Be honest and be yourself. If you do this and they don't hire you, there's a good chance that you don't want to be there anyway.

Yeah when I went in I was nervous. But at the same time I was confident that I could get through the process. No matter what they said to me, I knew I was going to do my best. The other great thing is that HR and whoever talks to you in the introduction to the interview will do their best (at least from what I've heard about most interviews) to calm everyone down and make everyone feel at ease.

Study up and go in with confidence that you're going to do the best you can do, and you can't do any more than that. You'll be fine.


Good Luck!!!!!

PS....do all the stuff everyone else said too. they were all great suggestions

Do what I did, wing it! (kidding) No, really, be yourself and things work out, if you get all uptight and ridge, how can they see who you are? Think of it like this, what guys get the most beautiful, easy girls at the bar? The guy who is himself. Act like a sweaty, nervous wreck, game over, hello hand at the end of the night. Now, am I saying that a regional job is a hot chick? Well that depends on how many beers you've had....

Got a date with AWAC after Thanksgiving.

I did not show this attitude, but what kept me relaxed was the thought that they need me more than I need them, and there are plenty of others hiring. RAH was my first regional interview, and I got the call shortly after the interview

My first "real" airline interview was with American Eagle. I was the lowest time pilot with about 1800 hours TTL and 600 multi. I sucked! I am so glad I didn't get that job. That was circa 1994. Captain was going about 5-6 years. I had other bad experiences with AMR when they flushed all the TWA employees down the drain. I've not had good luck with AMR.

Fortunately I've gotten job offers every other place that I've interviewed.

The best advice is the same as above. Be yourself. These people just want to see if they would like to be in a cockpit with you for 6-10 hours a day for 3-5 days in a row. Bone up on the technical portion and have an idea what profiles they might look at in a sim eval.

Good luck.

PM me if you want some info about AWAC's interview. I just did it on the 6th of November. You really have nothing to worry about.

Aaand I just saw that you already did lol. PM response sent.

KEEP IT IN PERSPECTIVE! That goes for all of your 121 checkrides to come, too.

Maintain the attitude, "Hey, I'll give it my best shot, try to show them who I am, and if it doesn't work out here, I'll try again somewhere else- no sweat!"

The interviewers have seen tons of people in the past. They don't expect some kind of perfect robot. They expect a few nerves.

Don't sweat it, man, you'll be fine!

My first Airline interview was for my dream airline and it didn't work out. I was extreemly nervous. I was well prepared but my nerves showed through. My second interview (with a different carrier) went much better. I think it was a combination of having gotten the first out of the way and the fact that it was not my number one choice. With that I would highly reccomend interviewing at other places. It will help with your nerves and your confidence. Even if you don't have time now, schedule another one down the road. Then you will go into the interview with the idea that if it doesn't pan out, you've already lined up the next one.

If I had it to do over, I would have interviewed at two or three other places to warm up before interviewing with my number one choice.

Even durring my second interview I had the jitters. I showed up in a room with four others waiting. While we were waiting they had three pitchers of ice water on the table. I had such cotton mouth that I drank the ENTIRE pitcher myself. 45 minutes into the "about us" speech, I was ready to burst. I was buckled over trying hard to concentrate and look professional when all I could think about was sweet relief. I was out the door before he could finish the sentence "does anyone want to take a break?" Thank god no one saw me frantically running down the hallway sweating, holding my yang, looking for something to relieve myself in.:D

Next time, I will stick with a breath mint to stave off cotton mouth.
:rolleyes:

Good luck on the interview....and dont sweat the small stuff.

DD

Congrats on getting an interview...now the hard part begins:) I second what they said above...get on the gouges, but don't rely on them too much...the interviewers know they are out there. My studying outside of the gouges is what helped the most. I purchased a few books, ATP oral exam guide and mental math for pilots, both were very helpful in the interview. Review part 121, and review some of your current airplane systems, and know a little about the plane you may be flying. The interview is not the systems oral; they will not expect you to know everything about the aiplane your going to fly. Also gouged my friends who had just interviewed at the company, that helped alot too, especially just to get details on the progression of the interview, ie written first, HR/tech interview, then sim session.

Nervousness is normal....I slept about 3 hours the night before the interview, but when I got down to the lobby of the hotel and started chatting with the other interviewees, I wasn't so nervous. I'd been prepping for this thing one way or another for years, and whatever happened was going to happen, and I knew being nervous about it would only change it for the worse. Best advice is be yourself...this will help tremendously during the HR interview. Most places dont want to hire some robot that can call up technical terms and theory in a snap, but can't have a decent conversation (in other words do I want to spend a 4-day trip with this person?) Luckily I was the first one called to interview, so I got it knocked out quick. I interviewed with the HR manager and the chief pilot. I missed a few Qs during the technical interview and got nervous about them, but the Capt told me straight that he did not expect me to know everything, just wants to see what I know. Just keep your cool, don't rush anything, R-E-L-A-X, and all will go well. Good luck.