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Message:: [QUOTE="Tierael, post: 8452738, member: 241185"]I can't for the life of me remember the question exactly, but it is a moot point sense I passed.  I did warn my fiance about it in case she happened to get it.  She did not so she didn't have to make that call.  We actually went in today and she took her exams.  We found out fortunately that she can come back the next day to retake an exam.  My research had originally led me to believe that if she failed any of the tests, that she would have to wait a week to test again.  Fortunately this was not the case, she passed her General Knowledge, and Air Brakes test.  She was super mad at herself because she said she was so worried about passing her Air Brakes test that she failed her Combination Vehicles test.  We have a prior engagement tomorrow to head back in town again tomorrow, so we are going to hit the DMV before our obligation and have her take the Combination Vehicles test again.  She was really sore that she didn't pass all three in one go like I did.  Nothing I've told her has made her feel better about that.  She's thoroughly motivated to study and pass that final exam tomorrow. I was hoping you would stop by with some words of wisdom at some point!  I have followed your threads, and responses very carefully since I found this forum.  As another couple your experiences were valuable to read about, so I appreciate you sharing your take of things with the forum.  Having your accounts of your time really helped in my research. One of our main issues so far has been it is difficult to get in touch with our recruiter.  When we initially applied on Thursday, April 11, 2019 we received a call the next day on Friday, April 12, 2019.  We both received a form that had be signed digitally and sent it back straight away.  We called back that day as instructed but we couldn't get through.  Saturday, April 13, 2019 we received a call from our recruiter so we could do our little interview thing.  It was cool that she came in on a Saturday to work, to speak with us.  Unfortunately due to my fiance's prior work history as a job hopper, she said we would have to check with higher ups, to see if she would be approved.  We were told to expect a call back the coming Monday or Tuesday.  We didn't get that call until Friday, April 19, 2019.  We had called a few times during that week to check on our status, as we really hoped we could work together.  We had no luck, and it kind of sucked waiting that long for her to get back to us.  We had kind of wished our recruiter had checked back in with us before that point to keep us in the loop that it was still being worked.  Just a little courtesy is all, but it resolved in our favor so we let that go.  In the end we are just glad they were kind enough to look past our lack of stability and give us this chance, so for that we are super grateful. My fiance is also a good driver I think, but I don't think she is as strong as a tester as me.  Her complaint during this entire process of studying for our CLP though has been that it isn't hands-on.  We are both hands-on kind of learners, but I have that strong testing background to help me, she doesn't.  She feels strongly that had she been able to study this information, and also see what was being involved, that she would have had a much easier time retaining it.  With this fact in mind, I feel like the CDL Exams won't be too much trouble for her, due to all of the hands-on training that sounds like is involved in that process.  I am glad to hear that some allowances are given for those that can't pass on the very first try.  We are new to the industry completely so we had our concerns.  We both have a heavy industrial background in our work history however, and I in particular have extensive forklift/warehousing experience, in addition I have some experience as a shipping/receiving dock worker.  She has some equipment experience as well but it's considerably more limited than mine, however she had to pull singles/doubles/triples behind her tugger.  I feel that will give a little edge over me in regards to what working with a trailer is like a little, just on a much much larger scale. We both have a similar stance regarding wanting to be together all of the time.  We've worked several jobs together, and find we work really well as a team, as we compliment each other in a variety of ways, so I am hoping that will carry true with CFI as well.  We will likely want to go on the list immediately.  We don't really have much tying us down here, and there may some difficult logistics of having to come back.  I don't want to exactly elaborate, but things are difficult to say the least, and I'm really ashamed that it got so bad.  So least to say, we are both really really hoping this will help us crawl out of the hole we are in.  With that in mind, we are throwing everything we have into this. Anyway, my fiance too has come to terms with the female finisher/trainer issue as well.  She said she can deal with a smoking trainer if she has to, if it means she can start sooner.  I really hope that she gets lucky, as your wife did, as my fiance is rather sensitive to the stuff, and being sick is the last thing we need at the moment.  Sadly, I've been around that stuff all of my life so I have built up a little more tolerance to it, I don't like it, but if I have to tolerate, I gotta do what I gotta do. That sucks to hear that your phone got ruined.  I hope that doesn't happen to either of us.  Money is practically non-existent on our end, and I've regrettably had to lean on the excessive generosity of my family for far too long for my liking.  I feel I should have lived or died on my own sword, but my family is adamant about assisting me.  I sincerely hope to repay them someday so I can lift this world of guilt off of my heart because it is seriously tearing me apart whenever I think about it.  It is made worse because no one in my family is well off, and even further some members of my family that have assisted us, live on a fixed income, and put themselves in a tight spot, for us.  So ya, I have every motivation to make this work.  I REFUSE to fail for any reason at all.  We got nothing left if we can't make this work out for us.  We are hoping to someday, have a home we can miss. I hope things go smoothly for us.  The whole "CFI loves Team" mentality does give me some comfort in regards to them wanting to see us succeed.  I have heard so many good things about this company from a lot of you here on Truckers Report, this is why we aimed for CFI.  Like I said, we are throwing we have into this, and we want to be the very best we can be.  I am very grateful for CFI giving us this chance to work for them, and we don't intend to let them down.  I didn't mean anything overly negative in regards to the difficulty communication with our recruiter, I just wanted to share the experience to again hopefully benefit others who may stumble on this thread.  I appreciate you taking the time out of your day to stop by the thread, and offer your insights.  I hope all of this will someday, help someone else, who like me was in a tough spot, and was looking for a way out.  Also, I appreciate your offer, and will take you up on it, if anything comes to mind.  I'm always a well of questions though, so i've done my best to search for whatever answers I can find regarding anything.  I will go over stuff with my fiance and try to gather some questions that we can post in this thread though.  Again, thanks to everyone who is taking the time out of their busy days to post a reply to this thread.  I really appreciate it, as it is all really helpful, and encouraging to hear all the well wishes. EDIT: Well dang, broke the forum limit there.  My apologies Cerberus XVI, had to turncate your quote to fit these responses in the same post.[/QUOTE]

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