easyJet interview questions
85 candidate-reported items · stages covered: Group exercise, Panel interview, Technical interview, ATPL / technical written test, Simulator assessment
easyJet's funnel is values-scored and PM-weighted. Candidates report five steps: online application, an Aon/cut-e online battery (verbal, numerical, spatial and personality — one prep provider estimates about half of applicants are filtered there), a virtual assessment day with a presentation, group exercise and 1:1 interview, then the offer decision.
The questions below are what candidates actually report — grouped by stage.
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The easyJet selection process
- Online application, then the Aon/cut-e online battery — the stage where candidates report the heaviest filtering.
- Virtual assessment day: presentation, group exercise and a 1:1 interview.
- Interview answers are scored against easyJet's six published “Orange Spirit” values — expect “What are our core company values?” and “Give an example when you demonstrated two of our values.”
- Signature scenarios reported: the captain adds gust speed and the ATIS then goes calm — the credited answer is challenging with data, not deferring to rank; a frost patch found during de-icing; dispatcher pressure to depart on minimum legal fuel.
- Typed candidates report A320 systems questions — Normal Law protections, hydraulics, FADEC.
What the panel screens for. Flat-gradient CRM, consensus over dominance in the group exercise — dominating or going invisible both fail — and PM duties scored as heavily as PF. Error handling is judged on acknowledge, correct, report.
Reported easyJet interview questions
Every item below is something a candidate reported being asked — no invented questions. Where the report carried a role or year, it is shown.
Group exercise
- GROUP EXERCISE (reported): a group task in which candidates must collectively solve puzzles; assessors are said to key on how you approach the task, the rapport within the group and the method used, with the factual outcome of the task mattering less
- GROUP EXERCISE (official): the non-technical assessment comprises a presentation followed by a group exercise, then a one-to-one interview
- GROUP EXERCISE (reported): two group exercises with a one-to-one interview in the middle, described by the candidate as a long day but with both easyJet and the training provider 'doing their best to make it a pleasant day'
- GROUP EXERCISE (reported): 'silly group play with plastic tubes and rope' - a hands-on, materials-based team task
- Group exercise (reported variants): you have discovered a technical fault meaning you cannot reach your destination - choose between three onward/landing locations with different advantages and disadvantages
- Group exercise (reported variant): as a group, rank 14 given qualities that make a good pilot from most to least important
- What does Teamwork mean at easyJet specifically, and how have you demonstrated it?
Panel interview
- Why do you want to work for easyJet?
- Where do you keep up to date with aviation and please tell us about some recent news with Easyjet.
- Where do see yourself in 10 years' time?
- What does easyJet's Pioneering value mean for a pilot's daily decisions?
- How are you going to deal with the volume of work required during flight school?
- How do you deal with confrontation?
- What kinds of things do you think you can do at EasyJet to help reduce costs?
- Describe a time safety was your top priority.
- Tell us about a time you failed at something. Also, how do you measure success?
- You're the Captain on an A320. The dispatcher says fuel is calculated to the minimum legal figure, the route crosses water briefly, and your only filed alternate has a TEMPO for thunderstorms. Do you accept the fuel load?
- Tell me about a time you had to make a big decision.
- What does Safety mean to you beyond following procedures?
- On the previous sector your approach was stable at 1,000 ft but became slightly unstable below 500 ft - 10 knots fast, slightly above the glideslope. You landed safely and the First Officer never called 'unstabilised'. How do you debrief this?
- How do you handle crew conflicts?
- Why do you want to fly for easyJet?
- What are the company values here at Easyjet?
- Have you ever worked with a difficult individual, how did you manage to get his co-operation
- Tell us about a time when you took a calculated risk.
- How do you handle someone whose work approach differs from yours?
- What do you know about easyJet?
- Tell me about a time you have made a good and a bad decision.
- Tell me about a time you showed resilience.
- During the approach briefing the Captain plans to add speed for reported gusts, then the ATIS updates showing calm. The Captain says 'I'll keep the extra speed anyway - better safe than sorry.' What do you do?
- How have you shown your adaptability in the past?
- The captain suddenly becomes incapacitated during cruise. What do you do?
- What are our core company values?
- What recent aviation development interests you and why?
- We all have to make unpopular decisions that may affect others, describe a situation when you had to take an unpopular decision. Why did you take that decision? How did the people who were affected react? What did you learn from this experience?
- Tell me about a time you diffused conflict in a situation.
- Tell me about a time you had to adapt quickly to a change.
- Tell me about a time you failed.
- Describe a situation in which you had to work under particular or additional pressure. What was the cause of the pressure? How did you feel? What impact did it have on your work?
- What makes you angry?
- What would you do if you felt fatigued before a flight?
- Have you ever had to deliver sensitive and sad news to someone; how did you do it?
- Tell me about a time you showed Orange Spirit / when you went the extra mile.
- Can you remember a moment in your life where you have taken a difficult decision
- You're the First Officer on an A320 departing a UK airport in winter and, during de-icing, you can see a patch of frost still on the left wing upper surface near the root. The Captain is satisfied and wants to proceed. What do you do?
- How do you manage workload on short sectors?
- Tell us about a time when you worked as part of a team, not as a leader.
- Tell me about a time you showed leadership without being in a formal leadership role.
- Describe a 3-hour delay with irate passengers - how did you handle it?
- Tell us about yourself.
- Tell me about a complex situation you have encountered.
- Why do you want to be a pilot for Easyjet?
- When did you take a calculated risk?
- What are easyJet's core values and how do you demonstrate them?
- Describe a situation where you disagreed with a Captain - how did you handle it?
Technical interview
- What is a balanced field take off?
- Can the A320 stall in Normal Law? Explain the flight envelope protections.
- What would you do if you experienced a bird strike during takeoff or approach?
- What gaz do we put in Aircraft tyres
- Explain the concept of Threat and Error Management (TEM).
- When is Vmcg a factor in a take-off calculation?
- How does Center of Gravity (CofG) affect the stall speed?
- How does the fly-by-wire system work on the A320?
- What are the pro's and con's of podded/underslung engines?
- What are the 4 Takeoff segments?
- Given an indicated altitude of 10,000 ft, and an actual OAT of -20 degrees C, you set your altimeter to a local station setting of 29.92. If the station elevation is 2,500 ft what is your actual altitude: a. 9,250 ft. b. 9,550 ft. c. 9,850 ft.
- Tell me about flight through turbulence on your A/C type?
- Explain the A320 hydraulic system architecture.
- V speeds, swept-wing behaviour and flight-law protections, reported as easyJet assessment-day staples in PPRuNe gouge threads (typically with follow-ups on PFD indications when transitioning Normal to Alternate Law and how scan priorities change)
- MLS allows approaches using: a. a curved path and variable glide slope. b. a greater range of frequencies. c. a new generation of flight directors
- What do you understand by Crew Resource Management (CRM)?
ATPL / technical written test
- Give an example of when you changed a colleague's mind (communication, knowledge and leadership)
- Give an example of when you demonstrated Integrity in a professional setting.
- Cadet route: computer-based technical-reasoning and academic maths/physics tests, plus mechanical-reasoning style items, inside the ADAPT battery
- Give me an example of when you had to organise a piece of work, project or event. How did you prepare and plan for it? What time scales did you set? How well did it go?
- Give me an example of when you have experienced a setback at work. What happened? How did you react?
- Give an example when you have demonstrated two of our company values?
- Reported recruiter asks: why do you want to be a pilot, why do you want to fly for easyJet in particular, and what you bring to the company (alongside examples of situational awareness, decision making, cooperation, leadership and one easyJet value)
Simulator assessment
- How would you handle an in-flight engine failure on the A320?
- SIMULATOR (reported, direct entry, Gatwick): raw-data flying including a raw-data ILS, followed by a LOFT-style exercise - departure from Gatwick, a minor malfunction in the climb-out, then a hydraulic leak in winter weather at destination, leading to a return to Gatwick; assessor advice given was 'They love communication. Make a thorough DODAR/FORDEC and a good approach briefing. If you have several options, choose the safest option and they will be happy'
- SIMULATOR (reported, easyJet Switzerland): flight from East Midlands to Liverpool on an A320, beginning with take-off
- SIMULATOR FOLLOW-UP STAGE: an online personality test taken after the sim, followed by an interview about that test
- SIMULATOR (reported): raw-data hand flying - take-off and ILS profile; the sim is described as 'a test of raw data hand flying', with all preparation sent in advance
- SIMULATOR (reported): for direct-entry candidates the check pilot (an easyJet FO) 'will follow orders but not show any initiative' - i.e. the candidate is expected to lead, brief and drive the profile
- Engine failure after V1 departing Gatwick runway 26L - walk through your actions.
FAQ
- What questions does easyJet ask at interview?
- Our research catalog holds 85 candidate-reported items for easyJet. Examples candidates reported: “Why do you want to work for easyJet?”; “Where do see yourself in 10 years' time?”; “What does easyJet's Pioneering value mean for a pilot's daily decisions?”.
- What does the easyJet selection process look like?
- Online application, then the Aon/cut-e online battery — the stage where candidates report the heaviest filtering. Reports also describe: Group exercise, Panel interview, Technical interview, ATPL / technical written test, Simulator assessment.
- Does easyJet ask technical questions?
- Yes — 18 of the 85 reported items are technical or ATPL-level. The rest split between personal/motivation questions and scenario-based CRM probes.
- How do I practice for the easyJet interview?
- AirlineBridge runs a free voice-first practice interview tuned on the questions easyJet candidates report — 10, 25 or 45 minutes, with a scored debrief across eight behavioural dimensions.
- Is this easyJet's official hiring process?
- No. Everything on this page is candidate-reported or published prep evidence, collected for interview practice. Always verify current requirements and stages with easyJet recruiting.
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