Originally Posted by
Mr Rumbold
All the majors seem to do similar assessments prior to interviews. I’m just curious, when did this start, and why?
Maybe I'm wrong, but I just imagine ~30 years ago, you applied (via paper application?) and you were selected for an interview based on your aviation experience. Not on whether you can answer some psychological assessment or arrange blocks in a certain order.
And that the in-person interview dealt with aviation, and not strange questions about what you’d do in some unrealistic scenario you’re given.
Just curious.
This has been a complaint of mine for a long time. I knew a guy hired at Delta in the 90s who didn't even have a logbook present, just years of pay stubs from ASA. I know this is a total oversimplification, but HR crept in to the hiring process and here we are. I know some fine aviators/people who got culled early in the process, but HR isn't necessarily looking for fine aviators/people. They're looking for someone who is a pilot and also certain other things that match a list of bullet points provided by a consulting firm.