Originally Posted by
chopperleo
Hello all,
I leave tomorrow to Charlotte for my interview with PSA on Thursday. Needless to say I am a wreck! As some of you know from my previous posts, this will be my first interview in the 121 world. Any last minute advice? About PSA? Or in general? Anything constructive is greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!
Why are you a "wreck" ?
Put your mind (and confidence) in the right frame :
- You are a commodity in increasing decline and thus desirable.
- Understand that you're not alone in experiencing stress in this process.
- Understand that interviewers and evaluators know that.
- Don't be cocky and above all don't show frustration or lose your cool. They almost certainly will apply some form of "confrontation" to test this be it criticism of an answer or documentation issues.
- You have flaws (we all do), so be honest about evaluating yourself.
- You've probably studied tech stuff like Terps, FAR's and procedures up the yin-yang, but think of abnormal situations and things you did to minimize their impact or help resolve them.
- PSA isn't a gem and at the very least consider this a self-training/polishing experience that will help you in the future whether you're successful this time and will use for your next advancement career move or whether not and you apply it toward your next regional.
- Look around at the other candidates (if there are any) and know most, if not all are crapping cinderblocks too. If they aren't they're B.S.ing.
- Get a good nights sleep if you can.
Good Luck and get used to this type of stress. You'll feel it again every 6-12 months during check ride time. It's just part of this biz.