Jetstar Pilot Interview Assessment Guide and Questions-2024
Updated: Feb 27
This is the most up-to-date and in-depth Jetstar Australia interview and an assessment day breakdown for pilots conducting the assessment in 2043 you will find on the internet. This page includes breakdowns of every aspect including hints and tips to get you through your assessment day. The Jetstar pilot assessment is a full-day assessment and requires you to partake in an interview, group assessment, and the simulator check ride. This webpage will give you information from past candidates and access to 'Interviews Questions and Answers webpage to help you find, build, and prepare for your interview with scenarios from your flying and life experience.
Contents:
QF group Aptitude Testing Examples and Information
Questions asked in the latest Jetstar Pilot Interview include:
Introduction Questions:
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May Successful JQ applicant/Questions and Sim: Please Provide your feedback in the comments section:
Why Jetstar? (Why not other airlines, have you only applied here)  
What will be difficult about coming to Jetstar?   
When have you disagreed with an SOP, what did you do about it?
Tell us about a time when you had time pressures, and what did you do? (Looking for a flying example from my experience)
When have you dealt with technical failure?
When have you supported someone else?
No technical questions
Group exercise - MAYDAY game
Simulator  
Take off 16 YMML
Climbing and descending + turns with differing parameters (1000ft/min, maintaining speed)... Just what's on the sim profile
Vectors, asked to intercept an outbound VOR radial...…
JAN 2024 JetStar Applicant
There were 4 applicants including myself, two from GA (instructional and charter) each having been there for 2-3 years, and one on the Dash 8 at Air NZ (experience unknown), and I have around 2000 hours on the A320.
It went almost exactly as described in your last update for Jetstar, with exactly the same introduction and situational questions. Sim profile was on the A320 at Ansett, and was also exactly the same as shared by you. No single-engine stuff either.
Dec 2023: Successful Applicant :
Interview asked few questions
Tell me your aviation career to date
Why Jetstar?
What do u think is the biggest challenge coming to Jetstar?
Behavioural Questions
Tell me a time you receive negative feedback and how u improve?
Tell me a time you were stress and could’ve done better?
Tell me a time you have to balance customer needs vs company needs?
Tell me a time you disagree a sop?
MayDay Group Game
787 Simulator: VOR intercepts, ILS, Go around, Land, 787 with manual flight only. Conduct sector entry into hold and fly, then intercept ILS 16 YMML
3 Applicants: GA, Jet and Dash
GA Pilot:
Got through the JQ interview a couple of days ago. The website guide had it pretty much spot on. They also asked about a time I brought out the best in someone else.
There was no asymmetric stuff in the sim. We did a lot of turns (rate 1, climbing, descending and steep), radial intercepts, VOR and ILS. Which VOR you do is just based on if you or your sim partner go first. We were allowed to use our sim partners as much as we wanted to (we have to brief them prior what we'd like them to do) . I made a mess of the VOR first go and I asked to do it again and…