When did these become part of the interview process? I can’t say I’ve ever heard of one for this kind of work before, anyone ever done one for a class 1 role and if so what did it involve
Never done one, but seeing how many “professional” drivers manage to strike bridges, get stuck in width limits etc it’s hardly surprising. Probably the latest requirement of some insurance companies. Will most likely consist of an English reading and writing test as well as the usual rules and regs one carried out by most Plc gigs
I just did one at an agency just to be able to register, done a few and they’re all pretty much the same.
Usually questions relating to EU driving regs and WTD and then they give you a scenario and you have to pick when the driver is supposed to take a break, etc.
The few I’ve done are multiple choice and up to 50 questions but some are so ridiculous that even people with little or no HGV experience could sit and answer some of the stuff on there but there is also the odd question that makes you really think.
adokeefe:
I just did one at an agency just to be able to register, done a few and they’re all pretty much the same.Usually questions relating to EU driving regs and WTD and then they give you a scenario and you have to pick when the driver is supposed to take a break, etc.
The few I’ve done are multiple choice and up to 50 questions but some are so ridiculous that even people with little or no HGV experience could sit and answer some of the stuff on there but there is also the odd question that makes you really think.
Best get the handbook out again for a freshen up 
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Best get the handbook out again for a freshen up
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you’ll be fine haha just the hours that can be a pain, I read up on hours etc. today as I got a question wrong and even more confused than I was before I started
Been around for quite sometime,it depends who the Company is I suppose,a “good” Company who requires good Drivers.
Not so much as some tinpot outfit who has a change of Drivers more times than most change their underpants.
Last one I did was years ago,they wanted to know how to get from Lutterworth to Carlisle without using a motorway.
are you sure it wasn’t ATTITUDE ■■
We have all this nonsense where I work, we still end up with the chuckle brothers.
mike68:
We have all this nonsense where I work, we still end up with the chuckle brothers.
At least I might be in with a shot then 
If you want to have a fiddle about a bit for some practice try.
Doubt any will be relevant but should get you deep enough into the BS frame of mind to pass any test your faced with.
Kermit1888:
mike68:
We have all this nonsense where I work, we still end up with the chuckle brothers.At least I might be in with a shot then
I shouldn’t worry about it its all corporate bullspeak dreamt up by some shirt sleeve who can’t drive a car properly, tell them what they want to hear “team player” “people person” “think outside the box” blah blah blah blah blah.
Have a tap around you’ll soon get the hang of it, idiots are easily deceived.
lolipop:
Last one I did was years ago,they wanted to know how to get from Lutterworth to Carlisle without using a motorway.
Don’t see the point of that question,
What makes them think you would be a good driver by knowing the answer to that question, unless when you mean years ago your talking many years ago before the M6 was built.
I’d challenge that there’s not many drivers TODAY who could answer with the exact road numbers without looking at a map anyway.
Ps,
a map is one of those papery things we had to use before all these electronic gadgets that tell you the route.
Q1: How many beans make 5?
A: A bean and a bean and a half a bean and a bean and a bean and a half.
Q2: If Johnny has six apples, Mary has four lemons and Brian has three bananas, how many oranges has Simon got?
A: …err
test failed.
Q2: If Johnny has six apples, Mary has four lemons and Brian has three bananas, how many oranges has Simon got?
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Strawberry Ferret…Obviously is the answer
bigKris:
lolipop:
Last one I did was years ago,they wanted to know how to get from Lutterworth to Carlisle without using a motorway.Don’t see the point of that question,
What makes them think you would be a good driver by knowing the answer to that question, unless when you mean years ago your talking many years ago before the M6 was built.
I’d challenge that there’s not many drivers TODAY who could answer with the exact road numbers without looking at a map anyway.
Ps,
a map is one of those papery things we had to use before all these electronic gadgets that tell you the route.
How will you join an Agency if you dont know such simple Answers?
I had an interview/assesment quiet a few years ago for coca cola in sidcup started as a group thing then you had individual interview with 2 managers they asked the the most stupid questions one i remember was… have you ever gone the extra mile for your job if so explain how and why they also had a map on a table with various places cut out and you had to put the cut outs back in the correct place i was offered the job but declined
bjd:
I had an interview/assesment quiet a few years ago for coca cola in sidcup started as a group thing then you had individual interview with 2 managers they asked the the most stupid questions one i remember was… have you ever gone the extra mile for your job if so explain how and why they also had a map on a table with various places cut out and you had to put the cut outs back in the correct place i was offered the job but declined
I once had an interview like that. I’d been working at the firm on agency for months and applied forra job when a vacancy arose.
Some silly ■■■■■ was reading questions off cards.
Give two examples of how you have worked as part of a team.
■■■■ knows, I’m a driver not a footballer.
How can I offer that bit more to the company?
Eh?
The bloke in the traffic office was sat like a lemon making notes.
■■■■ could have given me a bit of help.
I didn’t get the job, but was still ok to continue working there on agency. 
^^^Jesus wept Axletramp, were you applying for some office non job?, what a load of ■■■■■■■■.
Gives you an inkling how and why these places end up with utter idiots who bash bridges, rip gates out, overshoot pins, ram each other up the arse or turn the bloody lot over on a straight road…but no worries he’s a team player and can tick boxes with the best of 'em 
that’s if they’re not on the sick, which if you think about it might be better for everyone when they are on the sick 
clue 
offer the right terms and conditions and the better drivers will be hammering the door down, and they’ll know others etc etc and you won’t need all this college/HR ■■■■■■■■ and the money saved on worthless crap like this helps pay for proper staff
to be honest I see both side juddian - as I run a driving desk on an agency we get obviously quite a lot of drivers coming in - this year alone I have had one driver argue a 30mph sign meant minimum speed limit several who think you take a 30min break then a 15 if you split it, a fair few who think a bridge sign of 15’2 is a minimum height warning (this may explain the amount of bridge bash threads on here), when I try to explain I get either one of the 2 - oh I know it I just rushed it or an argument/discussion about how I am wrong and the test is wrong.
now these are multi choice questions and a lot of the guys who come to me are after a specific contract rather than regular changes, most to be fair are ok but why not answer a question?
how do you work in a team - basically are you going to be an arrogant ■■■■ when you get to the customer? will you help out?
even things such as what extra could you bring - an unblemished driving record / experience of untold years is a better answer than what you on about willis?? 
War1974, i agree with a basic lorry drivers intelligence test to weed out half wits, lorry related though like yours, but Axletramp was already doing the job and the interview they gave him was utter cobblers.
Where i work we don’t get anything like that rubbish, you only get a job here by submitting a CV sometimes after knocking on the door and asking for a job, and you’ll be interviewed as you would expect for a lorry driving job with a lorry driver bias…ie whats your working history, your presentation and overall attitude, if you’ve got a sickie and accident free record you’re halfway through the door for a start.
Most are weeded out at door knocking or CV stage and never make it to interview at all, which is almost but by no means always a formality.
It helps if people who know what makes a lorry driver and deal with them regularly actually interviewed lorry driver applicants, Axletramp’s example above will result in some proper lorry drivers getting the arse and sodding off halfway through whilst those more suited to a desk would probably ■■■■ it…and the results can be seen wedged under bridges and up the arse of other vehicles or on their side on an arrow straight road on a daily basis.