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Originally Posted by pilot4500  I interviewed yesterday and I thought it was overall a dissapointing experience. I did not get hired. I took Wonderlic test as well as the Instrument test. I thought I did pretty well on both of them.
When they started doing the panel interviews they called me in and said that my interview was being discontinued because I did not score high enough on the Wonderlic test. It is a 50 question test and they give you 12 minutes to complete it. It is almost impossible to complete all of the questions in 12 minutes. I answered 35 questions total. They did not tell me what the minimum passing score was, or which ones I got wrong.
They suggested that I go online and try to take some practice Wonderlic tests. They then thanked me for taking the time to come to Indianapolis to interview and said that I could reapply in 6 months.
There were 7 of us that interviewed that day, and I know of at least 3 who did not score high enough on the Wonderlic test and were sent home.
The guy who went in ahead of me was an American Eagle FO, and he was also sent home because he did not do well enough on the Wonderlic test.
Republic seems like a great company to work for, but I think that sending someone home because they didn't score high enough on a test that has absolutely nothing to do with fly airplanes is rediculous!
There are other regionals out there and I will keep looking. For anyone that is planning to interview with Republic, I would strongly suggest that you do a google search on the Wonderlic test and become very familiar with it. People say that you can't study for it, but you can if you do some research. |
Don't sweat not getting the republic job. I bet "Passing" on the wonderlic test corresponds to how many pilots they need to hire for the next classes. I really think it has to do with the fact that they are interviewing more people than they need compared to when I interviewed you really had to be a moron or a convict to not get the job. Sign of the times unfortunately, on a positive note the 400 hour airline pilot may for a while be a thing of the past...
I also heard we raised our minimums recently. Is there any truth to that?