Originally Posted by
Coopmeup
You completely missed the point. I met all the specified criteria and I didn't get to an interview stage at which I could request the feedback of peers and mentors. Pretty hard to be "self aware enough to realise where (I) may have gone wrong" don't you think?
Im also quite aware of the fact that no-one who is rejected at the first (or second, or even third) round will receive feedback.
Also, do you honestly think if you applied for a job (any job - even outside of aviation) and you were rejected despite meeting all the criteria they were seeking, that your inability to work out why you were unsuccessful was in fact, the reason itself? I don't think so.
Well you submitted an application that got rejected, right? There might be something in your application that stood out as being a negative. Have a few experienced airline pilots run their eyes over it, or maybe a few HR specialists. They might find something that may be an instant "red flag" for recruitment.
Or you could just be unlucky and got rejected on a technicality because they have 1000's of applicants for less than 10 positions and not enough HR staff to look through them all indepth. But don't worry, the world needs over 600'000 new pilots over the next 20 years and not getting into the VA cadet program this year won't hurt your career. Just be prepared to accept any honest critique of your attitude or behaviour along the way.