Originally Posted by FangsF15

I’m going to give you a little tough love here. You took the bait, and it cost you…

They did something similar to me in my interview years ago. They found a perceived weakness in my app, which in my case was relatively low total time (as a military fighter guy, lots of low-duration flights). One of the interview Captains even came back to it at the end, with a very condescending question about it. I thought I knew that they were probably trying to see if they could get me to react/get defensive, so I very calmly answered the question. When I finished, the “bad cop“ immediately broke into a big smile, stuck out his hand to shake mine, and it was clear that my guess on the situation was accurate.

It sounds like they did the exact same thing to you, but unfortunately you took the bait. And it cost you the job offer. That’s exactly what the interview process is partly for. Everyone feels tremendous sympathy for NK pilots but you aren’t entitled to the job just because of that. You still have to pass the interview. I can totally understand your anger at NK and life in general right now, but reading your rant above, you come across as very entitled and bitter, and that likely came across in the interview too.

I genuinely hope you land on your feet. Best of luck in future interviews, whether you take this advice or not.