Arrived at the Salt Lake City base and talked to Asst. Chief Pilot. They do not care which base you interview because they have sims everywhere and the interview process is standardized to a sheet with check boxes. First went through the normal things like logbooks, certificates, medical, etc.  ACP got out a Jeppesen low enroute and asked some basic questions, nothing tricky- what do large changes in grid MORA numbers tell you (mountainous terrain nearby), what do the airport colors mean (green= no approaches, blue= has some), how would you get to a green (non-IFR) airport if it were IFR in the area (file to a blue one and go visual for the last few miles if possible), no tricks he just wanted to see if I knoew the Jepp nav materials and I did. Then he got out a Jepp approach plate and asked what symbols on the plate were. What would you do if you lost sight of the runway on a circle to land gone bad (turn toward the runway, and then fly the missed approach for the runway you originally shot the approach to, not some other runway). Jeppesen puts the runway lighting system for the approach somewhere else, so do not look there for it. I nailed most of the plate questions so he dropped the subject. He is not looking for encyclopedic knowledge.  

Then he asked a word problem, You are instructed by ATC to descend from 16,000 to 8,000 ft going about 150 knots and cross "ABC" VOR 4 miles west of the VOR on an airway, how far out should you descend? I said I would assume a 500fpm descent rate, so 8000/ 500= 16 minutes in the descent, 2.5 miles per minute x 16 min =  40 miles, add 4 more and you get 44 miles for a top of descent. I just did it in my head but he said no problem if you need to use a calculator. He was happy with that so we moved on to discussing bases, aircraft assignment, contract, benefits, hobbies, politics, and the local pro basketball team (Jazz).   

Sim check. Nothing tricky, Beech 99 sim without motion, looks like a Frasca to me, no AP, or GPS- flies like a basic Frasca. Depart 16R runway heading via Salt Lake City Two DP,  that just gives you some vectors, climb to 9,000 and intercept the Wasatch 249 degree radial, hold at STACO at 9,000, left hand turns, do not forget to ask for an ETC in case you lose radios. Use a parallel entry. Do a lap or so around it and he'll say ok, Ameriflight One fly heading 090, you are cleared for the ILS 16R approach at SLC. Shoot the approach to minimums and see nothing but clouds. Start executing the published missed and then the sim ride stop if you aren't lost and are still where you are supposed to be. That's it, no engine or gauge failures, no tricks, if you flew this clearance before coming it will be easy. The sim sounds like an early 70s PacMan and handles a lot like one too, why they do not use X-Plane software for these things is a good question, but it works well enough for a basic ATD.  He said he would have skipped the sim check because he knew with my background it was going to be a total waste of time, but the had to check the box so we did it.  

AMF is on a hiring binge, if you look and fly like a pro pilot and want the job they will hire you. All you have to do is "not" give them a reason not skip you. Great company for entry level airline pilots, I was told an upgrade takes only 6 months from the Chieftain to a Beech 1900 or Metro.  Right now they are only giving Oakland as a base for the Chieftain, and classes are running full steam at about 20 heads per class a month. Training is supposedly a bit on the tough side, but you will need some "cajonies" flying fly single pilot around here in the soup or at night, so it is for your own safety to be trained pretty well. They are typical about money, I think they said $28k to start and you buy your own uniforms, moving costs, and the interview ticket. They will buy the nice Jeppesen nav charts. AMF is a good place to build some quality flight time. Good luck!