HR questions Flashcards
If we employed you how long do you think it would take to make Captain?
2years e120 captain
Where do you see your career heading?
Captain and training Captain pathway goal
Tell us about your current employer and why you want to leave?
Great company. Learnt allot return of service overdue. continue with career goals.
How much notice do you have to give?
2-4weeks
How do you feel about the hold file wait?
Fine would like to start as soon as possible.
Have you ever failed a renewal?
No.
Have you ever been reprimanded at work?
never. only talked to
Student paperwork mod reports
Tell us about a task where it was imperative to get things right the first time around? What
steps did you take?
ATPL Flight test - attitude miss compare, ASI separate pitot system for FO side
Captain side and standby together.
FO misidentified this information and thought his Attitude was correct as both stby and CApt side read the same info.
What has been the most difficult situation you have faced in an aircraft?
Fire fighting ops with smoke landing.
Rockhampton
Situation
Actions (back up plan)
Result
How would you describe CRM, have you ever had to apply it?
What does CTM mean to you?
Crew Resource Management
Includes every one.
cabin crew, ground staff , tower even.
effectively working as a team
to assure a safe and efficient operation, reducing error, avoiding stress and increasing efficiency.
Most incidences are a result of human error. CRM if used correctly is there to mitigate the risk
Applied it?:
yes
ATPL emergencies. task management
Instruction : with students
Wake turbulence into Adelaide at night behind virgin.
student to fly me top talk on radio
Pax in the back included in problem solving
Have you ever made a bad decision? What did you do to correct it?
As an instructor getting a student to do a PFL near restricted airspace. loosing situational awareness and busting it. Too focused on the students performance
Tell me about a time someone criticized you? How did you handle the criticism?
Mod reports
You just have to take it even if you done like what they have to say.
and the best way to get over it is to improve and be better.
Have you ever encouraged someone? How did you do it?
Student Study plan. Patrick
doing my ATPL and Grade 1 instructor rating in 3 weeks
Have you ever worked with someone who wasted your time? What did you do about it?
Student getting sick in every flight and not doing the preparation or study
Situation
Actions
Result
Have you been put in a team that did not share your ambition/motivation or goal? How did it
make you feel? What did you do about it?
3.3 achievement getting instructor of the month
we put it up on the wall then every one could keep eachother accountable. but it also allowed us to see who needed help and to understand that some tasks are harder than others.
What are some of the problems you have overcome to get where you are today in your flying
career?
Interviews. Bad experience but you learn from it and now you just have to chase it down
seek discomfort = improvement.
Tell me about the most difficult circumstance you have had to overcome in a work sense?
Driving 1hr to work ? use the time
Having to say no to a PAX with extra bags and keeping aircraft weight limits
resolution taking the extra bags on the next day.
Situation
Actions
Result
What was the last major problem you were confronted with? What action did you take?
Sick student in flight
Tell us about a time you set yourself a goal, how did you achieve it?
Grade 1
ATPL
within a 4week timeframe
and it was unplanned.
planning and scheduling.
revision time
get help from others
Biggest achievement outside flying? Why?
Tennis Argentina
Germany 6months
House almost paid off.
Student loans paid off
Tell us about your career thus far that has led you to be here today?
how aviation started
flight training
moving country
keep doing some study
having a goal to achieve every year
Tell us about a time when your actions prevented a problem.
Would you do things differently?
Opposite runway take-off.
AHRS Misscompare ATPL
Have you ever been reprimanded/criticized at work?
How did you handle it?
Paper work
Mod reports
Student Flat tire
Tell us about a time when you have had a personality conflict with someone?
Engineer baggage issue
Where do you see yourself in 5 years from now?
Training captain E120
E170 and E190 Fleet
Tell us about a time you had to intervene to prevent an unsafe action?
Opposite runway take off
ATPL attitude failure miscompare
student into cloud
no gear landing
Tell us about a time it was important to get things right the first time?
Landing in smoke near Rockhampton
ATPL AHRSfail
. Tell us about a disagreement you have had in the workplace? How is your current
relationship with that person now?
Pax engineer baggage
Have you got any questions?
- Time frame from training and checking captains after captain upgrade and is that sonority based?
What can you tell us about airnorth?
- Charter / Gov contracts subsidised
What is the most successful resolution of a problem you have handled?
-soar spread sheet
Describe a situation created without all of the correct details. In hindsight what would you
have done differently?
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Have you ever been accused of something that was unfair?
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When have you told someone to do something and they did it wrong?
What different approach could you have used in hindsight?
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What is the best achievement you have had in leading a group to achieve a goal? How did
you go about this?
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Tell us about a situation where you were not able to meet a deadline?
-monthly hours due to sick students no shows and weather
Tell us about a time when you have made an incorrect decision as a leader?
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Describe a time where you were unable to complete a task you had committed to?
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Tell us about a task or a project you worked on from beginning to end?
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Tell us about a time you looked bad or lost face?
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Tell me about your self
Tell us about yourself as a Pilot.
Tell us about your Career.
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What are your strengths and weaknesess?
Strengths:
Initiative
Work ethic
Efficient
Organised, Patient, Calm, Focused
Weaknesses:
1. Time warp / Task saturation
write a plan, stay on task, have breaks, allow for miss calculation. Write down how long you think it will take and compare later to learn the time difference
- Exercise / workouts
Run Challenge this year - Efficient / structured / detail orientated
Let someone else have control, follow there plan.
let Micheala cook, take instruction.
Comes across as picky or pedantic
Why should we hire you?
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What do you have to offer our airline?
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Why do you want this Job?
Hands on flying
Good reputation
Customer service
What do you have to offer over and above the other candidates?
ATPL, Grade 1, Flying in multiple different places. have proven to learn quickly.
What is your personality?
How would a friend describe you?
Organised - making plans keeping structure
Patient - have to be in a teaching environment
Calm -
Focused - have a goal to work towards
I can come across as quiet. but really I just like to observe situations first and only intervene if necessary
Personal Achievements
Independence -
Argentina / Germany
living somewhere unfamiliar makes you independent, adaptive
Work toward progression -
Every year achieving something new,
2015 license
2016 ATPL theory, part time job, Instructor rating
2017 First instructor job and First Full time job
2018 Grade 2 , IFTA
2019 META
2020 MCC
2021 Grade 1 , ATPL
What can you bring to Airnorth
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Explain using a recent event how you dealt with conflict at work.
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What do you know about airnorth
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How would you deal with a Captain which was deliberately cutting corners and it is impacting on safety.
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What are your short/long-term goals
Airline Job, Turboprop Captain.
Tell me a time you had to break SOP
Going full fuel even though not needed
Departure Sid brief after Batterie on get ATIS
Tell me a time where a student has done something wrong and what did you do about it?
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Your 4 strengths
Organised, Patient, Calm, Focused
Your weaknesses
Time warp / Task saturation
Exercise / workouts
Efficient / structured
Tell me a time you showed leadership
Escape the room challenge with in-laws
Tell me a time you had to take control of a situation
AHRS fail
Opposite take off
Student no gear approach
Student into cloud
How can a Flight attendant be useful
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Tell us about a time you observed an unsafe operations and how did you react?
- Chieftan runway take-off.
Tell me about a flight that deviated from the plan and how did you react?
- Approach wake turbulence
ATPL AHRS fail
SOAR crash
From 1 to 10 how do you rate yourself as a pilot
7-8 always room to improve and learn from others.
Group Scenario where you had to lead.
Escape room challenge.
High stress environment under time pressure.
Brick wall had to place lots of number.
Every one was close to the wall and we couldn’t figure out the code meaning.
So i made every one stand back to see if we could get a bigger picture.
There is was. It had nothing to do with the numbers but more so the shape that it created which gave us the next clue.
