Commercial Pilot interview questions at SkyWest Airlines
49 verified questions reported by Commercial Pilot candidates interviewing at SkyWest Airlines. Each one is archetype-tagged so you can see the pattern, slot the right STAR story, and practice out loud against an AI interviewer that pushes back the way a real one would.
Top 25 verified questions
Sorted by quality score (specificity, clarity, practice-worthiness) with a tie-break on most recently observed.
- 1Handle a CRM scenario involving a diversion and identify risks as captainsituational·role specific aviation·onsite
- 2Describe a CRM scenario and how you would handle crew resource managementsituational·role specific aviation·onsite
- 3Walk me through conducting a Part 121 flight from gate to gatecase·technical deep dive·onsite
- 4Brief a Jeppesen departure and approach chart and airport diagramtechnical·role specific aviation·onsite
- 5Read a METAR and determine if you need an alternate based on a TAFtechnical·role specific aviation·onsite
- 6Brief me on a SID and STAR for a specific airporttechnical·role specific aviation·onsite
- 7If the VOR, which is being used for missed approach segment, is inoperative, is the approach still legal?technical·role specific aviation
- 8Explain Jeppesen chart symbols and how to brief an approach platetechnical·role specific aviation·onsite
- 9What is coffin corner and how does it affect aircraft performancetechnical·other·onsite
- 10If you are assigned higher alt. than the published MDA to intercept GS, where is FAF?technical·role specific aviation
- 11When do you need an alternate airport and what are the requirementstechnical·role specific aviation·onsite
- 12Explain mach tuck and its implications for swept wing aircrafttechnical·other·onsite
- 13If you shoot the approach by doing Procedure turn where is FAF?technical·role specific aviation
- 14Brief an airport diagram and explain the key featurestechnical·role specific aviation·onsite
- 15Explain FAR 91.175 and its requirements for instrument approachestechnical·role specific aviation·onsite
- 16Where does a swept wing stall and how do we maintain roll controltechnical·other·onsite
- 17Describe the difference between a blast pad and a displaced thresholdtechnical·role specific aviation·onsite
- 18Read this METAR and TAF and interpret the weather informationtechnical·role specific aviation·onsite
- 19Manage a pressure caution in flight and make a PIC decisionsituational·role specific aviation·onsite
- 20Explain runway and taxiway signs and symbols including ILS critical areatechnical·role specific aviation·onsite
- 21Describe microbursts and how they affect aircraft operationstechnical·role specific aviation·onsite
- 22What are the advantages and disadvantages of swept wingstechnical·other·onsite
- 23What are the recency requirements for 30/60/90 day and 365 day operationstechnical·other·onsite
- 24Tell me about a time you made a mistake and how you handled itbehavioral·failure·onsite
- 25What is bleed air and when do we turn it off?technical·other·onsite
Common questions
It varies by round — phone screen typically covers 5–8 questions, on-site loops cover 15–25 across multiple interviewers. The full SkyWest Airlines Commercial Pilot loop tends to surface 30+ distinct prompt patterns, which is what we've banked here.
Yes — every question on this page is verified, meaning at least one candidate reported being asked it in a real SkyWest Airlines interview. We don't pad the list with generic prompts that weren't reported.
Pick three to five of the questions below in your weakest archetype, run them through the practice tool out loud, and read the per-answer feedback. Most candidates who get an offer report 8–15 practice sessions in the two weeks before the interview.
The behavioral questions stay roughly the same; what changes is the bar on the answer. At more senior levels, SkyWest Airlines expects more concrete business outcomes, more stakeholder management, and more scope in the stories. The technical bar also shifts upward.
Read them. Then practice them.
The list is the start. The reps are what move the score. First sample question is free.