Jeezuz Christ! The first "job" I had performing CFI-type duties involved no real interview and no aircraft checkout whatsoever. "Yea, I've flown a 172M before."
My current employer had no technical interview, just a HR type to make sure I wasn't a CFI who thought that I was supposed to get weekends off
. The aircraft checkout put me through the paces on an aircraft type I had never flown before and was concluded with the "Find Ridgely Airpark" exercise. I found it using old school pilotage; apparantly some other applicants have flipped out and have been unable to find it. The air work was probably horrible, but oh well. I must have asked the right questions: "Steep turns? So what's V
A on this aircraft?"
If anyone is in the DC/Baltimore area or in the midst of a nationwide job search like I was, and doesn't want their balls busted by a technical interview panel, send me a PM so I can put your resume in.
Mike