All other gouges are spot on, the questions are all the same, the people are just as nice, the process hasn't changed. No curve-balls here.
I will simply share what I feel worked for me.
99% of your chance at succeeding in this interview happens weeks before you get there. Personally, I changed my diet, got a lot of sleep, exercised, and took supplements specifically geared towards improving memory and having a clearer mind. I freshened up the suit, did the Emerald Coast interview prep, and paid for the full version of Lumosity (11 bucks for a month). Be sure to bring your work history from airlineapps as a separate sheet for yourself as you will have to reference it several times for PRIA paperwork. Put your resume on good quality 28 pound paper, not regular comp paper. The interview email said take 730 shuttle from hotel, I took the 7 am, just in case.
As for studying, be wary of the JKT gouges you get with answers selected. I ignored the answers on the gouge and used the Turbine Pilot Flight Manual, Everything Explained, and Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators to find the CORRECT answer to each question. Through this process I memorized the correct answer and also learned the material at a correlative level. The job knowledge test was really a breeze to be honest, I was expecting way worse. I practiced the formulas from Mental Math for Pilots dozens of times and the only descent planning question I had, actually had the formula IN the question. There was one question on the test I hadn't seen in gouges and didn't know the answer to, it had to do with hand signals to lead marshals on the ground. I would glance through those.
The cognitive test was more difficult for me. Because of how important this test was, I practiced every game twice before I took the test, whether I felt like it was super easy or not. This kind of gave me a "running start" at the game versus just one practice and then GO. Out of the 12 tests, two of them I felt like I really screwed up. The one where you have to determine the rules of arrows/borders/arrow color and then a tone tells you the rule has changed. And then also the divided attention game keeping the line in center of screen while clicking number boxes of the number that had PREVIOUSLY flashed above. Also remember "Dash, X, T, O, L, U" (1-2-3-4-5-6) for the symbols/numbers matching. The dash is an underscore "__" and the T is actually an upside down "T" but you will need to short term recall this and long term recall it a few tests later. If you are playing Lumosity you should just follow their recommended training as I did think it helped my overall cognitive thinking, but if you want to be specific to the Cog test you will take, the memory and attention/divided-attention games will help the most. The Lumosity games are light-years ahead of the delta cog test in form and function, which is good as the test will be easier when you get there.
The advice I used for Personality Test was, just go with your gut instinct and be consistent.
HR portion was incredibly relaxed, they didn't grill me on all my screw ups in life too much, just was super honest and when they asked about checkride failures they just wanted to know what happened, then we moved on, I didnt even get a chance to get into the "positive take-away" from it all.. then we moved on to the TMMAT WWYD questions. How would your current employer rate your reliablity, TMAAT you had conflict in cockpit, TMAAT you did something in a plane you will never do again, WWYD if captain on vis appr lines up with wrong airport in non radar environment, WWYD if captain wants to tell pax that delay is weather not because of real cause which is maintenance. My suggestions for these, safety above all else, and honesty is the best policy.
Came out five min after HR portion done and offered the job. Did the drug test and taxi voucher to get back to airport. Great people, great experience, cant wait to start! |
