Did my first assessment around 8 months before finishing my training (abinitio course with a large German airline owned flightschool), didn't pass though. Finished my training in April 2000 and had two job offers by september, one for a Fokker 50 job where i had to pay the typerating, the other was on a 737 with 12 months bond. Took the latter one and still fly the 737, hope to get my CCQ for the planned MFF 737/787 in a few years.