Canadian National Railway Mock Interview
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Walk me through your experience supervising crews and facilitating schedules or loading and unloading duties.
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Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.
The interviewer would like to gain an understanding of your leadership activities. If you have leadership roles listed on your resume, bring this experience to life for the interviewer by discussing how many people you led, what their job titles were, and the volume of work you needed to facilitate. If you have little to no experience supervising crews or with scheduling, think of other occasions you jumped into a leadership role unprompted. Reveal you're a natural leader and someone who can rise to the occasion.
Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.
"I have four years' experience as a freight conductor, leading teams of up to sixteen people at one time; primarily train crew. I have a vast amount of experience communicating with dispatch, ensuring that all loads comply with federal regulations and that schedules are aligned."
Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.
"Being new to my career, the leadership experience that I have is informal and mainly during times when my supervisor is unavailable, or I need to help a new employee learn something new. I think that I am a natural leader because I quickly see where there is a need and where a potential issue could arise. I am proactive and have a keen eye for detail."
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I lead by example and make sure that everyone is being safe and performs their duties so they can go home safe at night.
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An emphasis on safety is important; however, this question is asking you to explain your experience supervising others, maintaining a schedule, and loading or unloading freight. If you have experience in those areas, talk about how many people you've supervised and in what setting, the kind of schedule you had to adhere to, and how you ensured the safe loading and unloading of freight. If you don't have experience in these areas, you can turn a negative into a positive by talking about the skills and experience you do have that will help you overcome inexperience in those areas such as working as part of the heavy machinery operations team, meeting various project deadlines, or loading and unloading heavy machinery on location.
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