Hey amos,
Have your pal on the inside set you up with buddy tickets out to the group interview. That's what I did. Its great cause you get to fly on Skywest and meet some of the people you will hopefully work with in the future. Flying with them really made up my mind about them.

So I'm gonna be back for round two coming up in march. I tell you practice the sim and study the atp. Those were the areas I think I did worst in and why I was not offered the job. But now I have been studying for a month and have 5 left with which to make myself perfect.