if you are talking about darwin airline in switzerland, here more info:
the interview consists of 1-2 hours questions with the HR chief, and in english please.Basic questions about you and your motivation.They prefer non experienced pilots with 200hours when many guys have more experience and are out of jobs.
training costs 45000 swiss francs(30'000 euro only) in Basel, and psy tests will cost you 1000 francs in Zurich during 2 days of total useless exams and video games.If you like swiss german accent, you will be served
. If you pass the psy test, you will be invited to pay the 45000 francs (not sure, but I suspect the company makes 30% from your pocket and it 's all about money at the end)
Salary is around 4700 francs plus 1000 swiss francs (per month) as refund for the Saab type rating. For non swiss citizen, can be less...and I think this is why they don't want swiss pilots.If they do really pay 5700 francs a month, it s not so bad for a 300 hours pilot.
it is a boring airline, with 4 airplanes type Saab 2000 based in South Switzerland and 5 or 6 destinations.They have 300 applications a day for a few positions.
I think a EU citizen(speaking italian and english fluently)has more chance than a Swiss citizen. the Swiss government prefer to see their own citizen out of jobs(25% of foreigners work now in switzerland)....and this is why it is so easy to obtain a work permit. All you need is a contract with a Swiss company, and paperwork should take 2 weeks.
Switzerland has lot of difficulties with Swiss Air international and the system is corrupted(strike, discrimination). Darwin can expand his fleet or collapse tomorrow, same thing for Flybaboo in Geneva.
(this is based on my opinion and my free speech' right, these informations can or can not be accurate)