Ep 209: Ace Your Airline Interview: Build Confidence Through Reps and Preparation

Ready 4 Pushback

Nik Fialka

Business, Careers, Leisure, Aviation

4.8 • 716 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

How can countless repetitions in the cockpit prepare you for life’s toughest challenges? In this episode, Nik connects the dots between mastering flight maneuvers and excelling in interview preparation. Discover why reps—whether in stalls, steep turns, or Tell Me About a Time (TMAAT) stories—are the secret to building confidence, clarity, and success. Learn how to refine your interview skills, think on the spot and ensure you’re ready to shine when it matters most.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE

The importance of repetition for mastering flight maneuvers is the same for interview questions.

How practicing for interviews is like chair flying: preparation leads to confidence.

Why practicing with a professional, not just a friend, makes all the difference.

The power of refining your stories to deliver an impactful story and demonstrate confidence.

How repetition reveals weaknesses, sharpens your skills, and ensures you’re never caught off guard.

2025’s competitive hiring demands excellence and preparation.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, pilot, welcome back to Ready for Pushback.
0:04.4	It is another solo show.
0:06.7	I'm Nick Fialca.
0:08.1	You're here with me.
0:09.4	We're having a great time today.
0:11.5	And today we're talking about getting the reps.
0:14.5	Getting the reps.
0:15.5	Getting the reps.
0:16.4	Over and over and over and over again.
0:19.7	If you're learning anything in flying right now,
0:22.9	you know all about repetition.
0:25.6	And how many times you're doing stalls, steep turns,
0:30.7	turns around a point, the pattern, takeoff, landing, radio calls,
0:36.3	all these things that are, that just are seemingly huge and hard to do
0:41.6	and just difficult beyond measure. And maybe you're an instructor, maybe you've moved on past that
0:46.7	and you've gotten a lot of reps and you think back and you're thinking about, yeah, that was
0:51.1	totally miserable. All those reps, all those things I had to do.
0:56.7	And you see yourself being able to do things more efficiently and effectively because, why?
1:03.3	Because you've done those reps.
1:04.9	Because you've done it over and over and over again.
1:08.8	Most pilots don't understand what career opportunities are available in the world of aviation.
1:15.2	They're making career decisions based on advice from friends or posts on internet forums,
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