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.
Started with logbook, going with hours together some of the logbook questions like how many hours do you have past 12months and so on and they aske...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Jan 22, 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 experience was the same as described here. SBQ: possible fuel contamination. HR panel was natural and easy: TMAY, why SW, TMAAT you had to corre...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Jan 21, 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 just as described. Everyone was super nice and inviting. Not an intimidating experience at all. Three portions, Panel and logbook...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Jan 21, 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 felt like the logbook review was fairly straightforward, and despite all the gruff online about these logbook reviews, it really wasn't much of a...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Jan 6, 2026
TBNTTBNT means Thanks But No Thanks: the applicant was not selected after this interview cycle.
Difficulty --Difficulty was not reported by the submitting pilot.
The logbook review was super quick and straightforward. We talked about: â?¢ When I started my aviation training â?¢ When I earned my pilot certifi...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Jan 8, 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 everyone described, the process is exactly as it has been for years. Overall a great and professional experience. Relax and be yourself. In the ...
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.
As expected from other experiences. About 25 in my PM interview group. Started with tour then HR, SBQ, Logbook. Extremely important to have normal ...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Jan 21, 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.
interview was split into 4 parts: 1 SBT you are the CPT and have to deal with a possible fuel contamination 2 HR TAAT type questions, why Southwest...
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. The day goes exactly how everyone here describes it. There were no surprises, I found the information here to be very useful. Be ...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Jan 19, 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.
Arrived at 10 AM as part of Group B. Loitered in the lobby and spoke with other candidates until they were ready to begin the tour at 11 AM. Experi...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Jan 20, 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 whole experience was a great one. Flew me in on SWA the day before on flight of your choice. Stayed at the hotel that was suggested in the Inte...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Jan 6, 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.
The interview process was exactly how it was explained on here. I was in the A Group. Me and 3 other applicants hopped on the 6:30 AM shuttle from ...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Nov 20, 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.
Brought us in for the 3 part panel interview just as described. First part logbook, then a scenario, then HR. Everyone was super nice and only got ...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Jan 6, 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.
Interview experience was phenomenal. Everyone was so kind and welcoming. 3 sections as posted previously on this website. I was not surprised by an...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Jan 8, 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.
Overall fantastic experience. I was in the early group so we had the briefing first, which was a lot of great information and our group had a good ...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Jan 5, 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 B group so had to be there at 1030am took the 930 van from the hotel got there at 940 so plenty early. Checked in at the front desk. We ended...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Jan 8, 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 part of the first group with a start time of 8 am. We started out with a presentation about Southwest, where they told us some of the history o...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Jan 8, 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.
Great experience applying with Southwest! There was a group of 20 of us, 17 guys and 3 gals. A few from Skywest, Republic, and the majority from 13...
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.
2 Interview groups, morning & afternoon. I was in the Morning group. Started with an info brief from a capt 3 fifteen min interview segments; log b...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Jan 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.
Waiting to hear back for the yes or no. Absolutely ama
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