Originally Posted by
ScepticalOptomist
Obviously depends on the company! My current employer used tech questions well - more practical and pragmatic than others I’d endured.
If the tech questions are based around the flying you have been doing I think they’re well worthwhile. Esoteric systems type questions - not so much.
These “tech questions” once were things like “define critical Mach number” or “recite CAO 20.7.1B”. It was just pointless rote learning and regurgitating from a list of questions that wouldn’t have much practical value.
Far better to have scenario questions like “You’re the Captain, you are in this situation, then these things happen, what are you going to do”. This evaluates things not tested in ATPL theory like decision making processes, management and teamwork skills.
I guess if you’ve got hundreds of applicants and limited time to interview them, then getting them to recite rote learned answers to tech questions is a waste of time.