Slowanlow

Does anyone know the success rate of those who interview? it seem some company’s like to haul in a huge interview pool for only few positions, others seem to have a 50% job offer rate goal. Just trying to figure out where Deltas hiring falls. Thx for the info…

172skychicken

If you're invited to interview, Delta wants to hire you. We don't have the resources available to interview 10 pilots for every open position. I believe the success rate pre-covid was north of 70%.

MIav8tor

I applied to NASA to be an astronaut once. The airline pilot applications are a lot harder!!

PilotJ3

They want to hire more than 1,000 pilots by next summer. The new system seems to me it’s more seamless and stop wasting time of day 1 of the last interview process. There might be 200-300 positions right now, but after the next bid, there will be more available. The positions available are the ones that current pilots don’t bid.

If they invite you for the assessment, they want you, but now they are not willing to spend a full day of testing when they can be doing face to face to see if you fit.

Also, no JKT is a huge plus.

BNUT

When I interviewed a couple years ago 4 guys got PARBd. I remember seeing two in the class after me so for what it’s worth I think it takes a few weeks and just depends on when the board meets from your interview date. Not sure of success rate but it was 50% for that group.

FangsF15

When hiring began again in 2014, I heard the PARB success rate was upwards of 90%.

The key (was) whether the psychologist “had concerns”. They will use some of your demographics to probe any potential weak spots. For example, if you are divorced, lost a parent, busted a couple checkrides, they would put a little pressure there to see if your reaction was normal, or if you got emotional/defensive. In this case, IMO the best answer is not to get emotional (but don’t be wooden), and to turn that potential ‘chink in the armor’ into a strength. Something like “It was a hard time, of course, but I had great support from spouse/friends/parents, kept my chin up, and am stronger for it. Words, words…”. They are looking for confidence and stability.

Best of luck.

flyjbh

Good advice. It’s my understanding that the PARB happens after all your interviews with panel/psychologists. Thanks for the response


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Crown

if you get the invitation, they want to hire you. Full stop.

I know of another carrier where they claim they want to hire everyone, but less than 50% will get a job offer. Delta isn't like that. The hire rate is about 72-75%.

jaxsurf

I was told that the PARB only meets once a month, so how long it takes to hear back is a function of when the last board was held.

But that was pre-COVID so who knows what they’re doing now.

FangsF15

Just for clarity, it only happens for CJO holders for whom the psychologist “has concerns” after the psychologist interview (used to be on day 2). I know of” a couple of pilots here who got an email while boarding the flight home from the successful interview. Put a real damper on their world for a few weeks, but both got through the PARB.

Don’t know how many get flagged, and thus meet the PARB at all, but I’d guess it’s less than 10% of CJO holders. And again, the vast majority of those keep the CJO after, and aren’t delayed in starting Indic.

Finally, +1 to the fact that if they invite you to interview, they want to hire you. It’s literally yours to lose at that point - you just have to meet the minimum scores in each area to get the CJO. Also +1 to the philosophy that one should spare no expense in app review & interview prep. ‘Gouge’ is out there, and there are a lot of new hires willing to help if asked also. Good luck.