Hi,
I am a million miles away from attending my first airline interview so unfortunately I can't post any specific examples of questions which you might be asked, however I do currently hold a senior management position with a large public company, and as such I have a great deal of involvement in the recruitment and selection of staff.
While each organisation differs slightly in its approach to recruitment broadly the processes will be similar, and while I can't help you with SIM checks, I am experinenced in short listing, Psychometric testing, and interview technique.
These are all stages at which people fall down (up to 80 percent of candidates don't even make it past short listing) and I'd be happy to offer general advice to anyone that wants it.
Returning to the topic of this thread I just wanted to let you know that there are some great books out there which offer guidance on how to answer those tricky interview questions. One which I looked at the other day gave you an entire script for each question, and while I wouldn't recommend that you used it as such, the guidance given was actually very good.
I have to admit that it provided answers to a number of questions which I have asked people before now, and it certainly gave me ideas for questions which I will be asking people in the future!
Anyway if this is something which you are worried about it might be worth investing in a similar book. Could be the best 6 quid you ever spent!
That said, While reading books on all manner of interview techniques will help, (because you'll feel more confident in yourself) ultimately the best advice anyone can give you is just to be yourself.
The thing to remember is that essentially the interviewer wants you to do well. No doubt they will have already spent hours short listing applications, (and believe me this can be a soul destroying process) so by the time they actually get candidates to the interview, they are generally hoping to see that they have made the right choices!
The other thing to remember is that the panel will probably be interviewing a number of candidates, and after about the third one they will be desperately looking for someone to relieve their monotony.
The best way to do that is just be natural and enthusiastic. Believe me, some people can be very hard work, so if you can just adopt a natural approach, and display a real enthusiasm, you'll be half way there.
Kind regards,
