Interview with Republic Airways

I interviewed yesterday and I thought it was overall a dissapointing experience. I did not get hired. I took Wonderlic test as well as the Instrument test. I thought I did pretty well on both of them.

When they started doing the panel interviews they called me in and said that my interview was being discontinued because I did not score high enough on the Wonderlic test. It is a 50 question test and they give you 12 minutes to complete it. It is almost impossible to complete all of the questions in 12 minutes. I answered 35 questions total. They did not tell me what the minimum passing score was, or which ones I got wrong.

They suggested that I go online and try to take some practice Wonderlic tests. They then thanked me for taking the time to come to Indianapolis to interview and said that I could reapply in 6 months.

There were 7 of us that interviewed that day, and I know of at least 3 who did not score high enough on the Wonderlic test and were sent home.

The guy who went in ahead of me was an American Eagle FO, and he was also sent home because he did not do well enough on the Wonderlic test.

Republic seems like a great company to work for, but I think that sending someone home because they didn't score high enough on a test that has absolutely nothing to do with fly airplanes is rediculous!

There are other regionals out there and I will keep looking. For anyone that is planning to interview with Republic, I would strongly suggest that you do a google search on the Wonderlic test and become very familiar with it. People say that you can't study for it, but you can if you do some research.
 
pilot4500 said:
I interviewed yesterday and I thought it was overall a dissapointing experience. I did not get hired. I took Wonderlic test as well as the Instrument test. I thought I did pretty well on both of them.

When they started doing the panel interviews they called me in and said that my interview was being discontinued because I did not score high enough on the Wonderlic test. It is a 50 question test and they give you 12 minutes to complete it. It is almost impossible to complete all of the questions in 12 minutes. I answered 35 questions total. They did not tell me what the minimum passing score was, or which ones I got wrong.

They suggested that I go online and try to take some practice Wonderlic tests. They then thanked me for taking the time to come to Indianapolis to interview and said that I could reapply in 6 months.

There were 7 of us that interviewed that day, and I know of at least 3 who did not score high enough on the Wonderlic test and were sent home.

The guy who went in ahead of me was an American Eagle FO, and he was also sent home because he did not do well enough on the Wonderlic test.

Republic seems like a great company to work for, but I think that sending someone home because they didn't score high enough on a test that has absolutely nothing to do with fly airplanes is rediculous!

There are other regionals out there and I will keep looking. For anyone that is planning to interview with Republic, I would strongly suggest that you do a google search on the Wonderlic test and become very familiar with it. People say that you can't study for it, but you can if you do some research.
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Damn. Sorry to hear the news. I guess in a positive way, at least you got an experience, and because you went, you don't have to wonder the
"what if..." Everything happens for a reason.

BTW. You don't fly into CLT anymore? I met you once when you came into CLT with the Seneca.
 
Pietrantonio said:
Damn. Sorry to hear the news. I guess in a positive way, at least you got an experience, and because you went, you don't have to wonder the
"what if..." Everything happens for a reason.

BTW. You don't fly into CLT anymore? I met you once when you came into CLT with the Seneca.
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I fly into CLT almost everyday. Once in a while they have me fly out of JQF. I usually leave at 1300 and come back around 1900 on most days. Are you still working the 3rd shift?
 
pilot4500 said:
I interviewed yesterday and I thought it was overall a dissapointing experience. I did not get hired. I took Wonderlic test as well as the Instrument test. I thought I did pretty well on both of them.

When they started doing the panel interviews they called me in and said that my interview was being discontinued because I did not score high enough on the Wonderlic test. It is a 50 question test and they give you 12 minutes to complete it. It is almost impossible to complete all of the questions in 12 minutes. I answered 35 questions total. They did not tell me what the minimum passing score was, or which ones I got wrong.

They suggested that I go online and try to take some practice Wonderlic tests. They then thanked me for taking the time to come to Indianapolis to interview and said that I could reapply in 6 months.

There were 7 of us that interviewed that day, and I know of at least 3 who did not score high enough on the Wonderlic test and were sent home.

The guy who went in ahead of me was an American Eagle FO, and he was also sent home because he did not do well enough on the Wonderlic test.

Republic seems like a great company to work for, but I think that sending someone home because they didn't score high enough on a test that has absolutely nothing to do with fly airplanes is rediculous!

There are other regionals out there and I will keep looking. For anyone that is planning to interview with Republic, I would strongly suggest that you do a google search on the Wonderlic test and become very familiar with it. People say that you can't study for it, but you can if you do some research.
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Don't sweat not getting the republic job. I bet "Passing" on the wonderlic test corresponds to how many pilots they need to hire for the next classes. I really think it has to do with the fact that they are interviewing more people than they need compared to when I interviewed you really had to be a moron or a convict to not get the job. Sign of the times unfortunately, on a positive note the 400 hour airline pilot may for a while be a thing of the past...

I also heard we raised our minimums recently. Is there any truth to that?
 
[FONT=arial,helvetica]1. A physical education class has three times as many girls as boys. During a class basketball game, the girls average 18 points each, and the class as a whole averages 17 points per person. How many points does each boy score on average?

[/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica]2. Randolph has 8 ties, 6 pairs of pants, and 4 dress shirts. How many days could he possibly go without wearing the same combination of these three items?[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial,helvetica]3. John is a mechanic. He makes $8.50 an hour, plus $3 extra for every oil change he performs. Last week he worked 36 hours and performed 17 oil changes. How much money did he make?[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial,helvetica]4. A box of staples has a length of 6 cm, a width of 7 cm, and a volume of 378 cm cubed. What is the height of the box?[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial,helvetica]5. What is the average of all of the integers from 13 to 37?[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial,helvetica]6. A basketball player averaged 20 points a game over the course of six games. His scores in five of those games were 23, 18, 16, 24, and 27. How many points did he score in the sixth game?[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial,helvetica]7. Arnold is about to go on a 500-mile car trip. His mechanic recommends that he buy a special highway engine oil that will save him 50 cents in gas for every 25 miles of the trip. This new oil, however, will cost $20. Is it worthwhile for Arnold to buy the oil if he has a coupon for $4 dollars off the price?
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[FONT=arial,helvetica]looks like i'm screwed.
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[FONT=arial,helvetica]I hate those tests. what does how much cookies arnold gave samantha have to do with descending from 30,000 to 11,000 in 200 miles? lol
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Who knows what it has to do with it. It is BS, if I had to guess I think it is to figure out if you are "smart" or if you just memorized all the gouge out there. Vince Young took this test and scored on the level of a kid in elementary school.
 
I think I got a 15 on that test and worked there for 9 years. I wouldn't sweat it. After 2001, the interviews became kinda stupid, almost BS. I talked with a couple FNGs before I left, and I doubt I could get a job there today.

Sucks...sorry to hear it. You will find a good job, don't worry.
 
SoCalAprch said:
Don't sweat not getting the republic job. I bet "Passing" on the wonderlic test corresponds to how many pilots they need to hire for the next classes. I really think it has to do with the fact that they are interviewing more people than they need compared to when I interviewed you really had to be a moron or a convict to not get the job. Sign of the times unfortunately, on a positive note the 400 hour airline pilot may for a while be a thing of the past...

I also heard we raised our minimums recently. Is there any truth to that?
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I'll agree. They are starting to put people in the pool. I hope they raised the mins too, but I don't know if they did.
 
taseal said:
[FONT=arial,helvetica]1. A physical education class has three times as many girls as boys. During a class basketball game, the girls average 18 points each, and the class as a whole averages 17 points per person. How many points does each boy score on average?

[/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica]2. Randolph has 8 ties, 6 pairs of pants, and 4 dress shirts. How many days could he possibly go without wearing the same combination of these three items?[/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]3. John is a mechanic. He makes $8.50 an hour, plus $3 extra for every oil change he performs. Last week he worked 36 hours and performed 17 oil changes. How much money did he make?[/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]4. A box of staples has a length of 6 cm, a width of 7 cm, and a volume of 378 cm cubed. What is the height of the box?
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I don't THINK I've ever taken this test before, but to me, it appears that these are mostly word problems having to deal with different ratios, which does apply to flying somewhat, in terms of the arithmetic involved. There's one or two questions on the PPL written that are similar in the way you have to calculate, as well.

There are a bunch of questions similar to this in the Logic section of the LSAT, which I have taken, and I'm assuming they're testing for the ability to extrapolate the relevant numbers and crunch them. Just a guess, though. [/FONT]
 
pilot4500 said:
I interviewed yesterday and I thought it was overall a dissapointing experience. I did not get hired. I took Wonderlic test as well as the Instrument test. I thought I did pretty well on both of them.

When they started doing the panel interviews they called me in and said that my interview was being discontinued because I did not score high enough on the Wonderlic test. It is a 50 question test and they give you 12 minutes to complete it. It is almost impossible to complete all of the questions in 12 minutes. I answered 35 questions total. They did not tell me what the minimum passing score was, or which ones I got wrong.

They suggested that I go online and try to take some practice Wonderlic tests. They then thanked me for taking the time to come to Indianapolis to interview and said that I could reapply in 6 months.

There were 7 of us that interviewed that day, and I know of at least 3 who did not score high enough on the Wonderlic test and were sent home.

The guy who went in ahead of me was an American Eagle FO, and he was also sent home because he did not do well enough on the Wonderlic test.

Republic seems like a great company to work for, but I think that sending someone home because they didn't score high enough on a test that has absolutely nothing to do with fly airplanes is rediculous!

There are other regionals out there and I will keep looking. For anyone that is planning to interview with Republic, I would strongly suggest that you do a google search on the Wonderlic test and become very familiar with it. People say that you can't study for it, but you can if you do some research.
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Sorry to hear that man. There is a trick to passing the Wonderlic test. Its basically an IQ test, and if you've ever taken a timed IQ test, then the objective is to move swiftly and answer only the questions that you know the answer to. Skip any question that requires you to take more then a few seconds to answer, or just quickly guess the answer.

For example, some of the questions require long division math. Unless you are a math genius, you'll end up wasting time doing the division when you could have been answering 5-6 of the easy questions. I forget how many questions you have to answer correctly, but you definitely have to move fast.

It isn't an aviation related test, but it tests critical thinking skills under pressure. Just another way they filter candidates. The best way to prepare for these is to take timed IQ tests. Goodluck getting on somewhere else, but I encourage you to reapply in 6 months and if offered a second interview, get some practice at those types of tests.
 
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