FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Feb 5, 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.
Studied everything on this page and it was very accurate and helpful. I heard for an interview beginning of the year, self scheduled for my intervi...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Feb 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.
The interview was very smooth and finished fairly quickly'just under 1.5 hours. The interviewer was a 2-year FO based out of San Diego, and she was...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Dec 16, 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.
Study the interview prep questions, it was exactly as asked. A few tell me about a time questions, decoding the largest remarks section of a metar,...
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.
Overall, the experience is exactly how others described it. AM group and started with logbook review. It was super laid back and just read off time...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Feb 3, 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 online over Microsoft teams. I made sure to dress well regardless of online or in-person interview: Bla
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Feb 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.
Interview with SFO based FO was about an hour and a half, same as most on here. Started with brief introductions and recent flight times. Quick HR ...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Feb 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.
Straightforward interview conducted by a 2 year FO. The interviewer made me feel comfortable from the start by telling me that there's no need for ...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Feb 18, 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 started 10 minutes early and was with a Skywest FO. He was very nice and calmed the nerves early. We started with general introductions, ...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Feb 19, 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 out with introductions with a Senior Captain. He was very laid back he even started eating during the beginning of the meetin...
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.
Very casual, relaxed atmosphere. Everybody at SW is excited about the candidates being there and want to meet and get to know you. They recommend h...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Dec 2, 2025
TBNTTBNT means Thanks But No Thanks: the applicant was not selected after this interview cycle.
Difficulty --Difficulty was not reported by the submitting pilot.
I was in the afternoon session. Started out with a presentation followed by separate panels for log book review, scenario which included potential ...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Feb 19, 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.
weather and he asked about the 1-2-3 rule and showed me a TAF and I decoded it. We then went into turbo fan engines and how it works. We then went ...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Feb 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.
Very straight forward. Have your logbook in excellent order and have all of your minimum times tabbed. Be ready to talk about type rating and uniqu...
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Mar 2, 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.
Pretty laid back interview process. Very conversational. Split into three segments in different rooms with different interviewer teams: Scenario ba...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Feb 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.
Had a 20 year captain do my interview who was pretty easy going and easy to make conversation with. We started with verifying documents and flight ...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Feb 12, 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.
During my interview we started going over paperwork. We started with my hours the 30/60/90/360 for total time. My interviewer also asked me about m...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Feb 11, 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.
gouges floating around online, and prepped with friends who worked for SkyWest in the past. Interview was with a friendly older 7 year FO, and it l...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Mar 3, 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.
Interview was conducted with a current 3-year first officer, He was very polite and set the stage and expectations for the interview very clearly. ...
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Feb 23, 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 about 1 hour 40 mins long. It took little less than a week to hear back about results. I missed one technical question. Touchdown
Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Feb 19, 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.
On the afternoon group it seemed rushed. It was just as others said. Some even said we have 10 minutes. Read the instructions fully online and do e...