Interviewed with a Reserve KC-135 Squadron and was offered the position. I used this forum to prepare myself for the questions and used the resume template from RST airline prep. Board was composed of the Squadron Commander and 5 other O-4's and 5's and a senior Boom. Informal and very conversation-like.
-Tell us about yourself (made sure I spoke about me as a person and hit highlights that aren't mentioned on my packet)
- You're not used to having an enlisted person in your current aircraft, how do you plan to work with an enlisted boom?
- You're rolling down the runway taking off and the boom says "abort". he's not a pilot right? so, what do you do?
- What are your plans with your airline career and the squadron? do you plan to live local?
- I see you've hooked a ride, how do we know you're going to do well in training?
-Where do you see yourself once you're back from pilot training?
-What ties you to the local area and will you stay?
-Why do you wanna leave the Army?
- Why should we hire you?
At a point, it became less about answering interview type questions and we talked about my current military flying experience and the pain of transferring branches and how I planned to tackle that process. They also busted my balls for having addressed my cover and recommendation letters to the wrong Squadron Commander (was given an old packet instruction sheet and was told to follow the instructions exactly as listed, and that's what I did). I somehow turned it around into a "I am really good at following instructions" joke. At the end I thanked the board members for the chance to come interview and I handed them a nice bottle of liquor before leaving the room. The board members came out of the board room about an hour later and at noon, they let us know we had been accepted into the Squadron.
Luckily, despite COVID, the Squadron did invite a few of us to go meet them and rush the unit. I am convinced I was hired because I was able to meet everyone and fortunately I clicked very well with the guys and gals there. BE YOURSELF. Hang out, be honest and don't pretend to be someone you're not to impress them or force yourself to fit in. They can smell a bullsh*tter from a mile away. Answer the questions honestly and when given a scenario, tell them how you'd actually handle the situation. Don't try to give them Air Force book answer. They wanna know you're the type of person they can spend hours in the cockpit with and grab a beer at the bar. Be the guy that's gonna have their back and treat your crew like family.
Background: Army fixed-wing, Regional CA, 2,000 TT