Take Control of Your Pilot Interview.
Our Airline Pilot Mock Interview is a complete and personalized coaching session, designed to mirror a real airline pilot HR interview.
Prepare for your airline assessment with real conditions, useful feedback, and trusted aviation experts.
Why is it important to do a mock interview before your next Pilot Assessment ?
The personal interview during a pilot assessment is the most crucial part of the process. It’s a 1-hour discussion that can change your life.
It can compensate for a not-so-great performance during the simulator or psychometric tests, but it can also destroy your chances of getting hired despite a great parcours during the assessment.
As with all the other steps, it’s something you can prepare for, by preparing the questions that they can ask, using the Ready For Take-Off book, for example. But what we offer here goes way beyond that. We offer a mock-up interview with an airline pilot who has experience in HR, who will ask you the questions the interviewer will ask and, most importantly, will give you feedback and guidance on your answers : what was good, what could be improved, and how to improve it.
It’s a considerable advantage in preparation compared to other candidates. It allows you to become aware of the mistakes you could have made on the day of the interview. Our experts will guide you on what skills or traits to emphasize depending on your parcours and experience, and how to explain the weak points of your CV.
CV Correction: as Important as the Interview.
Make sure your CV is as strong as your answers. Add our CV Review service and one of our experts will review it, annotate it, revealing all the errors: spelling, grammar mistakes, formatting issues, and many other tips to make your CV airline-ready.
Take Control of Your Pilot Interview.
Our Airline Pilot Mock Interview is a complete and personalized coaching session, designed to mirror a real airline pilot HR interview.
Prepare for your airline assessment with real conditions, useful feedback, and trusted aviation experts.
Why is it important to do a mock interview before your next Pilot Assessment ?
The personal interview during a pilot assessment is the most crucial part of the process. It’s a 1-hour discussion that can change your life.
It can compensate for a not-so-great performance during the simulator or psychometric tests, but it can also destroy your chances of getting hired despite a great parcours during the assessment.
As with all the other steps, it’s something you can prepare for, by preparing the questions that they can ask, using the Ready For Take-Off book, for example. But what we offer here goes way beyond that. We offer a mock-up interview with an airline pilot who has experience in HR, who will ask you the questions the interviewer will ask and, most importantly, will give you feedback and guidance on your answers : what was good, what could be improved, and how to improve it.
It’s a considerable advantage in preparation compared to other candidates. It allows you to become aware of the mistakes you could have made on the day of the interview. Our experts will guide you on what skills or traits to emphasize depending on your parcours and experience, and how to explain the weak points of your CV.
CV Correction: as Important as the Interview.
Make sure your CV is as strong as your answers. Add our CV Review service and one of our experts will review it, annotate it, revealing all the errors: spelling, grammar mistakes, formatting issues, and many other tips to make your CV airline-ready.
- 60 minutes of live, high-intensity interview simulation, conducted by an experienced airline pilot with a strong HR background, reproducing the pressure and unpredictability of a real airline assessment.
- 30 minutes of detailed, personalized debriefing, with in-depth expert analysis of your answers, mindset, and communication style, coupled with tips on what and how to improve.
- Realistic interview conditions: your interviewer only has access to your CV no briefing or background just like in an actual airline recruitment scenario.
- Constructive feedback based on real airline selection criteria, helping you identify strengths and critical areas for improvement.
- Advices on how to refine your answers, improve your structure, and avoid common traps that candidates fall into.
- Simple and fast booking, with a user-friendly system and flexible scheduling options, tailored to fit even the busiest rosters or training timelines.
- Immediate practical takeaways: walk away with clear, actionable recommendations you can apply in your next interview.
- Professional yet supportive atmosphere, designed to build your confidence while remaining true to real-world assessment standards.
- CV Correction (optionnal): A great interview deserves a great CV. Give yours to our expert to get back a fully reviewed and annotated CV, highlighting all the errors, mistakes, and more. Make your CV stand out with personalized feedback tailored to your background and target airline.
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WHY MOST PILOTS STRUGGLE IN INTERVIEWS
Too young, too green
You’re a cadet or newly licensed pilot, and it shows. You feel judged for your lack of experience and it affects how you speak.
Too much time since last assessment
You’re returning after years in the flight deck, and haven’t sat in front of a recruiter in over a decade. Interview styles have changed. Expectations have evolved.
Not enough time to prepare
You’re flying, working, or studying, and you simply haven’t had time to rehearse out loud. You’re not ready to think clearly under pressure.
Still guessing what recruiters want
Even after reading guides or books, you’re unsure if your answers are good enough, or completely off target.
Practice Is the Missing Piece And That’s Where We Come In
Most pilots do the hard work reading books, learning airline values, memorising HR questions BUT when the interview day comes, they realise something was missing all along: real practice.
A live interview situation can’t be simulated by reading a list of questions. It has to be lived. Our mock interview session is the final, crucial step of your assessment preparation.
OUR EXPERT: ELISE
With experience as an A320 First-Officer at major airlines like Eurowings and Air France, Elise brings technical credibility and insider knowledge of airline recruitment standards. She combines her knowledge as an active airline pilot with a natural talent for human connection and communication.
Before aviation, Elise graduated from a top-tier French business school and worked at global companies including L’Oréal, Danone, and Mars. This background shaped a strong understanding of corporate expectations, performance evaluation, and cross-cultural dynamics skills she further developed during a year living in China.
Elise started by helping friends prepare for their interviews. Her ability to guide candidates with clarity, empathy, and structure quickly stood out and today, she offers mock interviews designed to mirror real airline assessments while helping each candidate remain true to themselves. Her goal: to help you show up confident, prepared, and authentic.
OTHER EXPERTS
BERTRAND
With flying experience across Europe, including charter operations for Avion Express based in England, Lithuania, and Turkey, Bertrand later joined the Lufthansa Group as a pilot at Eurowings before transitioning to Air France, where he now flies the Airbus A320 from Paris Charles de Gaulle. Co-author of the Ready for Take Off book, he has developed in-depth expertise in airline recruitment processes and pilot selection. Bertrand also assists Elise in providing CV correction and preparing candidates through mock interviews.
THEO
Théo began his flying career at Eurowings, operating short- and medium-haul routes across Europe. He now flies long-haul from Paris Orly for a French airline, where he has expanded his skills and experience through regular transatlantic operations. As co-author of the Ready for Take Off book, he brings valuable insight into pilot recruitment and airline selection processes. With a strong background in ATPL theory instruction, Théo combines technical expertise with a solid understanding of human factors to support and guide pilots at every stage of their careers.
Not Just Another Mock Interview
Yes, mock interviews exist elsewhere. But here’s the problem: most are conducted by former pilots or consultants who haven’t sat in a real assessment room in decades. They recycle outdated questions, misunderstand what today’s recruiters are looking for, and often miss the real point modern airline interviews are dynamic, psychological, and evolving.
We built our methods to reflect today’s standards not yesterday’s memories.
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FAQ
The Product
The base package includes a full-length mock interview (around 60 minutes) conducted by an active airline pilot, under real airline assessment conditions, followed by a 30-minute personalized debrief with detailed feedback.
You can also choose to add a professional CV correction, as an optional extra during booking.
This is not a preparation for one specific airline. It’s a general training designed to make you ready for any airline interview by building confidence, structure, and clarity in your answers.
That said, you can tell us which airline you’re applying to, and thanks to our experience with a wide range of recruitment processes, we’ll adapt the tone and question style accordingly.
You can check the current team of trainers available for the mock-up interviews directly in the section just above this FAQ. All of them are highly qualified professionals, and we are constantly looking to add more experts to our team to offer the best possible preparation.
Depending on the day you want to book your session, not all trainers may be available as they are all real pilots actively flying but no worries: they have all been trained in the same spirit and all vehiculate our expertise.
You send us your existing CV. One of our experts either a pilot with HR experience or a recruitment specialist analyzes it in detail, annotates it, and returns an optimized version aligned with airline expectations.
Yes. The coaching is fully adaptable to your profile: Ab-initio (Cadet), CPL Holder, Type Rated (Zero Time), First Officer, Captain, Command Upgrade, ex-Flight Attendant and Ex-Military. We help highlight your strengths even with limited experience.
We simulate real airline interview conditions as closely as possible: your interviewer only sees your CV no prior briefing just like in an actual assessment.
The feedback you receive is structured, rigorous, and aligned with real hiring standards not based on outdated templates or guesswork.
What truly sets us apart is the depth of our expertise. We’ve built one of the most comprehensive and current databases of pilot interview questions in Europe, drawing from real assessments across a wide range of airlines. This allows us to challenge you with realistic, relevant questions that reflect today’s recruitment landscape.
Yes, when possible. You’ll see our available interviewers and can select based on your preference and availability.
You’ll receive an email with a short intake form to define your goals and upload your CV. Then, you can book your mock interview at a time that works for you. If added , the CV feedback is delivered separately within a few days.
Changes and Refunds
You can book a session up to 48 hours before the scheduled time. This allows us to properly review your CV, and prepare a realistic interview experience.
If you need something more urgent, feel free to contact us directly we’ll do our best to accommodate you depending on availability.
Yes, we offer a clear and flexible cancellation policy:
• You can reschedule your session for free at any time, as long as you give us
reasonable advance notice.
• If you cancel more than 72 hours before your scheduled session, you’ll
receive a full refund via the same payment method, processed within a few business days.
• If you cancel within 72 hours of the scheduled session, we retain 15% of the service price to cover administrative and planning costs.
If you have any questions about the mock interview service, feel free to ask us directly, we’re here to help you make the most of your training.
Check Out Our Book
Complete your pilot assessment preparation with this product:
Preparing for a Pilot Assessment? Get our ALL-IN-ONE solution for your preparation and secure your next pilot job.Whether you just finished flight school and are looking for a first job, or are already an experienced First Officer or Captain ready for a new adventure, this book contains everything you need to know to succeed your next pilot assessment.
Created by airline pilots and aviation recruitment specialists, you'll benefit from their experience and get all their insider tips and knowledge.
Ready For Take-Off Book is a comprehensive guide covering every aspect of the pilot assessment process.
It has been specially designed for you to become fully equipped with the knowledge and skills to be successful in your airline pilot interviews and assessments.
Why choose Ready For Take-Off Book ?
The aviation industry is ultra-competitive, and thorough preparation is vital. We all know well that this industry is all about cycles, and it is impossible to know how long the recruitment periods will last. That is why each assessment is an opportunity given to us, and it's important to always make sure to be 100% prepared for it because this opportunity might not present itself again. Ready For Take-Off Book gives you a step-by-step guide on preparing for each phase of the pilot selection process, which helps you to get the best from each recruitment process.
Key Features:
- Comprehensive Coverage: Nothing will be left uncovered regarding the pilot assessment process, meaning you won't face surprises when undergoing an assessment.
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Expert Insights: Written by experienced airline pilots and recruitment experts, offering you insider information and tips, always having a step ahead of the other applicants.
- Practical Examples: Real-world examples, scenarios, templates and more to guide you in this process.
What's Inside?
1. CV and Cover Letter
Learn how to write a good CV and cover letter that will captivate recruiters. Prevent common errors and achieve excellence with tried-and-tested advice. Includes model answers and examples for both experienced and inexperienced pilots.
2. Simulator Assessment
Comprehensive guidance on the different exercises and typical assessment profiles. Understand the different types of simulators and the scenarios you can encounter. Includes pitch and power tables for Airbus A320 and Boeing 737, along with tips and formulas to fly these aircraft raw data .
3. Psychometric Tests
Insights into why airlines use these tests and how to manage your preparation. Covers different types of exercises, time management, and psychological aspects. Provides tips on how to prepare and act during these tests.
4. Group Interview
Understand the structure and purpose of group interviews and exercises. Learn the key competencies assessed, and common group exercises used by recruiters. Includes examples, tips, and strategies to navigate group dynamics.
5. Personal Interview
Proper guidance on the personal interview formats and crucial focus areas. Learn how to handle difficult questions and present yourself confidently and eloquently. Provides a personalized preparation table and tips on how to act during the interview.
6. Technical Knowledge
Revise the important ATPL subjects such as Air Law, Meteorology, Principles of Flight and Instrumentation. Includes math problems relevant to pilot assessments. Essential for building a strong technical foundation.
7. Type Rating Questions
Extensive collection of questions in-depth and answers on various aircraft type: Airbus A320, A330, Boeing 737, 777, and 787. Covers systems such as air conditioning, autoflight, hydraulics, flight controls, and more. Ensures you are well-prepared for a technical interviews or a Type Rating.
Why It Works:
This book is more than just a study guide; it’s a comprehensive manual that prepares you for the challenges of an airline pilot assessment. It gives you the most up-to-date information to help you easily pass your assessment. It uses powerful synergy between theoretical knowledge and practical insights, beneficial for both rookie pilots and experienced aviators.
What You Get:
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Physical Book: A high-quality, 300+ pages book delivered to your home.
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Digital eBook: Instant access to the content in a PDF format, instantly delivered to your email.
- Updated Content: The latest edition includes updated information about 2024 assessments to keep you ahead.
Don't wait ! The sooner you start preparing, the higher your chances are to succeed.