2hr interview for autoglass job???
2hr interview for autoglass job???
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dave0010

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1,423 posts

189 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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My best friend has gone through the first stage (a telephone interview) for a job with auto glass, the next stage is a 2 and a half hour interview at the depot.

He's now getting nervous and wondering what they could ask him to do or demonstrate that takes this long to do, so any idea guys??

p.s the job is for a trainee technician.

anonymous-user

82 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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See if he has the technical aptitude for the job, as it is very fiddly and time consuming. So i guess if he can handle it, and show he can learn the job, then i guess he'll be okay

Caruso

7,550 posts

284 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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They want to what it takes to make him crack. wink

EDLT

15,421 posts

234 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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When he comes out he'll be shattered.

baptistsan

1,913 posts

238 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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Hope he hasn't told fibs on his C. V. They will see straight through him!

MonkeyBusiness

4,236 posts

215 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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They'll be able to see straight through him if he is rubbish.

anonymous-user

82 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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There's a glass ceiling to those careers.

steveo3002

11,191 posts

202 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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hope doesnt glaze over

bobr

1,031 posts

192 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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He should go there feeling chippy and make sure he doesn't crack under the pressure.

sploosh

822 posts

236 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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I'd like to help but I've not much to chip in

steveo3002

11,191 posts

202 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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thier reasons should be transparant

bigandclever

14,318 posts

266 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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Firstly, if someone says they want to interview you for 2 and a half hours you ask them 'why?'... wink

Possibly slightly more helpfully, here's what the internet throws up:

an Autoglass thing said:
We are going to present a customer service based scenario to you. I want you to consider the facts of the situation and the approach you would take when you arrive to meet the customer. I will then ask you some questions about your approach.

Brief:
Imagine you are a mobile technician working for Autoglass.
You are traveling to a job allocated to you when you are held up in heavy traffic and running 30 minutes behind the estimated time of arrival given to the customer.
The customer has suffered a severe windscreen crack and it would not be legal to drive the vehicle.
The customer was on their way to an important business meeting.
The mobile telephone network signal is poor and the customer cannot be contacted.

What, for you, are the key points about the situation before you reach the customer? (what are the critical issues for the customer / you / the company?)

What are you going to say to the customer when you arrive? (words you would use / other options / what are you trying to achieve?)

If the customer is tense and frustrated at the time delay and wants some compensation, how would you react?

If the customer is still not satisfied, and stressed at the prospect of missing the business meeting, how would you respond to the customer asking you to cut corners or miss out parts of the job?
ETA bks. Erm... sounds like a right pane.

911motorsport

7,251 posts

261 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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They must have quite a tough screening process.

SplatSpeed

7,491 posts

279 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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this is for the rapid response unit.

he will be asked to drive one of there vans from a to b in the shortest time possible.

dave0010

Original Poster:

1,423 posts

189 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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bobr said:
He should go there feeling chippy and make sure he doesn't crack under the pressure.
I think this is the winner hehe

Yes those questions quoted sound like the ones he was asked on the phone interview. Will post what happens but his next interview isn't until the end of the month I think.

Caruso

7,550 posts

284 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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If they ask him if he minds taking part in a role play, don't make the mistake I made and ask the interviewer "Why...have you been a naughty girl?"

JungleJim

2,424 posts

240 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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i've heard its a bit of a hothouse there

GTIR

24,741 posts

294 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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He'll need to have some acting skills.

North West Tom

11,696 posts

205 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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I love these pun-fest threads, and clearly everyone else does!

bobr

1,031 posts

192 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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Caruso said:
If they ask him if he minds taking part in a role play, don't make the mistake I made and ask the interviewer "Why...have you been a naughty girl?"
Or ask them if they want filling with your "special resin"