Hardest Interview Question

From the Chief Pilot, "If you could sit in my place, what would be the ONE reason I would hire YOU rather than the other applicants?"

Followed immediately by, "What would be the ONE reason I would NOT hire you?"

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ill be honest, i dont think ive ever had a "real interview." It was pretty much talking for a few minutes to make sure i wasnt a complete pill and then hopping in the plane.
 
Screaming_Emu said:
Holy crap man. No wonder you picked a stressful job. Can't be any worse than having 8 sisters.
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growing up it sucked, now I love it even though I live 500 miles from them I love having a big family (10 siblings total, all from same parents) There are 10 people I know will love me unconditionally for life just because I am their brother.
 
WacoFan said:
Was there any hot tail in that class or were they all militant lesbians?
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There were some super hotties, which unfortunately meant I had no chance. And I pissed off all the uglies (who'm I'd have a chance with), because they were all militants.
 
boondr said:
I did Women's Studies 8 as in 8 sisters, not so easy but fun at times.
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Wow, that's rough. Hopefully you managed to parlay that into a little action from the sister's friends. ;) Where in the 10 siblings do you fall age wise?
 
Cruise said:
Wow, that's rough. Hopefully you managed to parlay that into a little action from the sister's friends. ;) Where in the 10 siblings do you fall age wise?
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3 older sisters and yes that was my favorite way to piss off my sisters, date their friends :)
 
I had an interview where they asked me to write a software program that sorted sequences of characters based on arbitrary rules they had devised and discarded all but the ones they wanted. This is called "trash or treasure" and it is 101 stuff, pretty easy for me. But they plopped me in a chair with a machine with the tools needed and gave me an hour. It was pretty intense due to the time frame and the need for perfection.

I've had interviews that last all day. I hate being a programmer sometimes. They like to really really grill you in my field. Not sure how it is being a pro pilot yet but I imagine it can be pretty intense also.
 
boondr said:
growing up it sucked, now I love it even though I live 500 miles from them I love having a big family (10 siblings total, all from same parents) There are 10 people I know will love me unconditionally for life just because I am their brother.
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I'm the youngest of 7.... 5 being girls

As to the Original Post.... I always hated any of the situational type questions...... seriously. Like I care to remember some time that I had a disagreement with a supervisor..... I always come up with a pretty general answer of what I would do.
 
I think the hardest question I have come across is "Tell us about a time when you encountered an emergency or dangerous situation and what you did." Then they leave the room for a few minutes so you can think about it. I have a hard time with it because I have never had anything really bad like an engine failure on take off. Don't feel like I have any "cool" stories. I have had minor stuff like instrument failures on a beautiful VMC day. I worry that if I don't have a cool enough story I won't get the job.
 
"If you're driving along in the desert and there is a four way stop, but there is NOBODY around, do you stop?"

I thought that was kind of out of left field.
 
N519AT said:
"If you're driving along in the desert and there is a four way stop, but there is NOBODY around, do you stop?"

I thought that was kind of out of left field.
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I've gotten asked that one. It's holds a lot of weight in aviation.
 
N519AT said:
"If you're driving along in the desert and there is a four way stop, but there is NOBODY around, do you stop?"

I thought that was kind of out of left field.
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True/False: You feel better now that you're stopped taking illegal drugs.

Left field enough?
 
My father in law...Son, why do you want to marry my daughter...? That was a good one...some how we drank enough to turn the conversation into a political/ history debate. And yes...I did marry her.
 
"Why do you want to work at Mesa Airlines?" That one was rough but I was prepared.

The whole "trait you would change about yourself" questions aren't too bad if you think about it before hand--it's pretty easy to come up with something negative and turn it positive without sounding cocky. I don't like the "tell me about the last FAR you violated" question, but again, there are ways you can answer it without lying or looking too bad.
 
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