rustypilot

Did you guys feel prepared for it? Nervous? Nauseous? Feel like puking before entering the interview room? How was your first time experience with your first regional interview?

I got an interview coming up and I don't feel all too well :P I'm 100% healthy, but butterflies in my tummy has gotten the best of me. How did you guys handle the stress/pressure before sitting before the recruiting team?

norskman2

Yes, yes and yes.

The best way to chill out is study all the gouges you can get your hands on. The more you know what to expect, the better prepared and more relaxed you'll be.

The Chow

Before my first one yes to all questions. But remember, everyone is hiring and you can take advantage of that.

higney85

When I sat in the interview room and looked around and talked with some guys and realized that I was by far the youngest, and by far lowest time (at only 1000TT) I got nervous and kinda confused. I thought everyone was hurting for pilots.... That was over a year ago but I got the job so I guess I was what they were looking for!

Pilot41

Best advice, be yourself. Don't over think it, try to relax. Even if you don't get hired use at a learning experience, go to every interview you can manage. Even if you have no desire to take the job if offered. Some will disagree, skim the gouges to get a general idea of how it will go, however leave it at that. Don't over study them.

av8or519

Just had my first at the beginning of November with Air Wisconsin. I was very nervous the week leading up to it. I lost my appetite and got butterfiles, the whole nine yards. I did some interview training with a pilotcounseling.com and I feel like that helped a lot. Everything above is spot on, just relax and be yourself. A lot of these places are looking for folks who can they can sit on a three or four day trip on and not be sick of at the end of the trip. Also, expect everything to get worse after the interview lol. I overthought everything way too much and talked myself into believing that I was horrible and didn't get the job, when a few days later I got an offer.

Koolaidman

Who is the interview with?

Unless it is a carrier that you really really really really want to work for, be patient. All regionals are hiring so if you don't get hired, you can almost be certain you will get another chance.

The more you prepare, the more confident you will feel in the interview. All of the other feelings are normal.

Best of luck!

Seatownflyer

I didn't look at anything aviation related the night before. watched a movie, got pizza and put it all out of my head. Go in with zero expectations and don't try to guess whats going to happen or how its going to play out. You're going to be stressed, its the nature of the beast.

flynavyj

yep to the nervous, no to nauseated and puking feeling (only get the latter after a long long night of, well...) as everyone here said, all the regionals are hiring, so, it's kind of a buyers market as far as pilots are concerned. Things to know...

You could be the least qualified guy at the interview, or the most qualified guy at the interview, and it doesn't matter...why?

Simple...they already invited you for the interview, if they thought you were less "hire-able" than the other guys they simply wouldn't have invited you to come. So congratulations, you've already made it over hurdle number 1.

Read over the gouges, however, to memorize them. Often enough an interview will follow along exactly as a gouge is setup, but even more typically you can get a general idea of where the interviewers tend to focus their attention by looking at multiple gouges and paying attention to questions that span the group. Try not to memorize the answers to these gouges either, however, it would be good to have an "idea" as to how you'd like to respond. It'll allow you to come across as sharp and intelligent (long as you're answers are good) but not a "i read the stuff online" type of guy.

Good luck, relax best you can...and don't cram the night before the interview, the most important thing to do on that night, get a good nights rest, try to not think of to much aviation stuff, and have a good breakfast the next morning.

Also, where's this @?

HercDriver130

Relax.....Relax......Relax......Its not like you got #1 secured and #2 is making a bunch of noise and the wx is crap.....

Be yourself....be confident...but not arrogant. Humble but not mousy. And if you don't know something, say so... do not under any circumstances try to bull**** them....Good Luck.