The compass testing wasn't hard. It just took a lot of concentration. It was kind of like a checkride. You had to get yourself sic'd up for it. Get the blood to flowing, and bare down. It really tests a good cross check and short term memory.
One of the check pilots stated that he liked the old way of doing the interview. I have no idea what that is except for what I have read here. He said that the first day the check pilot had a chance to sit down with the interviewee and go through the logbook and spend the morning with them to get to know them. Then do the checkride that afternoon. He basically came out and said this was going to happen again in March.
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