Cadet Pilot & Merchant Navy Interview Preparation

Two kinds of candidate sit this interview. Cadet applicants are 10+2 passers with physics, mathematics and English, holding or able to obtain a DGCA Class 2 and then Class 1 medical, who have cleared the airline's online aptitude and psychometric tests and often a group exercise. CPL holders are pilots with a DGCA CPL, usually with instrument rating and multi-engine endorsement, applying for a self-sponsored or airline-sponsored type rating or a junior first-officer slot. Both face a training captain and HR; airlines also expect a frank conversation about the training cost and the bond.

Deck cadet aspirants are 10+2 passers with physics, chemistry and mathematics, usually with at least 60 percent in PCM and 50 percent in English, applying for a company-sponsored one-year Diploma in Nautical Science or a three-year B.Sc. Nautical Science seat after IMU-CET or the company's written test. GME aspirants are mechanical, marine or naval-architecture graduates applying for the one-year Graduate Marine Engineering course. GP Rating and saloon or catering candidates are 10th or 12th passers applying for the six-month rating course. All must meet DG Shipping medical standards including eyesight and colour vision for deck.

Officers holding a certificate of competency from DG Shipping or an equivalent flag: second mates and third officers with a deck COC, fourth engineers with a Class 4 motor COC, and electro-technical officers with an ETO COC, applying to a new company or for promotion within their current one. Panels expect valid STCW certificates, a clean sea-service record, familiarity with the company's vessel type (tanker, container, bulk, LNG, offshore) and a reason for switching that holds up.