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AirlinePositionPosition is the role or seat the pilot interviewed for. FO means First Officer; CA means Captain.DateOutcomeOutcome is the reported result of the interview, such as CJO, TBNT, Pending, Withdrew, or No show.DifficultyDifficulty is the pilot's overall rating from 1 to 5, where 1 is straightforward and 5 is very challenging.ExcerptDetail
SkyWest Airlines
skywest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Nov 13, 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.

Very relaxed and quick interview with aa current FO for the CRJ. Started with Logbook totals and typical HR questions. Asked me about the scariest ...

SkyWest Airlines
skywest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Nov 13, 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.

Interview went really well. I thought I would share my experience here, I prepared on my own which I found to be good enough. I would recommend hav...

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.

Spot on from everyone else before. Very relaxed environment - I was in the AM group and 20 of the 23 people were there by 7am (interviews began at ...

Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Nov 4, 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.

A lot of these interview posts are very accurate. Got there from the hotel shuttle Southwest recommended to stay. At 7 to be there by 730am. Checke...

Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Sep 25, 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.

Very welcoming and laid back. There was an AM group, and a PM group. I was in the PM group. We had to wait around a little while because the AM gro...

SkyWest Airlines
skywest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Nov 12, 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.

The interview took about an hour and a half long. It started with the recruiter telling his story and how they got into aviation. After he asked ab...

Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Nov 18, 2025
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 calm interview environment. No surprises or gotchas. SBQ was straight forward, he painted our flight and the issue, and we got straight into h...

SkyWest Airlines
skywest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Nov 19, 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.

Interviewer was very kind and gave me the rundown of how the interview would go. He let me know about himself, his time with the company and wanted...

Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Oct 21, 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.

Very straightforward easy-going very laid-back. We took a tour of the facility. There were three separate interviews. One portion was logbook revie...

SkyWest Airlines
skywest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Nov 20, 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.

My interviewer was a current Captain who is part of the training department. The interview was very relaxed and covered basic knowledge with no sur...

SkyWest Airlines
skywest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Nov 18, 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.

Study Jepp charts, WWYD scenarios, know systems and jet engine operations, aerodynamics, brief metar/taf. It is a pretty straight forward interview...

Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Nov 19, 2025
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.

Low threat, Tmay Tmaat difficult flight, difficult captain Logbook review, asked me a lot about my ppl endorsement which was weird( i lost my very ...

SkyWest Airlines
skywest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Nov 18, 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.

Know high altitude aerodynamics, principles of a jet engine, airspeed restrictions, AC to DC, understand your airplane that you fly the most (systems)

Southwest Airlines
southwest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Nov 18, 2025
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 positive experience. Talk to the other candidates in the morning. Everyone is nervous, it helps. My Logbook Review was first. Pretty straight ...

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.

6/13/26, 11:5D9e AcMember 5, 2025 Southwest Airlines Dpileoct ienmtervbieewr 1in4fo,2rm0a2ti5on and gouge Great experience! As you may know reading...

SkyWest Airlines
skywest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Oct 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.

My interviewer was great. In line with all of the questions on here, SIDS, STARS, weather, etc.. I only used this site to study.

SkyWest Airlines
skywest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Nov 13, 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 out with some basic instrument questions. Know 91.175, holding speeds and how to brief a Jeppesen approach plate. Then was asked about syst...

SkyWest Airlines
skywest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Nov 12, 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.

Interview started with basic get-to-know you questions. Surprisingly, didn't get a single question about the company or why I wanted to work for th...

SkyWest Airlines
skywest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Nov 5, 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.

I got Brian as my interviewer, and he happened to be the one that did my SkyWest interview prep session since I'm in the cadet program. This made t...

SkyWest Airlines
skywest
FOFO means First Officer: the pilot interviewing for the right-seat, second-in-command role.
Nov 13, 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.

Very quick and straight forward interview. Started off by saying its just a conversation to calm me down. Whole interview was maybe an hour and a h...

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