I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Southwest Airlines (Chicago, IL) in Dec 2015
Interview
I applied online in October of 2015, and received a email to do some more in depth information around the beginning of December, 10 year work history, education and some other personal info. And was instructed to call the recruiter once I had completed everything to set up a phone interview. So I completed everything and called the recruiter and left a voicemail, I got a call back from her the next day asking if I could do the phone interview around 3pm that afternoon. So I agreed, and she gave me a call around 3 minutes to 3, she was very friendly and made the interview process pretty smooth to be honest. She asked me about previous work history and asked me a few other questions which included why choose southwest over all the other airlines? I answered the questions as profoundly as I could. I got a good vibe from her just hearing my answers to her questions so I'm excited to hear back from her. She stated that she would get back to me either by phone or email in the next few days, so hopefully I hear from her pretty soon about the f2f interview and potentially an offer.
I applied online. I interviewed at Southwest Airlines
Interview
Easy peasy lemon squeezy just be yourself and you should not have a problem having little to no airline experience and still got hired. Multiple interviews not a short process but overall easy
Southwest conducts an information session to discuss the position in detail before being invited to a one-on-one interview. The expectations of the position were laid out in a clear manner.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked about my physical ability since it is a highly physical job.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Southwest Airlines (Denver, CO) in Mar 2025
Interview
I filled out an application through Southwest. It took about 15 minutes to complete. Then I was scheduled for a virtual interview. I was offered a job halfway through. I start May 12 !!
Ramp Agent applicants have rated the interview process at Southwest Airlines with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 83% positive. To compare, the company-average is 77.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Ramp Agent roles take an average of 33 days to get hired, when considering 179 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 Ramp Agent according to 179 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
Drug test: 19%
One on one interview: 15%
Background check: 15%
Group panel interview: 8%
Skills test: 7%
Personality test: 2%
Presentation: 1%
Other: 1%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
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