Jet2 interview questions
69 candidate-reported items · stages covered: Online aptitude and knowledge tests, Assessment day, Group exercise, HR interview, Simulator assessment, Reported stage not specified
Candidates report 69 interview questions for Jet2, across 6 stages of the selection process. Every question below comes from published candidate reports or airline material — grouped by where in the process it came up.
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The Jet2 selection process
- Candidate reports place Jet2 questions at these stages: Online aptitude and knowledge tests, Assessment day, Group exercise, HR interview, Simulator assessment, Reported stage not specified.
- Airlines change their selection often — treat this as what recent candidates report, not an official syllabus.
Reported Jet2 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.
Online aptitude and knowledge tests
- Why do you want to be an airline pilot?
- Physics assessment item reported by candidates as a crosswind-drift problem: given a heading and a crosswind component, what is the course correction / resulting drift offset over a stated distance (e.g. aircraft heading 360 deg with a crosswind component, tracking 180).
- Physics assessment item reported by candidates as a numerical vectors question distinguishing velocity from speed.
- Why do you want to work for Jet2?
- Would you rather (example: clean a room or work within a group)
- What made you apply for the Jet2FlightPath and what would it mean to you to be accepted.
- Why do you want to be a pilot?
- Which statements best describes you? (leader, selfish, friendly, etc, etc)
- Give an example when you have delivered great customer service
- Describe 2 activities you enjoy and why.
- Basic maths, physics and logic test of around 20 questions run after the Cut-e style aptitude modules (monitoring, reaction time, spatial awareness, multi-tasking, hand-eye coordination).
- Physics assessment items reported by candidates as time / distance / speed word problems and forces questions, delivered as a short timed multiple-choice test at GCSE level.
- What's your greatest achievement?
- A timed, GCSE-level physics / science multiple-choice assessment (mechanical reasoning, levers, moments, balancing, gears and pulleys) is sat as a separate screening stage — candidates are asked to prepare general scientific knowledge and mechanical reasoning
Assessment day
- Why do you want to become a pilot?
- What are your strengths and weaknesses?
- You are about to operate a Jet2 A321neo from London Luton to Antalya. During the pre-flight check, you discover a system is deferred on the MEL. The dispatch team says the aircraft is legal to go. Passengers are boarded and there is commercial pressure to depart on time. How do you approach this?
- Tell us about a situation where you had to work with a difficult colleague.
- What would you do if the Captain was not following SOPs?
- You are departing Leeds Bradford runway 32 in a B737-800 at maximum takeoff weight on a summer afternoon. Shortly after V1, you hear a loud bang and the aircraft yaws sharply to the left. What are your actions?
- Explain the lift equation and what each term means.
- Tell us about a time you made a mistake and what you learned from it
- Tell us three major events that recently occurred in the world of aviation? last crash, aircraft orders, route expansion, mergers, etc.
- What does 'Customer First' mean to you?
- Give an example of when you led a team
- What do you know about Jet2 as a company — its business model, where it's based, and how does it make money?
- Tell us about yourself
- What do you know about Jet2?
- Give an example of when you provided good customer service
- What are our core company values?
- How do you prioritise safety versus schedule?
- What motivates you about flying leisure routes?
- How do you manage localizer and glideslope deviations during a raw data ILS when the needles start diverging?
- Give an example of when you provided excellent customer service
- Where do you see yourself in Jet2 in 5 years?
- Give an example of when you dealt with conflict
- Give an example of when you persuaded somebody
- What do you know about Jet2 as a company - its business model, where it's based, and how it makes its money?
- Describe the three holding pattern entry procedures and how you determine which to use.
- Describe your approach to threat and error management.
- Why do you want to join a leisure airline?
- What is the difference between Jet2 and Jet2Holidays?
- You are operating a Jet2 B737-800 on a winter morning out of Edinburgh. De-icing is required but the de-icing queue is 45 minutes. You have three more sectors planned today, and any delay cascades. How do you manage this situation?
- You are operating a Jet2 B737-800 on a winter morning out of Edinburgh. De-icing is required but the de-icing queue is 45 minutes, you have three more sectors planned and any delay cascades. How do you manage this situation?
- What makes a good pilot
- You are about to operate a Jet2 A321neo from London Luton to Antalya. During the pre-flight check you discover a system is deferred on the MEL. Dispatch says the aircraft is legal to go, passengers are boarded and there is commercial pressure to depart on time. How do you approach this?
- Describe a time you went above and beyond for a customer.
- Walk me through your technique for flying a raw data ILS to minimums.
- What attracts you to a mixed Boeing and Airbus fleet?
- What base would you like?
- In the VASIS, how many light units are in each wing bar?
- Give an example of when you followed SOPs despite pressure not to.
Group exercise
- Group exercise: the classic 'sinking ship' scenario run with four other candidates of varying ages, all first-job applicants, lasting around 40 minutes, observed by the head of pilot recruitment and current Jet2 pilots.
- Group exercise format described as '2 group assessments' alongside '3 x 7min interviews and a 45 minute interview' on the second officer / apprentice programme.
HR interview
- Tell us about Jet2?
- What is your noticed period? [sic - notice period]
- Give an example of when you have delivered great customer service
- Give an example when you have demonstrated two of our company values?
- Tell us bout Jet2? [sic]
- Give an example of when you changed a colleague's mind (communication, knowledge and leadership)
- Why do you want to join jet2.com?
- What is your noticed period? (as printed — meaning notice period)
- What will you bring to Jet2?
Simulator assessment
- Simulator assessment profile (attended October 2018 as a rated B737 First Officer): normal takeoff from RWY 23R Manchester, hold over the MCT VOR, vectored for a non-precision VOR/DME approach to RWY 23R flown to a full stop, then a non-standard departure with a V1 cut vectors for a single-engine ILS to RWY 23R, a single-engine go-around, and finally a repositioned single-engine landing.
- Simulator pre-brief: candidates were sent the sim profile, pitch/power settings and charts in advance and told to prepare for departures and approaches from and into Manchester.
- Simulator assessment stage: 60-90 minutes in a B737 Level D full flight simulator with a Jet2 training captain in the other seat, covering handling, SOP adherence, instrument approaches, engine failures, go-arounds and crew coordination; run at the Bradford or Cheadle training centre, fleet dependent.
- You are given a hold during the sim assessment and the wind is strong. How do you manage workload and maintain the pattern?
- Reported sim profile: normal takeoff RWY 23R Manchester; hold over MCT VOR; vectored for a non-precision (VOR/DME) approach with a full stop; a non-standard departure with a V1 cut and vectors for a single-engine ILS; single-engine go-around; then a single-engine landing
Reported stage not specified
- What are you passionate about?
FAQ
- What questions does Jet2 ask at interview?
- Our research catalog holds 69 candidate-reported items for Jet2. Examples candidates reported: “Why do you want to become a pilot?”; “What are your strengths and weaknesses?”; “Tell us about a situation where you had to work with a difficult colleague.”.
- What does the Jet2 selection process look like?
- Based on candidate reports, questions come up at these stages: Online aptitude and knowledge tests, Assessment day, Group exercise, HR interview, Simulator assessment, Reported stage not specified. This is reported evidence, not Jet2's official syllabus.
- Does Jet2 ask technical questions?
- Yes — 10 of the 69 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 Jet2 interview?
- AirlineBridge runs a free voice-first practice interview tuned on the questions Jet2 candidates report — 10, 25 or 45 minutes, with a scored debrief across eight behavioural dimensions.
- Is this Jet2'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 Jet2 recruiting.
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