☛ How much experience do you have operating a forklift? What types of forklifts are you certified to operate?

☛ In what types of industrial environments have you operated a forklift?

☛ What shifts have you worked? Can you work second or third shift?

☛ Why did you leave your last job/why do you want to leave your current job?

☛ What do you like and dislike about being a forklift operator?

☛ What, in your opinion, are the most important qualities in a forklift operator?

☛ What will you do if we hire you for this position?

☛ What motivates you to do a good job?

☛ Do you prefer to work in a small, medium or large warehouse/distribution center environment? Why?

☛ What do you see as your best characteristics? Your worst?

☛ How would your current or last supervisor answer the above question?

☛ How will your best characteristic help you perform in this position?

☛ Where do you see yourself in your career/job in one year? In three years? Ten years?

☛ How many accidents have you been in while operating a forklift in the past year?

☛ Of those, how many can you honestly say were your fault? What could you have done differently to avoid the accident?

☛ Did the accident result in any lost productivity or revenue for your employer (that you know of)?

☛ What are the good characteristics of a leader?

☛ Does a good leader need power or authority?

☛ When have you placed yourself in a leadership position (even if you didn’t get the “title”)? Why did you do so/feel you had to?

☛ What makes a job move from OK/good to great?

☛ What kind of work situations make you feel stressed?

☛ How do you handle this stress on the job?

☛ No one likes everyone. What kind of co-workers do you find yourself having trouble with?

☛ Even though you may not like a co-worker, you still need to work with him/her. How do you handle working with someone whom you don’t like/grates on you?

☛ Have you found any ways to make the job of forklift operator easier or more productive?