Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
May 4, 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.
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Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Apr 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.
Southwest Airlines FO Interview Experience in April. Overall, the experience was exactly as many have described very relaxed, welcoming, and genuin...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Apr 7, 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.
Logbook interview was first and they just made sure every check ride was tabbed. Make sure all your hours on the summery you provided add up correc...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Apr 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.
I was nervous during studying and at the beginning of the interview but the recruiter was super nice guy (3 years FO ERJ) and overall did a great j...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Apr 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.
The interview started off with getting to know a little about the captain conducting the session and then a little about me. We then continued on w...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Apr 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.
Same flow as everyone else. 30/60/90/12 month, instrument, pic, night, multi. Have them totaled prior to interview. Interview was very laid back an...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Feb 15, 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 went very well. All the questions asked were on here. My interviewer was a young first officer from Chicago and he was really chill and d...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Mar 30, 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.
Asked a scenario about pregnant passenger going into labor, escalated into dr saying he wanted us to land asap then picking where to land. Asked ab...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Apr 28, 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.
All my answers were brief and concise, very surface level. Had to brief a STAR and Approach. Electrical systems of the plane I chose, airspace spee...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Apr 13, 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 was very consistent from what was seen here. It was roughly 2 hours in length. From my experience, the HR/behavioral was light and it...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Apr 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.
I did the logbook portion first. It was very straight forward, just going through the totals on the logbook form you had to fill out. They asked ab...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Apr 15, 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, interviewer was very friendly and made the nerves go away, had a really good experience. Got asked 30/60/90/365. Started with HR ...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Apr 13, 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.
Straight forward, HR-TECH-Scenario about 2.5 hours. Heavy on HR as well as JEPP charts as I briefed SIDs/STARs and has scenarios given to me based ...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Jan 20, 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.
Same as everyone else. Had the morning slot. Started with the logbook interview. Then the Scenario Based. (view the Sim/Scenario section in the stu...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Apr 15, 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.
Interview went great, I was very prepared. Interviewer said he would offer me a CJO if he could, but due to the separate hiring board I lacked in s...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Apr 14, 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 was very straightforward. They gave me a lot of scenario-based questions. The interview questions started with HR questions, and went...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Apr 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.
asked for more details since they could tell I knew the questions they were asking. It kind of felt like a checkride: if I answered their question ...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Apr 27, 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 good experience lasted approx. 60 minutes. Started off with some HR, How'd you get into Aviation, Why Skywest ect. Then moved onto technica...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Apr 24, 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.
at 10:30, started a tour from about 11-12:30. Listened to their speech about why you should come to SW. finished that about 1:15. Then got into the...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Mar 13, 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.
Interviewed with a 20 year captain over a Teams video call. Make sure to log onto the call 10 minutes early and dress for the occasion. After a few...
