2StgTurbine

Since I have had to begin yet another job search I have realized reading traditional interview gouges is not they way I like to study for things. Instead of learning the answer for question y from company x, why not dig deeper into the question so that you don’t just learn the answer to a specific question, but you gain a better understanding of the topic at hand that will help you answer multiply questions.

Let’s not limit this to just prepping for an interview, but use this as an opportunity to spread general knowledge that is helpful even to those who are employed but just want to learn something new.

So post challenging questions, important topics you think people overlook, or any techniques you think will benefit others.

N9373M

What would your previous boss say about you?

Planespotta

Got 2 interviews later this month, I like the idea of this thread...here are a few I was asked earlier this month at an interview:

1) Tell me about a time you used CRM.
2) Have you ever had to make a split-second decision in an airplane?
3) Have you ever been pressured to fly against your better judgment?
- If not, how would you respond to an employer asking you to fly in weather you knew to be below mins/if you were too sick/etc.
3) You are at FL390 @ 300 knots and need to descend to FL120...how soon should the flight attendant serve you drinks? (he actually said that, then asked....) When should you start your descent?
4) Where is airport elevation measured from (the spot on the field...what is its significance?)
5) What is proverse roll? Adverse yaw?

FlyerJosh

More importantly, if you haven't read up any about Targeted Selection, I'd suggest you look at that. At the end of the day HOW you answer the question is just as important (or sometimes more important) than the specific answer itself.

2StgTurbine

Here is a fun one.

Explain how LNAV can be lower than LNAV/VNAV but higher than LPV minimums for the same approach.

cougar

Are you asking or just referencing a question from an interview?

2StgTurbine

Not an interview question I have heard, but that does not mean it isn't good to know.

Duksrule

I'd like to see the answers to the questions too. What may seem like an outstading answer to me, may be so far off the mark that it sounds stupid to someone else. Seeing what has been the "right" answer for some in the past would be more helpful.

2StgTurbine

LNAV and VNAV have fixed course widths and therefore fixed protected areas. LP and LPV courses get narrower the closer you get to the runway (Like an ILS or LOC) and therefore the protected areas also get smaller as you get closer to the runway. Just like an ILS, the glide path of an LPV approach must be constant, but the descent path along a LOC or LNAV approach can have step-downs at various descent angles.

With that in mind, there could be an obstacle off center of the extended runway centerline that is tall enough to enter the protected area of the LNAV/VNAV glide path. Since the LPV protected area gets smaller as you get closer to the runway, the obstacles could be in a position far enough from the protected area of an LPV approach not to matter, but still within the protected area of an LNAV/VNAV approach. As a result, the LNAV/VNAV approach would have to end before and above that obstacle. The LNAV approach could simply have a step-down after that obstacle that would require a steeper descent angle than the LNAV/VNAV glide path.

Javok

Awesome. I'm liking this thread already.