Originally Posted by Huskypilot

It is kinda both. After you've been hired and on the line for a bit, you sign up for an interview. Instead of an all-day marathon, you get a 20 min Q and A with an HR employee and a management pilot from Alaska. We're seeing about a 90% pass rate (last I heard) on these interviews. Next, you're placed on the list in order of company seniority. Though the guarantee is about 30%, at present Alaska is hiring about 50% of their new pilots from the Pathways list.