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45 Transportation Specialist Questions And Answers

1⟩ Tell us what Is Affreightment?

Affreightment is a contract between ship owner and merchant, where ship owner provides or rented the space in the ship to the merchant for an agreed amount and for a specific period. In this contract, merchant is liable for the payment whether or not the ship is ready for the shipment.

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2⟩ Do you know what Is Ltl (less Than Truckload)?

LTL (Less than Truckload) shipment is a contract between the shipper and transport owner. According to the contract, instead of the entire truck, the shipment are priced according to the weight of the freight and mileage within designated lanes.

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3⟩ Behavioral Transportation Specialist Job Interview Questions

☛ How would you respond to an unhappy customer if an urgent package were unexpectedly delayed?

☛ What do you do when your schedule is interrupted? Can you provide an example of how you’d handle it?

☛ Have you ever had to defend an unpopular decision on behalf of a business? How did you go about doing so?

☛ Can you describe a goal you’ve accomplished? How did you achieve it? Were there any unexpected challenges along the way?

☛ How do you manage competing priorities and deadlines? Have you ever missed a deadline?

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4⟩ Top 35 Transportation Specialist Job Interview Questions

☛ 1. What attracted you to this position?

☛ 2. Are you willing to work as a substitute driver in all areas of the district?

☛ 3. Are you regularly available to drive, even when called at the last minute?

☛ 4. How do you plan to adapt to many different bus routes?

☛ 5. Have you ever had to control and discipline a group of children between the ages of 5 and 18?

☛ 6. What techniques do you plan to use in order to maintain control of the students who you will only drive for a few days on a substitute basis?

☛ 7. How would you handle a phone call from an angry parent accusing you of treating their child unfairly?

☛ 8. Do you feel it is important that bus stops and schedules be regular and on time? Why?

☛ 9. What specific skills have you acquired or used in previous experience that relate to this position?

☛ 10. You have a school bus tipped over on its right side with the front door obstructed. There are K-12 students on board, some of whom are seriously injured. What is your first priority? What is your follow-up plan?

☛ 11. Are you prepared to undergo an intensive training program that may take a minimum of six days?

☛ 12. We recognize one’s financial needs must be considered, but beyond this, what attracts you to this position?

☛ 13. What experience do you have operating a large vehicle?

☛ 14. If you were to encounter icy conditions, how would you handle the situation?

☛ 15. How would you handle a situation on your bus in which a student attempted to or did physically harm you or another student?

☛ 16. Would keeping a schedule or being on time on a bus run be of any importance, in your opinion?

☛ 17. You are leaving school at the end of the day. It is the last run and a fellow driver cuts you off. Will this affect your schedule? How will you react?

☛ 18. What is the most difficult situation you have been faced with involving another person? How did you deal with it?

☛ 19. You have come upon a serious accident where it is apparent there may have been loss of life. How would you deal with your bus? The students?

☛ 20. In our school system, a formal bus pass signed by a school official must be given to the driver before a student who is not normally your passenger can ride on your bus. A strange student boards your bus and insists he always goes to his friend’s house whenever he wants to. How would you handle this?

☛ 21. You have entered a busy intersection and a passenger vehicle cuts in front of you. What would be your response?

☛ 22. A student changes seats several times. You have asked him to sit still without success. What would be your response?

☛ 23. Have you ever had a strong disagreement with another person (adult or student)? How did you handle this conflict?

☛ 24. What would you consider good judgment when dealing with children?

☛ 25. Do you know a bus driver you believe is very good at his job? In what way do you feel that he is doing a good job?

☛ 26. What kind of things would you do to prepare to drive a school bus?

☛ 27. Why do you want to make a career of driving a school bus?

☛ 28. What do you like about the children that you have been transporting?

☛ 29. What characteristics do you possess that make you a good bus driver?

☛ 30. Give an example of a difficult problem you have experienced with a student or students on a bus run. How did you handle it?

☛ 31. A person you do not know comes to your bus to pick up a kindergarten student on your K-2 run. The student does not seem to know them. What would you do?

☛ 32. Do you practice defensive driving? On a daily basis, what are the techniques you practice?

☛ 33. In the event of a serious accident, what procedure would you follow?

☛ 34. What specific skills have you acquired that you feel have made you a better school bus driver?

☛ 35. Have you had time to prepare for this interview? If not, why not? If yes, how?

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5⟩ Organisational knowledge Based Transportation Specialist Job Interview Questions

☛ What is your understanding of DHL’s vision and mission?

☛ Which of Jetstar’s values do you relate to most strongly?

☛ If you were the CEO of Linfox, what would you change to make it more competitive in the transport and logistics industry?

☛ What, in your view, are the major industry challenges facing Toll?

☛ What do you feel is the biggest accomplishment of the Department of Infrastructure within the past twelve months?

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7⟩ Basic Transportation Specialist Job Interview Questions

☛ What work do you enjoy the most?

☛ What are your main interests outside of the office?

☛ What kind of culture do you thrive in?

☛ Which circumstances allow you to do your best work?

☛ What was your proudest moment at university?

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8⟩ Tell us do you have any violations as a commercial or personal operator or violations in the last 5 years?

Employers need to be assured of your pristine operating record so that they know you have the ability to safely transport your passengers. Honesty is the best policy when answering this question, because the employer will surely check with the proper authorities to verify your record. It may not always mean that you are dismissed as a candidate for hiring if something is found. It does depend on the circumstances and number of occurrences. This is a very common transportation interview question.

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10⟩ Tell us what Is Teu?

TEU stands for Twenty foot Equivalent Unit. It is a method of calculating vessel load or capacity, in units of containers that are twenty feel long. For example, a 40ft long container measure 2TEUs.

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11⟩ Please explain what Is Chargeback?

When any shipment that does not meet the customers decided terms and conditions, a financial penalty is charged against the supplier by customer. This charge is referred as charge back. For example, lack of proper packaging or labelling.

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14⟩ What is document against acceptance?

In this importer gives 30-45 days to bank to deduct the amount and then release the documents. In this provision, there is much risk, and if there is no sufficient balance in the account then, the process will get delayed.

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