I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at United Airlines (Houston, TX) in Jan 2013
Interview
United Airlines Flight Attendant interview in Houston, TX in early January to start at 9 AM. I recommend you arrive at LEAST 30 min early to socialize and be prepared for early sign in. When asked, sign in with United staff and provide resume and any letters of recommendation at back of conference room while also receiving name sticker. Listen to short introduction and basic United flight attendant job information before having Q&A while waiting for name to be called for 1 on 1 questions with current United flight attendants. I only made it through the first 1 on 1 before being told to wait for shuttle to go back to airport and that I would be contacted within 5 days via email. Very relaxed "interview" and just answered basic questions about resume, past jobs and reasons for leaving. Attempted to get an earlier flight home since I was at the airport by 10:30 AM however still had to wait for 6:30 PM flight. Uhg. Long day at the airport. Spent several hours with other flight attendant applicants who also only had one session before going back to airport - one girl fluent in 3 languages. Not sure what United was looking for but I met several highly qualified and genuinely great people who also did not get offered any positions on the spot. I suggest just being very friendly and attempting to find a common interest with the interviewing flight attendant. Perhaps show a real interest in something they say about themselves without seeming to pry too much, almost as though they were a customer on a flight that you were showing interest in.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you prepared to be on reserve at any one of our base locations for up to 10 years? Do you have any concerns about doing this?
the face to face live video interview with a HR personnel. I collected all possible questions from reddit to glassdoor and formulate my answers and thought they're going to ask the same questions but they didn't. The HR kind of tell that I have a ready made answers so she stirred the interview differently so my answer will be organic. Thankfully I passed this 30 minute interview. The interviewer did not look interested because she is multi-tasking but best believe she is listening to your answers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you tell me about a co-worker you had to work with but didn't get along with?
Its a multi-step interview process. First a resume submission and a questionnaire, then a pre-recorded interview with a few questions. I was asked this during the pre-recorded interview. Waiting for my live virtual interview!
I’m heading to the F2F interview in TX. Every step so far has not been difficult for me. I also have no prior knowledge in being a FA. The hardest part so far is probably just the nerves and anxiety. Just prep well, do some research, have some basic questions and answer prepared so that even if they ask a different question you can possibly use one of the scenarios of another question and tailor it to the new one.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you made a commitment to someone that turned out to be harder than you thought?