Best thing to do is throw crumbs all over the place, half eaten biscuits, choc bars, crisp packets and sweet wrappers.
If you see the boss looking in the car, tell him you’ve come in the wife’s motor… just in case he wanted you to start right away… and you didn’t want your own car smelling of blood sweat and tears after finishing your shift.
unless its your first driving job I wouldn’t say it makes much difference as they will most likely ask your previous employer about how you looked after the trucks you were driving but I suppose it would help towards making a good first impression.
A long time ago my cars clutch went the morning of an interview so my mate lent me his car a lotus excel
When I turned up for Interview the boss had the same car only 1 year older
I got the job
i know a couple of small firms who if you get an interview the bosses will always after the interview walk with you back too your car just too see the state of your car, the state of the car can ofton be an indicator as too how the prospective employee will treat the companys equipment if givin a job
Worked for me. Parked outside the office window having taken it to the local Albanian valet service (hadn’t given a thought about impressing potential employer). The TM commentated on it during he interview and I can’t help feeling it helped to clinch employment.
Dav1d:
Same (apparently) goes for MOTs.
Keep it clean. Clip all belts bar the drivers in.
All helps.
same goes for roadside stops, if your truck is clean n tidy then there is less risk you getting tugged compare too the truck that aint seen a wash since the last rain shower
kjw21:
BS Eatons at Cannock were notorious in the area for messy car at interview = no job.
They always have vacancies and payed ok, If you could stick the army like regime !its true or not
I was never out of work but I wouldn’t have stood a chance there with long hair and a motorbike.
Whether its true or not I heard that the clean car thing was down to an ex RSM with basically OCD, in the office so the army like regime existing makes sense.
No point at my place the car park is miles away, if it were in view of the Transport office Would liberally sprinkle coffee over the dash and then throw some out of the window when driving thus creating a pretty pattern down the side of the car I would spit fingernails all over the place get snot over the inside of the windscreen, then bash the rear of the car in to show my incompetence at coupling up.
And the final touch would be to fill the passenger footwell up with rubbish and place a tail lift lead in with it, an immediate start would then follow.
My car got wiped out by a black cab in December, damage to nearside front door, rear door, rear wing including arch.
Bought car back off insurance and still using it without any faults (was cat d) and even just passed another mot, drove it to job interview in May after getting made redundant from last job and to the driving assessment / induction started new job the day after driving assessment / induction.
Must admit, if I saw it, I’d be wondering if the moron driving it had pranged it and if he can’t drive a car, what would he be like in my truck, but it’s a cracking car, great tow car and I’m not bothered about the damage + it’d cost as much as the car’s worth (or more if you listen to the insurance companies) to get it repaired = pointless
i turned up for my job im a car valeter at a car dealers in a rusty merc e class enough filth on it you couldnt barely see number plate i just explained its my daily car and i had a immaculate mk1 golf at home locked and nowt was said
When I was a captain of industry & a very senior manager in a footsie 100, your interview started a long time before you actually sat in front of me & started talking bollox.
What car you were driving & how you parked it were very important to me.