Practice
I've worked for 3 companies now and I've done practice sims before sim tests for all of them. The trick is to make sure you book a sim that is in a different location from where you'll be tested and make sure the TRI you hire is not from the same airline (a lot of TRIs freelance on the side whilst working for an airline). Pete is right though - aviation is a very small world - if asked, don't lie.
Even if you fly the line regularly, it's a good idea to do sim practice if you can spare the cash and want the job badly enough.
I'm long-haul (A340) now so I'm expecting my raw data flying skills will be very much in need of resurrection before any future sim test!
It's very sad when you meet good guys during airline selection who make it past all the HR psych tests, interview etc only to fail the damn sim check. For the sake of £800 or so for 2 hours - if the practice could make the difference between getting your dream job or not - I think it's well worth it.
Last edited by buttline; 20th Aug 2006 at 15:57.