Excavator Mock Interview
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Question 26 of 35
You notice the bucket has a cracked or missing tooth at the start of your shift. What would you do?
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Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
The interviewer asks this question to see how conscientious you are with the company's equipment. If you operate a piece of equipment with a cracked or missing tooth, it will put more stress on the excavator and can cause more expensive repairs down the road. The interviewer wants to hear how you would put the equipment out of service until the tooth can be repaired or the bucket replaced.
Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
You want to avoid responding that you would run the equipment with a cracked or missing tooth. If you do not take pride in your equipment, it shows the interviewer that you may not take your job seriously and might be an irresponsible or unreliable employee.
Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
"If I found a cracked or missing tooth on my bucket, I would notify my supervisor and place the equipment out of service. Depending on the situation and what my supervisor wanted me to do, I would replace the bucket or have a mechanic come and fix the tooth. I never operate equipment that is damaged or not functioning correctly."
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