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Originally Posted by Prop Job (Post 3312911)

I have a few ideas:

I was very nervous to be finally staring my dream job in the face and I think it showed.

I had two errors on my app. I can't believe it with how many times I scrubbed that thing and having used an app review service.

I'm an 18 yr Mil guy, flying for 15, but with relatively low TT, 2200 TT, 800 TPIC.

I prepped my a** off and may have come across too canned.

I may have come across fake on the hypotheticals by falling into the trap of going down the path I thought they wanted to hear vs how I would react in the real world.

I think I'm a humble guy but here I find myself in this uncomfortable situation where I'm supposed to be "selling" myself and I'm wondering if maybe I came off as arrogant.

I had some time at Endeavor but not much and I don't think I explained why it was such a small amount of time very well.

Really hoping I can get a chance clean this stuff up in 6 months.

So, unless you are the worst guy out there ( and, if so, who cares...), you will get another shot. It seems you are worried about the prep. Talk to your friends that got hired at the place that you want to work at, with similar experience. Talk to people that are going to tell you how you come across. If you succeeded in the mil for 15 years you can do this too.

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Originally Posted by symbian simian (Post 3314444)

I know a guy that actually got 3 tries. Wasn’t the charm, but looks like unless you are a giant screw up, you get a second chance

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Originally Posted by apex7 (Post 3314062)

What’s the lowest time they are hiring right now? Are they hiring people with 0 121 PIC time?

Friend of mine in my old squadron just got the Cog test invite with no 121 time at all.

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Originally Posted by 4FanFlyer (Post 3314548)

Friend of mine in my old squadron just got the Cog test invite with no 121 time at all.

I think the intent of the question is can someone without a military background get hired without TPIC time. The answer is yes, I have flown with several.

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Originally Posted by Prop Job (Post 3314171)

Thank you for the insight. I hope you're right. I will def put everything I've got into being better prepared if I'm fortunate enough to get another shot at it.

you will. Adversity is what makes us stronger. The stories of Michael Jordan being placed on the JV team, Mark Cuban failing in his first company, Steve Jobs declaring bankruptcy, these are the things that make strong men and women stronger. You'll be fine and I look forward to working with you someday.

Now, as for too much prep, I agree you can prep too much. I pretty much stopped about a week before my interview; I realized that what I knew, I knew, and what I didn't, I didn't. The only thing I kept polishing at that point was my introduction.

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Originally Posted by apex7 (Post 3314062)

What’s the lowest time they are hiring right now? Are they hiring people with 0 121 PIC time?

FWIW I only had 3900TT with about 280TPIC when I got the CJO, all civilian.

So I got the invite for the in person interview and it says to call a number to schedule the interview. Is it normal to ring and then never get an answer? Is it just one of those things where you have to keep calling until you get lucky to get an answer?

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Originally Posted by Eloy (Post 3314724)

I had to call a few times to get an answer inside of the times listed.

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Originally Posted by Eloy (Post 3314724)

I called and left a message, they got back to me the following afternoon, which seems to be common these days, I have heard there is a bit of a backlog.

PS congrats on the invite!

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Originally Posted by Eloy (Post 3314724)

I called Monday and left a voicemail as I was having the same tribulations you were. Tried again today and got through, she said I was on the callback list for this afternoon.