Top 25 Aircraft Maintenance Technician Interview Questions
1. What subject, during your A&P training, was your strongest?
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List of Aircraft Maintenance Technician Interview Questions
- What subject, during your A&P training, was your strongest?
- Are you comfortable with heights?
- What is your biggest priority each day?
- Why did you choose a career as an A&P Mechanic?
- Do you prefer working in a team environment or independently?
- What do you excel at as an aircraft maintenance technician?
- What attracted you to our company? How active are you in your job search?
- What part of the aircraft do you find the most challenging to inspect and work on?
- What is the MRO industry?
- Do you have your own tools?
- If you fail to do your job correctly, what are the consequences? Are you able to work under that kind of pressure?
- What do you enjoy most about working on aircraft?
- If you come upon a problem you are unsure about, what do you do?
- Tell me about your education and training.
- How well do you know your ATA codes?
- What aircraft inspections do you dislike doing?
- What is the latest news you've heard about our airline?
- How well do you contribute in a team environment? Give an example.
- What is your maintenance specialty? If you do not have one, what area of the aircraft do you enjoy working on the most?
- What part of the airline would you enjoy studying and learning how to maintain if you could choose?
- How important is clear and detailed documentation to you?
- In what situation would you would work on an airplane without proper engineers authorization?
- Are you able to work outside in extreme weather conditions, if required?
- What protective gear are you accustomed to wearing on the job?
- Have you always had a strong mechanical aptitude?
- Would you rather work for a commercial or private airline? Explain your answer.
- Are you able to work in small spaces without becoming claustrophobic?
- How important is safety to you?
- What would you do if an aircraft had a hard landing?
- Would you ever consider skipping an inspection?
- Are you available to work overtime and on weekends?
Aircraft Maintenance Technician Information
March 14th, 2014
Aircraft and avionics equipment mechanics and technicians repair and perform scheduled maintenance on airplanes and helicopters. They also inspect airplanes and helicopters as required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
http://bls.gov/ooh/installation-maintenance-and-repair/aircraft-and-avionics-equipment-mechanics-and
Aircraft and avionics equipment mechanics and technicians repair and perform scheduled maintenance on airplanes and helicopters. They also inspect airplanes and helicopters as required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
http://bls.gov/ooh/installation-maintenance-and-repair/aircraft-and-avionics-equipment-mechanics-and
Aircraft Maintenance Technician User Submitted Interview Answers
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What subject, during your A&P training, was your strongest?
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Hydraulic and Powerplant.
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Well from my first experience I worked on a cessna 152 flying machine, from that aircraft the strongest situation I faced on engine idle check.
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Are you comfortable with heights?
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What is your biggest priority each day?
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Development of my skills and knowledge along with organisation.
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Safety and make the airline profitable and competent.
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Why did you choose a career as an A&P Mechanic?
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The ambition of being a professional in aviation is because it is my passion and what I love to do.
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I have always been highly motivated in learning the different aspects of the aeronautical maintenance sector, and studying to become an A&P mechanic has allowed me to follow my passion.
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Do you prefer working in a team environment or independently?
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I am a very flexible person, that enjoys working as a team or individually in an efficient matter.
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Yes I like the challenge of working with other people.
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What do you excel at as an aircraft maintenance technician?
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I excel more in planning and executing a job as a team, which is very important in this type of job.
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I'm a critical thinker so I have to say troubleshooting.
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What attracted you to our company? How active are you in your job search?
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I am looking for job in technically and I can work any job because of I am looking in only airlines and aviation.
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I am proficient in landing gear replacement and installation also gaining mastery in wirelocking.
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What part of the aircraft do you find the most challenging to inspect and work on?
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The aircraft floors; because one has to remove the aircraft seat and floor panels to inspect the interiors of the internal structure of the floors.
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To my experience sir/ma'am is most challenging to inspect is the structure of he aircraft because s include dents corrosion inspection.
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What is the MRO industry?
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Maintenance Repair and Overhaul industry deals with the total restoration of an aircraft to a near manufacture condition.
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Maintenance repair and operation.
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Do you have your own tools?
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Yes I have my basic set of tools needed to perform a work in aircrafts.
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Yes I did, thats one of the most important thing in this field.
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If you fail to do your job correctly, what are the consequences? Are you able to work under that kind of pressure?
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Yes I have been in this type of situation before. And I know how to work under pressure. And during under pressure I give my best to get the best results.
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You could be terminated people could die. Yes I can work under those conditions.
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What do you enjoy most about working on aircraft?
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Knowing that I am doing my part to keep these incredible machines operating they way they were intended.
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Working in haydrulic and engine is the most.
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If you come upon a problem you are unsure about, what do you do?
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I will understand the problem first. If it is possible for me to tackle that all alone I will do the needful. If it is not I will take help from the seniors.
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Ask for Directions or for more clear Instructions.
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Tell me about your education and training.
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I attended Kansas State University where I received my Bachelor's of Science in Life Sciences in 2014. I then attended Wichita Area Technical College where I obtained my technical certificate in Aviation Maintenance Technology in 2016. My current job as as a sheet metal mechanic has taught me a variety of skills and given me a lot of working knowledge of aircraft structure.
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Bachelor in Aeronautical Engineering. A320 Type training, Quality Audit Training, human Factor SMS etc.
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How well do you know your ATA codes?
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Air transport association of America have given some codes. It's not by-heart for me, but I know about it.
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I know all the ATA codes.
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What aircraft inspections do you dislike doing?
User Submitted Interview Answers
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Electrical. It's a bit tedious for my liking.
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In electronics section I dislike to work with that because I dont have interest with that.
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What is the latest news you've heard about our airline?
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It had started its new destination this month from Pisa - Italy.
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This question is irrelevant; Citation does not have an airline.
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How well do you contribute in a team environment? Give an example.
User Submitted Interview Answers
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A team environment is any setting that requires 2 or more people to work together toward the accomplishment of a task. Whatever role you prefer to fill, whether alone or with others, it is likely that you will occasionally encounter situations that call for team work. Building team work skills takes some consideration and effort, but it is possible to learn how to successfully contribute to team tasks as a team member.
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Because I´ve been in different position trough my career I could be in most of the position to help my team from a simple runner, to documentation or hands on and the one full of grease.
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What is your maintenance specialty? If you do not have one, what area of the aircraft do you enjoy working on the most?
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Record keeping and studying of the test results of the failure analysis.
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Well as per work demands I am interested to work on landing gears.
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What part of the airline would you enjoy studying and learning how to maintain if you could choose?
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I really admire the maintenance controllers and their capacity to handle the situations and provide tips from their own experience and knowledge.
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I really and want to know learn and work on more on a turbine engine.
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How important is clear and detailed documentation to you?
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Clear and detailed documentation is the heart of aviation.
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In what situation would you would work on an airplane without proper engineers authorization?
User Submitted Interview Answers
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Most, only need engineers when we run across a problem we could not solve using the technical reference materials at had.
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When there will be a need of emergency that should be taken care of, I wont wait for any authorization.
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Are you able to work outside in extreme weather conditions, if required?
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If I mentally and physically fit then I would obey the request and go due to aircraft safety precaustion.
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What protective gear are you accustomed to wearing on the job?
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Sorry to say I do not understand your question.
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Have you always had a strong mechanical aptitude?
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Not really, I always made mistakes from the begning to fix somethings and I m still trying to be a strong mechanic.
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Would you rather work for a commercial or private airline? Explain your answer.
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To get basic experience I would like to work for a private airlines because I can create a good team with understanding and who can work independently with the respect of aviation law.
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I want to work for a commercial because at there I can learn more things.
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Are you able to work in small spaces without becoming claustrophobic?
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How important is safety to you?
User Submitted Interview Answers
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It is very important. Not only my safety, but safety of every passenger traveling with our aircraft is very important to me.
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Safety is most important in aviation. It should always be top priority for every employees working in aviation industry. All regulatory and company safety policy and procedure must be complied while doing any activities.
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What would you do if an aircraft had a hard landing?
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I will make sure that every single passenger is safe first. Because safety of our passenger is our utmost priority. Then I will inspect the plane that what was the cause of this hard landing.
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It has to be check in landing gear system oil passage hydraulic pumps check well is there any trouble and rectifier it shortly.
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Would you ever consider skipping an inspection?
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No I have never considered. Because I know my responsibility as well as the consequences of the same.
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Never. It's a violation and no one should skip an inspection.
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Are you available to work overtime and on weekends?
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If I am responsible for the job of course I have to finish it up by working over time and weekends.
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