american airlines Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (79%)

The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

3.8
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Interview Difficulty (80%)

The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.

2.8
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% Interns - FT Offers (60%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

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Interviews at american airlines

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1st Year Analyst
Year 2022
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Generalist
Location fort worth
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Intern
Year 2022
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Industrials
Location Dallas
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Analyst
Year 2019
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Corporate Finance
Location Fort Worth
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
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1st Year Analyst
Year 2019
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Analytics
Location Auburn
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2018
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Corporate Finance
Location Austin
Experience
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Difficulty
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1st Year Analyst
Year 2014
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Financial Planning and Analysis
Location Dallas
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - american airlines Examples

financial analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in fort worth
Interviewed: October 2022
Date Submitted: May 08, 2023
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
first round interview took place virtually with a random manager and then was invited for a superday which consisted of two more interviews one with a director and one with another manager. recieved an offer about a week later.
Interview Questions
how would you explain a variance that occurred during one month
Sample Answer

Financial Analyst Interview - Industrials

Anonymous employee in Dallas
Interviewed: October 2022
Date Submitted: Mar 06, 2023
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Interview
Got a first round zoom interview. The interview question was more technical basic questions but simple accounting. Asked me about accrual accounting and how the transaction of cash will impact each financial statement. Also, asked me how to calculate NPV.
Superday was more behavioral and teach questions. Asked people to solve excel questions for an hour. Also simple accounting questions were included.
Interview Questions
I guess it was "tell me something about yourself, not on your resume"
Sample Answer

Commercial/Financial Strategy Intern Interview - Corporate Finance

Anonymous interview candidate in Fort Worth
Interviewed: December 2019
Date Submitted: Feb 21, 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Interview
1st Round: Phone screen with recruiter, 2nd/Final Round: In-person interview at headquarters in Dallas/Ft. Worth
Interview Questions
The interview lasted 3 hours and 15 min:

45min basic skills test, comprised of 20% company knowledge (name the C-suite folks, where are the hubs, about how many cities and flights are operated per day), 50% accounting basic concepts (calculating EBIT, EBITDA, net income, ROA, ROE, is the bond issued at premium, discount, or par), and 30% case-based/industry questions (1: gives you the average price of route 1 and route 2 for (2) years - both increasing, but shows an average total price decrease y-o-y, how could this be? 2: gives you a prompt with a flight route and some contextual info, then asks you to determine how many business class and main cabin seats you'd choose for a plane, and generally asks you what other considerations are important when selecting an aircraft for a route).

45min interview with someone on leadership team: asks standard behavioral questions (walk through resume, why american, why finance, tell me a time when you solved a problem analytically, tell me a time when you were on a team and you didn't achieve the goal and what did you learn? etc.)

1 hour lunch

45min interview with someone on leadership team: asks finance/industry related questions (how would you determine a new route to fly, how would you select the aircraft, is route from city A to B profitable, what sort of non-cash expenses are common for a major carrier, would you take on debt or issue new shares for a project, why would you want to buy back shares of stock)
Sample Answer

Pricing Strategy analyst Interview - Analytics

Anonymous interview candidate in Auburn
Interviewed: September 2019
Date Submitted: Nov 15, 2019
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Interview
After applying online I was contacted about completing an assessment. After deciding on a time, I was sent the assessment, and had 30 minutes to complete it. It was a standard assessment with critical thinking and analysis type questions. After passing that I had a basic behavioural phone interview. From there I had two interviews back to back on campus, one 1 on 1 and one 2 on 1. Both contained light analysis questions, like "American airlines gives out cookies on some flights, how would you estimate how many cookies given out in a month". If uncomfortable with critical thinking questions, doing some before beginning the assessment would definitely help.
Interview Questions
Several analysis questions like "You own a pizza shop, last year you sold 3 pizzas for an average price of $10, this year you sold 4 pizzas for an average price of $8. After checking your numbers at the end of the year you see your sales increased by 10%. Are you happy with this year? What other information would you want to know? If you wanted to improve revenue, what steps would you take? After that I was asked if I had to pick any brand to represent myself, what would I pick and why. Several standard behavioral questions as well.
Sample Answer

Financial Analyst Interview - Corporate Finance

Anonymous interview candidate in Austin
Interviewed: September 2018
Date Submitted: Sep 06, 2018
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
I got an interview offer through my campus career fair. The first round had lots of accounting questions and some about the airlines industry.
Interview Questions
What are the different financial statements?
Is depreciation included on the income statement?
Why do you want to work for American Airlines? Why did you choose Finance as a major?
They asked a few questions about Excel and functions we've used in previous models we've made.
There were some questions where they gave you a potential situation that the company might experience and asked for the corresponding journal entries. There were also a few questions that required some basic knowledge about the flight industry.
Sample Answer

Financial planning Analyst Interview - Financial Planning and Analysis

Anonymous interview candidate in Dallas
Interviewed: October 2014
Date Submitted: Nov 07, 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
The employee called me on the evening. I couldn't pick up and called back 10 minutes later. He wanted to schedule with me a phone interview. He asked me for available times and I said Wednesday would be best in the AM. He said that he was just going to ask me about my work experience, why AA, and why that group.

On the interview day he actually asked me technical questions and strategic questions. What are the main financial statements? If I were on an island which 1 financial statement would I choose? Parts of the CFS?

Other Q's: Why AA? What are some threats for AA in the next 5 years?
Interview Questions
What are some threats American Airlines will face in the next 5 years? So basic industry knowledge required, who are the main competitors, and what could go wrong, and what could be done against it
How do you measure the profitability of our flight between city X and City Y? Talk about ticket sales, flight booking, how many flights, cost of flight, size of plane, passanger seats open per flight, revenue potential vs actual revenue
Sample Answer