Interview Questions [Archive]

Turtle-Air

7th Jul 2013, 11:15

100 Interview Questions

1. Tell me about yourself?
2. Why did you leave your last job?
3. What is the importance of proficiency in several languages for a pilot?
4. What can you tell me about pilot responsibilities?
5. How would you behave as the pilot of a plane during an emergency?
6. Did you ever have to modify the flight course in the past?
7. What are your career goals for Pilot?
8. What is your greatest weakness?
9. What kind of salary are you looking for Pilot?
10. Why do you think you would do well Pilot?
11. What motivates you to do your best on the Pilot?
12. How would you know you were successful on this Pilot?
13. Who have been your role model’s, or who has had the most influence on you?
14. What are some goal’s that you had that were never achieved, and how did you deal with it?
15. We have a 5:30am show every morning, how do you feel about that?
16. The Capt. continues an approach beyond minimum’s, he tell’s you that he’s shot this approach a 1,000 times, know’s the area, and everything’s fine. What will you do?
17. You find your Capt. drinking before a flight, how will you handle this?
18. You are talking to the Capt., and you smell alcohol. Although you didn’t see him drinking, what would you do?
19. The aircraft is loaded way beyond gross wt., the Capt. tell’s you that he does this all the time, and the aircraft will fly. What do you do?
20. You have been cleared for take-off, upon getting airborne with the gear in the well’s, what kind of conversation are you going to have with the Capt?
21. I see your flying various twin’s, do they all have a critical engine?
22. What is the most difficult decision that you have had to make? Aviation or non-aviation related? What did you learn from it?
23. If you were a professional pilot and had an early morning trip; how would you prepare yourself for this trip?
24. Discuss a bad situation which you managed to turn around?
25. If you could no longer fly due to medical reasons; what would you do?
26. Besides good pay why do you want to be a professional pilot?
27. What makes a great pilot?
28. What makes a bad pilot?
29. Most people have a person in their lives that influenced their career. Who was your mentor?
30. Discuss a typical briefing of an instrument approach to minimums?
31. Your aviation career although progressing nicely is happening very slowly. How do you feel about this situation?
32. What event in your life caused you to feel the way you do about aviation and flying?
33. What are some of the limitations of your aircraft and yourself?
34. If you attain all your goals as a professional pilot what do you intend to give back to aviation?
35. What made you choose to apply to Pilot position?
36. What have you learned from your past jobs?
37. What do you know about the position of Pilot position?
38. What are key tasks for Pilot position?
39. What are top 3 knowledge/top 3 skills for Pilot position?
40. What are KRAs/outputs of position: Pilot position?
41. How to measure/appraise your position: Pilot position?
42. What do you know about this company?
43. Describe two or three major trends in your field?
44. Did you choose this profession/field?
45. Have you ever had an Emergency?
46. How did you deal with it?
47. How did you get started in Aviation?
48. What goal’s do you have?
49. Where do you see yourself in 10 year’s?
50. What is your greatest accomplishment?
51. How would you fly this SID?
52. We see, your flying various type’s of aircraft for different companies, how will you feel about coming to work here and just flying one type of aircraft. Will it become monotonous, boring?
53. What tertiary qualifications have you attained that related to Pilot position?
54. What is the most recent skill you have learned that related to Pilot position?
55. You smell smoke in the cockpit, what initial action should you take? Then what do you do?
56. The Capt. tell’s you the smoke is normal and it will clear itself, 15 minutes later the condition is growing worse. The Capt. gives you the same response.. now, what would you do?
57. The aircraft is loaded way beyond gross wt., the Capt. tell’s you that he does this all the time, and the aircraft will fly. What do you do?
58. Can you brief this approach?
59. What is V one?
60. Which one’s do not, and why?
61. Can you define Balanced Field Length?
62. You find yourself flying with an arrogant Capt., and you have a real personality clash, how do you deal with this?
63. We see your flying a _________. Tell us about this aircraft. ( the question’s are endless here with engine’s and system’s, etc.)
64. Based on your aircraft discuss a flight in IFR as well as icing-conditions?
65. How would you rate yourself in relation to communication skills, dependability, and integrity? 1-10
66. What can you bring to this company?
67. What have you been doing since your last job?
68. Why did you resign from your job?
69. What problems have you encountered at work?
70. What do you expect from a supervisor?
71. What was the biggest accomplishment in this position?
72. What did you like or dislike about your previous job?
73. How did you handle challenges?
74. What were your starting and final levels of compensation?
75. What were your expectations for the job?
76. Have you ever had difficulty working with a manager?
77. What negative thing would your last boss say about you?
78. Give me an example of a time when you had to think out of the box?
79. Tell me about your proudest achievement?
80. Tell me about a project you worked on that required heavy analytical thinking?
81. Tell me about a time when you failed?
82. Tell me about a time you faced an ethical dilemma?
83. How would you tackle the first 90 days?
84. How would your past experience translate into success in this job?
85. Tell me about an assignment that was too difficult for you. How did you resolve the issue?
86. How do you propose to compensate for your lack of experience?
87. Tell me about a time when you helped resolve a dispute between others.
88. What position do you prefer on a team working on a project?
89. What has been your biggest professional disappointment?
90. Tell me about the most fun you have had on the job?
91. What are the most difficult decisions to make?
92. Do you prefer to work independently or on a team?
93. When was the last time you were angry? What happened?
94. How do you handle stress/pressure?
95. Describe the pace at which you work?
96. How would you describe your work style?
97. Describe a typical work week?
98. How will your greatest strength help you perform?
99. Describe a time when your workload was heavy?
100. How will you achieve your goals?

75 interview questions and answers

Question 1: Tell me about yourself?
Question 2: What are your biggest strengths?
Question 3: Why did you leave your last job?
Question 4: What are your career goals?
Question 5: Why do you want to work here?
Question 6: What is your greatest weakness?
Question 7: What do co-workers say about you?
Question 8: Are you applying for other jobs?
Question 9: What do you know about our organization?
Question 10: What kind of salary are you looking for?
Question 11: How long would you expect to work for us if hired?
Question 12: Do you know anyone who works for us?
Question 13: Why should we hire you?
Question 14: What Is Your Dream Job?
Question 15: What are you looking for in a job?
Question 16: Are you willing to work overtime? Nights? Weekends?
Question 17: What experience do you have in this field? or Do you have any actual work experience?
Question 18: Do you consider yourself successful?
Question 19: What have you done to improve your knowledge in the last year?
Question 20: Describe your work ethic?
Question 21: Are you a team player?
Question 22: Have you ever had to fire anyone? How did you feel about that?
Question 23: What is your philosophy towards work?
Question 24: If you had enough money to retire right now, would you?
Question 25: Have you ever been asked to leave a position?
Question 26: Explain how you would be an asset to this organization?
Question 27: Tell me about a suggestion you have made?
Question 28: Why do you think you would do well at this job?
Question 29: What irritates you about co-workers?
Question 30: What is more important to you: the money or the work?
Question 31: What kind of person would you refuse to work with?
Question 32: What would your previous supervisor say your strongest point is?
Question 33: Tell me about a problem you had with a supervisor?
Question 34: Tell me about your ability to work under pressure?
Question 35: Explain what has disappointed you most about a previous job?
Question 36: What motivates you to do your best on the job?
Question 37: Do your skills match this job or another job more closely?
Question 38: How would you know you were successful on this job?
Question 39: Would you be willing to relocate if required?
Question 40: Are you willing to put the interests of the organization ahead of your own?
Question 41: Describe your management style?
Question 42: What have you learned from mistakes on the job?
Question 43: Do you have any blind spots?
Question 44: If you were hiring a person for this job, what would you look for?
Question 45: Do you think you are overqualified for this position?
Question 46: How do you propose to compensate for your lack of experience?
Question 47: What qualities do you look for in a boss?
Question 48: Tell me about a time when you helped resolve a dispute between others.
Question 49: What position do you prefer on a team working on a project?
Question 50: What has been your biggest professional disappointment?
Question 51: Tell me about the most fun you have had on the job.
Question 52: What are the most difficult decisions to make?
Question 53: Give some examples of teamwork?
Question 54: Do you prefer to work Independently or on a team?
Question 55: How would you describe your work style?
Question 56: Describe a typical work week?
Question 57: How Will Your Greatest Strength Help You Perform?
Question 58: Describe a time when your workload was heavy?
Question 59: How will you achieve your goals?
Question 60: What can you contribute to the company?
Question 61: What challenges are you looking for?
Question 62: Who was your best boss?
Question 63: Have you ever had difficulty working with a manager?
Question 64: What were your starting and final levels of compensation?
Question 65: How do you deal with conflict?
Question 66: How would you tackle the first 90 days?
Question 67: Tell me about a time you faced an ethical dilemma?
Question 68: What did you like or dislike about your previous job?
Question 69: What was the biggest accomplishment in this position?
Question 70: What negative thing would your last boss say about you?
Question 71: Give me an example of a time when you had to think out of the box?
Question 72: Tell me about your proudest achievement?
Question 73: Tell me about a project you worked on that required heavy analytical thinking?
Question 74: Tell me about a time when you failed?
Question 75: Do you have any questions for me?

Hope this helps