FWIW

Every job interview before my united Airlines interview I did without prep. I was hired by every company except one. I used Emerald Coast for United. I walked into that interview very well prepared and it showed. I thought I did a good job before but after seeing how well United went I wished I had used them before. I believe Emerald Coast, Cage, etc will offer what you are looking for. I really don’t want to derail the thread with who’s best....it’s splitting hairs. I choose Emerald because I liked The program, the people, and they would help me until I got hired so it felt like a good deal.

Good Luck.

I can offer the same advice for $250 if you're an ALPA member :D

Any love for the former enlisted veterans for this job fair or do they only care about military pilots for the veterans day? I know quite a few former enlisted who have been killing it at the regionals for years who can't get anybody to knock down their door.

Be very careful taking advice from people that haven't interviewed in the last decade. They mean well and these HR/pilot recruiters really are friendly and welcoming but this isn't the same process that it was way back when. They are asking questions that they want you to answer in a certain way so that they can check the box and say "wow he obviously wants to be here because he not only answered it correctly but he took the time to learn our goofy system." It is 100% a game and you either play it or you don't.

You need to do prep to be on the same level as your competition. It is a small price to pay for the added confidence and knowing that you aren't making the recruiters ears bleed with your chuck yeager story about flying around a thunderstorm. It is insane not to do it. Emerald Coast does webinars where you get to watch other people and it will open your eyes to how much you suck. The recruiters will do a mini interview during these events. Tell us about yourself (2-4 min on you), a few TMAAT, and finally "why united"... it is the same thing that you will get during the real interview with the same people across the table. Answer the TMAAT in the STAR format and it helped me to always end each one with what you or your company took away from the event to check the box on the R. All these companies will get you there. Cage is thrown around a lot too. They will give you slightly conflicting gouge on how to answer certain things but if you get to that point you are well prepared and can probably not sweat the minutia. Dress to impress and don't ask questions answered with a simple google search. This job is worth the effort.

The internal job fair announcement stated that the military day was for “veterans and those with a military flying background”.

Just wondering if any veterans who did not have a military flying background, but have done plenty of civilian flying since getting out, actually got the invite.

Exactly!!!!!

Former enlisted here. I went to the 2016 military/veterans fair, am going to the civilian fair this year.

Former regional LCA, current LCC FO
13.5k hours
4 year degree, 4.0gpa
Lots of recs

Persistence pays and it’s worth it!

For anyone who has been to one of these, how should one prepare for this (I’m familiar with Cage and ECC) - meaning aside from bringing a current resume and dressing to impress, what should one expect? I see it’s only about 15 minutes long.
Got the invite.