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  • The interview was exactly what you'd expect based on other experiences on here. Started off with just some small talk before the interviewer introduced himself and talked about his history and how he ended up doing interviews. The interviewer was a retired captain from Skywest. I introduced myself, then we got rolling with verifying paperwork. I needed to resubmit some things, like my CFI, since it expired between now and the original application date in January. We talked about my logbook, total time, PIC, multi-engine, night, instrument while in the actual airplane, 30/60/90 day, and 12-month flight times. Actual order after this was different, I'm just jotting down things I remember going over. Coffin corner, mach tuck, swept wing advantages and disadvantages, where does a swept wing stall at, how do we maintain roll...

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    Mar 20, 2026
    Great Experience. Laid back, but very, very thorough - which i liked. Started with "housekeeping" Items, Tell about yourself, about the airline, etc. Then heavy technical, CRM, scenario, etc. At the end was told exceptional candidate, low 30/60/90 totals may hurt, but he doesn't make the decision. Really positive experience. Prepare well and it will be almost...

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    Mar 19, 2026
    Interview was very straight forward. Heavily scenario based with jepp charts. Overall great experience. Interview lasted about 2hrs. HR section was about 30 minutes, technical was 1 hr, and CRM was about 30 minutes. I had one person conduct the interview while a 20 year captain observed. Know IFR regulations, High altitude aerodynamics, high bypass turbofan engines, went over weather, TS, microburst, TAF, METAR, etc. No ops specs or...

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    Mar 18, 2026
    Interview was with a two year FO. Did not have anything unexpected come up. A few hr questions then about an hour of technical. Taf, runway signs, benky 6 star kord, ils27r, high altitude aerodynamics, turbo fan engine and starting, bleed air. I canâ??t remember what else. Know your jepp charts. Study gouges. I think it went really well. I was nervous the whole time but thatâ??s normal I...

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    Mar 17, 2026
    Went through LAHSO, Alternate requirements and Jepp Charts. TMAATs. Be sure to study the scenario section and study guide on this...

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    Mar 16, 2026
    Long technical portion but gouge well prepared me. Scenario at end designating your CRM skills and ability to asses situation in regards to Fuel requirements. Nice interviewer made me feel relaxed felt like an IFR check...

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    Mar 16, 2026
    Interview was identical to everything on here. I had a FO from Boise. Super nice laid back guy. Started with basic stuff such as docs, flight times, HR/dot questions. Then he asked about myself. Most memorable flight. Then went straight to technical. Airpot signage, Jepp charts, wx, then went on to Jet stuff, swept wings, high alt stuff, jet engines, engine start issues, then asked me about the king air I fly for my systems questions. Maybe a couple more Im forgetting, then CRM scenario....

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    Mar 16, 2026
    My interviewer was extremely relaxed but thorough. He asked many questions that were right from the aviationinterviews.com gouge. The technical questions for my flying experience were not that deep, they focused on big picture and my ability to articulate the point clearly. I feel the interview went exceptionally well. He sort of slipped at the end and basically told me to expect the offer in two weeks. I wish you all the best of luck, SkyWest is moving and hiring right...

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    Mar 13, 2026
    Interview was nothing else more than a conversation. few HR questions: Introduce yourself, make sure to have a story to tell on how you got into aviation. biggest success and biggest failure. from there we moved into airport signage, airport diagrams, STARs, SIDs and approach plates. you will talk about airspeed restrictions altitude restrictions, holding speeds. in my case they were not direct questions but more of a scenario. Then after that he presented a scenario. I was the captain of a...

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    Mar 13, 2026
    As many have said - Please study the guide, Most questions I got were ditto from the study guide and as have others have said. I missed a few question with the Jepp Chart , outside of the the interview lasted 2.5...

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    Mar 13, 2026
    It was a very straightforward and friendly interview. My interviewer was a relatively new first officerâ??very approachable and accommodating. The interview lasted about an hour and a half. We started with brief introductions, followed by a few HR style questions such as discussing my biggest success and failure. The key was to be personable and honest. After that, we moved into some airport related questions, including signage and chart interpretation (airport diagram, approach chart,...

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    Hired at SkyWest Airlines