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Interview Profile

• Check in with Receptionist
• Submit your logbook
• Given forms to fill out
  • Application
  • Language form (over carbon copy paper)
• Panel interview
  • 2 pilots, 1 Human Resource Representative
  • Very relaxed atmosphere
  • They will write down everything you say
• Computer based tests
  • One cognitive test
  • Three personality, emotional inventory tests

Interview Question Bank

Human Resource Questions

• How did you get interested in aviation?
• Give us a brief overview of your career, including training
• What is the greatest achievement in your career to date?
• What do you bring to Air Canada?
• What do you expect to get from Air Canada?
• What was the hardest decision you've had to make in your career? How did you make it?
• What do you like about your present job?
• What do you dislike about your present job?
• How would your former supervisors describe you?
• Pilots will frequently have to deal with stress throughout their career - tell us about a time when you experienced stress. How did you deal with it?
• What are two of your strengths that make you a better pilot?
• What is a weakness of yours that affects you in the flight deck? How are you trying to improve yourself?
• List three qualities of a good pilot.
• List three qualities of an Air Canada pilot
• List three qualities of an Air Canada Captain
• How would you describe your leadership style as a Captain?
• Give us an example of an irregular operation that you have encountered, and how you dealt with it.
• Tell us about a time you had a conflict with a fellow coworker
• Tell us about a time you had to make a quick decision in the cockpit to stop something bad from happening
• Give us an example of a time when you used team work to solve a problem
• How does a pilot's job relate to customer service?
• Tell us about a memorable aviation experience you have had
• Have you ever been fired?
• Failed a check-ride, line check, or flight test?
• Have you ever been investigated?
• Have you ever received a TC violation?
• Have you ever had an accident?
• Have you ever had an incident that resulted in an investigation?
• Have you ever been disciplined at work?
• Have you ever required additional training for a ride?
• Do you know what the starting salary is at Air Canada?
• Do you have a preference on bases?
• Would you be willing to relocate to Vancouver, Toronto, or Montreal?
• Do you have any questions for us?

Cognitive Test

• Timed test
• Touch a computer screen with a light pen to answer
• Reaction Time
• Memory
• Sequencing
• Multi-tasking
• Math skills

Psychological Tests

• Three tests, all on a laptop
• Personality inventory test
  • Approx. 570 True/False questions
  • Administered on a laptop computer
  • Types of questions asked (many questions repeated with slight variation to ensure honest answers) 
    • Likes/dislikes
    • Social situations that make you uncomfortable
    • Personal reactions to situations
    • Choosing one of two descriptions that fit your personality best
    • Sleeping habits
    • General outlook on life
• Emotional Inventory
  • Measures 15 specific areas of emotional intelligence
  • Approximately 150 Questions True/False answers
  • Emotional self-awareness, assertiveness, self-regard, self-actualization, independence, empathy, interpersonal relationship, social responsibility, problem solving, flexibility, reality testing, stress tolerance, impulse control, optimism and happiness.
  • Examples:
    • I don't not get angry when verbally attacked.
    • I am able to decide to love another and then do so.
    • I worry regularly in some circumstances.
• Personality Inventory Tests
  • Approximately 150 questions
  • Strongly Agree, Agree Neutral...Strongly Disagree type

Comments

• Bring snacks with you
• Interview panel uses point system to determine results of interview
• Can take up to 3 months to find out results