Checklist;
1. Send in CV and/or application form.
2. Wait for response.
3. Positive respone -> Good for you! Go to the interview/selection and do your best.
4. Negative response -> Too bad, but keep trying.
Do not, for any reason, buy a typerating before going to an interview, or for that matter for any other reason than perhaps owning your own aircraft and intend to fly privately
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There are many of us putting in an effort to turn the ship in another direction (not necessarily around), so that up and comers don`t have to buy they way into a job (let alone a crappy contract - you know the kind).
Bottom line - don`t do it! You`re screwing yourself and the rest of us!