Recent FedEx meet/greet anyone?

[BonesF15]

I am bringing a bud in for the handshake session later this month.
I read somewhere that the applicants are getting interview type questions.
Any recent experience?

 

[Spur]

Great.

Now dudes are gonna need meet & greet prep...

 

[rk772]

Did mine 3 months ago. I was asked 3 interview type questions:
1) Why FedEx
2) Why hire you
3) tell me about your history

The rest of the time was general (get-to-know-you) conversation. It lasted about 30 minutes. It was a very relaxed atmosphere.

 

[AlbieF15]

Hallway gossip overheard included:

How do you feel about unions? What do you take to the union? To the company?

How will you balance your ANG/Reserve job with your airline career?

Why you?

Tell me about your leadership experience?

ANY skeletons?

All anecdotal--but it is a lot more formal than in the past.

 

[1st Overnite]

What's next, pre-meet-and-greet? Then meet and greet. Then interview. Then post interview. Then job offer. Then pre-class interview.

This whole process is stupid.

 

[boost]

Sorry but I have to disagree with you on this one. The current system, imperfect as it is, is one hundred times better than anything HR would come up with. At least the path to the interview is controlled by pilots and not some HR person. The more pilot controlled the interview process is the better off we all are!

 

[JDriver]

My M & G was mixed with some interview type questions and some lets get to know this guy to ensure he is not a moron questions.

My .02 is that I have no problem with them doing whatever they are doing. If you have basic communication skills and can keep your terets (sp?) syndrome symptoms under control you should have an enjoyable M&G.

 

[pilot141]

If you have basic communication skills and can keep your terets (sp?) syndrome symptoms under control you should have an enjoyable M&G.

It's Tourette's Syndrome. WHORE!!! Don't ask me (BIATCH!!!) how I know this. SLAPPY WHITE COONT!!!!

See, no problems at all. :laugh:

 

[Uppercrust]

Great.

Now dudes are gonna need meet & greet prep...

Does Albie do a meet and greet prep session???

 

[AlbieF15]

You don't need us for that...see above posts....

Some guys who are hot for the the seat have come to us first, but I don't think you need to delay a M&G for coaching. Just get in there and get in the cue...

 

[majortool]

I'm not familiar with the FedEx M&G - if you get a M&G, are you automatically interviewed? If someone has a better M&G than someone else, do they get an interview sooner?

 

[pilot141]

I'm not familiar with the FedEx M&G - if you get a M&G, are you automatically interviewed? If someone has a better M&G than someone else, do they get an interview sooner?

No and yes.

Think of it this way:

FedEx says that you must have a sponsor to walk you in and say "This is my #1 dude!" You sit down with an ACP and they go over your resume. The results of this can vary based on both you and your resume. If you are a good dude with good time then you'll get put in the "good pile" of apps and can expect an interview call. If you have some red flag (ie lots of training busts, a long break in flying, etc) you might get put in the "red pile" of apps - meaning no chance of an interview. There is also a "middle pile" for those folks who are riding the edge. The meet and greet thus acts as a second line of screening (the first being getting a sponsor at FedEx). Remember - the ACP's have no way of screening who comes in for the M&G. You could bring a guy with 100 hours of recip into a M&G, but he would get nowhere.

For those who go right into the "good pile" - no worries: an interview is coming right up. For those who have something come up and end up in the "other" piles - then it is time to get your FDX friends working for you and telling the ACP why you should get called. If not, you can languish for months and months before you get called for an interview.

Each ACP has his own piles, so the timing for interview calls can sometime make no sense at all.

 

[Echopapa]

Hallway gossip overheard included:

How do you feel about unions?

How will you balance your ANG/Reserve job with your airline career?
quote]

Wow...both of these questions seem to be to be improper...and could be interpreted as illegal.

If they are asking about union membership then they are setting a hiring criteria that would restrict hiring for those who are "anti" union. I don't think federal labor laws allow this type of union busting "pre-screening".

Along the same lines, it was my understanding that employers are not allowed to discriminate if you are a military reservist/guard.

If I went to a pre-screening with these questions, and was not hired, I would definely call the cochran firm.....

Has anyone actually had these questions? If so please let us know so we can go to the Union and have this behavior stopped.

 

[Ready2Fly]

Hallway gossip overheard included:

How do you feel about unions?

How will you balance your ANG/Reserve job with your airline career?
quote]

Wow...both of these questions seem to be to be improper...and could be interpreted as illegal.

If they are asking about union membership then they are setting a hiring criteria that would restrict hiring for those who are "anti" union. I don't think federal labor laws allow this type of union busting "pre-screening".

Along the same lines, it was my understanding that employers are not allowed to discriminate if you are a military reservist/guard.

If I went to a pre-screening with these questions, and was not hired, I would definely call the cochran firm.....

Has anyone actually had these questions? If so please let us know so we can go to the Union and have this behavior stopped.

First it was PFT, now it's SFT.... Sue for Training!

 

[T-Ball]

paranoid anyone?

Wow...both of these questions seem to be to be improper...and could be interpreted as illegal.

If they are asking about union membership then they are setting a hiring criteria that would restrict hiring for those who are "anti" union. I don't think federal labor laws allow this type of union busting "pre-screening".

Along the same lines, it was my understanding that employers are not allowed to discriminate if you are a military reservist/guard.

If I went to a pre-screening with these questions, and was not hired, I would definely call the cochran firm.....

Has anyone actually had these questions? If so please let us know so we can go to the Union and have this behavior stopped.

I had both these questions and was hired. I even had on my resume that I was an active union volunteer.

The question is not about union busting it's about finding out how you interact with people when being asked a critical question.

If you lie and tell them what (you think) they want to hear they will most likely send you packing. If you're honest and have a valid reason for your position on the answer given you will make it to the next round.