JB INTRVW psychomotor tstng/aptitude-assess.
 

For those of us with upcoming interviews, can someone please elaborate on the jetBlue "psychomotor testing & aptitude-based assessment" portion and how best to prepare. Thanks to all who reply! flyS

There's no way really to prepare for it, and I doubt that it really counts anyway. Plus I don't think JetBlue can afford to turn down applicants based on how they score on that test these days. Everyone, including myself, feels awful after taking that test and in the end they still hired me and others. I'd focus my energy on the Tmaat questions you'll be asked IMO.

It doesn't count. Just do your best and resist the urge to do aileron rolls during the HUD simulator.

Doing aileron rolls didn't prevent me from getting hired, but I was one of the first groups to take the assessment.

JB INTRVW psychomotor tstng/aptitude-assess.
 

It starts out with a basic multi-tasking exercise that last approx 5 minutes. It asks at the end what you saw, what you heard, stuff you didn't even know was happing in the background. It is very stressful and is designed that way. Don't freak out because you get to take it again, this time knowing what to look for... Then a cognitive test solving patterns, algebra, and basic math. After is a 30-40 minute personality test that has different types of questions to gauge your personality (what would you do in this situation, I agree/disagree, more like me/less like me). They are just looking for overall consistency, as they ask you many of the same type of questions in different ways. After that is a basic flight simulator where you maintain altitude and just fly to different waypoints. Finally is a hand-eye coordination exercise where you must keep a ball centered on a target using the joystick. The assessment all-in-all took about 1.5 hours.


I've been told it's starting to carry more weight, but only if your panel interviews were weak. Then they look at your scores as a deciding factor. But if your 2-on-1 was strong, they pretty much don't even look at your scores.

does matter
 

I'm sorry to say that this information is inaccurate. The assessment does matter. The interview is completely independent from the assessment. One has NOTHING to do with the other. Successful candidates must be successful on both. I will admit you can prepare for the interview and not really the assessment. Good luck to all candidates I hope this helps!

Do they decide this before being sent o Phase II ?

Believe that one of my classmates - he has a PhD - was involved with creating/validating this assessment. Where did he go shortly after the assessment went live? Delta.

That's looking to be the smart choice more and more each day.

I've heard this from the CPO as well as friends involved with hiring.

Well he did say he had a phd so you expect him to make a smart move:D

I dunno. I felt like I bombed the assessment and I got hired. I'm guessing the threshold between passing and failing is really low. Like you said, there's no way to prepare for it.

Thanks to all, much appreciated!
I understand the personality/psych portion cannot be studied for. Same for psychomotor. Got it.
However, specifically, the math portion - is it solving EQUATIONS (multiplication, long-division, area of a triangle, computing sales tax given a certain price, a/c flying diff speeds along same route, where do they meet, etc. - like on lpj.com), or is it more like the VA MATH LOGIC test (5 different people leave for work at different times so who arrives first, does person A arrive after person C, does person B arrive after person A, etc).
Those types of questions can pe practiced for. Again, many thanks:) flyS

JB INTRVW psychomotor tstng/aptitude-assess.
 

The math is not difficult. It's equations like (off the top of my head) 4(x+20)=65 and things like that for 5-10 questions. That's it. If you can remember freshman year of high school you will do just fine.

It will be used as part of the total (anything after the interview) and would go to the PHC.

Agreed but its looking at many things that we would not really notice by just taking it.

Is that answer -15/4? I don't think there was anything that hard on the assessment. If I remember correctly, the only thing that made the math challenging was the multitasking; playing frogger and doing math at the same time.

JB INTRVW psychomotor tstng/aptitude-assess.
 

No idea, I suck at math and guessed at all of them. Those equations are the first thing that comes up after the multitasking session, you're not doing anything but the math. The ones during the multitasking are simple 5+8 and 3x7 type arithmetic.

Like my 8th grade teacher said about the importance of doing algebra in your head, "You're not always going to have a calculator with you." Uh, yeah I do. Thank you Apple.:p

Unless you're a psychology major. Then you're like...is this a random interval saccade combined with a watered down MMPI? I'm ruined for life.:eek:

I would love to get a hold of the data behind this one. The real data, not the "pass rate." Validation info, statistical power, what the distribution looks like, correlation with success, etc. I find it dubious.

Next up: Rorschach ink blot test. Does this look like a blue glove or a hotel key?

Practice session:

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It counts! As previously stated from multiple people in hiring, it absolutely does count now. If you do very well on the interview and have nothing on your record they weigh it less, if your interview went well but you have a failure or two then the test is weighed more. Either way it's looked at so let's get that straight.

ROFLMAO!!

Beer damn near out nose!

You win today flyby

The next version of the aptitude test will measure the intensity of your reaction to distasteful images. As in the game of golf, lower scores are more desirable to management, as they will indicate your contentment with the $hitty hotels, even worse work rules and general treatment with lack of respect endured each and every day on the line. :D;)

Hotel key???????

What are you more likely to do: clean or bolt:p

Can you share what field the PhD was in, and what University did he get it from?

Thanks,

Joe

Psychology/human factors. Sharing the university would allow someone to identify the pilot. Ph.D Candidates are listed on university websites and as there are not many of them they are easy to find. Myself included, so I know :D

It was not an online Ph.D. Brick and mortar in the southeast. Not Harvard but not University of Phoenix either. State school.