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#1812
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2005
Position: Driving to work & Looking Left @ the Surf!!
Posts: 727
Just goes to show you that they aren't handing out jobs. If they see something they don't like and can hang it on something other than"just a feeling' they will give that impression.
Show up w/ your A-game...for those w/ a promised interview - this isn't a Slam-Dunk. Know your stuff or go back to your RJ.
Baja.
Show up w/ your A-game...for those w/ a promised interview - this isn't a Slam-Dunk. Know your stuff or go back to your RJ.
Baja.
#1813
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2005
Posts: 8,898
Just goes to show you that they aren't handing out jobs. If they see something they don't like and can hang it on something other than"just a feeling' they will give that impression.
Show up w/ your A-game...for those w/ a promised interview - this isn't a Slam-Dunk. Know your stuff or go back to your RJ.
Baja.
Show up w/ your A-game...for those w/ a promised interview - this isn't a Slam-Dunk. Know your stuff or go back to your RJ.
Baja.
#1814
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Joined APC: Jan 2012
Position: MD musical chairs
Posts: 239
This is a BS standard. What the airlines need to recognize is that a 3.0 GPA at some places is better than a near 4.0 at others. For example, an engineering degree obtained from one of the top 5 engineering schools in the country is a hard thing to do and grades are usually weighted to a class average of 3.0.......... This is hardly a fair comparison to someone who went to Podunk community college and got a perfect 4.0 because classes there are super easy. In high school I had a 3.95 graduating GPA with a SAT score of 1350 (back when max was 1600) but I chose to attend a top notch engineering program and ended up barely 3.0 graduating.
#1815
This is a BS standard. What the airlines need to recognize is that a 3.0 GPA at some places is better than a near 4.0 at others. For example, an engineering degree obtained from one of the top 5 engineering schools in the country is a hard thing to do and grades are usually weighted to a class average of 3.0.......... This is hardly a fair comparison to someone who went to Podunk community college and got a perfect 4.0 because classes there are super easy. In high school I had a 3.95 graduating GPA with a SAT score of 1350 (back when max was 1600) but I chose to attend a top notch engineering program and ended up barely 3.0 graduating.
I claimed I was in the top 90% of my class, they probably missed the implication!
#1816
Regardless, no one will ever know the true reason they got turned down. Plenty of people think they know the reason, but that is just their self justification. A company can open themselves up to any matter of lawsuit by telling an applicant why they weren't hired.
Keep in mind that the moment you step foot on Virginia Ave, the interview has started.Interviewees stick out like sore thumbs and are as obvious as flashing neon signs. Anyone and everyone who you interact with or who observes your behavior or overhears you talking can be a potential interviewer.
Case in point: During my interview,after lunch and right before the face to face, I was in the bathroom. As I was finishing up a gentleman came in. As I went to wash my hands, he said, "Good luck today," and I thanked him. Twenty minutes later, as I walked into the interview room, that same gentleman was sitting at the table. He grinned at me and said, "Good thing you washed your hands!" as he shook my hand.
Good luck to all the aspiring applicants. I feel comfortable that I speak for all Delta pilots when I say, "Welcome! Good luck and hurry up and get on-line!" Just keep in mind that the interview is not over just because you aren't in the "official" part of it. How you treat the cashier at the speedline is just as important as how you interact in the face to face. You never know who is watching you.
#1817
A Delta captain reviewing my résumé at WAI circled my graduate GPA and said, "Good GPA." She kept the résumé and put it in what she called, "the good pile."
I'm hoping they look at the most recent grades. My undergrad GPA was just below 3.0. I haven't received an interview invitation.
I'm hoping they look at the most recent grades. My undergrad GPA was just below 3.0. I haven't received an interview invitation.
#1819
Banned
Joined APC: Dec 2009
Position: Narrow/Left Wide/Right
Posts: 3,655
That's because it's a BS rumor. I seriously only had a 2.02 GPA. Solid C student. Why? Probably because I didn't care to study any harder than the necessary minimum. Had more important things to do, (for an 18 to 21 year old,) like beer and women. Now that the drinking age is 21, maybe I would have done better.
#1820
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Joined APC: Jul 2013
Posts: 4,674
Just like they hire from all backgrounds, they ALSO reject from ALL backgrounds. NO ONE has a monopoly.
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