interview questions
hi folks here's my tech questions...no many were in the gouge. I'll put some of the answers I had so some of them might be wrong
What is RNP? Required navigation peformance
What is some rule of thumb for RNP? didn't know
How long is the flight from HGK to SFO? 12 hours... i think its more like 10
how about SFO to HGK? about 14
Why? winds
What is the transition altitude in HGK? didn't know
What do you think it is? I knew US is 18 oz is 10, europe 5 or6 i think guessed 10
what are the different types of deice fluid...told all of them
if there's frost underneath the wing can you t/off? yes
how much? .8 mm i think
when does the holdover time begin? beginning of last application
what is start procedure on your a/c?
what would you do with rapid cabin depressuriztion? gave the drill
how would you check your MEA if your charts blew all over the cockpit?
I said ask ATC, but i don't think this was the answer he was after, maybe a EGPWS answer perhaps
what would you do if you had 190 t of fuel and you needed 192t as required fuel? for some reason i thought we were at max fuel so i talked about the dispatch procedure where you dispatch to somewhere other than your final destination, that wasn't right so I talked about rear CoG, then optimum altitude...i felt like an idiot when he said take off pax and put on more fuel. i guess we weren't at max fuel
do you need to know PH before t/o? yes
if the QNH was 1006 is this better or worse for peformance than standard? worse
what would be the ph then
how much fuel would we have on landing in HK after a long trip? fixed res
how much is that on the 747? didn't know
see if you can work it out? i didn't know the ff of the 744 so i did a little mental math using my current a/c consumption and gave and answer which was wrong because if forgot to multiply by 4 engines
what is RVSM?
what would happen if you were climbing at a rapid rate? TCAS might go off
how would you stop this? reduce VS
what if the a/c was in capture mode? hit ALT
tell me about a time a captain made a decision you didn't agree with
what does a SO do?
how many days off a month?
tell me about a time you had an emergency
what is max speed in your a/c at FL330?
is it always that? yes no speed limitation for maneovering since there are no mach trimmers on my a/c and MCrit occurs significantly higher than MMO. i'm not sure what he thought of this answer, all i knew is there are no limitations on speed for maneovering, unless you exceeded the maneovering limits of the a/c
do you ever overspeed in the a/c?
what is your procedure when this happens? reduce thrust
could you use spoilers? not sure if i got this one right...i said yes, of course you wouldn't, there is an AD on the a/c that says don't do with the AP engaged, but again no speed limitations on the spoilers so I said yes.
hope that helps. i'd recommend study for the HR. have somebody sit down and ask you questions about your background and know what you're going to say. i didn't feel happy with my tech interview performance, my HR though i sat down with some friends who grilled me and pointed out where i needed to give more positive answers. for example tell me something good about your company, normally you would have heard crickets, but i had this one ready to go...they hire great people.