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  • Interview started at 0830 in Salt Lake. Myself and three other applicants. The interview started with an overview of the company and an introduction to how it works; done by two captains. I was selected first to do the HR portion with one of the captains. Because I had gone to a Cadet experience the day before they brought me out of the overview of the company prior to it ending to do the HR portion. It was very relaxed. The captain had to do some errands so we walked and talked for part of it. The questions were about disagreements with previous bosses, what would be the hardest thing about joining Skywest, what aircraft would I prefer, etc... see that portion of the gauge for more info. He also...

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    Sep 12, 2024
    As described by other applicants, know speed limits, what is it if your right at 10,000 feet, typical high alt aerodynamic, systems of most recent aircraft, jet systems. HR questions, Jep charts, brief approach skips frequency’s verify index numbers, airport signs, make sure to go to 10-9A for declared runway lengths, read taf/metar, thunderstorms and microburst, have hours added ready to go 30/60/90/180/395, come prepared and shouldn’t be to...

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    Sep 11, 2024
    The Prep session covered details and specifics that the final interview followed very closely. As for this website, the Study Guide was also a huge help in getting an idea on what they are want you to know. The interview itself, was only 1.5 hrs in total: Tell me about yourself, why skywest?, a CRM scenario with an ill passenger (remember to transfer flight controls if you are the pilot flying), have I dealt with any emergency scenarios in real life?, total times for the last 30, 60, 90...

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    Sep 11, 2024
    Interview was 1:45 long. Started off with introductions and why I wanted to work for SkyWest. All questions were scenario based, (view the study guide of this website).  We moved on to runway markings (displaced & relocated threshold, enhanced twy centerline, ILS critical area, hold short lines, taxiway direction / location signs, etc). We looked at different runway types (visual, non precision, and precision). The interviewer asked me how wide the precision approach runway was and...

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    Sep 10, 2024
    Interview was extremely similar to the rest here. Standard HR questions, a CRM scenario with a passenger emergency in the back, followed by a technical portion. My technical portion talked about weather, a complex meter and taf, alternate mins, high altitude aerodynamics, and high bypass engines. BUT they went IN-DEPTH on jepp charts. This was the only place I felt I could have done better. They asked several questions, specifically about taxiway diagrams. So, my advice is to use the...

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    Sep 10, 2024
    Very relaxed, interviewer started off my telling me about themself. Then rolled into HR questions. Tell me about yourself, what is CRM, required pilot docs, required airplane docs, what was my biggest success and why. Then talked about my documents and hours in last 30/60/90 days 6/12 months. After this we started the technical, When is alternate required, types of ice, frost, tell me about hi-bypass turbo fan engine, high altitude aerodynamics, how much altitude loss during a high altitude...

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    Sep 09, 2024
    Interview was pretty much exactly as descirbed here. Study the gouge and if you're a cadet schedule the prep session. Whole process was about an hour an 15...

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    Sep 06, 2024
    Interview started with a quick briefing of how the next two hours would go, topics we would be covering, and then my interviewer introduced himself. Gave me his background, how long he had been with SkyWest and how he got there, after which he opened the floor for me to do the same. Make good use of this, give them a good look at who you are, and how you got to this point in aviation. I may have gotten long winded here but he seemed to appreciate the detail. Next we moved into HR items,...

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    Sep 03, 2024
    Interview questions were all the same as on the study guide. Lasted about an hour and was very straight-forward, mostly technical questions and a few HR questions at the end. No TMAAT...

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    Aug 30, 2024
    My interviewer was an FO who had been with SkyWest for 1 1/2 yrs. He was super nice and explained everything we would be going over in the interview. He made me feel very comfortable. After a lengthy introduction from him I introduced myself. We started with current total hours. Have that ready (Current TT, XC, PIC, Night, ME, IFR, in that order; and then TT flown in last 30/60/90days and 12mo). He asked based on my hours when I expect to reach 1475TT + ATP mins so he could put that in the...

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    Aug 30, 2024
    The interview was fair and laid back. Much of the subject matter was from this site, and was assessed for knowledge. The interviewer was very nice and made it clear he wasn't looking for engineer, meteorologist, or physicist level answers, and asked to not answer with anything you didn't know. We started with logbook times for ATP parameters, 30 day, 60 day, 90 day, and past year. We went into many standard HR questions, (View the study guide of this website).  After that, we went...

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    Stefan C Sep 08, 2024

    Hired at SkyWest Airlines
    It is a great website which prepared me for my job interview. It was nice to get to see all other people experiences and questions they were asked.

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    Hired at SkyWest Airlines