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  • Read Page 1 ... (i.e. can we depart this airport under 135?). Be very careful in saying which runway you will depart in that given scenario as the weather minimums required to depart may not allow you to depart the runway with the best wind under 135. I then was asked if we could depart the runway under 91 without pax even though the vis. was too low (You can). Finally, I briefed the approach plate I was given and was asked to brief the approach on an arrival from a victor airway. Make sure when you brief the approach notes and look on the plan view to see if the procedure is allowed from where you are (In this scenario the procedure was not allowed from the route I was on). We finished up with some "what would you do?" questions like if the captain showed up and had obviously been drinking....

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    Jun 25, 2024
    I had four teams interviews. First with HR it was very relaxed was asked why TradeWind and to talk about my flight experience. Second with VP of ops, we went into more details about the job and how I could fit in. Third was with another HR, this was very straight forward, only asked questions I had already answered on an assessment they had emailed me. And went over a company PowerPoint. Fourth was with the chief pilot, she was very nice. Asked me to tell her something interesting...

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    Jun 12, 2024
    HR portion was very straightforward. It’s a presentation about the company with a couple TMAAT questions and the typical “why tradewind”. Technical is a little more in depth, definitely know your instrument knowledge and be able to brief apps and SIDs. Sim eval isn’t too bad they let me mess around with it for 10 minutes before the eval. Mine was a ILS to a published hold and then a vor into the same airport. He paused it on the missed and said I passed. The new sim...

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    Jun 10, 2024
    It was straight forward, normal HR questions, how many hours. why do you want to work for us. where you see yourself after 5 years. Tell about time you had hard time getting along with your students. How many checkride failures do you have. then he talked to me about the company, contact, and operations. Then he said expect to hear back after a...

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    May 29, 2024
    I had a great experience through the hiring processes. The technical interview is a typical IFR oral like many interviews. Study as you would for a CFII ride though implement more 135 regulations than 91. Three Craft clearance’s breifing plates (don’t skim a single note on plan view) as you will be told you are coming in on a certain victor airway. Understand your 6 pack in depth errors etc especially if you come from the world of glass. The Sim is not difficult though you will...

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    May 16, 2024
    The HR Interview was extremely straightforward, done on MS Teams. There was a few TMAAT questions, and general questions about my experience. We then went through a PPT on the job requirements, expectations, and company, and he finally asked what base I preferred. The recruiter invited me to the next interview and it was scheduled for a few days later. The technical interview went smoothly. I picked one system to start with and got to describe its use. Definitely study up on IFR...

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    Apr 10, 2024
    HR interview was straight forward, asked about you, your experience, your flight times, and some standard "what would you do" or "what did you do in this situation if you had it" questions. Technical was exactly what you'd think, very IFR heavy and quite in depth. The Interviewer awesome, and did his best to make it comfortable. Be sure to know about ODPs, SIDS, how to calculate FT/NM to FT/Min, now how to convert Zulu to EDT/EST (Know what one is in effect!!!), Be sure...

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    Apr 09, 2024
    First interview is pretty basic, they just go over the company information through a slideshow going over requirements and what they expect from you and them Second interview was more in depth, more of a mini IFR checkride, the questions on this site help a lot they go over a lot of those questions but know your IFR information Third interview was a sim where they have you do one precision approach and one non-precision approach, specially an ILS approach and a VOR...

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    Apr 04, 2024
    The HR interview was very smooth and fast. Be honest and be yourself and it will be fine. Have good answers for the team do not just say the bare minimum. The technical interview was a challenge, this is essentially an IR/CFII check ride. Come prepared know your stuff. Approach plates, Departures and arrivals. Know the regs associated with IFR flying, 91.175 / 185. Know your formulas and systems. Answer confidently. (view the study guide of this website, including the Sim/Scenario...

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    Mar 14, 2024
    I started off with the first interview over MS Teams—standard HR questions. The second interview was a mini IFR oral exam. Definitely study up on your IFR knowledge. Then Sim, (view the Sim/Scenario section in the study guide of this website).  Hopefully, I will hear next week if I get the...

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    Mar 13, 2024
    I had a great experience with the hiring process. Everyone at the company is very nice and helping. The initial interview is the equivalent to a zoom call. I studied ahead for this one but in reality its just a presentation on the company to make sure you meet the requirements and want to pursue flying for them. A couple questions about myself: time, ratings, accidents/incidents, am I willing to relocate to one of there bases etc. Took 15 minutes and I was invited to do the technical 2 days...

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