Originally Posted by
GunshipGuy
A mil friend of mine who went through this in 2010 said it resulted in holding him up for at least two or three classes. Upon review he was one of the lucky ones who got the go ahead; the others (~50%?) did not fair as well. One of the unlucky ones had a recommendation letter from his dad (a current captain with the company).
Don't test defensively (i.e. IMO, applicants should be honest on those MMPI tests and not try to look like a saint. Probably a lot more to it than that, though).
The problem with the MMPI and DAL hiring is that the MMPI was designed to be a test that gave the taker career/job options for which he was most suited - in the future.
NOT to differentiate between people who have been doing the job already for a decade or more.
IMO, DAL should design a psych test that tests for the personality traits they want in the pilots they are interviewing.