Scoring The Interview
 

Hello JB Crew, for those that got hired recently, did you use an interview or resume prep company to stand out and if so which one? Trying to make myself as marketable as possible for B6. Thanks!! Any tips or advice is appreciated.

There must be something that B6 is looking for. I can't quite place what it is, though. My buddy has lived in NYC for all this life, and he was hired with 0 TPIC, CRJ type rating, Hispanic (miniority), less than 4000 hours total time. He was lucky in that he had zero LORs and was spared the hassle of going to a job fair. The People's Department must like this type of background.

If he had thin, finely man-scaped facial hair he was the holy trinity to HR here.

Oh man, I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not, but you literally just answered your own question. Definitively.

Haha. Yeah, they also hired four of his buddies for the same class who were also NYC-dwelling, Hispanic low total time regional FOs, so the pattern didn't strike me exactly as coincidental. Just a hunch, but someone who is an average white male coming from the regionals will probably have to jump through a few hoops like job fairs, LORs, flight credentails, extracurricular activism, and union work to go to JetBlue especially now with your new contract.

Can't tell if you are actually interested, but if you are have you PMd Hyperboy?

Perfect I have time to grow and create that lol.

I guess no one wants to answer your question. I used Emerald Coast a few years ago. It did a decent job preparing me for the interview. I think that's what most people use for prep.

Yes certainly, I am interested in working for JetBlue as a Florida-based pilot. So I wish good luck to all. And no I haven't PMed anyone.

Thank you! Will get that started!

PM Hyperboy. I personally didn't use an interview prep company, but I'm sure it's helpful. You first need to actually score an interview.

Make sure you update your times regularly, they like to see you actively updating times because it shows more interest in the company.

Whether you do an interview prep or not, have a good answer to the question "why JetBlue". They will ask it at the interview, probably more than once. They will also likely ask that question when they call you to consider you for an interview, so have a good answer ready.

Also, put your previous house-cleaning experience on the application. It helps with our "all crew members are expected to clean while commuting/non-revenue" policy.

Good luck.

I did EC after I had started at JB when I was going to go elsewhere but ended up never using my $400 of interview prep. My experience is that there’s enough gouge online for free, and had I done EC before my JB interview it wouldn’t have helped. I recommend to my friends coming here to learn about the company (financial statements and Wikipedia), read the willflyforfood profiles to get some gouge, use the SAR format when answering questions, and be yourself. Maybe just look up generic interview advice. It’s not rocket science. If you show you are prepared and knowledgeable about the company and are a good guy, the job is yours to lose.

Be honest, be positive, and relax. If you don’t think you are a good interviewer or want to maximize your opportunity, then do EC or one of those. But I don’t think it’s necessary. Good luck.

I like the bit, "Hispanic (miniority)". Maybe you haven't been called because you put "White (majority)" on your app?


p.s. your buddy probably spelled "minority" correctly.

So if I can pass as hispanic but I'm 99% european should I just put hispanic on my app?

The pictures of our new-hire classes simply don’t bear out your assumption. I know 90% of my class didn’t check any “diversity” boxes, so if you want the job, do what’s in your control to make yourself marketable and don’t try to project any shortcomings onto those who get called.

https://youtu.be/r8sNXgoKt0Q

New gouge.

Maybe that is why giggity is all about a more diverse jetblue.

FYI for those applying.

I passed the video interview and submitted the flight addendum. I received an email to expect an in person interview invite towards the later part of September.

6600TT
(half mil helo & half civ & mil Fixed Wing)
1400 TPIC (non 121)
Masters Degree
Previous Regional 121
Current Part 91 corporate
Previous Part 91 CP
Current mil fixed wing
No JB LORs, external only.
I know no one at JB.

Good luck, we're all counting on you.

It's interesting isn't it? How FedUpPayMe dropped that lil gem in there beside "Hispanic". Even more interesting, everyone else (except you of course) just stepped pass it like it's perfectly acceptable.

Let's avoid the elephant. Smh. Pathetic

Uh, airlines hire preferentially based on race and gender. Specifically if you are a woman or minority you will get hired with lower qualifications. It's a statistical fact.

Now, there are many more white, male pilots, but we tend to get hired with more time and more hoops to jump through.

There is no OBAP, WAI, or GPA with all the recruiters there for us.

Sorry you are wrong and this is called discrimination.

This is why I need to legally change my name to Shanequa. Maybe, my app will get a review then....:mad:

Fly a trip with me and I think I can explain what he is saying and why.

Gup

Sounds like you have bigger issues than your name that are holding you back.

With you all the way Pog. Great point.

He's right HB. Its just a fact. Not judging, just observing.

True, but you would never guess just how screwed up I am by looking at me or my application. ;):D

I'm sorry but a Hispanic can be just as qualified or MORE than the next guy. I refuse your observation. They're just labels. Because one is birthed as a hispanic he/she is automatically regarded as a minority. Smh. Again, Pathetic.

But you'll never understand.

Dude, you might want to reconsider your application…just don’t think you’d be happy here. Besides, did you know Delta new hires get issued brand new Maserati’s? Jet Blue pilots get crappy used 1980’s Toyota pickup (with camel in the back)….reference the other thread :p

This post comes off as if you personally are at some kind of disadvantage getting hired by a legacy these days…being a white male and all. I’m assuming you are (or were) a military tanker pilot? Everyone I know (military aviation) has at minimum, gotten a legacy interview. Half my old squadron is at Delta (which includes many white guys with relatively low hours / average records, etc)….

Do you think you’re disadvantaged?

Sooooo......

Back to helping guys who want to work here.

Thank you!!

Ok. You misunderstand my point. No doubt there are superior female and minority pilots. Most are just normal. I am not making a qualitative judgment about their flying skills. I am stating a fact. Women/minorities are being preferentially interviewed and hired by ALL major airlines. If this is news to you I don't know where you have been.

There is a reason why literally everyone was sending recruiters to OBAP and WAI and then stopped when all the white guys started crashing the party.

Yes it is discrimination. Whether it's wrong or not seems to depend on your world view.

I think you mean affirmative action.

Just curious why you’re not at Delta or another legacy if it’s so easy for military guys? Were you military but not a flyer? I know quite a few military guys that can’t get called by any legacies. Especially active reservists.

Affirmative action is a fancy sounding politically correct form of DISCRIMINATION.

I agree completely. Just pointing out that when a minority is “discriminated” against, it’s often viewed as DISCRIMINATION with a negative connotation. When a majority class is “discriminated” against, it’s often viewed as AFFIRMATIVE ACTION which, to some people, has a positive connotation. If a white male doesn’t get a job, for example, no one really calls it discrimination. The point is, that both ways are discrimination. One is just more “acceptable” to some people. The whole thing is rather stupid if you ask me. Just hire people or treat people based on their qualifications and not on their race, gender, religion, etc. It really isn’t that hard.

I agree. Hire based on quals, leave "my race" alone. The race have nothing to do with 5000TT+

There is no way to know any of this information on the application. So whats a fact?:confused: