Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Mar 26, 2026
CJOCJO means Conditional Job Offer: the airline indicated they intend to hire, usually pending background checks, training dates, or final paperwork.
Difficulty --Difficulty was not reported by the submitting pilot.
Was a great day. Take it all in, be humble, be yourself. Logbook Straight forward as long as your times are correct. Read times off the Logbook rev...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Apr 6, 2026
PendingPending means the pilot was still waiting for a final decision when this gouge was submitted.
Difficulty --Difficulty was not reported by the submitting pilot.
Was the morning group. Started off the briefing about the company, very laid back and then we all hung out at the hiring break room near the entran...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Mar 25, 2026
PendingPending means the pilot was still waiting for a final decision when this gouge was submitted.
Difficulty --Difficulty was not reported by the submitting pilot.
Got in night prior for AM group. Aloft where many of the interviewers stayed. Bus over at 7:00am. Lots of waiting around. Not many HR questions, ve...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Apr 6, 2026
PendingPending means the pilot was still waiting for a final decision when this gouge was submitted.
Difficulty --Difficulty was not reported by the submitting pilot.
My Southwest interview experience was very positive overall. The afternoon group started with a tour of the LEADs training center, which was impres...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Mar 25, 2026
CJOCJO means Conditional Job Offer: the airline indicated they intend to hire, usually pending background checks, training dates, or final paperwork.
Difficulty --Difficulty was not reported by the submitting pilot.
They really try hard from the start to make you feel welcome at Southwest. I was in the AM group and started off with the SBQ. Next, I did the HR p...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Mar 25, 2026
CJOCJO means Conditional Job Offer: the airline indicated they intend to hire, usually pending background checks, training dates, or final paperwork.
Difficulty --Difficulty was not reported by the submitting pilot.
They really try hard to make you feel welcome at Southwest. It's a crap shoot what portion of the interview process you do first (SBQ, HR, or Logbo...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Mar 23, 2026
PendingPending means the pilot was still waiting for a final decision when this gouge was submitted.
Difficulty --Difficulty was not reported by the submitting pilot.
Everyone there was really nice and they tried to make it easy and relaxed . Exactly like what was mentioned here. Was in the afternoon group , show...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Mar 10, 2026
PendingPending means the pilot was still waiting for a final decision when this gouge was submitted.
Difficulty --Difficulty was not reported by the submitting pilot.
Very fun experience. Everyone in my interview group was so nice and fun to chat with! We all got escorted into the "People Lobby" after checking in...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Mar 23, 2026
PendingPending means the pilot was still waiting for a final decision when this gouge was submitted.
Difficulty --Difficulty was not reported by the submitting pilot.
Had the morning group, started with a great presentation on the company so you can relax a little and get the nerves out, mingle with the other con...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Mar 26, 2026
PendingPending means the pilot was still waiting for a final decision when this gouge was submitted.
Difficulty --Difficulty was not reported by the submitting pilot.
I was in the second group, the experience was as described in previous post, the tour was ama
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Mar 9, 2026
PendingPending means the pilot was still waiting for a final decision when this gouge was submitted.
Difficulty --Difficulty was not reported by the submitting pilot.
AM group was as described. Logbook review was thorough, verifying training and endorsements. HR panel TMAY, then asked about a previous job I was f...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Mar 23, 2026
PendingPending means the pilot was still waiting for a final decision when this gouge was submitted.
Difficulty --Difficulty was not reported by the submitting pilot.
The interview was an ama
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Mar 23, 2026
PendingPending means the pilot was still waiting for a final decision when this gouge was submitted.
Difficulty --Difficulty was not reported by the submitting pilot.
Interviewing with Southwest Airlines was a terrific experience. Panel Interview: Tell us about yourself in 1 minute. Tell us about your flying expe...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Mar 23, 2026
PendingPending means the pilot was still waiting for a final decision when this gouge was submitted.
Difficulty --Difficulty was not reported by the submitting pilot.
Interviewing with Southwest Airlines was a terrific experience. Panel Interview: Tell us about yourself in 1 minute. Tell us about your flying expe...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Dec 3, 2025
CJOCJO means Conditional Job Offer: the airline indicated they intend to hire, usually pending background checks, training dates, or final paperwork.
Difficulty --Difficulty was not reported by the submitting pilot.
Every person and their experience is different even though the format is the same, so just be yourself. They really want to see that you are open t...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Feb 17, 2026
CJOCJO means Conditional Job Offer: the airline indicated they intend to hire, usually pending background checks, training dates, or final paperwork.
Difficulty --Difficulty was not reported by the submitting pilot.
3 parts as discribed here. Each part went very quick. Maybe 10-15 mins for each section. Then we waited for the tour. HR portion- TMAY, TMAAT you h...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Jan 5, 2026
CJOCJO means Conditional Job Offer: the airline indicated they intend to hire, usually pending background checks, training dates, or final paperwork.
Difficulty --Difficulty was not reported by the submitting pilot.
Great experience overall with Southwest Airlines. HR panel was very conversational. Logbook portion was basic legal questions (i.e. verifying fligh...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Mar 11, 2026
PendingPending means the pilot was still waiting for a final decision when this gouge was submitted.
Difficulty --Difficulty was not reported by the submitting pilot.
HR â?¢ TMAY â?¢ Why SWA â?¢ TMAAT you were critiqued â?¢ What makes a good FO â?¢ Scariest moment in a airplane â?¢ TMAAT someone chang...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Mar 11, 2026
PendingPending means the pilot was still waiting for a final decision when this gouge was submitted.
Difficulty --Difficulty was not reported by the submitting pilot.
Early AM group. Arrived at 0730 from hotel, used their shuttle service to the HQ. Check in and out luggage in storage room. Introduction and presen...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Mar 9, 2026
CJOCJO means Conditional Job Offer: the airline indicated they intend to hire, usually pending background checks, training dates, or final paperwork.
Difficulty --Difficulty was not reported by the submitting pilot.
As described by everybody else here. They really do a great job at making you feel welcome and trying to relax the nerves out of you. I was part of...
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