Hi all!
This is my first message in this site, hope you help me about my interview and give me feedbacks for improving my skills.
About a month ago, I have been to an interview which did not resulted positive, let me briefly summarize the situation and please tell your opinions about it.
I am an engineer working for two and a half year in a totally different industry. I was not considering to be a pilot till I heard that an airline offers an option for everybody who graduated from university and pays their flying school costs if they succes their interviews and exams etc. So after I heard that opportunity I started searching and the more I search, the more I become passionate about it. Now ı failed the interview but ı got one more chance for it.
there were three person in the interview two of them (one man one woman) were from HR and one of them was a captain pilot.
HRM: please tell us about yourself, your education and your relation about becoming pilot?
Me: Told about my educational background and experiences, the similarities between my current job and pilots responsibilities etc. and how I have heard about the issue and decided to be a pilot.
HRM: why do you want to be a pilot? You are working in a company in which many people want to work and now you want to quit your job and want to start a different career?
ME: Told about my motivation for aviation... and added about dynamic working hours of pilots are also matching more with my character than 8 to five office job.
HRW: u said that u heard that option at 2013 than why did not you apply this job before? ( ı want your ideas especcially for the answer of this question)
ME: After I heard that option I started considering to become a pilot, first I shared my ideas with my girlfriend and family, however their first impressions was like;
girlfriend: you will all be away from home ı will be alone so ı dont want you to be a pilot.
family: you have graduated from hard and reputable university, u gave your years for becoming an engineer and now you want to be a pilot? (my dad has flying fobia btw.
and they also did not want me to apply.
so honestly ı told what happened in the past. and after ı graduated from university at 2014, I have completed compulsory military service. after that one of the biggest companies of the country called me from a career site and the interviews resulted positive. and ı started working in that company but becoming pilot was always in my mind. furthermore, as a fresh graduate ı was not able to see how boring an 8 to 5 job can become. ( did not tell this to them
So after two years of working ı convinced my family and girlfriend for the issue and applied the job.
(After this answer ı think they thought ı am not motivated enough for the job beacuase ı postponed it for other peoples ideas)
HRW: How did you convince ur girlfirend and family?
Me: We are planning to marry next year with my girlfriend and will spend all of our time together. I told her this issue will affect our lives as well. ıf ı do a job which does not satisfy me, I wont be a happy person and indirectly that thing will affect our happines too.
HRW: dont get me wrong but this sounds me very non-physical. isnt there any other more tangible reasons?
Me: ( ı was a little shocked with the answer and the story was true ı convinced her like that) No, ıf you mean money or etc while telling "tangible" i did not convinced her with these kind of things ı just made her believe that i will be a happier person and that will affect all our lives.
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Captain: U said ur responsibilities for your current job also includes taking fast and accurate decisions and your mistakes can result incidents.
Me: yes.
Captain: and your current job is also stressfull right?
Me: right sir.
Captain: can u score stress level 1 to 10 of ur current job and also score ur stress level if u become a pilot?
Me: (at that time ı thought he wanted to hear their job is very stressfull and not an easy job) so ı scored higher stress level for being a pilot. but now as an outsider ı dont think ı will have more stressfull life, contrary ı think will have less stress. (ı work in a heavy industry where can be dangerous work accidents btw.)
it took 25 minutes and these were the topics which leaded my interview to fail I think. Please share your ideas about it and thank you already four your answers.