Air Canada Jazz
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flying horse
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Air Canada Jazz
Hi! dose anyone has gone to interview with air canada jazz and have an idea what type of questions they are asking overthere
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Dark Helmet
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Re: Air Canada Jazz
All Behavioral type questions. Like tell me about your career, or about a time you made as mistake and learned from it etc.etc.etc.flying horse wrote:Hi! dose anyone has gone to interview with air canada jazz and have an idea what type of questions they are asking overthere
Basically just be honest, be yourself and relax. Think of some scenarios throughout your career to tell them. Try to learn as much as you can about the company, that always helps too. Seach around this forum, you will find some info.
Good luck
Personnel conducting the interview wanted specific examples from you’re career when
answering the questions. The best responses followed the SPARE or SAR/PAR
answering technique.
1) Tell us about yourself?
2) Why do you want to work for us?
3) What do you know about our company?
4) How did you get into aviation / how did you become a pilot?
5) What do you like / dislike about your present job?
6) Have you ever failed a checkride?
7) Does your boss know you are here?
1) Describe a time when you had to sell an idea to a team.
2) Tell us a time when you made a mistake and what did you learn from it.
3) Do you have any incidents or accidents?
4) What will the biggest challenge be for you seating in the right seat?
5) How do you feel about seating in the right seat for 10 years?
6) How will you survive on our starting salary in Toronto?
7) Tell us about you’re career to date and the positions you held.
Tell us a time when outside factors influenced you at work.
9) Tell us an example of a satisfying work experience.
10) Have you ever failed a medical?
11) Have you ever had to take control of an aircraft from a First Officer?
12) Have you ever attempted to train anyone that was “untrainable”?
13) Describe a time when you went above and beyond you’re job description.
14) Have you ever had a conflict with a fellow pilot? How did you resolve that situation?
15) Describe a time when you would have liked to see more out of the managers in
you’re company.
16) Have you ever been unprepared for a flight?
17) What do you know about Jazz?
18) Are you interested in other companies? Why not Westjet? What would you do if
mainline or WestJet calls after you are hired?
The interview was about 45 minutes long. I had 1 human resource woman and 2 pilots.
Make sure you’re logbook is certified and up to date.
S – Situation Briefly describe the situation where the problem occurred.
P – Problem State the problem faced.
A – Action State what you did to resolve the problem.
R – Results What happened (good or bad, successfully or unsuccessfully).
E – Experience What you took away or learned from this event.
S/P – Situation / Problem
A – Action
R – Result
1. Tell me about yourself and how your aviation career led you to this point
2. What do you know about Jazz?
3. Why do you want to work for Jazz?
4. Why should we hire you?
5. Why would you be good at Jazz?
6. What do you think the toughest part of the transition to Jazz will be?
7. Do you think you have the skills to fly a jet?
8. Does anyone from your company know that you are here? (management)
9. Why do you want to leave your present job?
10. What will you miss about the job you are in?
11. Describe your daily life at your present job.
12. What do you do to prepare for a flight?
13. What is your goal before a flight?
14. What is the most important part of your job at wherever you work?
15. What is the most difficult part of your job at wherever you work?
16. Tell me a time when you were EITHER satisfied or dissatisfied with the company
that you work for
17. What was the most fun job you ever had?
18. What was the best job you ever had?
19. Have you ever had a personality conflict with somebody you worked with?
20. Name a time when you and an F/O butted heads.
21. Name a time when there was tension in the cockpit.
22. Name a time when you were at fault and took the blame for it.
23. Name a time when you made a mistake
24. Have you ever had to take control from somebody?
25. Has anyone ever had to take control from you?
26. Name a time when you had to discipline somebody
27. Name a time when you had to turn down a flight
28. Name a time when you rushed into something?
29. Name a time when you had to confront somebody for breaking the law or a
regulation or a procedure.
30. Name a time when your piloting skills came into play.
31. Tell me a time when you had to get a group of people to do something they
refused to do.
32. Have you ever had to force and issue?
33. Have you ever had to motivate or diffuse a group in order to achieve a goal
34. Tell me a time when you had to persuade a group to do something they didn’t
want to do
35. Have you ever let the pressure get to you?
36. Name a time when you worked as a team and didn’t accomplish your goal.
answering the questions. The best responses followed the SPARE or SAR/PAR
answering technique.
1) Tell us about yourself?
2) Why do you want to work for us?
3) What do you know about our company?
4) How did you get into aviation / how did you become a pilot?
5) What do you like / dislike about your present job?
6) Have you ever failed a checkride?
7) Does your boss know you are here?
1) Describe a time when you had to sell an idea to a team.
2) Tell us a time when you made a mistake and what did you learn from it.
3) Do you have any incidents or accidents?
4) What will the biggest challenge be for you seating in the right seat?
5) How do you feel about seating in the right seat for 10 years?
6) How will you survive on our starting salary in Toronto?
7) Tell us about you’re career to date and the positions you held.
Tell us a time when outside factors influenced you at work.9) Tell us an example of a satisfying work experience.
10) Have you ever failed a medical?
11) Have you ever had to take control of an aircraft from a First Officer?
12) Have you ever attempted to train anyone that was “untrainable”?
13) Describe a time when you went above and beyond you’re job description.
14) Have you ever had a conflict with a fellow pilot? How did you resolve that situation?
15) Describe a time when you would have liked to see more out of the managers in
you’re company.
16) Have you ever been unprepared for a flight?
17) What do you know about Jazz?
18) Are you interested in other companies? Why not Westjet? What would you do if
mainline or WestJet calls after you are hired?
The interview was about 45 minutes long. I had 1 human resource woman and 2 pilots.
Make sure you’re logbook is certified and up to date.
S – Situation Briefly describe the situation where the problem occurred.
P – Problem State the problem faced.
A – Action State what you did to resolve the problem.
R – Results What happened (good or bad, successfully or unsuccessfully).
E – Experience What you took away or learned from this event.
S/P – Situation / Problem
A – Action
R – Result
1. Tell me about yourself and how your aviation career led you to this point
2. What do you know about Jazz?
3. Why do you want to work for Jazz?
4. Why should we hire you?
5. Why would you be good at Jazz?
6. What do you think the toughest part of the transition to Jazz will be?
7. Do you think you have the skills to fly a jet?
8. Does anyone from your company know that you are here? (management)
9. Why do you want to leave your present job?
10. What will you miss about the job you are in?
11. Describe your daily life at your present job.
12. What do you do to prepare for a flight?
13. What is your goal before a flight?
14. What is the most important part of your job at wherever you work?
15. What is the most difficult part of your job at wherever you work?
16. Tell me a time when you were EITHER satisfied or dissatisfied with the company
that you work for
17. What was the most fun job you ever had?
18. What was the best job you ever had?
19. Have you ever had a personality conflict with somebody you worked with?
20. Name a time when you and an F/O butted heads.
21. Name a time when there was tension in the cockpit.
22. Name a time when you were at fault and took the blame for it.
23. Name a time when you made a mistake
24. Have you ever had to take control from somebody?
25. Has anyone ever had to take control from you?
26. Name a time when you had to discipline somebody
27. Name a time when you had to turn down a flight
28. Name a time when you rushed into something?
29. Name a time when you had to confront somebody for breaking the law or a
regulation or a procedure.
30. Name a time when your piloting skills came into play.
31. Tell me a time when you had to get a group of people to do something they
refused to do.
32. Have you ever had to force and issue?
33. Have you ever had to motivate or diffuse a group in order to achieve a goal
34. Tell me a time when you had to persuade a group to do something they didn’t
want to do
35. Have you ever let the pressure get to you?
36. Name a time when you worked as a team and didn’t accomplish your goal.
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Very nice reply Qwert, and not just Jazz specific.Great sampling of questions for any company that conducts Behavioral Based interviews.Those with upcoming interviews or that suspect they may one day have the chance to attend this style of interview should cut and paste these questions to their documents and start preping their SAR/STAR/SPARE answers now.Look through your log book to help remember specific examples, and try to have more than one example to answer each question in case the interviewers feel that the given answer given doesn't relate to the question asked.
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Air Canada Jazz
SO NO TECHNICAL QUESTIONS OR ATP STANDARDS SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS?
There are no technical questions.
You certify the logbook each time you sign it.
But if you feel better getting the CP to sign it suit yourself.
People have said this before but after going through the process I realize that it is the truth.
They just want to see if they would get along with you on a 4 day pairing.
The simulator is what tells them if you can actually fly a plane.
Be humble, and honest in your interview and don't think you have to give an answer for every question. I didn't and I made it!
Good luck its a great company and I am grateful to have finally made after so many years of paying my dues!
You certify the logbook each time you sign it.
But if you feel better getting the CP to sign it suit yourself.
People have said this before but after going through the process I realize that it is the truth.
They just want to see if they would get along with you on a 4 day pairing.
The simulator is what tells them if you can actually fly a plane.
Be humble, and honest in your interview and don't think you have to give an answer for every question. I didn't and I made it!
Good luck its a great company and I am grateful to have finally made after so many years of paying my dues!
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You got lucky there man. It was not the case with my interview. The HR lady asked the first few questions while the Chief Pilot went through my liscenses, logbook, etc. He said nothing for the 1st 20 minutes, just listened and looked at my documents. He started asking me questions afterwards. He asked me if I failed any rides, about ny career, etc. (My guess is he already knew the answers to those questions, he was checking if I was being honest about it.)qwert wrote:No tech Questions. They didnt even care about the Logbook being certified, (and mine wasnt) and my logbook was a disaster on top of it. If you guys study those questions i posted you will smoke the interview. Good luck Guys
I had a buddy that interviewed recently too and he mentioned that they didn't look at his log book too much. However I have heard of people (I know of one for sure) in the past that got burned on the interview because their logbook was not certified.
Personally I would err on the side of caution and have my book up to date and certified.
My 2 cents
Like they would PFO you cuz you didn't get a chief pilot to certify your logbook?
Like it was stated above, you can certify it yourself when you sign it.
I bet there was another reason.
Besides, most chief pilots aren't gonna go through every entry before signing to see if you cheated a .1 somewhere.
Like it was stated above, you can certify it yourself when you sign it.
I bet there was another reason.
Besides, most chief pilots aren't gonna go through every entry before signing to see if you cheated a .1 somewhere.
On the topic of log book certification...
Most if not all airlines would like to see the log book certified and signed by the chief pilot or ops mgr of the company you were flying for. This lends an air of legitimacy to your log. Sure you can say they do not scrutinize the time you may have flown, however they do know on average how much you have flown.
Most if not all airlines would like to see the log book certified and signed by the chief pilot or ops mgr of the company you were flying for. This lends an air of legitimacy to your log. Sure you can say they do not scrutinize the time you may have flown, however they do know on average how much you have flown.
wouldn't they catch that in the sim?
So, would I have less of a chance of getting hired by AC because not all of my hours are "certified"?
Would I have to go back to everywhere around the world I worked to get it signed?
I think alot of guys in my position are just gonna forge a signature or get someone else to sign it so it looks valid.
If they want to see a "certification", I'll give them a certification
So, would I have less of a chance of getting hired by AC because not all of my hours are "certified"?
Would I have to go back to everywhere around the world I worked to get it signed?
I think alot of guys in my position are just gonna forge a signature or get someone else to sign it so it looks valid.
If they want to see a "certification", I'll give them a certification
An excerpt from the Air Canada standard e-mail when you're invited to an interview. The bold emphasis is theirs:
Also required:
* Updated resume
* Reference letters
* Up-to-date Log Book(s) - Bring ALL past & current log books and have them certified at least up to your current employer. (Note: Current employer certification will be necessary if you are hired.) No need to photocopy log book(s).
Don't be a goof, get your book certified. I hope all you folks with 'pen time' in your logbooks that have gotten away with it until now just got a little uncomfortable.
Cheers
Also required:
* Updated resume
* Reference letters
* Up-to-date Log Book(s) - Bring ALL past & current log books and have them certified at least up to your current employer. (Note: Current employer certification will be necessary if you are hired.) No need to photocopy log book(s).
Don't be a goof, get your book certified. I hope all you folks with 'pen time' in your logbooks that have gotten away with it until now just got a little uncomfortable.
Cheers
When I did my Jazz interview my logbook was not certified, nor did they ask about it. There were people that were asked about it, and in some cases a big deal was made. I guess get it certified by your CP and it's a non issue.
The feet you step on today might be attached to the ass you're kissing tomorrow.
Chase lifestyle not metal.
Chase lifestyle not metal.
Some companies have a stamp with it all there, otherwise "I certify that all times flown in Company aircraft (insert registrations if few enough - we've got around 5-9 and always include them) from (date) to (date) are true and correct. sign, print name & license #. And apply company stamp, if any.
Always tell guys (girls) that I don't mind doing this on a regular interval (lets not get too anal about it - every week? puleeeze)
Always tell guys (girls) that I don't mind doing this on a regular interval (lets not get too anal about it - every week? puleeeze)
"oh, I have slipped.." into what, we're not sure
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