I need to hire 2 drivers - what interview questions to ask?

Lot of things to look at during the interview , overall appearance , his manners , how he responds to questions , if have achance check out his personal vehicle , do they BLAME everything on their last employer.

He / she is going to represent your company.

 

I take it that has happened to u a few times,drivers showing up from another company with their equipment.

 

Heck yes , even had 1 back into 1 of our new trucks as he was leaving the yard

 

one more piece of advice i can give you. if you are going into the automotive industry you need to be looking for a back up, this industry is up and down and if you hire these driver's then the plant's down size or slow down and you don't have any freight then you got to lay these guy's off so unemployment insurance goes sky high. i pulled auto parts for 2 years great job till i went to plant to deliver one night and they said we are not acepting any more freight. so i called the company they said take it back to trw and unload and call us. union strikes is another animal to deal with as well. keep in mind i'm not telling you this stuff to discourage you i'm am purely being up front with you on what to expect so you can get some what of a handle on it before it hit's you in the face. i don't believe in sugar coating things then watch you fall, i as much as anyone want to see people be sucessful and the more inside stuff you know the better your chances.best of luck

 

Good info , as well you do not want to be the carrier thats LATE and production gets shutdown because of the parts on your truck are the ones they needed.

 

Some general advice on conducting interviews:

http://rightlane4trucking.com/pages/newsletters/nl1111interviewprocess.php

Good Luck!

 

Nobody walks out on good pay and home time! I'm sure ur running paper logs so one Thing to remember if you're going to force someone to drive. U better be up at 3am with driver on the phone

Everybody that isn't a driver says " its just driving" but its not just driving

 

just sat retirement all that /just wate till your still legal /fully cap.of task at hand and .3years back drug bie/ann/screening /local boat Delaney /in house carrier .dot ## boss truck.cant find a good job so may things to get up over /received a call from /prime/asking /??????72 math lease 28%to the truck before fuel &expen. seems to me iam paying the bills and never get the truck or the $$ if iam a O?P again fright rats should be set on quilt of job quadrature/able to put customers needs before their own /

 

the last time i was this confused is when i droped my chewing gum on the chicken house floor.