Originally Posted by
bizzlepilot
Don't do the Hogan prep. Seriously, you don't need to. Interview prep and app review is worthwhile but Hogan prep isn't. Follow the advice earlier in this thread and you'll be fine. I did no prep and passed. I heard I actually got a smiley face on the test as well, but I can't confirm that... Seriously, just don't overthink it. I know it's easier said than done, but I think I'm not alone in that view.
In retrospect, I wish I had done the Hogan prep. This is a multimillion dollar career that you’re potentially gambling with.
I know I’m a good employee. I don’t call in sick unless I’m indeed sick. At work, I’m a happy person who gets along with just about everyone and I don’t have a problem flying with difficult people who are on many no-fly lists. I’m no Chuck Yeager but I can fly a good plane and learn a new one.
But how do you get this message across in a true/false test when a serious number of answers would be “depends....”?
Not long after “failing” Hogan, I received an invite from Southwest, and if you read the gouge, they’ll tell you not to bother with the prep as it’s unnecessary and may be frowned upon. Well, I wasn’t gonna repeat the mistake of not doing the absolute best to prepare for it, so I did the prep, and it wasn’t to search for canned answers, but to present my answers and myself in the best possible light and see what some of the common mistakes are.
After the interview and in retrospect, could I have done it without the prep? Probably. Do I regret spending the money on the prep? Let me put it this way... I spent $400 to help me get hired into a multimillion dollar job/career and I was successful.
Getting a prep and presenting yourself in the absolute positive best light should be a no-brainer, and that includes getting a prep to pass Hogan.