up" the panel interview. In retrospect, I could have done things better, but I didn't pass gas or use racial epithets. Likewise, in the sim ride, my sim partner and I both felt like we had done well, and we were both rejected.

Bottom line - it is not a gimme. I'm sure NetJets hires a larger percentage of interviewees than Southwest (and they even hired CA1900) but it is by no means a sure thing.

Nixon

 

[captain dad]

I am just trying to put applicants at ease. It serves no purpose to get all wound up before you even go to an interivew. I did several recent interviews before Netjets. I got hired at a couple and turned down from a couple.

When I made it to NetJets I had practice controling my fear and anxiety which I know helped. My point is relax, give your best performance in the sim, don't talk just to talk about yourself, and hope. If the stars don't line up, if you screw the pooch, or you're a complete tool, you don't get hired. That's the same no matter where you go. However, the percentage overall is way better than 50%. I may be wrong, but I think most NJA pilots will agree.

By the way in my group all but one guy got the call. He admitted to doing poor in the simulator, in the interview, and he was kind of a tool. I don't mean to be mean, just give you some reference.

 

[Guitar Guy]

While NetJets doesn't hire 100% of the people they interview, they are obviously very interested if they bring you in for an interview. After all, they are paying for roundtrip airfare and a night in a hotel plus other costs associated with the interview process.

 

[Guitar rocker]

This interview was the most relaxed interview I have been through. Funny, BOTH my partner and myself crashed the sim after selecting full flaps and the sim instructor didnt know what to think except that there is a lot to be said for consistency between the two of us. Later we found out that the sim was set for a tail icing failure and unbeknownst to us with full flaps, your going down. Anyway, maybe our friends at UAL on Martin Luther King Blvd can take some lessons from our interview folks so that THEY too can be fair and relaxed when doing future interviews.......

 

[bgaviator]

my interview experience

I interviewd with Netjets one time for a dispatcher position. Although I was impressed by the facility, I was not impressed by organization. The guy interviewing me couldn't even remember my name, and acted like he totally didn't know what was going on. I was asked to sit in this small cramped room to fill out some application stuff.
I already had a job lined up with one of the other major fractionals, so I wasn't too concerned during the interview. I think I subconciouslly botched the NetJets interview.
It may have been a mistake looking back at how I could have been making more money at NetJets, but I guess that's all in the past.

 

[Guitar Guy]

Bgaviator - if you still want to work for NetJets, they are desperate for dispatchers. It might be worth sending in another resume.

 

[Archie Bunker]

I respectfully disagree. I suspect this perception is skewed because people who were successful in the interview are more likely to chime in when asked about the experience.

Nixon,

I guess we can agree to disagree. I've never experienced a more laid back, zero threat interview than the one I had at NJA. Both interviewers were exceedingly friendly, didn't play any "good cop, bad cop" games, and asked questions that were very straight forward. The sim eval was also very straight forward, no tricks or confusing instructions from the evaluator.

Since we weren't at your interview, we don't know what happened there. They had to see something they didn't like, either in the sim, or in the face to face interview. Did you call Derinda and ask her where you could have improved?

I can't believe that NJA would fly you out to CMH (round trip), pay for your hotel, and feed you just to turn you down for no reason. I stand by my initial post that NJA truely wants to hire you if you get the call for the interview.

 

[StarHustler]

The following is an EXACT copy of my email exchange with Derinda. Take from it what you will...

You may reapply after 6 months from the date on the letter. At that
time I will have you complete a one page update form (attached to this
email). Once I receive the completed form I will send you application
for review for the approval you seek. If approved it may be specific in
a whether you redo the whole interview process of part. I wish I could
be of more help, but I am not at liberty to discuss further. I look
forward to hearing from you again in March of 2007.

Derinda McKinstry
Crew Recruiter Specialist
NetJets Aviation


To: Derinda McKinstry
Subject: NetJets Interview

Dear Ms. McKinstry,

I received my NetJets letter of rejection today and although, I am
quite disappointed, I just wanted to restate that I enjoyed meeting
all of you and thought that your company was a first class operation.

I do have two questions for you if you will:

1. Am I eligible for re-interview at a future date, and if so, how
long before I am allowed to reapply?

2. What area(s) of the interview process was I found to be deficient
so that I may begin in earnest to improve so that I may have a
successful outcome in the future if allowed to do so?

Again, thank you for your time and for inviting up to Columbus to
participate in the interview process.

Best Regards,

 

[Lou3]

Well I guess that blows the heck out of the idea that she will tell you where you went wrong. Good Luck to you Star, hopefully it will work out another time.

 

[rk772]

Have to disagree on the Fedex interview. The job is yours as long as you don't dork the sim or piss off an interviewer. The last I heard the pass rate was over 80%.

Probably closer to 90%.

 

[Diesel]

Yeah but there is no Grip and Grin at NJA as there is at Fredex.

 

[rk772]

Yeah but there is no Grip and Grin at NJA as there is at Fredex.

True.
My 90% figure comes from the interview only. Also, the process is about 1.5 years long. It all just depends on what you want and how bad you want it.

 

[Diesel]

What source does your 90 percent come from? Or is it just off the top of your head.

I'd say its more about 70 percent. I don't work there but the whole grip and grin, 3 rec's for military pilots, 5 for civilian pilots, plus an interview? I'll PM albie for the real numbers because he has them.

 

[capt_zman]

A buddy of mine (really a friend of a friend), spends alot of time in the interviewing process and the > 80% came from him. You are absolutely correct about the M&G, which has everything to do with WHO gets interviewed.

As for the whole process, it all depends on who you know and what kind of juice they have. I've seen it as long as 1.5 years, I've also seen M&G to class date in 2 months.

 

[Diesel]

It all depends where you consider the "interview process".

The M&G has a huge impact in the process. Especially with the last scheduled M&G's timeslots going within the first few minutes of opening it up.

Don't even get me started on MIL Leave.

 

[capt_zman]

The M&G system seems to be ever-evolving. Hopefully they'll get it nailed down soon, because the current procedure really stinks for everyone.

Have you tried getting in?

 

[Diesel]

Albie says off the street is about 60-70 percent and with prep its about 80 percent.

Nope not me don't want too many eggs in one basket.

You anc or swap back to mem yet?

 

[capt_zman]

I've been MEM since day 1 (one of the dudes reamed by the p_nuggets), been online for about a month now.

 

[Diesel]

Lucky you ANC lines have been crap and the commute is brutal from here.

 

[lr23sic]

Is there a written test during the interview? and if there is one is it out of the ATP book?

Thanks
Tom

 

[SafetyTheSeat]

I walked out of a UAL interview before I retired from the military-it was the most insulting 17 minutes of my life...

NetJets sent an application and the rest is history-as they say...

I would never interview with another airline after the way I was treated at UAL...

American called me to set up an interview and I turned them down.. I'll stay at NetJets and forgo that age 60 or 65 thing...

 

[atpcliff]

Hi!

Don't judget the airlines by the UAL interview. I've heard it was awful.

I interviewed at Delta, and the interview part of it was the most relaxed and laid back one I ever had. There were no technical questions at all.

Most airline interviews are decent. I've had 6. 5 were good, and 1 was a little anal, but not outside of parameters.

cliff
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