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UPS Airlines pilot interview questions and selection process

How UPS Airlines selects pilots: 5 selection stages and 17 interview questions from candidates' accounts. Use them to practise; they are examples, not official answers.

Selection stages

  1. Online application
  2. Phone screen / pre-interview with a retired captain or talent acquisition (verifies times, Part 121 PIC, failures)
  3. Hogan assessment
  4. Zoom panel interview (HR rep + retired chief/assistant chief pilot, 45-60+ min): TMAY, alternating HR and pilot questions, technical portion
  5. Informal call from chief pilot's office, then formal offer

Tests

By rank

Interview questions

Personal and CV

  1. Tell me about yourself (First officer)
  2. Break down your Part 121 PIC time by airline, prop and jet (First officer)

Motivation

  1. Why UPS? (First officer)

Competency and CRM

  1. Define leadership, and tell me about a time leadership failed (First officer)
  2. Tell us about a cockpit disagreement (First officer)

Technical

  1. Explain CRM and TEM (First officer)
  2. Brief the arrival into Boston and explain holding (First officer)

Company and industry

  1. What are the responsibilities of the chief pilot's office? (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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