Aviation Interview Preparation Guide

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► By providing examples, convince me that you can adapt to a wide variety of people, situations, and environments?
► Describe a project you were responsible for starting. What did you do? How did it work out?
► When, in a past job, did you find it important to disagree with your boss? How did you approach him/her and what was the result?
► Give me an example of a time when you had to manage multiple projects simultaneously. How did you prioritize them?
► What major problem have you encountered and how did you deal with it?
► Describe the relationship that should exist between a supervisor and subordinates?

► Give me a recent example of a situation you have faced when the "pressure was on". What happened? How did you handle it?
► Give me an example of a recent situation when you disagreed with someone on the job. What were your options for settling it? Why did you choose the option you did?
► Give me an example of a decision you had to make quickly or under pressure. How did you approach it and how did it work out?
► Tell me about a time when you had to go above and beyond the call of duty in order to get a job done?
► Give me an example of an important goal that you had set in the past and tell me about you success in reaching it?
► Describe a situation in which you were able to use persuasion to successfully convince someone to see things your way?

► Do you have a geographical preference? Why?
► Are you willing to spend at least six months as a trainee?
► Why do you think you might want to live in the community in which our company is located?
► What have you learned from your mistakes?

► In what ways do you think that you can make a contribution to our company?
► What qualities should a successful manager possess?
► What two or three accomplishments have given you the most satisfaction and why?
► What kind of work environment are you most comfortable?
► Why did you decide to seek a position with this company?
► What two or three things are most important to you in your job?
► Are you seeking employment in a company of a certain size? Why?
► What criteria are you using to evaluate the company for which you hope to work?

► What is your salary history?
► What do you really want to do in life?
► What are your long-range career objectives?
► How do you plan to achieve your career goals?
► What are the most important roles you expect in your business career?
► Which is more important to you, the money or the type of job?
► What motivates you to put forth your greatest effort?
► What qualifications do you have that make you think that you will be successful in business?
► How do you determine or evaluate success?
► What do you think it takes to be successful in a company like ours?

► What are your lifetime goals?
► What did you learn in your last position?
► What is your management style?
► How well do you communicate in writing and orally? Give me some examples.
► In what ways do you think you can make a contribution to this company?
► How do you think other people describe you?
► Why should I hire you?
► How do you work under pressure?
► Are you willing to travel? relocate?
► What are your salary requirements?

► Tell me about yourself?
► What are your greatest strengths?
► What is your greatest weakness?
► Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
► What led you to pursue your degree/industry?
► What areas of this profession are you most interested in and why?
► Why are you interested in this position?
► What accomplishment has given you the greatest satisfaction and why?
► What do you know about our company?
► What do you know about this position?

Chief Pilot in command can deviate from rules and regulations during emergency period; he can do it to get the plane back to the normalcy or to meet the expected requirement of the emergency.

► Aircraft's and parts
► Ordinance and Military vehicles
► Computers, electronic components, and systems
► Aviation electronic/Avionics
► Robotics
► Satellites
► Search and detection equipments
► Strategic defensive initiative
► Sensors and instrumentation
► Ships
► Space vehicles and commercialization of space
► Advanced materials, composites and specialty metals
► Computers, electronic components, and systems
► Fighters and attack aircraft
► Government defense policies and goals
► Lasers
► Navigation controls and guidance systems

People working on these areas as aerospace engineers should have familiarity and exposure to NASTRAN and MATLAB with knowledge on space environment and modeling of flexible dynamics. These aerospace engineers will be responsible to work in the areas of structural control, momentum control, line of sight (LOS), spacecraft mission design, control of space boards payloads, operational engineering.

Astronautical engineer includes designing power systems for spacecraft structure, developing communications systems for distant space probes, developing hardware skills for operations in spacecraft, designing and testing robotic systems, developing new propulsion systems and computing optimum flight.

Aeronautical engineering deals with vehicles which operates in the atmosphere.

Yes, there is a policy and procedure to be followed for the missing clearance limit, so a Pilot can leave and reach a different altitude for sometime within the limit and should come back to the proper clearance limit once things are in control. This time limit is only as per the procedure in the manual.

Talk to your co-worker directly and explain him that you are having a problem working with him and make him understand the situation, if he is not willing to listen or not co-operating, then direct the issue to chief pilot.

Professional Engineer license is required for people who aspire to go in as officially approved engineer. The design specification is done by self-employed people or working in small business. General aerospace engineers work for government or for big companies and hence few people are not very keen on becoming PE?s. To become a PE one has to pass an exam on fundamentals of engineering which takes alot of hours to gruel and work under a licensed PE for about four years. In addition, they have to grow through a principle and practice of engineering exam, which requires about 8 hours.

The basic understanding of Math is important, as it is not used at all the time during the course of aerospace engineering. One should have a basic understanding of mathematical definitions and knowledge on computers is very important as the computer programs will help in doing simple calculations and verify the results are reasonable.
However, on the science front it is very important to have a very good understanding on various subjects like dynamics and mechanics in physics, strong emphasis on chemistry, electromagnetism. For a good engineer one should know how law of forces makes things happen. In addition, if you are good at physical sciences when opposed to life sciences like biology you will be a fit candidate for aerospace engineering.

Complying and following the actual speed adjustment policies, a pilot can run and indicate plus or minus 10 knots or 0.02 mach number of specified speed. Its always better to keep the land air officer in the loop before adjusting the air speed. Exceptions are always there to meet the emergency requirement.

Yes, given the proper training, am confident that I will be able to handle the turbulence and will drive the plane in the correct altitude.

A Pilot can descend up to 500, bare minimum, without informing the ATC (Air Traffic Controller) and this is only during an exceptional cases. However, it's always better to be in regular touch with the Air Traffic Controller and to keep him informed about the descent rate. This will not have any traffic problems during landing in the runway.

Refer to your plane manual and discuss the same with your client and ensure you make him understand the procedures and rules. If he does not respond, you will call your concerned aircraft officer at the airport and escalate and make sure your voice frequency is recorded.

This is when where Pilot cannot avoid this situation but to just land on water, which is safer than air bound.

This is used when Pilot faces a problem due to severe weather conditions, or being lost in the air space traffic or due to lack of fuel or expecting an engine trouble.

This is a situation where Air Craft engine fails and Pilot is forced to land the plane in the nearest airport.

There are three types of emergency landings like:

► Forced landing
► Precautionary landing
► Ditching

Aviation industry is one of the fastest growing industry.Moreover it is also challenging. And you get chance to meet different people from different countries and from my childhood my interest is towards aviation industry only.