There are a ton of airline interview prep companies out there. EC , centerline, check and set, and cage. Those are a few, but enough to get you started.

 

Again I have to ask. Just what are they asking for on these apps today that would require an outside source to check it? The ones I've seen all have personal info, times/types and work history. The JB app had some kind of TMAAT question but that was over 10 years ago. Are there more of these types of essay questions today?

 

Airlineapps is a little more detailed than JetBlue.

 

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Airline Apps has the same format as traditional apps (work history/education/employment/rewards/flight time sections), but if for example you use parentheses for area codes of previous employers on some, and don't use parentheses on others it looks bad. Attention to detail. If you use "n/a, NA, and N/A all over the app it looks bad too. That kind of stuff.

 

It is both a question of what to put on the app, but also how to describe it.

One of the most simple things that gets looked at is attention to detail; being consistent on how you write down names (first and last? first, initial, last? first initial and last?), consistent format in supervisor/reference phone numbers (xxx-xxxx, or (xxx) xxx-xxxx, or xxx.xxx.xxxx, etc), consistent in how you write addresses of past jobs. Reportedly there is an an aspect of this attention to detail and consistency in deciding who they call to interview.

Another part that gets attention is the "duties" section of the various entries in the Employment History section. They're looking for more detailed explanations of job duties in there than most people actually provide. As an example, I worked in FBO line service while I was in college, and before the reviews I had a simple one-line duty explanation about fueling airplanes. After both reviews, it ended up looking like this:

"All aspects of aircraft service, including greeting, parking, fueling, de-fueling, towing, loading, unloading, servicing, and cleaning. General customer service for corporate, commercial, and private aircraft operators and passengers. Operation and service of aircraft fueling vehicles and ground support equipment, power carts, lavatory service carts, tugs, towbars and towing devices. Abide by all FAA and company requirements for aircraft servicing, flight line safety and security procedures. Perform accounting and record keeping of services provided."

As another example, both of the companies I used spent time on the "Educational Achievements" and the "Achievements and Awards" sections. I had listed a couple things in each area using bullet points. Both companies had me add more to these areas, for example, adding many military awards from throughout my career (Quarterly/annual Top Guns, a MAJCOM Safety "well done" award, etc) and adding verbiage to describe what they were and what they meant.

Since, at the time, AirlineApps did not have a dedicated area to list volunteerism and community service, so there was also advice on where to list that and, like above, how to describe it.

Again, there are a lot of different aspects they look at and provide input on that most of us don't even know matter or make a difference. It is difficult to just list all of it in a forum post.

 

FWIW, there was apparently a company a year or so ago that was providing resume and application review service and was giving some ridiculous information. Basically, this company seemed to be advocating the "baffle them with BS" technique, wanting applicants to add a bunch of bloat to their apps to make them bigger/longer/etc.

Additionally, at one point they were allegedly also advocating guys essentially falsify their apps until getting the call to interview, then modifying their app in the system to more correctly reflect their actual qualifications.

Very interesting and both troubling and enlightening thread on that over in the JC forum -- excellent reading for those of you who haven't seen it:

Some Job Fair Tips from a friend | Jetcareers

 

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I went to an interview prep workshop where they breezed through some common errors in the app for Delta and United and there were quite a few people in the crowd who were making corrections. I originally filled out my app when I wasn't competitive and slowly honed it to what they wanted. Delta is slightly different from United but has similar kisses of death like expired medicals, passports, and poor grammar. If you accidentally check a box and they think you inflated your app unethically you are potentially kissing a fantastic job goodbye forever.

You don't need to pay for a good app review but go through it with a fine tooth comb and click on the help/? that explains what they are asking. After you go through it let a buddy with better grammar and spelling look it over. Go through it every few months and try and fine tune a few sections.