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I got an email yesterday saying t hat due to the overwhelming response to the ad, it may take one to two months to get back. THose successful will be invited to a group interview. THat was pretty much it.
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Hi,
I have an upcoming interview in january with Highland for F/O on their Jetstream 31.
Does anybody have any info on what the interview will consist of? Is there a sim-test/flight test?
How is the roster/pay etc?
Since this will be my first interview for a pilot possition;
what is the expected clothing requirement? Dark suit with/without tie??
Any info would be helpful!!!!
Thnx!!
I have an upcoming interview in january with Highland for F/O on their Jetstream 31.
Does anybody have any info on what the interview will consist of? Is there a sim-test/flight test?
How is the roster/pay etc?
Since this will be my first interview for a pilot possition;
what is the expected clothing requirement? Dark suit with/without tie??
Any info would be helpful!!!!
Thnx!!
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The interview is carried out by one, two or sometimes all three of the Highland airways senior / management captains, who are the Chief Pilot, the Managing Director and the Flight Safety Officer.
It doesn't assume prior technical knowledge of J31s etc, it's more of a chat rather than a grilling, and the interview questions are completely normal and non threatening and exactly the ones you'd expect, in terms of tell us about your career to date - why do you want to work for Highland etc.
Since you said this is your first interview for any job, I take it you're a low timer? Think about why you actually want the job, and why they should give it to YOU, they know it's difficult to keep pilots around here once they've got some hours in the logbook, if you have a connection with the Highlands / Inverness then so much the better. With all due respect it's not the average airline job, it doesn't have some of the most basic perks of normal airlines i.e. hosties or even autopilots, it involves a lot of heavy lifting and hard graft and the idea in the interview is to avoid looking like you're a malcontent or someone who's going to do a runner after 6 months. Yep you know (and they know you know!) that you're going to bail out to a nice warm jet after two or three years here but do try not to highlight the fact ...
The aviation-knowledge questions such as they are, are quite heavily geared towards some of the more unique aspects of the job we get up here in the Highlands and Islands, i.e. you'll shine at interview if you think about all the necessary procedures for hand flying a battered old analog turboprop around a country where it's incredibly cold, windy, icy, rainy, snowy, and foggy, with a lot of procedural approaches and go-rounds due weather. Not a lot of point giving away specifics of interview questions on this site, for the simple reason that one in particular of those management pilots is a PPRuNe fiend who is reading this right now (and he knows fine well who I am ) and he will undoubtedly revise the question bank if I dish too much dirt!
There is a flight assessment to follow and it has taken different forms over the years, it's supposed to be done in a king air sim but has been done in an aircraft as well.
What to wear, nothing out of the ordinary there, standard interview gear I guess, which if you need it spelled out is a plain boring conservative dark suit.
Best of luck!
It doesn't assume prior technical knowledge of J31s etc, it's more of a chat rather than a grilling, and the interview questions are completely normal and non threatening and exactly the ones you'd expect, in terms of tell us about your career to date - why do you want to work for Highland etc.
Since you said this is your first interview for any job, I take it you're a low timer? Think about why you actually want the job, and why they should give it to YOU, they know it's difficult to keep pilots around here once they've got some hours in the logbook, if you have a connection with the Highlands / Inverness then so much the better. With all due respect it's not the average airline job, it doesn't have some of the most basic perks of normal airlines i.e. hosties or even autopilots, it involves a lot of heavy lifting and hard graft and the idea in the interview is to avoid looking like you're a malcontent or someone who's going to do a runner after 6 months. Yep you know (and they know you know!) that you're going to bail out to a nice warm jet after two or three years here but do try not to highlight the fact ...
The aviation-knowledge questions such as they are, are quite heavily geared towards some of the more unique aspects of the job we get up here in the Highlands and Islands, i.e. you'll shine at interview if you think about all the necessary procedures for hand flying a battered old analog turboprop around a country where it's incredibly cold, windy, icy, rainy, snowy, and foggy, with a lot of procedural approaches and go-rounds due weather. Not a lot of point giving away specifics of interview questions on this site, for the simple reason that one in particular of those management pilots is a PPRuNe fiend who is reading this right now (and he knows fine well who I am ) and he will undoubtedly revise the question bank if I dish too much dirt!
There is a flight assessment to follow and it has taken different forms over the years, it's supposed to be done in a king air sim but has been done in an aircraft as well.
What to wear, nothing out of the ordinary there, standard interview gear I guess, which if you need it spelled out is a plain boring conservative dark suit.
Best of luck!
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Has anyone who applied for this scheme (closing date 30th November 2005) heard anything yet?
The initial email reply suggested early February as a provisional date for interviews but I guess this could have changed.
Thanks
Matt
The initial email reply suggested early February as a provisional date for interviews but I guess this could have changed.
Thanks
Matt
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Hey,
Has anyone who was at Highland last week hear anyword back yet from Sarah Lister. I'm so desperate to get a job here they seem like such a great airline to work for!
Has anyone who was at Highland last week hear anyword back yet from Sarah Lister. I'm so desperate to get a job here they seem like such a great airline to work for!
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Originally Posted by Luke SkyToddler
Relax you guys, I know Alan's been busy flying these last couple of days, so I doubt very much that any decision has been made yet 
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Well I heard back today, no luck again 
Best of luck to those left in the application process, what a fantastic company to work for, I am very jealous of the two lucky people who make it
NT
Best of luck to those left in the application process, what a fantastic company to work for, I am very jealous of the two lucky people who make it
NT
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Just had the email I've been waiting for - got a second interview at the end of March!!
Well Done to anyone else who got this far too and in fact to anyone who got down to the final 18!
Matt
Well Done to anyone else who got this far too and in fact to anyone who got down to the final 18!
Matt