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Air Canada (incl. Rouge) pilot interview questions and selection process

How Air Canada (incl. Rouge) selects pilots: 5 selection stages and 13 interview questions from candidates' accounts. Use them to practise; they are examples, not official answers.

Selection stages

  1. Online application
  2. At-home computer testing (~1 h): personality, emotional intelligence, cognitive ability
  3. Interview day: document check, long true/false psychological questionnaire (~300-350 items, ~45 min)
  4. Interview with two senior/training captains (45 min-2 h): icebreakers, career, behavioural, rapid yes/no document verification; sometimes technical
  5. Separate airline medical (bloods, ECG, audiogram, eyes/colour)

Tests

By rank

Interview questions

Personal and CV

  1. Describe yourself outside aviation (First officer)
  2. How would former supervisors describe you?

Technical

  1. High-altitude aerodynamics, current aircraft systems and emergency procedures (First officer)

Company and industry

  1. How would you improve Air Canada's customer service?

Motivation

  1. How did you get interested in aviation?

Competency and CRM

  1. What would your leadership style be as a captain?

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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