Airline interview prep?

Which airline? I do a lot of mentoring for folks trying to get hired and preparing for interviews, and although some people would disagree, I would say it largely depends on which airline you're looking at.
 
I have had a conversation with AeroCrew Solutions about career progression and the gentleman gave me a lot of good advice. It was a very positive experience.

Having said that it wasn't airline specific nor was it an actual airline prep.

However, I have also heard Emerald Coast is a good company to hook up with as well.

You'll get some better responses with people who have actually used the had success with said products.

Good luck.
 
Emerald coast and Fapa specifically Judy Tarver are excellent and worth everything. They develop your skills so you do not come off as canned. They give you techniques to remember and recall TMAAT for just about every situation. Judy worked as head of hiring at AA for years. They know what and what not to say. If nothing more it gives you the confidence to really know how to sell yourself and thrive in an HR environment. It's great to practice ahead of time.

I say a career at one of these companies is worth millions over the lifetime. Don't fret about $3-400 .. It's an investment well spent! Do some form of prep.. Lots of great folks out there.
 
mshunter said:
Can you give a brief rundown of the event? I've been really curious if these things are worth the money.
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Starts with a 3-hour series of online academic lectures about the various types of questions and what the airlines are looking for when they ask them. You listen to those lectures before the actual seminar, as well as do some homework in researching material for your TMAAT stories.

The seminar itself spends the first half of the day going over some material about what kinds thought processes to use when answering WWYD questions, as well as talking about how to present your own story/history/intro.

After lunch, you go into mock interviews, where you each take turns in the hot seat, with your peers watching and learning from you squirming.

The best part is that you are a customer for life...you can always go back in the future and audit seminars for free.
 
Hacker15e said:
Starts with a 3-hour series of online academic lectures about the various types of questions and what the airlines are looking for when they ask them. You listen to those lectures before the actual seminar, as well as do some homework in researching material for your TMAAT stories.

The seminar itself spends the first half of the day going over some material about what kinds thought processes to use when answering WWYD questions, as well as talking about how to present your own story/history/intro.

After lunch, you go into mock interviews, where you each take turns in the hot seat, with your peers watching and learning from you squirming.

The best part is that you are a customer for life...you can always go back in the future and audit seminars for free.
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Thanks. Sounds like it did you a lot of good? I don't feel ready yet for the big three, I am putting the polish on my BS right now, a little bit at a time because money is tight on a regional FO salary. But when that's done, I plan on basically spamming them all with my app and resume. Probably another 2.5-3 years at this pace.
 
mshunter said:
Thanks. Sounds like it did you a lot of good? I don't feel ready yet for the big three, I am putting the polish on my BS right now, a little bit at a time because money is tight on a regional FO salary. But when that's done, I plan on basically spamming them all with my app and resume. Probably another 2.5-3 years at this pace.
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In my opinion, it is well worth it.

As a military officer and pilot, I've spent literally 20 years doing public speaking, presentations, briefings, academics, etc, so I'm very comfortable speaking extemporaneously. When it is a flyin story...heck, even better.

What I didn't know was, there is a big difference between telling a good "there I was..." story at the bar with your buds and telling a TMAAT story at an airline interview. The interviewers are looking for particular things in what you tell your story about and how you tell it. Similarly, you have to choose and tell a story that communicates what you want them to know/learn about you. It takes time to select those stories, and preparation to think about how you want to present them.

The same thing goes for the "What would you do..." questions. The way that I would answer most of those, coming from a tactical military background, differs from how the airlines want to see them answered. There is just a different thought process and methodology to thinking through and problem solving these things. Participating on JC for the last decade has given me a lot of insight about the mindset, but ECIC's academics brought this all into sharper focus for me.

I read Cheryl Cage's Checklist For Success, which is a good interview prep book in its own right, but I think the in-person critique and practice sessions at Emerald Coast were well worth the price of admission.
 
I thought Rick Hogan's 'How to Land a Top Paying Airline Job' was a good starter book for prepping for the interviews.
 
I did emerald coast as well as an aero crew app review...would recommend both.
 
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