What does the interview process look like?

HAHA. Yea that's pretty much it.

Everything else is just a manufactured set of circuses to amuse the recruiters.

 

In summary, the hardest part of the interview is the bus ride.

 

Be sure to be interviewing them as much as they are interviewing you!

 

With what I see out on the road every day the not being a complete idiot clause has been relaxed as well.

 

Aint that the truth.

I used to get a whipping when I used the word Aint for the first time at home. I wonder if Heaven should be silent a half hour when aint is used in proper context someday...

 

Have you ever seen the movie Saving Private Ryan? The opening beach invasion scene with people drowning, people exploding, lots of sea water and blood? Yeah, it's nothing like that. You fill out some paperwork or online forms. You talk to people on the phone or through email. You may go to clinics to P. And then you wait. The company wants to hire you. The better companies like to hire the same type of people over and over who turn out to be long-term employees. The less great companies are only interested if you fail the drug test, have too many tickets/accidents, otherwise you are hired. They important thing is they want to hire you unless they can't. Relax and answer their questinons with as few words and details as possible. They don't have time for long stories. Long stories make them anxious they tune out.

 

Oh my...you almost spilled the beans.

First there’s the bus ride. Every moron in America is in a bus. The stupidest people imaginable. The only ‘normal’ person (well, what does that even mean anymore?) is the bus driver. It’s like the ‘Walking Dead’Dead R Us on Tour. After 30 hours of no sleep on a bus full of Braindeads, you get into a motel. The nicer companies will give you your own room. The crappier companies will put you in the room with someone else...meaning, you will have to sleep with one eye open again. Be sure to travel light. Do not leave anything of importance in that room.

So they put you on a shuttle bus with everyone else from the motel (you will recognize some of them from the bus ride. Yep, you were right the first time, they’re brain dead). You get to this big building that looks nice on the outside, but as soon as you go in, it’s depressing. Ther3s a desk with people behind it, and a big room that feels like that bus station. They will shuffle your group into a room and have you watch safety videos. Everywhere you look, you see pictures of wrecked trucks. While you’re watching videos, they will be looking over your records and info and background and whatnot. The people they call out of the room during the videos will never be seen again. There will be a guy that’s a retread (rehire) that will start volunteering employment history (basically he will tell you that he worked there before. You won’t ask, he will tell you. WATCH OUT), stay away from him. He’s looking for a disciple. He’s a loser...do you really want to be a loser’s disciple? No? Then stay away. And there’s a moron that never shuts up. The instructor will have to keep telling him to shut up. Stay away from him too.

There’s a little road test...a quick trip around the block. Don’t be nervous. Just do your best. If you cant stay off the curb or navigate around the block, you’re going home. No pressure.

When the smoke clears, less than half of the original group will be left. While you are in the motel for orientation, DO NOT drink any sort of adult beverage. They will send you home. Do not flirt with the office eye candy. Even if she smiles at you. They will send you home. Do not watch the porn on the tv in the motel room. They will send you home. Do not tell any sort of lewd jokes of any sort. Someone will be offended and they will send you home. Do not tell anyone anything about anything that does not pertain to you being at orientation. Name rank and serial number only. Beware of anyone there that’s acting like they want to be your friend.

“Six, are you talking about orientation or prison?”

After you get done with orientation, be sure to come back and give us an update.

Luck in battle.

 

Love this guy^^

You've got the Best Posts on this site Six...........and every inch of them are the Truth

 

@tscottme hinted at it with the Private Ryan references. It is the worst part about the whole business. Makes me think that job hoppers have to masochistic.

 

Paperwork that will dwarf Mount Everest.