I applied the first week of September, received an invite for a digital interview on September 11th, and received an in person interview invitation on September 25th (Which took place the first week of October)
Face to Face Interview
Upon arrival, there were plenty of flight attendants to greet you. The primary speaker who relayed instructions and insight for our upcoming experience was personable however I can’t say the same for the remainder of the staff present. It came off very "forced" in my opinion and the energy was very "sheep herding". I felt as if I was pledging for a sorority.
Ensure that you have your application printed, the required documentation indicated on the initial email for the invite as in addition to your social security card. They did not indicate a social was required outside of your passport and ID but were seemingly disappointed in those who did not have it.
After providing all documentation into a clear folder provided, they set aside the luggage for those that traveled and ushered us into a room where there incorporated a brief dance number to oddly low volume "Happy" by Pharrel. From there they assigned us group letters A, B, or C. I was in group C. My group had a "get to know Delta" session first, jump seat fitting/"undercover interview second (further explanation soon) and the two on one interview last.
Part 1: During the get to know Delta, the male flight attendant was entertaining overall and managed to make everyone feel at ease. There was what some may have felt to be light hearted humor but potential professionally inappropriate comments made about his excitement for his seniority boost with the newly hired FA’s. He made it a point to inform us not to get our hopes up for international trips early on in our FA career since seniority usually gets 'first dibs' and he looked forward to our in flight training so he can sit back and watch us work.
We were asked to individually introduce ourselves to the group by telling our name, languages we speak, previous/current line of work and the last bit I can't remember.
Part 2: We sat in a group and interacted with another male Flight Attendant who essentially piggy backed off the previous delta information session. In the meantime each member of the group was called one at a time to be fitted for the jump seat and their photo was taken. When I returned from getting fitted a bowl was passed around filled with cards with random questions He selected random people to answer the questions and HR maneuvered their way to the rear of the room to observe the answers...so take it as an interview question.
At the tail end one of the interviewees asked the Flight attendant aside from the flight benefits, what would he say he most appreciated about working for the company for more than 20+ years? The flight attendants response, "well what do you think?" I recall his response being really awkward and underlying combative. This is just an example of the ongoing tone of the environment. Just odd....
Part 3: The face to face interview was conducted (I use that term loosely) by a member of HR, in my case a woman and a Flight attendant (a woman also). You would have thought the Flight Attendant was the HR Representative. She constantly cut the woman off mid question during the interview and it created a very awkward setting.
The HR rep asked me three questions. They are very by the book with the STAR format. They indicated they had not reviewed any of my employment background so they have no clue about my work history. They asked me very work specific questions verbatim to digital interview and in the STAR method. Both wrote down my answers as I gave them on a worksheet. The flight attendant seemed to have difficulty taking note of my answers while simultaneously listening to the point that her follow up questions had been answered already and the HR lady felt the need to bring her up to speed at some point during the interview.
When the time came for the flight attendant to ask her questions, the same follow up questions came to follow. At one point they were so redundant, I questioned whether I was answering her sufficiently. Out of concern (because clearly I wanted to ensure this went smoothly for what really is my dream job) I asked "Did I answer your question ok?" Her response was shocking, "Yes and if you didn't then I would certainly as you another question, now wouldn't I?". Off putting much?
At that point, I knew this work environment was not the proper fit for me. There were an abnormal amount of odd personalities. I'd say out of the 50 people there, about 8 were chosen. I know a number of flight attendants from many different airlines who initially warned me about the experience they had with Delta in their interview process but I had no idea!
So to those who are in the process, best of luck!!