[falconvalley]

When I went to the ALPA organized job fair last week, I visited a few different tables. Republic was one of them. I had applied at Republic after leaving AirNet and never heard back from them, but this time they offered an interview date on the spot. This excited me very much!

I nonreved in for an interview that occurred yesterday, February 5th. Like most others, I stayed at the Holiday Inn at the interview rate of $41 a night. After taxes, I think it was $45 or something. I also read the latest gouge on aviationinterviews.com and studied the user posted questions. I finally did find the actual "Chautauqua Study Guide". You have to pay for access to the websight and definitely do not "donate" money for the study guide so I hear. If anyone needs a walkthrough on how to find the studyguide, send me a pm and I'll get back to ya.

I met most of the interviewees the morning of the interview. There were 4 of us from Skyway. The others were a captain on the Do-Jet and 2 Beech first officers. There was also a captain from Mesa and a gentleman from Big Sky. I didn't really get to chat in detail with the others, but I think there were a couple part 91 guys. I think there were 10 of us in all. We all piled on to the bus at 7:45 am sharp and the driver proceeded to HQ, which is right around the corner. We went inside and met Shane, a real nice guy. He waited until 8 for a few that never showed up and we proceeded into a room with tables and chairs and such...

We filled out PRIA paperwork and Shane gave a brief overview and history of the company. Great growth and great opportunities. At about 8:45, most of us had finished the paperwork, so we took the Wonderlic test and company written. The written was a piece of cake for me, as I had been studying the Inst OEG and the other study guides. The Inst OEG covers alot of stuff that you should know anyway. I heard people that didn't study the OEG or the Chautuaqua Study Guide say they stumbled through the test.

After the tests, we were led to the break room and company HR began selecting people to do sim, face to face interviews, and finger printing. Things went fast. I was selected to interview within like 5 mins or so. I had a nice HR lady and a Captain, who used to fly the Beech. GReeat, I thought. The Captain threw some Beech technical questions out and I snapped the answers back, no problem. He realized after 4 questions or so that I know my stuff and that he'd have to dig for something that I didn't know. Know your airplane and you'll be left alone! Typical HR questions, nothing new. They asked me about swept wing aircraft in a way to find out how much I know about something I've never flown before, I think. I got the anwsers right, but I had to think about the questions. Asked me about speeding tickets. Alot of questions created from reading my application, which I had updated the night before. The previous update was 2006 and the HR appeared to be not happy that she had that copy. I told her I had updated it and she then became happy and came back with the update. They will automatically match your resume name with what's in their system. I had given my resume at the job fair and within hours gotten an email from them with my 2006 address on it. They are quick, so keep that application updated.

The others reported different types of face to face interviews. One of the Beech FOs had to do the sim, even though they had the same amount of Beech time and 121 time as me. I think the fact that I had upgraded made the difference.

All in all a very good experience. Kinda like going to a concert to see your favorite band and having a new favorite band after seeing the opening act (thanks to whoever gave me that analogy, I like that!)