ODFL Interview Expectations

If Old Dominion offers you a job, take it. Several drivers on this forum went there right out of cdl school.

 

Take it - and don’t mess it up. One of the better paying companies out there.

 

OD will pay twice what you’ll make starting out at a mega. Go for it!

 

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From what I've heard through the grapevine OD is on a hiring freeze. But then again, I've seen them with job postings recently. Not sure what's going on with the crappy job market.

OD is a good place to work from what I've heard but be prepared, LTL isn't an easy way to make it out of CDL school. You're not going to have food service level difficult stops but you're going to be facing a trial by fire. Especially if you're somewhere that gets snow. OD also has a management heavy corporate approach that isn't found in many other sectors of trucking.

It's good money, P&D sucks in my opinion depending on how big of a city you're in and what the locals are like. Linehaul is living the dream if you can stand the boredom. Dock work ####ing sucks donkey dick. Some OD terminals do this weird mixed worker thing. They have a term for it, can't remember what it was. My former coworker got on at OD and they put him in that position. He's on call any day of the week he has hours and gets called in with maybe 5-10 minutes more notice than it takes to drive into work. Could be P&D, dock, line, whatever. I hear the linehaul guys are the same there as my company, a buncha spoiled cry babies who rat on anyone to try and get them fired for job security. OD ranks everyone on everything as well. The break rooms there are lined wall to wall with how fast each dock worker was compared to each other, idle time, yard times, stops per hour, linehaul runs etc. the pictures I saw made the break room look like a judgement competition room. I know my buddy got his balls busted by the manager there for having a scraggly beard and wearing blue jeans.

If you can deal with the corporate ######## you'll make good money, be "home everyday," and work your ### off. It's a trade off like anything else. I think my guy did like 3 interviews to get hired on there. Once with the terminal manager, another with a panel of 3-4 office people, then another driving test and final interview. Think it took him about 2 months from first callback to first work day.

I don't know if OD does like my LTL company does and sends you out to in need terminals. That's how I'm raking in insane money with low seniority. I get per diem and a hotel and fly to some city and run linehaul. If it's close enough I'll linehaul there in a truck. If that's an option at OD you'll make more money than you know what to do with. My take home pay right now is often over 2500/week. I'd never have time at home anyways being "local" so #### it I say. Let me stay in a hotel for the vast majority of the year and play the role of nomad.

 

OD isn't on a hiring freeze; they're just more strict about drivers they hire.

 

This is a job you can retire at..

 

It's not unheard of for drivers to get into linehaul or P&D out of school. It all depends on where you're located, their needs, and maybe even a little Lady Luck on your side. I met a guy in Pennsylvania that drove for OD, and never traveled past Columbus. OH. Young guy right out of school. Don't go in there worrying about how good your chances are of getting that job. Nobody truly can answer that.

Don't get your hopes up super high. You need to only focus on what you can control, and thats your interview performance. Let's focus on the interview and only the interview for now. You have an opportunity so do well and increase your chances.

Just go into the interview with a clear head and show personality, and a willingness to learn at whichever pace they train you and you'll be fine.