Just completed the first steps of the interview process with Arajet.
My background: Close to 4000 hours. Currently B767/757 FO. 6 years captain on several corporate jets for international operations. Including Medevac.
I applied for an FO position as I lack the few hours remaining to go DEC.
Not sure if the initial interview is tailored to the experience you have or not. I have heard earlier in this thread that there would be logic and math questions. The typical AON or COMPASS type tests. Nothing on that for now. Or for me when I did the interview. Maybe later. Or maybe not at all we shall see.
Pretty simple and straightforward. The whole process lasted 30 minutes. They値l contact your via WhatsApp if you elect to it. They値l send you a link for the ARAJET KNOWLEDGE AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. You can negotiate for the slot time depending on your availability. They are quite flexible.
You値l connect and the first part is to briefly describe your aviation career up to date to the interviewer. I致e done a lot of online interviews. Try to not go too deep into your career resume but talking about it for 15 minutes or more. Make it brief and highlight the important jobs you had.
The second part is aviation English communication and listening. Make sure you have pen and paper to take notes. You are allowed to. You may ask for a read back and clarification. I didn稚 have a paper and pen so had to type the instructions as best as I could. They値l give you 6 simulated ATC phrases you need to read back. It痴 IFR phraseology. Example such as: Arajet 3890, turn left heading 230, maintain 2000, cleared for the approach, contact tower 125.1. It may seem simple; but they interviewed was speaking fast and had a Spanish accent. Plus a slight pressure on yourself as this is a recorded interview. It can be a little challenging with all those factors combined.
Once that is passed, it痴 up to the listening, thinking and analyzing exercise next. They値l give you a scenario and you have to identify what went wrong. The scenario is given as an ATC recording. Without going into too much detail; the recording was Ground control giving instructions to an Aircraft. You値l have to identify what went wrong and what mistakes were made. You値l briefly explain your findings to the interviewer.
When you succeed that part you値l move to the last section of the preliminary interview. This one is the situational awareness/SOP part. They値l give you an image that痴 aviation related, you値l have to analyse it and identify what you see initially. For example an image of a Boeing on the ramp at an airport. Not sure what they are looking for here. I just turned on my detective mode and described the ground handling equipment seen on the ramp, the type of aircraft, whether the aircraft was ready to leave or not and more. When the interviewer is satisfied, he値l ask a few SOP questions in regards to what you would do before stepping into a cockpit before a flight ex: Pilot flying/Non flying duties. You may use your own SOP痴 at your current airline as examples. If you have flown at an airline or have been flying commercially, when the question comes up you値l know what to answer.
After that is competed, you are basically done the interview. Speaking from experience, this is a Caribbean/Latin American company. So results and whether you move on to the second parts of the interview process can take some time. This is not the US or Canada. So be patient.