Qantas Pilot Interview Assessment Guide and Interview Questions-
Updated: Aug 29
Qantas has just opened its Second Officer applications for the B787 and A330/380. This guide includes breakdowns of every aspect including hints and tips to get you through your assessment day in Brisbane for pilots looking to prepare for the Qantas SO position. The Qantas pilot assessment is a full-day assessment and requires you to partake in an interview, group assessment, and the simulator check ride on the following day. This webpage will give you information from past candidates and access to 'The Interviews Questions and Answers webpage to help you find, build, and prepare for your interview with scenarios from your flying and life experience.
Contents:
Qantas Simulator Profile B787
Qantas Pilot Group Exercise-MayDay
Compass Testing-Aptitude Testing Update 2023
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Sim Profile and Update:
Using 78 sim after this month, Sim went as per profile sent. No tricks or issues, they want us to get in and say we passed the 'hard part'.
Everyone was suited with tie, trainer asked us to please take tie off after showing us the sims. Very relaxed and got us to talk about our experience between each other. Went through brief and were individually asked to brief certain parts of the sim or approach chart.
Was told we were going to do a Sector one or two entry, everyone got sector 1 entry and north of YPDN. AID was transposed overtop of YPDN. Flew the sector entry and then repositioned to final to fly…
AUG Successful Candidate Interview/TECH/SCENARIO
Career to date?,
Why QF?,
TMAAT you Bought best out of someone,
Received negative feedback,
Had to learn something for your job to improve,
Used technology/ changed an SOP for the better/
Had to complete a task that required prioritising,
Any questions for them.
Tech:
2 TAFs, ETA is 1630Z, weather is 1700. What weather is present for your arrival, what buffer? Very easy TAFs which included Prob30TSRA, What is the hold speed at FL150?, speed to exit hold?, runway lights alternate to red/white at what distance?, How would you expect fog on a METAR, 737 fuel imbalance limit?, aqua-planning: what do you do? What systems help?
What system is are the brakes operated by for…
JULY UPDATE:
Why do you want to leave your current carrier?
Tell us about a time you went over and above?
When have to you had to adapt to a procedure?
Tell us about a time you went out of your way to learn something beneficial to your operation?
When have you received negative feedback? How did you handle it?
Senario:
Flight from A-B: Captain become Incapacitated, what do you do?
Tech Questions as Per normal: WX, IFR, Lighting, A/C type
April Update:
Very similar questions as above: read up on your tech and know your current Aircraft type memory items. Day was as per the information on this site:
Group Assessment: Mayday:
Interview:
TMAAT you improved a process or procedure?
Which of these 4 QF values do you relate to:
o Respect
o Responsible
o Resilient
o Excellence
- Tell us about a time you have gone over and above?
- Tell us about a decision you regret?
- Tell us about a time you didn’t want to do something and what you did about it?
- Tell us about a time you used your technical knowledge to benefit the operation or
solve an issue?
Scenario's:
Scenario 1
- Captain…
Update FEB:Â
The interview had 3 panel assessors, 1 HR, and 2 pilots.
Went for about an hour, and they had 5 questions from different topics: will ask general questions on the scenario provided. Want STAR/SAR answer format which they will discuss and is in the study guide you should have received an email with a link.Â
Questions:
TMAAT you had a stressful situation and you didn't handle it well?
TMAAT a colleague did not follow the values of the airline and what did you do about it?
TMAAT you learned something on the job and then got to utilize it?
TMAAT you were a leader of a team?
TMAAT you used technical or technological knowledge to solve a problem?
Tech from the pilot:
2 questions…