Further to the subject of airline aptitude testing versus an interview with the chief pilot. Back around 1956 I was a 24 year old RAAF pilot with 1500 hours including 800 hours command on four engined Lincoln bombers. Applied for a job with Ansett and was interviewed by the then chief pilot. He was quite blunt and said at age 24 I was a bit too old to join Ansett and that they preferred hiring pilots from GA who had done the hard yards rather than from a military background where pilots got their flying training free. . Interestingly at the time TAA were hiring ex military trained pilots as well as GA types