tricky business trying to get the right people based on a 30 minute Q&A.
The HR people run the interview process. Take Jetstar interviews for example. Interview panel normally consist of two people. One who is usually the Jetstar HR person who leads the interview and asks 90% of the questions most of which are the “tell me the time when you disagreed with the captain” style. There are no aeronautical or technical questions. The priority is clearly Human Factors
The other person on the interview panel is normally a first officer who has been briefed to keep his mouth shut and only to ask occasional set questions and not to go beyond those questions. Virtually it is a one man (female HR person) band interview
In contrast, Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon interviews are heavily weighted towards in-depth technical knowledge and include close study of the applicants log book looking for bogus hours which can be discovered by judicious questioning.