Originally Posted by Mach86

I’ve used Emerald Coast. Not familiar with centerline. RST more useful for the online assessment than the interview.

I only had less than a month to prepare, so only did one webinar, one rapid fire and a top off. That was enough to get confident.

Most of the work you have to do on your own. Mainly involves dusting off old stories from flying and trying to fit them into the different categories of questions. Look through your logbook to jog your memory. There are interesting flights that I completely forgot about.

Spend some time on your introduction. Make it clear and concise and interesting. Tendency will be to make it to long. You’ll end up cutting a lot of it out. Run it by your spouse a few times and get feedback.

The Delta Air Lines interview was a very enjoyable experience for me. The panel was friendly, interested in my story and non-conformational. It was more a natural conversation with colleagues, than an interview.

My impression was that they want to hire you once you step in the door. It’s yours to lose.

I’ve heard that they don’t like over-prepped candidates who sound like they’re reading from a script. They don’t like overly nervous candidates. Just natural confident but down to earth. Someone you’d want to spend 17 hours on a plane with flying to JNB.

Originally Posted by OnSpeedSink2000

Does anyone have an experience showing up to the interview over prepared that didn’t get the CJO? That seems like a strange concept in aviation.

Originally Posted by myrkridia

A good way to prevent sounding rehearsed is to not try and memorize different TMAAT/ WWYD questions and answers. Instead, really study your own resume/app/logbook/stories so you can draw from your experiences comfortably as it relates to the interview.

Originally Posted by gloopy

That's always been an interesting element of pilot interviews across pretty much all companies. By the time anyone gets a shot at a brass ring job, they clearly have the potential TMAAT stories simply from the experience it took to get to that point. But instantly remembering the perfect story, then seamlessly telling it with the perfect beginning/middle/end (SAR format as some say) can result in the false apprarance of not having the stories or experiences in the first place. Or at least appearing "over-prepared".

Perhaps they should give TMAAT questions in advance. There would still be more than enough quick response opportunities, "bad cop" pressuring, etc. But to really get to know an applicant from TMAAT stories is more challenging that it needs to be.

Originally Posted by PreciousCargo

very early in the interview process and researching, I am looking at possibly doing Emerald Coast but am going to look at other options as well.

If I decide to use one of these companies is it necessary for me to spend the $80 for Airline Interviews?
I used them before to get hired at NetJets and was happy I did. But I don't know if I need to do it again for Delta if I plan on doing interview prep.

Originally Posted by Noisecanceller

$80 vs multi million dollar career. Hmmmm, you decide.

Originally Posted by PreciousCargo

very early in the interview process and researching, I am looking at possibly doing Emerald Coast but am going to look at other options as well.

If I decide to use one of these companies is it necessary for me to spend the $80 for Airline Interviews?
I used them before to get hired at NetJets and was happy I did. But I don't know if I need to do it again for Delta if I plan on doing interview prep.