Ep113: (Don't Do This) The Quickest Way to LOSE Your Interview

Ready 4 Pushback

Nik Fialka

Careers, Aviation, Leisure, Business

4.8 • 716 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

In the competitive field of aviation employment, honesty is paramount. So, dive in as we explore the significance of transparency in job applications and airline interviews. Don’t forget to tune in and let honest communication pave the way for your successful aviation career right now.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE

Transparency: What it means and why it’s an important quality for pilots
Why do you need to be transparent in your job application?
Reasons to be your authentic self when interviewing for an airline

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Transcript

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0:00.0	And here's this game that has been played recently more often, straight up from a director of hiring at a major airline.
0:11.0	Most pilots don't understand what career opportunities are available in the world of aviation.
0:17.0	They're making career decisions based on advice from friends or posts on internet forums, meaning they are taking huge risks with their livelihood without having all the details.
0:28.1	This podcast was created to help you understand the aviation industry so you can find your dream job.
0:35.1	Let's get ready for pushback.
0:37.2	Here's your host and my dad, Nick Fialca.
0:41.3	Hey, Pilot, welcome to Ready for Pushback interview style today with me, Nick Fialca. And I'm so glad you're here.
0:50.3	It has been a really interesting week. I am sitting here. It's wintertime. It's cold outside.
0:59.5	I don't like the cold weather. I know most people don't like the cold weather. But I'm sitting around
1:04.8	thinking about what am I going to talk to people about? What is a great wintertime beginning of the interview season conversation. And I was
1:14.0	racking my brain a little bit. And all of the sudden, it's like the skies opened up. And this
1:19.4	serendipitous text showed up from a director of hiring at a major airline. And he said to me, hey, Nick, I have a great idea for a solo show
1:33.3	on your podcast. And I was very excited because it's not often that I get an unsolicited text from a
1:41.2	director of hiring wanting me to make a solo episode.
1:46.5	Sometimes it happens not all the time and this one was really interesting.
1:50.6	He said to me, I think you need to talk about transparency.
1:56.3	And I thought that was a fantastic, fantastic idea. And here's why. He, you know, there's a few other things in the text
2:07.5	message, and I'll talk about that as we get into it. But I want to talk about transparency and what it is
2:13.8	and why it's important. Transparency is the idea that what you say is true, that what you are
2:24.2	referring to is honest, and that you are not hiding anything. There is nothing to hide.
2:31.9	And that is so interestingly important in our little world of being a professional
2:40.8	pilot. If you're going to go get a job at McDonald's or some retail shop or whatever, your honesty
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