The Pilotest blog
Selection debriefings, preparation advice and first-hand accounts.
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Airline pilot interviews: how to prepare for the assessment day
Group exercise, one-to-one interview, the self-critique question and the scoring grid explained item by item. What a selection board is really watching, and why.
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Preparing the simulator assessment of a pilot selection
Three things make a sim session worth the money: an instructor who knows the selection you are sitting, a simulator close to the real one, and a sensible price.
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Aptitude tests: should you guess at random to scrape a few more marks?
Is guessing worth it when the clock runs out on an aptitude test? The real expected gain, the penalties, and the intellectual honesty a selection board looks for.
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The new Pilotest website
The new Pilotest site runs on any device, works offline once a test is loaded, and supports joysticks natively, with a virtual joystick mode for touchscreens.