Top 10 airline interview questions

Here are Top 10 airline interview questions  that tend to come up. This is by no means an exhaustive list. The purpose is to illustrate the importance of preparation and refreshing your memory regarding specific projects and situations.

General/Psychological:

Background type:
Tell me a little about your upbringing?
What was the most difficult part of your flying training?
Why did you decide to get into commercial aviation?
How did you pay for your training?
Why did you leave your previous employment?

Problem solving:
Tell me about a problem that you have had to solve as part of a group?
You get a technical failure, how would you go about solving it with no engineering cover?

Decision Making:
What is the hardest decision you have had to make?
Either flying related or not.
Describe a time when you have made a split second decision?
Was it the correct one?
If you have a long term decision to make, what thought process do you go through?

Leadership:
List some of the leadership roles you have had in the past?
Give an example of an occasion when you demonstrated good leadership?

Personality:
What do you consider as the high and low points in your life to date?
Give an example of when you have risen to a challenge set for you?
Give an example of a situation that you have learnt from?
Tell me about a conflict you have had with a superior or supervisor?

Safety/Security:
What would you do if you saw a passenger being abusive to a member of cabin crew?
What do you think poses the greatest threat to Airline security today?

Company Specific:
Why do you want to join us?
Why do you think this company is right for you?
What will you do if you are not selected for a job with this Airline?
Discuss the most significant business issue currently affecting the airline industry and what measures you think this airline is taking in response to its effects?

Technical:

Thinking:
What would you do if you lost an engine on take off?
Run through your thought process?

Discussion:
Why do airliners have swept wings? Discuss the significance of Mcrit.

One Liners:
How many seats does a particular aircraft that the Company flies have?

• Most people have a person in their lives that influenced their career. Who was your mentor?

• You find your Capt. drinking before a flight, how will you handle this?

• You smell smoke in the cockpit, what initial action should you take?

• You are talking to the Capt., and you smell alcohol. Although you didn’t see him drinking, what would you do?

• What have you learned from mistakes on the airline job?

• What are some goal’s that you had that were never achieved, and how did you deal with it?

• If you attain all your goals as a professional pilot what do you intend to give back to aviation?

• The aircraft is loaded way beyond gross wt., the Capt. tell’s you that he does this all the time, and the aircraft will fly. What do you do?You find yourself flying with an arrogant Capt., and you have a real personality clash, how do you deal with this?

• What is the most difficult decision that you have had to make? Aviation or non-aviation related? What did you learn from it?

• If you were a professional pilot and had an early morning trip; how would you prepare yourself for this trip?

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