ndawg1234

I thought I'd share a little insight about the cadet program process and interview.

I have my Commercial ASEL/AMEL w/ IR from a 141 program. About a year away from graduation, 325 total time. Applied online Thursday and got a phone call Monday morning. They just had a few basic questions not covered in the application. They gave me the option for interviewing in person when they come to campus to recruit or to do it over FaceTime. I choose the FaceTime which was scheduled in three weeks. I have zero professional aviation experience so I began doing my homework and found that it really paid off!

Shortly after scheduling the interview, they will send an email confirmation along w/ a few documents they want you to have in person to review, a Passport, your medical, pilot certificate, ect. Make sure you have these in your actual physical possession! Attached in the email is a short video about Republic that was neat to watch.

Fast forward a few weeks, the interview began. Like said above, this is a legit interview, don't be a slob and don't be unprofessional! I spoke w/ one of the recruiters (Republic calls them Talent Acquisition Consultants) and a Captain. They were both very friendly. We started off w/ document review, which included going over your certificate, school transcripts, passport, logbooks and such. A Restricted Radio permit is NOT required, but just make sure you have it before your class date.

After doc review, they went into some HR questions. No surprises, really basic questions (Tell about a time when you had a stressful situation in the airplane, disagreement w/ a coworker). One interesting question they asked me was in your eyes, what is the First Officer's role in the flight deck? Pretty simple question, just caught me off guard. The rest of HR questions was pretty simple.

After the HR part, they sent me an email containing a pretty nasty METAR w/ loads of remarks and Jepp approach for IND. The Captain had me read the METAR, which was...interesting to read. I did my instrument w/ Jepp so that was a cake walk to brief. If you're not familiar, do not attempt to learn how to read them the day of the interview! Then they ask some technical IFR questions, what do you need to continue below the M/DA, when is an alternate required, fuel requirements, ect. They asked me airspeed limit below 10k and that was pretty much it.

Finally, they also sent me a 20 question exam from the ATP test and said to finish that as soon as the interview was over. They said I would know by the end of the week. I thanked them and knocked out the exam. Nothing to write home about, but I actually had quite a bit of weather theory questions. Two days later I got a phone call congratulating me I got the offer. The recruiters will call you every 6-8 weeks to get an update and check in with you. They also send a nice little E-170/5 study guide to help get ready for ground school. Of course, now as soon as I reach 1000 hours (and keep my nose clean) I'll roll straight into ground school.

Overall, it was a pretty simple interview. They really don't care if you don't know everything under the sun, but just be a nice person. I wasn't cracking jokes, but I made the interviewers laugh and smile. I had a great time. Hope this helps, let me know if you have any questions.

All the best,

Nathan

rls99

I know for the Republic cadet program, you have to either be a student at a 141 school or a CFI, but I was wondering if you had to be enrolled in a 141 school to apply for the Pilot Prep Program as well or if you could just be taking lessons from an instructor outside of a flight school. Thanks!

flyingm2

No. You can be in the Pilot Prep program and be a part 61 student. As long as you have a commercial certificate or CFI (cadet at 141 schools is just instrument). It’s a good program to be in since it’s completely not committable and you get to learn a lot about the company.

SoFloFlyer

I second this! Really great program!

FlyingDawgg

FYI they’ve combined the two programs together now.

KermitFlyer

Giving this thread a bump. I have a cadet interview scheduled in the coming weeks. I'm just wondering if someone who has recently been through the interview can shed some light on what I can expect.

Russs

I had the cadet interview about a month ago. From what I have read, it is a normal airline interview. Mine was via zoom. Started with an HR interview. Tell me about time..... what got you into aviation....why Republic....What is your role as a first officer...that kind of thing. Then it went to questions from one of their pilots. They emailed me a METAR during the interview and asked me to decode it. They sent me an approach plate and had me brief the plate. Know Jepp plates if you don't already. There were a bunch of IFR questions so brush up on your instrument knowledge beforehand. It was very laid back and both the HR person and the pilot were very nice. It took a week to hear back from them.

jcool734

when going to class when do travel benefits kick in?


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Andy Dufresne

Some people got their Delta benefits around week 2 some how or another. They’re not supposed to be valid until 30 days. You’ll get your badge after you come back from your home study with Ethos, but new regulations prevent jumpseating until you finish training.

jcool734

ok awesome thank you was just wondering. is there a good time line of the events throughout training that you can share.


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