A320
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Training / Qualification; Situational Awareness
Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude; Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Flight Crew FLC complied w / Automation / Advisory
Airspace Structure; Human Factors; Procedure
It was [early] morning as we were approaching on a moonless night into ZZZ (no visual outline of terrain). This was our 3rd flight of the day and our last day of this OE (Operating Experience) trip. We had been cleared for the visual approach so I; the pilot flying; proceeded with the descent. Having less than 20 hours of flight time in the airplane at the time was lacking judgement of descend profile and aircraft performance. As we had been cleared for the visual approach my goal was to descend; level off; configure and intercept. I recall that both pilots had terrain up on the ND (Navigational Display). As we received a GPWS alert; I responded to the alert. When we were clear of the conflict we had enough time to safely maneuver and land the airplane. I believe using open descend was providing an excessive descend rate.
A320 First Officer reported receiving a GPWS alert on a night visual approach.