Toughest Interview Question?

[Shrek]

Have you EVER busted an FAR?

 

[dollacrackho]

The a-hole who used to run Continental Express' interviews, John D., picked up my resume with two fingers like it was a cat turd, looked at it, looked at me, and said, "Why the hell are you even wasting my time coming here?" Very first interview question, no joke.

Yeah, you guys sent me a space-available ticket so I could rot in the airport for 11 hours until I got the last seat on the last flight of the night to IAH, then had me take a shuttle to a hotel that was 45 minutes away from the airport (and on my own dime), and have the nerve to ask me "how my flight down was" during the interview? And I'm wasting their time?

where is this guy now? What a load of ********************e. This guy sounds like someone who got his as$ kicked every day in high school and was taking out years of pent up anger on interviewees. I think all you guys who went through this should arrange to meet this guy in a dark alley with baseball bats. Then when he is bloody and broken grab him by the hair and ask him how your resume looks now.

 

[phishn@daves]

Have you EVER busted an FAR?

I think I remember............

"I have never knowingly violated an FAR"

PM me with your progress.

 

[Buckeye]

Most unique question I ever got was "How would you describe a successful Aviation Career". As far as the knowingly breaking a reg, well this one time I went two-hundred fifty-one knots below 10K.

 

[avl_pilot]

I can't stand the "where do you see yourself in 5 or 10 years" question. Unless I'm applying to become a fortune teller(which I should have know that question was coming if I was any good) why even ask me that, and I know that most of the time they want to hear about how I've got plans to be there during that time frame and climb the corp. ladder, but give me a break.

 

[ACT700]

Ah yes the J.D. treatment at CoEx, one of the "finer" interview experiences. One-on-one with J.D, His first comment to me is "Why did you send us a resume that was addressed to American Eagle?" Of course it wasnt, but his whole goal or game was to get your frazzled and put you on the defensive to see if you would react calmly or get upset with him. I literally laughed out loud when he asked me if I carried a teddy bear in my overnight bag. Ah the memories.......

It's $hit like that, that made me decide that the regionals weren't for me; at least not on the pathetic salary they paid.
Now, I do look back at a couple of interviews with joy when I told them why the f..k they were wasting my time. Priceless.
I should send out a couple of resumes...

 

[Amish RakeFight]

Here's something that get's asked occasionally. Not that this is a tough question but just recently I began looking at the answer in a more intuitive way so it's easier to recall.

Here it goes:

How much runway is remaining when you see yellow runway edge lights?

How much runway is remaining when you see red centerline lights?



Runway edge lights: White changes to yellow the last 2000' or half the distance. What ever is less.

Runway centerline lights: Last 3000' change from white to red & White. Last 1000' of this 3000' distance becomes red.

Okay. We;ve established that and if meorized rotely, that's fine. But I think this could mor eeasily be ingrained in memory by looking at it in a logical sense.



There are 2 runway edges or "lines" - extends 2000'

The centerline stripe is like a 3rd "line" - extends 3000'

The centerline stripe changes from alternating Red/White to red the last 1,000'.

So you can think of it as "1-2-3"


Anyway, got bored and started thinking too much about runway edges and centerlines.....

 

[Taildraggaah]

Personal favorite...

"tell me about a time that you interacted with a coworker and you thought they felt someone else could be feeling something that no one else felt but somehow they understood the harassment policy?"

"V-dub in da house Yah!"

 

[wingslevl]

"Where were the overnights on your last trip?"

Sh!t, I dunno, they all were 8 hours in the middle of nowhere. The minute I walked out the door of the hotel I already had forgotten the whole city. SWA asked that one.

 

[mamba20]

"Who would you rather beat, your mother or your father"

"What do you do if your captain shows up for dinner on your layover wearing a dress"

Those are 2 questions I got at an interview years ago.

 

[SpauldingSmails]

Crazy Question

Got this one at an XJ interview from the HR woman....

"What do you think your obituary would say?"

I said, "It would start off with: If only he were paying closer attention."

 

[52560]

"Who would you rather beat, your mother or your father"

"What do you do if your captain shows up for dinner on your layover wearing a dress"

Those are 2 questions I got at an interview years ago.

If my Captain showed up wearing a dress I would probably apolagize to her for being under dressed, since I would more than likely be wearing shorts and flip flops

 

[puddlejumper]

"What's your favorite aviation movie?"

 

[Wankel7]

"What's your favorite aviation movie?"

Debbie does FL350

 

[stratman560]

Do you replace the toilet paper on the roll so it comes out over the top or underneath? Oh wait....i'm sorry.... I thought it said craziest question ever.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

Do you replace the toilet paper on the roll so it comes out over the top or underneath? Oh wait....i'm sorry.... I thought it said craziest question ever.

The proper way: Over the top

 

[Ernest T. Bass]

If my captain showed up wearing a dress, I'd probably tell her she looks nice.

 

[CRJ200pilot]

i would tell "him" red isnt his color.

 

[Southern Cross]

Tell me what you would do if you had just passed V1 and a half full plastic bottle of VO fell out of your captains coat? What if you didn't smell VO on his breath? What if his seatbelt wasn't fastned, but you DID smell VO on his breath? True story.

I've had versions of this question asked in the past. Although I never have, I've always wanted to ask the interviewer just how much of a problem this is at their airline.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

Tell me what you would do if you had just passed V1 and a half full plastic bottle of VO fell out of your captains coat? What if you didn't smell VO on his breath? What if his seatbelt wasn't fastned, but you DID smell VO on his breath? True story.

Don't ask for any until above 10K?