Lots of great advice in this thread, I did prep with Cage Marshall and regretted it. They prepped me to have canned robotic answers, say fake things like what
@derg just said above. Didn’t end well and cost me what I thought was my dream job.
Interviewed at a different legacy a few months later and made a point to not prep this time. Went great and had genuine conversations, I think the combination of doing prep in the past, but not immediately beforehand did the trick for me. I got lucky and in retrospect I’m very glad I ended up at the second place anyways.
Wow, Cage did that? They must have changed because they made a specific point to say DON’T do that. I used them back in 2019 so times may have changed.
At the end of the day I have picked up on two types of people. Those that need interview prep and those that don’t. I don’t mean to sound flippant but seriously. Here is what prep companies tell you:
-Show up in a suit…no not the colorful one, a darker suit. Look like you didn’t just throw this together last night.
-When asked why (United, Delta, American, etc), don’t say anything about pay, fleet, travel, contract, blah blah blah. Have a heartfelt answer that shows you spent some time thinking about it.
-Have proper logbooks that you spent a hot second tabbing and making sure the times equal and that are all signed.
- READ THE INSTRUCTIONS THE AIRLINE SENT YOU FOR THE INTERVIEW. If they want two copies of XYZ then bring them…in that order. Don’t bring 3 or 1 or be adding in ABC.
-Take some time to think about TMAAT questions. Forget the specific questions. Group everything into CRM, Conflict resolution, Leadership, and customer service. Literally every question will hit one of these topics, always and forever.
- Don’t disrespect the process. It is what it is. If you want to complain about the above tips then don’t bother interviewing. You are the type of person that won’t be successful. It’s a game…play it or don’t.
I feel like everything above is fairly common sense but I witnessed first hand in my major interview infractions of all types above. I was completely shocked that people still showed up with stacks of disheveled papers and logbooks. Came in looking like they had just finished at a bachelor party a couple hours earlier. Saw pilots complaining about the interview or their current employer out loud in the common area for all to hear. Absolutely horrendous stuff I never believed I would see in that environment. Those are the folks that need interview prep the most.
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