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Aer Lingus pilot interview questions and selection process
How Aer Lingus selects pilots: 6 selection stages and 6 interview questions from candidates' accounts. Use them to practise; they are examples, not official answers.
Selection stages
- Online application
- Online cut-e (Aon) tests incl. long personality questionnaire
- Video interview (DEP 2019)
- Assessment day in Dublin (intro, personal interview, group task; ~30 candidates/day for cadets)
- Simulator assessment (DE)
- Medical
Tests
- Cut-e (Aon): complex control, reaction speed, spatial orientation (RMI/NDB), multitasking, applied numeracy, verbal reasoning, deductive logic, situational behaviour
- 240+ item personality questionnaire
Simulator check
Hand-flying/instrument and multi-crew assessment (fixed or full motion); no profile
By rank
- Cadet: Future Pilot Programme: cut-e tests (verbal, numerical, personality) around August, Dublin assessment day with interview and group task (2023).
- First officer: DEP: cut-e tests, video interview, panel, sim (2019/2022).
Interview questions
Competency and CRM
- Describe a situation in everyday life where your communication skills helped you. (First officer)
Motivation
- Why Aer Lingus, and why this airline specifically?
Company and industry
- What do you know about transatlantic operations? (First officer)
For practice only: general examples, not official answers. Pilot Jobs International accepts no responsibility for how they are used; prepare your own answers in your own words.
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