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Delta Air Lines MBA Associate Interview Questions & Reviews
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MBA Commercial Strategy Summer Associate at Delta Air Lines
No Offer – Interviewed in Atlanta, GA Feb 2012 – Reviewed Mar 4, 2013
Interview Details – The second round interview on-site at Delta is made up of 4 separate interviews (@45min each) covering revenue, marketing, leadership, and cultural fit at Delta. The revenue and marketing portions have several scenario-based quantitative questions. Very well run interview day. Amazing people! Go for it if you get the chance!
Interview Question – The leadership and fit interviews contained reasonable behavioral type questions. One of the other two interviews required a mini-case in which you work through a revenue problem. Answer Question
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MBA Associate at Delta Air Lines
No Offer – Interviewed in Atlanta, GA Nov 2010 – Reviewed Dec 6, 2010
Interview Details – Phone Interview followed by a final round interview which consisted of four 1:1 interviewers. Each focused on a specific area (data analysis, leadership, communications, and fit). Standard behaviorial questions and mini cases.
Interview Question – How would you explain why the airlines industry overbooks flights to a group on angry consumers? View Answer
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MBA Associate at Delta Air Lines
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Atlanta, GA Jan 2007 – Reviewed Dec 11, 2009
Interview Details –
Initial telephone screening and resume review, followed by a mix of group and individual interviews on a separate day at corporate headquarters. Interviewed by General Managers and Directors in the business unit hiring. The interview process was very congenial, focusing on business skills, personality and behavioral questions, leadership experience and potential, and overall cultural fit.
My initial contact with the company was via an interaction at the NSHMBA career expo, followed by submission of my credentials and application to the Delta.com careers website.
Interview Questions
- The most difficult question was a hypothetical situation in which I was confronted with a serious ethical issue and had to describe some potential solutions and risks, without specific knowledge of company policy. View Answer
- I was asked a business case question related to sourcing a particular commodity important to the airline industry, without any specific knowledge of that commodity. View Answer
Negotiation Details – Fixed offer - part of standardized MBA associate salary and benefit package. Negotiated relocation and house-hunting assistance benefits. There is some negotiability in the program related to starting bonuses, I was offered the maximum available, based upon post-hiring feedback.
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Marketing MBA Associate at Delta Air Lines
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Atlanta, GA Oct 2009 – Reviewed Nov 4, 2009
Interview Details –
This interview was on campus and at the corporate HQ.
1st round: 2 Back to Back behavioral interviews
2nd round: 1 written test, 6 questions, 4 back to back behavioral interviews - each focusing on a different skill
Interview Questions
- Why Delta? Answer Question
- Tell me about a time that you had to convince someone who worked for you to do something they disagreed with? Answer Question
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MBA Finance Associate at Delta Air Lines
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Nov 12, 2012
Interview Details – Interviewed with two folks at a conference for my first round and the interviews were very technical in nature. Heard back a week later to conduct final rounds in Atlanta of which I did three interviews including one with the current Program Manager. The day included a tour, lunch with current associates and interviews. The interviews once again were technically focused with some case scenario questions.
Interview Question – What is the variance if we intially sold 100 tickets but only 50 people filled the plane and our price that we were selling for changes between the two? Answer Question
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MBA Finance Associate at Delta Air Lines
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Sep 29, 2012
Interview Details – Applied through university recruiting.
Interview Questions
- A customer receives a voucher in December and redeems it in January, explain the accounting journal entries. Answer Question
- We reduce "seats" by 10%, but cost does not decrease, why? Answer Question
- We've decided to replace seats with lay flat beds, explain how this will effect revenue, costs, and net income. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – First round interview.
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