Originally Posted by
jrydel
I told a story where I made a decision as a captain. According to my company policy (and common sense) I made the right decision. The pilot interviewing me did NOT like what I decided. He questioned me about it and I stood by what I did. I knew from his facial expression he had made his decision on me. When we got into the technical, he asked some pretty ridiculous questions. He was also blatantly and 100% wrong on a question he asked me about getting vectored off a SID (I verified by reading the FAA 7110 and asking controller friends). When asked to debrief he even doubled down on the fact that I was wrong. I don’t blame him for not getting hired, because I should not have told the story I did.
Not the first time I've heard of a situatuion like that. Especially in this kinder/gentler hiring environment that's night and day different than the high stress confrontational style that was more common in the 90's
Originally Posted by
jrydel
The second time I interviewed I told the most conservative and boring stories possible. And it worked.
This is the advice I got when I interviewed.
It doesn't have to be the "I was interted on fire with one engine and thought I was going to have to out do Sully" type of situation, for ANYTHING.
The typical question of coworker relations/confrontation/disagreement doesn't have to be some high stress/about to come to blows scenario, etc.
The situation just has to be pacckaged so it's conforms to the STAR method with the "R" being positive/lasting.