Originally Posted by redbaronahp

For what it’s worth I used ECIC and RST for my interviews at FedEx and Delta but wasn’t successful. I believe I failed the panel at both interviews. I found both to be extremely stressful events and high threat situations where they are looking for you to fail. Compare that to AA which was very welcoming and a pleasant experience. I felt valued, respected, and wanted. I still had to prove myself but it seemed like everyone is rooting for you to succeed.

Day 1 of the AA interview I looked at some test gouge for 30 minutes the morning of the testing and that’s it. You can’t really prepare for the tests so I didn’t try to overthink it. I just wanted a heads up of what I was going to be doing that day. The PowerPoints that I received from a friend were accurate and informative but didn’t help with the testing. Day 2 was great. I enjoyed speaking with everyone I met. They were all very friendly and I felt the process was mostly about getting to know me and whether they wanted to fly with me. I never felt like I was in the hot seat. I prepared with the aviation interviews website gouge and simply went over stories from my career to answer the questions. The biggest difference in interviews aside from how they treated me was that AA provides a pen and paper during the panel. Use it. I wrote down the question and bullet points for what I wanted to say before talking. This made it much easier for me to answer questions since I didn’t have to do this in my head. Then I’d occasionally glance at my notes while talking to make sure I hit the points I wanted. This was a huge help for staying on message and not putting my foot in my mouth. I spent $20 on prep fees for the gouge and landed the job of my dreams.