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Interview Profile

• updated 2/28/11

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Interview Question Bank

Human Resource Questions

• Tell me about your flying career
• What other airlines have you applied to? Which have you interviewed with?
• What do you do with your spare time?
• How did you prepare for this interview?
• Why do you want to fly for American?
• What excites you about American
• What is the first thing you think of when you think of Delta? United? Us?
• What will be the best thing about working for AA?
• Good and bad things about your current employer.
• What would you do if you get a call from United when you get home
• If you are 200 miles out @ 310, ATC wants 110 @ 40 DME, when do you descent
• At 2000 feet on localizer, 5 miles back, where do you expect glideslope to be
• During walk around in icing conditions, what are you looking for?
• How do icing holdover charts work
• What would you do if flight attendant wants to kick passenger off and Captain is not at the airplane yet
• What would you do if Captain smells like alcohol, and Captain says someone in terminal spilled alcohol on him
• Captain flying approach, thunderstorms, 600ft and wind is beyond limits, what do you do
• On your way to the alternate which is 20 min away, what would go through your mind
• Have you ever had an emergency? Tell us about it.
• What are the characteristics of a good Capt?
• Tell us about a time you flew with someone you did not like.
• What are two or three of your best and worst qualities
• What are your top 4 or 5 life priorities
• What is your favorite and least favorite crew member type
• Captain slow on approach into LGA. First 10 kts at 1000ft. Then 15 at 500 ft?
• After landing and inside terminal, Capt decides not to talk about it. What do you do?
• What was the biggest decision you ever had to make?
• What do you think will be the most challenging thing about flying for AA?
• If you were CA and had a brand new FE (1st day), how would you deal with it and what would you tell him/her?
• The tower calls the WX below landing mins when you are in the final
  segment of the approach. What do you do?
• What is the worst thing you have ever done on an airplane?
• Describe an abnormal situation you have had on an airplane, how did you handle it, and what would you different next time?
• You show up for work and the CA appears intoxicated. What will you do? What will you do if he insists on flying?
• How do you get ready for a flight?
• Why would you make a good CA?
• If you were furloughed by AA for a couple of years, and another company offered you a non-flying job with a salary of 120K, would you take it and for what reasons?
• If AA hired you tomorrow, what would you bring to the company?
• Tell about a conflict you had with a CA and how did you resolve it?
• When would you take an airplane away from the CA? What if it meant losing your job?
• You are at FL310 enroute from Detroit to Newark and you lose comms. How would you continue flight? How would you brief the approach? How would you know what RWY is being used? What would you do if you had to go missed?
• What would you give special consideration to when departing from a contaminated runway?
• How is V1 affected by contamination on a runway?
• Would you land if braking action is poor?
• What type of CA are you?
• Rate yourself on a scale 1-10 and explain.
• What would you do if you lost your medical?
• What are 5 things that make you fulfilled in life?
• When did you take your last checkride?
• Name 3 things your examiner said you did good/ 3 things you did bad.
• How do you handle a 7 leg day as a commuter pilot?
• What is the most gratifying flight you ever had?
• Why should we hire you?
• Tell about something you did with an aircraft that you regret. Would you do it again and what did you learn from it?
• Tell us about a crewmember not performing up to standards and what did you do about it?
• Where do you see yourself at AA in 10 years if we hire you?
• Tell us 3 good and bad things about working for your company.
• How would you feel about being an FE for 5 years when some of your friends are upgrading to FO?
• You are flying and hear a loud bang. What do you do?
• How would you handle a caution light that is not an emergency, but may cause you to divert?
• How would you go about calling the CA's attention to something he was doing that was wrong?
• Can you learn from the worst guy you ever flew with?
• Are you Nervous?
• What can you offer our company?
• What are your career goals?
• What are your personal goals?
• Do you prefer IFR or VFR?
• How many pilots do we have? How many aircraft?
• Would you abort a takeoff for a generator failure?
• What does CRM mean to you?
• What are your pet peeves?
• Do you have any questions
• Do you have anything else to add?

Technical Questions

• I had to brief an approach.
• Questions bout MSA, FAF on ILS & LOC.
• Lost comm. on approach outside FAF with wx below mins
• Runway lights and how do you know distance remaining at night.

Comments

• i have been working here for 23 years. it is okay. i have had worse jobs.
• Worked in Pilot Recruitment Office.  There are over 300 questions.  Not all the above are accurate, and only a small percentage at that.  Good luck!