{"id":11000,"date":"2016-02-16T13:42:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T18:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/?p=11000"},"modified":"2019-07-28T09:10:45","modified_gmt":"2019-07-28T13:10:45","slug":"51-flight-interview-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/51-flight-interview-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"51 Flight Interview Questions for Future Crew"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014A\u00a0Paramedic, Nurse and Pilot Survival Guide.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Grace under pressure.<\/p>\n

EMS crews are known for it.<\/p>\n

EMS crews live it. EMS crews\u00a0thrive on it.<\/p>\n

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That’s the reason what I’m about to tell you next, may surprise you . . .<\/p>\n

I can strike fear into any seasoned paramedic with two simple words.<\/p>\n

Two words.<\/p>\n

It’s true, and it’s easy to do.<\/p>\n

Want to know the words?<\/p>\n

Flight interview<\/strong><\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n

That’s it. That’s all it takes to get even seasoned paramedics, pilots and nurses hearts racing. Future flight crews fear the flight interview.<\/p>\n

Why?<\/p>\n

Some fear is the natural byproduct of performance stress. The performance stress we all feel when trying to do our best. This type of fear is healthy and usually beneficial. Everyone who interviews feels some performance based stress and fear.<\/p>\n

But flight interviews go well beyond normal performance pressure.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s more to flight interviews than most people realize. A lot more.<\/p>\n

Flight interviews are different than \u2018regular\u2019 interviews.<\/p>\n

Why Flight Interviews are Different<\/span><\/h2>\n

What makes a flight interview different?<\/p>\n

A flight interview is a process<\/span>.<\/p>\n

A flight interview is a multi-step screening process designed to eliminate over 90 percent of all applicants.<\/p>\n

A flight interview is a step all nurses, pilots and paramedics go through to get hired to staff medical helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. I say \u201cprocess\u201d because that\u2019s exactly what it is.<\/p>\n

“There\u2019s more involved in a flight interview than a \u2018regular\u2019 interview. Flight interviews ask more of candidates than almost any other professional interview, including other health and aviation interviews.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Why are flight interviews so demanding? Why are flight interviews setup this way?<\/p>\n

In simplest terms, helicopter companies and health systems do it this way because they can.<\/p>\n

Understandably, helicopter companies and health systems want to attract and retain the most qualified candidates. Flight interviews are an easy (and cheap) way to screen future flight crews.<\/p>\n

Supply and demand is another reason for the current setup of flight interviews.<\/p>\n

There are always more people who want to fly than flight jobs.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Employers know this and intentionally build a multi-step screening processes into the flight interview process. Companies try to weed out as many applicants as possible, as early as possible. The weeding out process saves money on training expenses and ideally leads to hiring the best fit for their current flight team.<\/p>\n

All that is to say flight interviews are hard<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The end result is many flight interviews have evolved into a three part process:<\/p>\n