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Old 16th Apr 2023, 22:51
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Uplinker
 
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.........feel like a spoon feeding? If so you'll be one of the ones that can't hack training.......
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........... What is the point in prepping for selection interviews/tests ? If you have read the book about how to pass the interview, practiced likely scenarios in a sim hired jointly by others others (loads did that !), got all the answers to the dreaded "Tech Quiz" and practiced over at least ten of them, you are demonstrating excellent desire but Selection teams prefer unrehearsed candidates. It gives a better picture of likely success.

Having served on Selection Boards, we were all unimpressed with those, clearly practiced or had the answers. During my schooling, it was called cheating.
Seems a bit harsh. A good pilot thinks ahead, plans and mitigates risk, so I am not sure if you can really criticise a pilot for employing the same methodology to try to secure a job offer.

I would say it's called being prepared.

The one time I stupidly did not prepare for a pilot interview, relying instead on knowing that I had the skills and experience; I did not do so well and surprise surprise, did not get a job offer. Some years later, when I tried the same airline again, I passed - but I made sure that I had prepared that time.

This OP is probably not asking for the actual answers, but it is useful to know if there will be tech questions or : "tell us about a time when......" or "which do you prefer: guns or poetry?".
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