Originally Posted by
Newhairdo
The whole idea of psychometric testing is, in my view, complete and utter BS invented by some middle manager in the personnel department (laughingly called HR now) trying to justify their existence.
Back in the day ( and acknowledging that I now sound 100 years old), you had a chat with the Chief Pilot or other senior pilot person as part of the selection process. If they reckoned that they could sit next to you for 8 hours, then that was good enough.
Big airlines had Sim rides, which were another good indicator.
And then, if any c0x slipped through the net, the trainers would offer a helpful readjustment.
Nowadays, the interview process is less about being a pilot, and more about been an HR drone.
You have 100 people that applied and 20 spots. There's only enough sim resources to do 50 sim rides. What do you do now?