Day one, they sell you the company. They speak of the negatives as well - owners smoke, pets on board, you handle bags (it rains sometimes), you know where the dust buster is located and how to use it, weight gain is likely if you are not careful. We did not get the whiz quiz, that comes after the offer now. We did get an assessment prior to the interview that is done on-line. It had math, English, and would you rather climb a mountain or a blow it up type questions. Second day is the interview and sim. You have a partner for the sim and the group was also divided into two groups for interviews, one to interview with a two-pilot panel and the other to interview with a one pilot/one HR panel. The questions were different for the two groups. I talked with the 2 pilots. The sim, IMO, was not really that hard if you have a crosscheck and fly with your fingertips. Me and my partner flew very well and did so from the round gages in the left seat. We used CRM from beginning to end. The horn is indeed very loud. TMA your flying career. Broad question that lead to several tangents, some that were not flying related. Given a SID, what is the climb gradient? How do I convert ft/NM into %? You are at FL300, ATC gives you a restriction of 100ft by 20 DME from the VOR you are navigating off of, when do you start down? What is your VVI for this descent? When is an alternate required? What are the fuel requirements for an alternate? When will your altimeter read higher than you really are? Why NetJets? Where do you draw the line at customer service? I was then given scenarios and asked if I would be OK with each. Have you had an ethical dilemma while flying? (I turned that into TMAAT when you broke a rule to get the job done). Guest of owner is flying to Ireland, you have an hour to stock the plane, customer service team has no way to find out their desires except they have no food allergies. What do you put on the plane? What is the role of a NetJets pilot? They pointed to an MSA on a SID plate and asked what it was. What would you do if you had to sit at an FBO for 10 hrs? There were some other questions about the specific type of military flying that I have done. I don't know if that was curiosity on their part, or real questions. Certainly it was part of the get-to-know-you stuff. They told stories and I told stories. They say they want to get to know you as a person. I found that to be true. It was very relaxed, to the point that I was unsure of how I did. Take the time at Flight Safety to talk to the folks doing recurrent. The job offer came 3 weeks after the interview. Planes that I know were offered to our group: X, Excel, XLS, Sovereign, and 400XP. I know there is a class for the Hawker 800 as well.
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