Interview Questions

Question 1

Tell me about yourself

Question 2

Tell me about SOPs within your workplace

Question 3

What was your role at Airways?

Question 4

What will you find most challenging about flying for Air NZ?

Question 5

Your CV says you have gained skill in Teamwork, Leadership and Communication. Can you give some examples of times you have needed to use teamwork

Question 6

How will manage parenthood with shift work?

Question 7

Have you ever broken SOPs? Why?

Question 8

In what case would you break company SOPs?

Question 9

What’s an example of a time where you’ve had to show leadership?

Question 10

Please tell us about Air NZs corporate strategy

Question 11

What do you know about sustainability within Air NZ

Question 12

What makes a good brand ambassador?

Question 13

Tell us about you time working in the tailing gang

Question 14

Have you ever had any conflict in the workplace? How did you deal with that?

Question 15

Who’s your favourite leader and why?

Question 16

Have you had any incidents or accidents? What have you learnt from them?

Question 17

What has been your biggest achievement?

Question 18

Do you play any team sports? Why not?

Question 19

Your CV says you train students to AirNZ FTO SOPs, can you give us some examples of these?

Question 20

Your CV says at airways you were responsible for “collation of radar replays”. What did that involve?

Question 21

Tell us something that we wouldn’t know about Air NZ

Question 22

What’s something Air NZ is doing to improve sustainability?

Answer 22

Good examples:
1. Have already ordered bio fuels
2. Looking to develop electric powered aircraft on regional routes
3. Coffee cups are made out of plants not plastic
4. Reduced single use plastic use (stirrers etc) in the cabin
5. Flight attendants seperate out plastic cups from normal rubbish when collecting rubbish in the cabin
6. Air NZ are involved with DoC on a number of environmental projects

Question 23

How did you get into flying?

Question 24

Have you always wanted to be a pilot?

Question 25

Why do you want to fly for Air NZ?

Question 26

What would you do if you were unsuccessful at this interview?

Question 27

How do you “create an environment where customers feel comfortable and relaxed”?

Question 28

Give us an example of where you have had to adapt to different situations or environments quickly? (From CV)

Question 29

Who is the CEO?

Question 30

What is your current role at IAANZ?

Question 31

What did you not enjoy about working at IAANZ?

Question 32

Why did you fail two ATPLs?

Question 33

What coping mechanisms do you have to deal with nerves?

Question 34

What do you do when you feel stressed?

Question 35

A Captain you are flying with becomes unstable below the stable gate altitude, what would you do? What if he/she ignored you and kept flying the approach?

Question 36

What are the stable gate criteria? Have you ever continued an unstable approach?

Question 37

A Captain is doing something you disagree with. How would you handle this situation?

Answer 37

Enquire - Ask why they’re doing that
Advocate - recommend a different course of action
Assert - tell the captain directly what you think is wrong and what you think need to happen.
If safety is compromised and previous 3 have not worked you can use the phrase “Captain you must listen”

Question 38

When should you file an occurrence report? Have you filed any before? Have you filed any reports against yourself? Give an example

Question 39

How will you relate to the older grumpier Captains?

Question 40

Tell us your opinions on Cockpit Gradient

Question 41

What are your strengths?

Question 42

What are your weaknesses? What are you doing to work on these?

Question 43

How do you deal with difficult people?

Question 44

What would you change about Air NZ?

Question 45

What would you change about your current workplace?