Generic interview logbook consideration...

When you take your logbooks, in any form, to an interview or logbook review, it may be important to be able to find milestones. When did you solo? Show me your logbook entry for your PPL, Instrument, Instructor, Commercial, ATP, your last 3 checkrides, etc etc.

That can be challenging even for military pilots because automated records don't show details like that.

No matter how you bring your logbooks, it might help to have certain milestones tabbed with those little removeable arrow sticker things, color coded for events. Green for certificates or upgrades. Blue for checkrides. Red for incidents you reported in your application. Yellow for lessons you learned. Or whatever makes sense to you, so you can tell your story in a way that makes it clear you've taken your flying career seriously and you're not a lying sack of poo showing up with fake logbooks you can't tell a single story about.

Company specific interview prep can help with figuring out what you should and shouldn't highlight, but it seems to be a common idea with various companies. Can you discuss a logbook that represents YOU and YOUR experience, or is it a big pile of lies?

For what it's worth, I transferred my entire flying history to logbook pro and printed and bound it myself, so it wasn't really fancy. I also brought my "source" documents (mil records and 2 old incomplete paper logbooks) but I tabbed my interesting flights in my freshly printed logbook and used that to answer a question or two. It wasn't exactly polished but I think they accepted it as authentic.

I also had single "errata" sheet I could reference to explain minor discrepancies. For example, I had some T-38 time that could count as "dual received" since I was already a rated pilot and was flying with an instructor, but the USAF called it "other" time which is not counted by most companies. Those alone caused a 6 hour discrepancy in my totals so I just noted it on the errata sheet in case they asked why my totals were off a bit. The errata sheet also had dates for checkrides, again for quick reference. I didn't need the explanation for totals discrepancies but I was asked to point out my ATP and flight examiner rides and invited to tell a story, which was easy because of the prep.