Originally Posted by
GS-Alpha
I was a BA cadet a long time ago. When I went for testing and interview with no flying experience, my outlook was that I did not want to con myself or the recruiters into thinking I was something I was not. Why commence down the route of becoming a pilot if you were not going to have the ability to make it to the end, or you were going to ultimately find the job stressful, difficult or unenjoyable? I therefore did no preparation whatsoever. I did not even prepare an answer to, “So tell me, why do you want to be a pilot?”
I agree with the sentiment of not conning them, but not preparing an answer to why you want to be a pilot would be ridiculous. A scheme with such a high number of applicants for small number of jobs you need to be able to display motivation and not preparing answers to the basics like that will show a lack of this.