Delta is planning on hiring 1300 in 2020

My United interview back in February was the most low stress, low threat, dare I say enjoyable interview I have ever had. From the initial invite to CJO, no fix-it emails. No good cop-bad cop B.S.. No job knowledge test. No shrink. Everyone I interacted with from the guard that issued the visitors pass to the gals in the recruiting office to the pilot and HR interviewers were friendly, enthusiastic and sincerely wanted you to succeed. The whole process from the time I drove onto the campus at TK until I was on my way back to the airport was 4 hours.
 
JetDoc said:
My United interview back in February was the most low stress, low threat, dare I say enjoyable interview I have ever had. From the initial invite to CJO, no fix-it emails. No good cop-bad cop B.S.. No job knowledge test. No shrink. Everyone I interacted with from the guard that issued the visitors pass to the gals in the recruiting office to the pilot and HR interviewers were friendly, enthusiastic and sincerely wanted you to succeed. The whole process from the time I drove onto the campus at TK until I was on my way back to the airport was 4 hours.
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Same thing here at Ned Homfeld Air, really. It was a process bereft of both ass-hattery and johnson measuring.
 
JetDoc said:
My United interview back in February was the most low stress, low threat, dare I say enjoyable interview I have ever had. From the initial invite to CJO, no fix-it emails. No good cop-bad cop B.S.. No job knowledge test. No shrink. Everyone I interacted with from the guard that issued the visitors pass to the gals in the recruiting office to the pilot and HR interviewers were friendly, enthusiastic and sincerely wanted you to succeed. The whole process from the time I drove onto the campus at TK until I was on my way back to the airport was 4 hours.
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How was the Hogan? Pretty easy?
 
Autothrust Blue said:
My response to that is more like:
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Or, "I'm angry about it too," depending.

The power dynamic, I think, is "off" for trying to assess that specific interaction in the interview context, incidentally. I think it might be a more useful thing to use either a scenario question or a "tell me about this from your experience" than to stomp on someone's nicely-polished dress shoes, grab them by their painfully common red power tie and piss them off.

I might love Admiral Rickover, but I don't think his interview techniques have any place in the airlines.
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I dunno. I think the people who react to stuff like that emotionally tend to be the most irritating people to work with. Bad news from the ground handler about a loading delay? They take it personally. As much as I think the movie is overrated, it's a lot more pleasant to work with "the dude" from "The Big Lebowski."
 
I can't speak to the effectiveness of good cop/bad cop. But I know of at least guy who said he damn near got in an argument with an interviewer over a logbook question. To me, that shows a lot about a person. You have the chance of a lifetime to interview for a job you've likely wanted for a long time and you're going to get defensive? For one (admittedly stressful) day you can't hold it back and talk about the problem? I probably don't want to work with you.

A guy who reacts like this to the bad cop? I'd hire him.

 
JetDoc said:
My United interview back in February was the most low stress, low threat, dare I say enjoyable interview I have ever had. From the initial invite to CJO, no fix-it emails. No good cop-bad cop B.S.. No job knowledge test. No shrink. Everyone I interacted with from the guard that issued the visitors pass to the gals in the recruiting office to the pilot and HR interviewers were friendly, enthusiastic and sincerely wanted you to succeed. The whole process from the time I drove onto the campus at TK until I was on my way back to the airport was 4 hours.
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Same at Southern Jets, genuinely enjoyed the HR and wanted to keep chatting more with the 3 of them. As one who has been on the other side of the hiring table as well, no two interviews are ever the same. Even had one applicant shed tears which was super awkward (didn't get the job) and years later found myself sharing a jumpseat ride on a 777 with him. It was...awkward.
 
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