I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at United Airlines (Bloomington, IN) in Apr 2013
Interview
Initially, they gave a phone interview, asking lots of behavioral and personal questions. After completing that, they had a face-to-face interview, mostly asking me what I knew about the industry and why I'd like to work for United. Then they gave me a case where I had to decide the optimum number of tickets to sell for a flight from Chicago to Dallas, and determine whether it was more optimal to make this flight stop in St. Louis on the way there and sell the ticket at a lower price, but sell more of them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The case question detailed above was probably the most unexpected and difficult question.
phone call first and then asked to take a test. Tests are several questions like how to increase the volume or how to deal with a competitor if they lower the price.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at United Airlines in Feb 2022
Interview
The process first began with a phone interview with one of the managers on the team. The second round was an excel case, a case study and virtual interview with two managers on the team. Overall, I would say the second round was very intensive in comparison to other companies I've interviewed for. I felt like the case study and excel should be considered a round in itself due to the time commitment. As an idea, maybe splitting it so that the second round is the interview with the two managers and the third round be the cases (or the other way around) and eliminating candidates round by round would be beneficial to the interviewer. At the end of the day we're taking time off for these opportunities so the sooner we're made aware we aren't exactly what they're looking for, the better. Aside from that everyone I interviewed with seemed very welcoming. The only thing that bothered me in the process was that I had to follow-up in order to get an update on their decision. In my follow-up I asked for feedback and wasn't given any, instead was given a generic "We've gone another route." I think if its an uncomfortable situation for the hiring team, an HR rep. should make it a point to provide that feedback.
I applied online. I interviewed at United Airlines (Dallas, TX) in Mar 2021
Interview
Three different question types based on behavioral, strategic, and mathematical. This was your standard 30 minute interview that asked about 2-3 questions in each of these categories. This interview was very straight forward and was the first round process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me about a financial statement and left it open ended for me to name what the part of a income statement was.