Yet another thread about interview techniques.

Seggy said:
Still trying to find the answer....hmmmm...both are focusing on their customers, operations....I still don't get it. Aren't they the same?
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This is almost similar to UPS and FedEx. The companies both carry boxes, simple right? They are VERY different companies and you better know the difference when you interview at either.
 
Inverted said:
This is almost similar to UPS and FedEx. The companies both carry boxes, simple right? They are VERY different companies and you better know the difference when you interview at either.
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Nailed it.
 
Derg said:
Another interview tip which is really easy to tell if you're BS'ing or not is when someone flies for, say, Skywest, you can ask "Can you compare and contrast flying Delta Connection to United Express?"
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I'm confused. If a pilot flies for a regional like Skywest, is it possible that he would fly a different "express" airline each trip? Or do you fly for the same express airline each time?
 
Derg said:
I know. I gave @Seggy the bad news that the on-time statistics that Yernited gave him were heavily inaccurate.

But whatever makes your employees feel good, rock on and fly that KDA stick with pride!
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Or the metric two airlines are using are different i.e D:00 vs A:00 vs A:-14
 
Derg said:
Another interview tip which is really easy to tell if you're BS'ing or not is when someone flies for, say, Skywest, you can ask "Can you compare and contrast flying Delta Connection to United Express?"
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Certainly, they are UberSelect and UberX, respectively. And FreeBags Airlines is UberPOOL, I suppose.

And now I'm doing the other KDA... Yeah, apps in...
 
One thing I've always been curious about, is why do people hold back their true reason for wanting to fly at X airline. I know why I really want to fly for the mainline carrier I'm going after. However, the reasons don't have anything to do with bases, routes or any of the superficial stuff. It's more intrinsic.

Thst being said, how does that play into things?

I want to work at said carrier because I have since I was a kid. I think that reason is good enough. It's one of the biggest motivations that got my through the rough spots in this career.

Would said reason hold any water in an interview?

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Skåning said:
I went to a interview recently and two in the group admitted during the panel that when they jumpseated in the day before, it was their first time on the airline.

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What's wrong with that? That's precisely what I (and several others in my interview group) did. I think they actually appreciated that I didn't just jumpseat nonstop Delta DTW-SFO, and instead took Delta DTW-LAS and then jumpseated (got cabin seat) on VX from LAS-SFO. On that very same flight, another intervieew pilot also came into Vegas and did the same thing I was doing.

I don't think that should be a deal breaker. One of the interview questions was "name something you see on us that is different than other airlines" so it was recommended to at least fly once on VX before interviewing.
 
Cherokee_Cruiser said:
What's wrong with that? That's precisely what I (and several others in my interview group) did. I think they actually appreciated that I didn't just jumpseat nonstop Delta DTW-SFO, and instead took Delta DTW-LAS and then jumpseated (got cabin seat) on VX from LAS-SFO. On that very same flight, another intervieew pilot also came into Vegas and did the same thing I was doing.

I don't think that should be a deal breaker. One of the interview questions was "name something you see on us that is different than other airlines" so it was recommended to at least fly once on VX before interviewing.
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Before I got hired at NetJets, I booked a GIV to Hawaii because I had never flown NetJets before. Step your game up.
 
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