I am not saying I did not have an answer to the question. Rather that it was a genuine and honest answer, not one that was rehearsed. Nor did it contain things I thought they might like to hear. Indeed the pilot interviewer said he thought it was the best answer to the question he had ever heard. If you really want to be a pilot, why would you need to think long and hard and prepare an answer? The fact is, it was very clear throughout, that I had no clue what the testing was going to involve or what questions would be asked of me. They knew they were seeing the genuine me, and witnessing my unrehearsed capabilities. As a previous poster has already stated - that makes the recruiter’s job far easier.
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