You sign in, show ID & turn in a resume. Height is measured. Everyone was seated in one pretty large room (approx 100-110 people). Company overview was read, then there was a Q&A session. They are looking for about 35 people to make up the training class for March. Anyone who wanted to could leave. The large group was divided into 2 groups with half remaining in the original room & the other half going to a different room. We were given a short break.
Once everyone reconvened, we are each given 60 seconds to tell the interviewers a little about us, our work experience, why we would make a great flight attendant, etc... We were not to mention our age, our family or anything really personal. For the lack of a better description, I'll call it a 60-second commercial. There were 60 second commercials that were polished, professional, hitting the normal key words, etc...and then there were commercials that were very "different". More about that later.
After everyone had given their commercial we are sent away for a 45 minute break. When we returned, check the list on the door to see if your name is listed. If it was, you have earned a f2f interview. Needless to say many of the people who thought they should have or would have gotten an interview did not and many whose commercial was "different' was awarded an interview. Now when I say different, one applicant was police dept trained, had been for many years, very polished, professional, and articulate but evidently not what they were looking for. While on the other hand one knock-down gorgeous applicant stood and for her commercial announced she was single, had no children, had no husband, and no plans to have one which had nothing to do with her customer service experience but she was awarded a f2f. One never knows with airline FA positions. I saw one applicant with studded pants (down the side) get a f2f. There were lots of really short skirts who made it to the f2f also. Okay, it's their company and they can play the game like they want to.
So on to the f2f, they asked the basic 3 situation(al) questions & you need to answer in the STAR format. You will find out via email if you get an actual CJO or a TBNT. Interviews lasted about 15 minutes each. Pretty simple interview.
Things to seriously consider when applying:
The interview session is for a specific training date. If you aren't available for that date, you have wasted a trip. It can not be rescheduled. You must come back to a different OH. :-(
95-98% if not more of those selected for f2f were of a small frame. When I say small I saw only one person who could possibly be considered a size 10 get through to the f2f. I also noticed when we were given a little bit of the company history, the words "small and compact" were used lots of times. So do keep that in mind. They were careful to say we have no specific measurements we use which is the politically correct thing to say but when all is said and done, it doesn't appear that way. Yes there were smaller-framed applicants who didn't get through to the f2f but there were far more larger bodies that didn't get the opportunity to interview.
If you are granted a CJO and you don't live in one of their current domiciles (ORD, COS, DEN, FAT, HOU, LAX, MSP, PSP, PHX, PDX, SLC, SFO, SLO, SEA and TUS), for training, you must, at your own expense, pay to get from your home airport to one of the domiciles listed above. Skywest will issue you a space positive seat from the above domicile you chose to fly into to UT which is where the training is. Once training is over, Skywest will fly you back to the domicle of your choosing, and it is your responsibility to fly yourself from there back to your home airport. The return portion may be changing soon but as of the February OH, this was the information given. I know that sounds confusing but several people asked several times and this is how it was explained to us. I have never heard of such. Skywest codeshares with all the big mainlines but can't fly you to training or home after training. That's unheard of. Not only did I see that as a problem, but when asked what if one fails the training and have to leave early. The response was buy a round trip ticket up front. That to me would be even more ridiculous because have you tried to change a date on a ticket lately with the airport? By the time you pay all of the penalties involved, it isn't worth it?
Training is paid.
Benefits don't kick in until 90 days.
These are things that would have been great to know up front. Getting this career can be very costly so invest your money wisely in opportunities where you have all the facts and can make informed decisions. I will not bash a company but these important details weren't disclosed upfront and some are deal breakers.