Arrived in the classroom. There were about 40 in the room. Some 121 people from Chicago Express, TSA, Eagle, Commuit Air and some 91 instructors. I would say about half the group got the job. Dawn Daniel gave a run down on the company for about an hour. Paper work/ Logbooks must be in order. Then we were called out one at a time for the three rooms. It took a while so be sure to eat a good breakfast. They started calling people out at 11 AM CDT and finished about 3 PM CDT. In the first room, it was Approach plates for Villmosa Mexico. Brief the plate MSA, FAF, Feeder route when to descend, missed approach instructions, circle to land. Then a Jepp chart for Texas Gulf of Mexico Area, basic questions like MEA, MOCA, Restricted Area, Changeover Pt. Next room aircraft questions Fuel system on the most rescent multi, unusual situations you have been in describe one and what you did. Scenario Question they have a bunch of cards and they select one. Say you loose sight of RWY and are unsure you can make a normal ldg Captain says it is ok though. I said that I would ask captain to land A/C. They seemed to like that answer. Back to the holding room and waiting for room 3. Waited about half an hour. Room 3 HR room Nice people but a very stressful seating arrangement. There are 2 in that room be sure not to leave anyone out on your answers. They asked questions like Why XJT, been flying 172 how are you going to transition to jet. Any Violations, any accidents, any failed checkrides, last non aviation book you read, what other airlines have you applied with,logbook questions, questions for us. Overall it was a good experience. I think I learned a lot about XJT. It would be nice to fly the 145. I think the whole no lunch thing is difficult not only on the applicants, but the HR people as well. They were complaining of no lunch. I'm not really sure that it is your job to loose. I think it is your job to win (sell yourself). How many people didn't add to the gouge that were turned down? Evaluation starts when you walk in the door.

Great group of people at express Jet. They make you feel very at home and act as if the job is yours to lose. They seem to be looking to hire low time people. Less then 2000 TT and ages seemed to be in the mid 20's. Make sure you have all the paper work in the exact!!! order that they want it. Getting all the paper work can take a while so start now. Birth certificate, passport, Restricted Radio,,,,,,a pain to get. Work history for ten years with numbers, residence history with numbers as well. FIRST class medical is a must. If you have taken a 135 try to have your last check ride receipt. Just looks nice I think. They ask questions that anyone may be asked on a basic instrument check. I can tell you this though. Paper work is key, nice and neat. Clean and organized log book that looks like you care. A standard dark blue suit, white shirt, red tie. I did see a couple others without a red tie and white shirt that got hired so don't sweat. Oh yea,,,,one guy, I kid you not showed up without a suit.... But very important,,,, Look them in the eye, nice firm hand shake, and let them know how much you would love to fly for their company and and appricate the opportunity to be there. THey don't care if you flew c5's and have space time. It's all in the personality and can you get along with people. The training is excellent..... They will work with you a much as you will work with them which says a lot about a training department. Unlike eagle who plans to wash people out. They are planning on huge growth for the next year.

The interview with express jet went as followed. Everyone meet in a large room where dawn explained company pay and befits. (for though that don't know the pay ends up to be about 1600 month, there is a 2% union fee after the first year) then we where called out one by one to interview( there was three rooms with two captains in the first two rooms, and in the last room there was hr and head of training, the first two rooms was all technical questions and questions like drunk captain, your cleared for a visual and there is a cloud in the way of the approach and the captain said to fly through it what do you do? Your holding over Austin TX VOR destination is Houston with only 30 min of fuel and the captain that he want to keep holding for ten min what do you do? And your rolling down the run way at about 50 kt and you realize that the caption doesn't have his seat belt on. Then went to the last room and they ask a few Hr. Questions and then told me to get my stuff and the Hr lady walk me out and told me that I need to be more confident and that I was weak on instruments and to brush up and to reply in three months. Any words of advice that I would give is to know your instrument knowledge and to be very confident in your answers Hope this help someone out there. No Sim ride and no atp written

Before I say anything else, I need to say that every one that I dealt with at ExpressJet was very laid back and friendly, I felt that they wanted to hire everybody and you will find out how everything went by the time you leave. It seems at this time ExpressJet is the place to be. As of Sept 21, they are looking at hiring another 180 pilots this year alone, and 800 next year. The minimums are officially 600TT and 100ME with 20 hrs of Actual instrument.

The application process requires you to go to the website (www.expressjet.com) and fill out the online application. If you fill the magic boxes they will tell you a recruiter will contact you, I have heard some rumors that If you fax a resume directly to them after you fill out the online app you might be able to move things along.

After they call you for an interview they email you a sheet with your flight arangements as well as very specific instructions on what to bring. Follow those instructions precisely. They fly you to Houston on their dime infact I got upgraded to first class (not a bad way to unwind before an interview) You take a van which is rather difficult to find to get to XJTs training center and you call a number they give you and wait to get called in.

When I arrived there were still people waiting from the morning group to find of how everything went, in fact 10 out of the 11 people in the morning group got hired. After a while they called us into the conference room (there were 7 of us) for a company intro with Dawn Daniel.They took that opportunity to collect everbodys logbooks and paperwork for evaluation. During that session there were a bunch of question aimed at seeing if you did your homework--- Such as what is ExpressJet's stock symbol and price, how about Continental. What is the difference between an ERJ-135, 145, and 145XR. How many airplanees do they have? Do as much research as you can.

There are 3 different rooms that you go through during the process, the first room dealt with Instrument procedures and systems. I got asked a couple of situational questions based of a Mexican Approach plate... Your are 20 miles NorthEast from the VOR at 18000 feet cleared for the approach.. What Would You Do?? Know the difference between Trans Altitude and Trans Level. Aslo know the MEA, MOCA, MORA, MSA and any other altitudes that you can think of. Also know IFR regs.. Alternate Requirements, minumums, holding speeds ect... They did dig into airplane systems a little but nothing to bad... They wanted to know how an ACM worked. That room is wide open others got asked about Vmc and other aerodymanics, I think they just mix it up a little so the interviewing Captains dont ask the same questions all day.

The Second Rooms dealt with a little more CRM and personality. I got asked a few questions about my current job, If I have ever had an inflight emergency, how did you handle that.... They also asked the "no right answer questions" What do you do if you are rolling down the runway and you realize that Captain isnt wearing his shoulder harness? That sort thing, be honest, but stick to your guns, they are looking for you to make a decision and stick with it!

The third room had the Director of Training and someone from HR. They asked the basic HR type questions, nothing to earth shaking, but I did get the feeling that the director of training was trying to rattle me a little to see how I would react, not as much as what he was asking but how he was asking it. He was very nice after the interview so dont sweat. After I was done with them I was told to go into the conference room to get my stuff and they would escort me out to wait for a decision, but as I exited the room the HR lady (I didnt catch a name) offered me a class date then and there, and I immeadatley dove into paper work.

They were interviewing a class date 2 weeks hence, take it or leave it.
Hope this helps---Good Luck to all
Thanks to all gouge posters before me--- See you on the line!

It was a terrible expereince. Had the first phase interview. They ask you the basic situational questions with the entire group, than dawn and two other pilots ask you tech questions.

You get the feeling like they dont trust you when you are there. Dawn is very aggressive and has a strong attitude, like she is not happy perhaps due to their poor contract. Example she asked you a question, than she doesnt let you finish your sentence. It all depends on her mood, if she is happy, she is not very aggressive. I think that is not fair. They dont care about internal recommendation. IF you are 1 hour short of their requirment they will send you home. If you dont have 36.5 hours of actual instrument, they send you home.

I also heard that they only want to hire low time guys, so they can keep them longer, so if you have a lot of flight time i dont think you will get the job. i had tons of friends who interview with over 2000 hours of time and over 1000 pic turbine who did not get the job offer.

Express Jet is a great company but i think the management or the HR dont know what they are doing. They just seemed fake to me, they where friendly to your face but you know you could see it wasnt very sincere.

I am not bad mouthing Express Jet, it is still my first choice to get on with. They will hopefully get a better contract and i have friends who fly for them, but this HR process is totally unexceptable. They need to change their process and get new people to conduct interviews. They treat you like cattle, interview you with the entire group of pilots. Nothing is one on one.

Good luck to everyone, but dont expect much.