Aside from the standard "Thank you for applying to this position" received the morning of the 24th after applying to the position posting, I haven't heard anything, positive or negative. Having attended the event as well, I found it to be informative and, overall, a very positive experience. That being said, it also felt quite anonymous in that the only few minutes where a Southwest recruiter would know me from the proverbial Adam was during the one-on-one. As previously stated, the one-on-one session was more of a coaching session and application review, for me anyway, than anything extremely personal. The recruiter that spoke to me was very friendly and informative and certainly engaged in the process, but no notes were taken in my presence regarding our interaction. There was very little time for the recruiter to take notes outside of my presence as well as we concluded the session by together retrieving the next candidate. Having been told that my application was in good standing order with no corrections necessary, having all of the necessary qualifications, and having not said anything idiotic during the one-on-one session, I presumed that my resume and application were not immediately discarded so perhaps no notes is a positive. Or a neutral. Or a negative. We, as attendees, I don't believe were able to, in any way, set ourselves apart from each other or anybody else; again, this isn't a negative of the event, I'm just attempting to paint an accurate picture of what the event was, or what it was not. If anything, I could see the event weeding out attendees that didn't meet the present minimums which, as has been stated, was not a prerequisite to attend.

The only thought I, personally, have speculated that this career fair would provide any "preferential interviewing" is based on the idea that the attendees, by in large, likely paid a fair share (myself included) to be in attendance for a fair specifically targeting Southwest versus attending a career fair where many airlines are targeted by an applicant. Whether Southwest feels that those in attendance then are more interested, by in large, to being a part of the Southwest group versus a part of the group that calls first, I haven't the slightest. Perhaps? Perhaps not. Of course, then, there are the thousands that also want to be a part of Southwest that weren't able to secure a seat at this event so, then again, this event may be purely what it was branded as - an informational session only to those that had luck, time, and a fast internet connection. Regardless of any of this, Southwest did present a company that is nothing short of the highest class who are still dedicated to their employees, value their customers, and are poised for continued growth.