Fight Attendant applicants have rated the interview process at Southwest Airlines with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 86% positive. To compare, the company-average is 77.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Fight Attendant roles take an average of 156 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Southwest Airlines overall takes an average of 64 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Southwest Airlines as a Fight Attendant according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Phone interview: 18%
Drug test: 12%
Group panel interview: 12%
Presentation: 12%
Background check: 6%
Personality test: 6%
Skills test: 6%
Other: 6%
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I applied in-person. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Southwest Airlines (Oklahoma City, OK) in Feb 2022
Interview
the interview process was great and helped me become a better interviewer. i love the people that interviewed me they were nice. the process is very long and does take some time for them to get back to you but overall its a great time to wait
I applied online. I interviewed at Southwest Airlines (Dallas, TX) in Jun 2026
Interview
The entire thing lasted maybe an hour. A group of about 30 is led into a town hall type room. They give you a presentation while every candidate gets called one by one. 1 recruiter and 1 FA.
Everyone I spoke to had hyped up the WN F2F as some uplifting “luv” event. This was not my experience. It was very underwhelming from what I was expecting. I felt I had a good interview but the FA on my panel was not very kind.
I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Southwest Airlines (Dallas, TX) in Nov 2025
Interview
Ive done the 1 way interview and its been a good process. I applied back in June when they opened applications and heard back just shy of middle November. It takes time ! But you got this and just be yourself if the best advice Ive gotten
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Southwest Airlines (Dallas, TX) in Sep 2025
Interview
Interview process is VERY competitive. In June 2025, over 75000 applicants were successful to apply for the position that was open for roughly one (1) hour, after crashing multiple times. It is a three step process: application, online video interview, invitation to Dallas for in-person interview.
Southwest was professional and selected great candidates from all over the USA. Not all will be hired, but are encouraged to apply again.