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Read Page 1 ... required to prepare a five minutes presentation on an aircraft system of choice. This is primarily to see how well you can deliver to a class and your knowledge of that system. You are required to send the presentation ahead of time so the interview panel can review it. Know the contents of your presentation and articulate well. My questions were mostly from my resume along with some scenario questions. I was asked about how I would handle difficult students who refuse to get...
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Sep 25, 2025
I did the Sim first, (view the Sim/Scenario section of this website). Then the Panel interview - Why SWA and why now. What are qualities of a bad captain (i used good qualities to define). Was then asked to expand on one of the qualities (being humble) They asked when have you been humbled as a CA. Tell me about yourself (donâ??t repeat whatâ??s on the resume). How will you handle being an f/o again? TMATW you had to communicate effectively as a Captain. What was... -
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Sep 25, 2025
HR portion was very low stress. Logbook portion was just a discussion about the numbers. Situational portion was a flight from HOU to DAL, questions were asked, (view the study guide of this website). Debrief. Pretty... -
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Sep 24, 2025
It was pretty relaxed and casual- my group of interviewees were all fairly senior. Panel interview was pretty chill and the logbook seemed to be just asking about times and job history. My technical was a Captain who didn't listen to the FO with sketchy weather at destination. Eventually had to take the controls and divert. Not totally sure what they were looking for other than thought... -
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Dec 19, 2024
First off, I was interviewed for an instructor role in the company. I put my resume online several weeks ago and one day I was contacted by a recruiter from the company regarding their interest in my qualifications. I was asked to apply as soon as possible. I applied that same day and was called for a phone interview the next day. Three days later I was called for a second interview that took place this week. The interview was very relaxed and lasted about an hour. I was required to... -
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I was in the 1030 group. Arrived to the facility 10 min early (they specifically request you to arrive no earlier than 15 min). Got a name tag from the nice lady at the front desk and mingled with all the other applicants. Another employee then called us all to attention and took our logbooks on a cart. We were able to leave our bags in a storage room and enter anytime throughout the day. Started with a tour of the facility by two pilots on a really nice and clean bus. We were able to ask...
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I went in the night before and stayed at a hotel. Checked in and they took your logbooks. We went on tour first and it was awesome to see the training facility and sim bay. This is the time to ask questions you don’t want to ask your interviewers. After that we had a presentation, which we were told that from now on ALL interviews go to the board for review and because of that, we wouldn’t hear back for about 2 weeks. I think this is a new thing as hiring is slowing down from...
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First part of the Interview was HR, it was mostly conversational. I was with an HR person and a retired captain. They asked me to Walk them through my Resume. Then questions, (view the study guide of this website). Next section was logbook review. Extremely laid back. Just asked the questions to check off some legal boxes as far as flight time and experience. Just make sure the logbook interview form in filled out correctly. Last part was SBQ. Quick process also. My...
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Laid back interview process. 3 parts logbook, SBQ, HR panel. TMAY WHY SWA (something other than company culture). TMAAT questions, (view the study guide of this website). Interviewers are excited and want to hear about your back ground, The HR panel is more of a continuous conversation then 21 questions. All interviewers are current Captains or FO and hr panel is 1 pilot one...
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I understand that WN is slowing down their hiring to get caught up. They are expected to hire another 800 pilots for 2024. It was a great experience and very informative. I was interviewed prior to the TA passing, it has since passed which is exciting and makes WN very competitive. Ensure you complete all the actions on their portal, it's required or you won't be able to interview. Both HR and Pilots interview you. The entier interview process took the better part of 4.5-5 hours. There...
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The other reviews were right on. This is mostly to talk about prep, CJO timeline for military and SWA hiring in 2024. In prep, the things that took the most time by far: logbook. I didn’t use an app review company because I had some friend’s examples to work off of. The only interview prep I did was to read trip reports on this website. With SWA, I don’t think a human reads anything you submit until your actual in-person interview. I pretty sure there is AI scoring...
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