I interviewed for Ameriflight in mid March. On another thread, I said I would post my results for better or for worse. Here ya go.
All in all, great experience. It was my first aviation interview and I learned a lot! I Had to fly to a far away AMF base for the interview. The ACP who conducted the interview was a little intimidating at first, but after a few minutes it became a laid back conversational interview. He was very nice, professional and put me at ease throughout the process. All in all a cool guy.
I had prepared for technical/tough questions based on the gouges I had read. To my surprise he didn't go crazy with tech questions. Lots of HR stuff. What do you like/dislike about your current job? What do you know about AMF? etc.... As far as tech questions, he did get into a lot of questions regarding my current twin. Know your Vspeeds, CG and flight characteristics etc. As has been said before, they want to see that you know your current equipment. He did not have me draw out electrical/hydraulic systems. But he did seem to be looking for a solid current twin knowledge base.
I thought I did very well with part one of the interview, and felt like the job was mine for the taking...... And then came the simulator evaluation.
I had zero sim time prior to this interview, and received tons of advice from JC'ers to get lots and lots of sim time. To practice unfamiliar/difficult approaches etc... Believe it or not I took this advice and did a few hours of sim training in a nice sim with an excellent instructor. I was performing well in this sim and felt confident going into the interview.
I bombed the sim evaluation at the interview. I was given a simple VOR approach, missed, hold. No tricks. No engine failures etc... Bottom line, the frasca I was evaluated on flew nothing like the sim I had practiced on and I couldn't maintain altitude. This caused me to stay behind the airplane which led to problems throughout the approach.
In hindsight, I should have found out what type of sim I was going to be evaluated on and gotten some practice on a similar sim. The frasca was extremely pitch sensitive and I was not prepared for it. I'm sure flying it can be learned and I'm sure many of you have done it. Unfortunately, the 5 minutes I was given to practice was not sufficient for me.
A few days later I received the call. Thanks but we can't hire you at this time. I wasn't surprised. I was told that they liked me and wanted to give me chance to re-sim in June. I was happy to hear that and I plan to get some frasca time and give it another go in June.
I was pretty bummed but I believe everything happens for a reason. I learned a lot and the whole thing was a great experience. As has been said before, if you can't fly the computer, don't expect to get a job offer!
All in all, great experience. It was my first aviation interview and I learned a lot! I Had to fly to a far away AMF base for the interview. The ACP who conducted the interview was a little intimidating at first, but after a few minutes it became a laid back conversational interview. He was very nice, professional and put me at ease throughout the process. All in all a cool guy.
I had prepared for technical/tough questions based on the gouges I had read. To my surprise he didn't go crazy with tech questions. Lots of HR stuff. What do you like/dislike about your current job? What do you know about AMF? etc.... As far as tech questions, he did get into a lot of questions regarding my current twin. Know your Vspeeds, CG and flight characteristics etc. As has been said before, they want to see that you know your current equipment. He did not have me draw out electrical/hydraulic systems. But he did seem to be looking for a solid current twin knowledge base.
I thought I did very well with part one of the interview, and felt like the job was mine for the taking...... And then came the simulator evaluation.
I had zero sim time prior to this interview, and received tons of advice from JC'ers to get lots and lots of sim time. To practice unfamiliar/difficult approaches etc... Believe it or not I took this advice and did a few hours of sim training in a nice sim with an excellent instructor. I was performing well in this sim and felt confident going into the interview.
I bombed the sim evaluation at the interview. I was given a simple VOR approach, missed, hold. No tricks. No engine failures etc... Bottom line, the frasca I was evaluated on flew nothing like the sim I had practiced on and I couldn't maintain altitude. This caused me to stay behind the airplane which led to problems throughout the approach.
In hindsight, I should have found out what type of sim I was going to be evaluated on and gotten some practice on a similar sim. The frasca was extremely pitch sensitive and I was not prepared for it. I'm sure flying it can be learned and I'm sure many of you have done it. Unfortunately, the 5 minutes I was given to practice was not sufficient for me.
A few days later I received the call. Thanks but we can't hire you at this time. I wasn't surprised. I was told that they liked me and wanted to give me chance to re-sim in June. I was happy to hear that and I plan to get some frasca time and give it another go in June.
I was pretty bummed but I believe everything happens for a reason. I learned a lot and the whole thing was a great experience. As has been said before, if you can't fly the computer, don't expect to get a job offer!
