I think the company prefers that you don’t have an interview prep. They want to know the real you. They used to specifically ask if you’ve done a prep and they can spot canned answers a mile away.

I used paid interview prep and they didn't give me canned answers. They helped me polish the answers I already had and in the end, really very few of the questions we prepared ended up being asked anyway.

They helped give me confidence that I was going in as ready as possible. We went over all the paperwork and they gave assistance with the organization of that. They did a mock logbook review but mostly they helped rehearse the LOI and that's where I think it really paid off.

For me it was money well spent because I got the job and it was very helpful as I hadn't been through a serious interview in a long, long time. We all get stale over time and the interview prep help knock off the rust.

A good interview prep will not give us canned answers. They will help bring out a better version of ourselves.

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A good interview prep will not give us canned answers. They will help bring out a better version of ourselves.[/QUOTE]

This right here^^^! A Prep is not for everyone, but a good Prep Comapny will do this and not provide canned answers.

They asked me if I used it in my Feb interview, which I did, and told them. The trick is to use the prep to help shape your answers in a way that best demonstrates who you are. After 20 years in the Marine Corps, I had never heard of TMAAT question, and without prep, would not have had stories ready. Granted, SWA does not rely quite as heavily on TMAAT as other airlines, but you get my point.

I used a prep service but they didn't ask me. In spite of the stress of an interview, I actually kind of had a good time during the visit and that may have showed. From start to finish I treated it like a tour of a great company I wanted to join, and the interviews were scheduled times/places to chat about mutual interests.

Enough of me talking about me, what do YOU think about me?

Not really, but the interview prep helped me relax by helping me identify what I could talk about that would let me show my experience and personality without it degenerating into me trying to brag on myself. Woven into almost every story was a lesson that kind of fit into how SWA works. The interview prep didn't give me canned responses, but it helped me better show how my experiences have prepared me to work at a company like SWA.

Plus, there are other more subtle parts of interviewing that the prep team helped me with. Like reminders of how and when to build rapport with the individuals you will meet during the process. That kind of thing turns the interview from a mechanical Q&A to a discussion between junior and senior colleagues, letting you get across the exact same information but in a much more natural and relaxed way.

Could I have done that without the prep? I certainly would have tried, but the prep was great practice and pointed out a few areas where I wasn't quite going about it in the best way or where I was skipping opportunities to turn an interview into a discussion. I didn't give the interviewers a single story or answer I got from the prep, but the prep helped me get my story out there in a comfortable way.

LOI prep was helpful for me. The way I looked at it was you are competing with people who have had it. So at least even the odds before you start.

In the LOI, did you have a jumpseater and if so what did they have access to? Acars/ Atlanta radio etc?

You have an FO and jumpseater (who also plays FAs, dispatch, etc).

They have all the resources we would have on the line unless the scenario calls for something else.

Anybody at the Doubletree tonight and interviewing tomorrow?

I wish! Hahaha