Originally Posted by FishingMoney

Another nod for ECIC. Used them for interviews with DAL, AAL and FDX. CJOs from the first two, awaiting the third.

Nothing cosmic about the framework ECIC teaches (the owner will tell you that) BUT they were absolutely invaluable in helping me structure my responses instead of just babbling. Money well spent, IMO. No matter what, be yourself and do not give canned responses. Every company I interviewed with stressed how important getting to know me was in the hiring decision. Canned answers undermine that objective and sets off warning alarms with your interviewers.

As previously mentioned, the Video questions are changing. They are still pretty easy, however. Use all of the time you are given to prepare, smile as you are delivering your response and stop the recording when you are done to eliminate the awkward silence.

Zero need for RST for the AAL test. In fact, I recommend NOT prepping for it at all beyond having an idea of the setup. The test is designed to fluster you. You are being evaluated on resiliency. RST is an absolute must for the DAL and FDX JKT.

FM

Originally Posted by redbaronahp

I won’t say ECIC didn’t help because I try to learn from all life experiences but having failed more than once helped me to actually understand what ECIC taught. When asked a question a different way than I prepared for I didn’t see in the moment that what they wanted wasn’t what they were asking. Example: What do you know about the history of this company isn’t tell us chronologically about the history of the company. Interview prep will tell you that but for me no matter how much I paid someone and prepped I didn’t feel the same in the moment and didn’t figure out how best to answer the question until after the fact. Being in real interviews helped me learn to manage the stress and taught me how to put my best foot forward.

My preparation was different though for AA. I was so worried about the tests at FedEx and Delta that I spent far more time on passing the tests than just practicing sitting and talking. I prepped for 10 hours just for the video interview at AA. I sat at my laptop talking and watching my body language, facial expressions, and tone of my voice. I also sent the videos to fellow pilots and tweaked my presentation. As I went through my career stories for AA I started seeing how I could use just a few good stories for other related questions. I didn’t understand that when prep companies said it. AA asked me about times I had received good and bad crew briefings. I used that question to tell my leadership story while also answering their question. I didn’t do that at other interviews.

Pilots are usually taught that in a checkride only to answer the question that is asked so I had to learn the hard way not to do that in an interview. ECIC will certainly tell you that if you want to pay for their service.

Originally Posted by Name User

I didn't do any paid interview prep but my experience was similar to Red Baron. I used my laptop to video my responses and watch my body language. I went through my logbook and pulled out the various scenarios/events I had written down in it over time, from kicking passengers off to first week of CA seat to an engine failure. I didn't even use note cards I was too cheap to even buy those, I ripped up paper into squares and wrote down sample questions and randomized them.

Going into it I was fairly confident and had a good amount of stories that could work for most any type of question even if it wasn't exactly asked like the gauge said. I had a few that were similar but most were a little different.