Interview experience:
-A friend employed by EAI sent in my resume.
-Two days later I received an email asking if I was interested in an interview.
-I accepted and was sent another email with PDF files attached with instructions/info/app.
-Interview is at your own expense i.e. airfare, car rental, hotel, food. You fly into Portland (PDX) and drive to McMinnville (MMV), SW about an hours drive. Using jumpseat privileges it cost me about $150 for the other costs-it can be done cheaper.
-The interview starts at 7:45 a.m. with Keith Willison the Corporate Recruiter. Keith took our apps and lor’s. Keith drove us to their office across town and then to the medical center and we took the drug test (urinalysis) and headed back to the main office.
-We took a tour of their operations and met with Mario Almendarez the Chief F.E. (retired Air Force), Mario talked about the company, insurance, schedules, future plans…
-We took the written test covering regs, wx analysis, and approach plates- 20 questions. If you can brief a plate, read weather reports and know basic instrument regulations and apply them all, you won’t have a problem. There were no trick questions; they don’t tell you your score.
-I had a panel interview with Keith, Mario and Norm. It was a get-to-know-you session. I applied my life experiences to their questions. I highly recommend the “Checklist to Success” book. What helped me the most was when telling them a story have a beginning, middle and end, for me this was key to the panel interview. Fill your basket with your experiences.
-We broke for lunch over at the Evergreen Museum, very impressive!
-After lunch I met Phil Spessard, System Chief Pilot, again a get-to-know-you session. Why Evergreen? Thoughts on glass to analog transition, 16 day schedule, nothing tough just want to know about you!
-The last person I met was Steven Harp, D.O., again a get-to-know-you session.
-My overall impression of the interview at Evergreen and their operations? Everyone I met was professional, courteous and very approachable. There is a lot of talent, military, ex-military and ex-airline. This is a no non-sense company as they trust you with their aircraft on the other side of the globe and they need to know that you’ll be up for any challenges that may arise. My impression of their office & personnel was they are very progressive. I like the fact they don’t put all their eggs in one basket, they are definitely a multi-faceted company.
I studied Evergreen’s website for the interview. After seeing first hand Evergreen operations and speaking with their employees I felt it would be difficult for the website to really show what this company is capable of doing. I am looking forward to starting my career at Evergreen.
I hope this gouge helps you and good luck!
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