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Berkut · September 28th, 2007, 03:42

Date of interview: April 19, 2007
Date interview was submitted: September 19, 2007
Were you hired as a result of this interview? no
Total flight time: 1240
PIC flight time: 1100
PIC TURBINE flight time: 0
Instrument flight time: 110
Total multi engine flight time: 101
Did someone walk in your application/ resume? no
How many letters of recommendation did you bring? 1
Are you a CFI? yes
Are you a CFII? yes
Are you a MEI? yes
Are you an ATP? no
Did you complete the ATP written? no
Are you an FE? no
Did you complete the FE written? no
How long after you sent your resume were you called? 1 weeks
Do you have a college degree? 4 year
Do you have a military background? no
What is your current job? cfi
What is your age? 31
What aircraft were you assigned? N/A
If you were hired what is your training date?

Interview experience:
Wow! This was the rudest interview I have ever been to in my whole life for any position anywhere! I don't understand why any professional organization would act like this. The interview consisted of SCREAMING and YELLING by the interviewers! It started like this. There were 4 candidates in my class. We all took a written test (if you have studied the ATP written lately you will do fine) and then did the sim evaluation, and were called in one by one for the interview. I was the third one to interview. The last candidate came out, and said to us, "Wow, they were very rude." Then the interviewer came out holding a file and just stared at us! Didn't say a word! Was he trying to intimidate us or something? I don't know. (One of the job applicants was a local flight instructor in Vegas and said he recognized this interviewer from a town meeting in Henderson, NV. The meeting was about noise abatement procedures and apparently this interviewer had stood up at the meeting at said "You want our pilots to follow this? Our pilots are lucky to chew gum and walk at the same time!") Unbelievable! What a professional thing to say about your own company! So anyway, back to the interview. This same interviewer was standing there, I don't know his name, but probably about 30 or so, kind of tall. I finally broke the silence and said I'll go next. He didn't say anything but just waived to me to follow him. I did and sat down at the interview with him and another interviewer, an older gentlemen that wore glasses and had a softer demeanor. Upon the start of the interview and sitting down, I tried to shake their hands and both of them refused! They both said that they had a cold, even though neither one of them showed any symptoms of a cold or flu. Then the questions started. The first question they will ask you is about your former job or career you had, specifically outside of aviation, and they will challenge you on something factual about it and say you were wrong (similar to gouge below where they ask the applicant "What happens to the price of bonds when interest rates decrease?") Maybe this is part of the hostile interviewer technique, but I don't understand why they would go this far. Next, they ask a question of what does the GS and altitude mean on the profile part of the instrument chart. At first I answered glide slope intercept. Then he just yelled at the top of his lungs, I swear everyone else down the hall could hear "You just killed everyone on the airplane!" For a split-second, I couldn't help it and almost chuckled just a bit. He then screamed again "It's not funny! This is serious! You just killed 20 people and their families!" I then regained my composure and said "Well I'm sorry; I was taught that was glide slope intercept." They then continued with their rant and told me that they answer there were looking for was that it was an altimeter check and nothing else. Okay then. Next there were questions about the Seal Beach ILS. Three ways to identify BECCA, etc. Then there was a question about a TAF, when it is valid. Then the whole interview was over in about 10 minutes. I thanked them for the opportunity and once again offered my hand for a handshake. Once again, they refused saying they were sick. What gives here! What culture are these people from? I don't understand this. Shake a man's hand for Pete's Sake! A week later I got the canned letter stating that I didn't get the job. It turned out best for me as I got a job with a different charter company, that is better for my career. As much as the airlines and different companies are desperate for pilots right now, I wouldn't recommend this job. It is almost all VFR flying in a fixed gear Turbine plane, with low pay and long 12 hour days in the hot, desert climate and they same route day in and day out. Not exactly the best type of flying to put in a logbook for a flying career. And with the way they seem to treat their pilots, and with the attitude they have toward their pilots, who would want to work for this operation anyway!

September 28th, 2007, 03:42	#107
Berkut Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Murfreesboro, TN USA Posts: 916	Re: Scenic Date of interview: April 19, 2007 Date interview was submitted: September 19, 2007 Were you hired as a result of this interview? no Total flight time: 1240 PIC flight time: 1100 PIC TURBINE flight time: 0 Instrument flight time: 110 Total multi engine flight time: 101 Did someone walk in your application/ resume? no How many letters of recommendation did you bring? 1 Are you a CFI? yes Are you a CFII? yes Are you a MEI? yes Are you an ATP? no Did you complete the ATP written? no Are you an FE? no Did you complete the FE written? no How long after you sent your resume were you called? 1 weeks Do you have a college degree? 4 year Do you have a military background? no What is your current job? cfi What is your age? 31 What aircraft were you assigned? N/A If you were hired what is your training date? Interview experience: Wow! This was the rudest interview I have ever been to in my whole life for any position anywhere! I don't understand why any professional organization would act like this. The interview consisted of SCREAMING and YELLING by the interviewers! It started like this. There were 4 candidates in my class. We all took a written test (if you have studied the ATP written lately you will do fine) and then did the sim evaluation, and were called in one by one for the interview. I was the third one to interview. The last candidate came out, and said to us, "Wow, they were very rude." Then the interviewer came out holding a file and just stared at us! Didn't say a word! Was he trying to intimidate us or something? I don't know. (One of the job applicants was a local flight instructor in Vegas and said he recognized this interviewer from a town meeting in Henderson, NV. The meeting was about noise abatement procedures and apparently this interviewer had stood up at the meeting at said "You want our pilots to follow this? Our pilots are lucky to chew gum and walk at the same time!") Unbelievable! What a professional thing to say about your own company! So anyway, back to the interview. This same interviewer was standing there, I don't know his name, but probably about 30 or so, kind of tall. I finally broke the silence and said I'll go next. He didn't say anything but just waived to me to follow him. I did and sat down at the interview with him and another interviewer, an older gentlemen that wore glasses and had a softer demeanor. Upon the start of the interview and sitting down, I tried to shake their hands and both of them refused! They both said that they had a cold, even though neither one of them showed any symptoms of a cold or flu. Then the questions started. The first question they will ask you is about your former job or career you had, specifically outside of aviation, and they will challenge you on something factual about it and say you were wrong (similar to gouge below where they ask the applicant "What happens to the price of bonds when interest rates decrease?") Maybe this is part of the hostile interviewer technique, but I don't understand why they would go this far. Next, they ask a question of what does the GS and altitude mean on the profile part of the instrument chart. At first I answered glide slope intercept. Then he just yelled at the top of his lungs, I swear everyone else down the hall could hear "You just killed everyone on the airplane!" For a split-second, I couldn't help it and almost chuckled just a bit. He then screamed again "It's not funny! This is serious! You just killed 20 people and their families!" I then regained my composure and said "Well I'm sorry; I was taught that was glide slope intercept." They then continued with their rant and told me that they answer there were looking for was that it was an altimeter check and nothing else. Okay then. Next there were questions about the Seal Beach ILS. Three ways to identify BECCA, etc. Then there was a question about a TAF, when it is valid. Then the whole interview was over in about 10 minutes. I thanked them for the opportunity and once again offered my hand for a handshake. Once again, they refused saying they were sick. What gives here! What culture are these people from? I don't understand this. Shake a man's hand for Pete's Sake! A week later I got the canned letter stating that I didn't get the job. It turned out best for me as I got a job with a different charter company, that is better for my career. As much as the airlines and different companies are desperate for pilots right now, I wouldn't recommend this job. It is almost all VFR flying in a fixed gear Turbine plane, with low pay and long 12 hour days in the hot, desert climate and they same route day in and day out. Not exactly the best type of flying to put in a logbook for a flying career. And with the way they seem to treat their pilots, and with the attitude they have toward their pilots, who would want to work for this operation anyway!