28Plumber Interview Questions & Answers
1.How many years experience do you have plumbing?
2.Have you ever changed a toilet before?
3.How long has it been since you've had a leak with copper piping?
4.Do you have your own plumbing equipment?
5.How many houses have you plumbed before?
6.Have you ever plumbed an office building?
7.Do you have any experience installing water based heating systems?
8.Have you ever installed a shower with multiple shower heads? How did you keep water pressure high?
9.If a customer complains their house has too little water pressure, what steps would you take to fix this problem?
10.If a customer needs a new toilet installed, you remove the old one and find the floor to be rotting all around the toilet, what do you do?
11.If you installed a copper pipe next to the shower head, and realized you ran out of fasteners, knowing this will create a problem ten years down the road, what do you do?
12.What training do you have in plumbing?
13.How long do you want to be a plumber?
14.Do you want to own your own plumbing business in the future?
15.What license do you have as a plumber?
16.Is there any other trades you are looking to learn?
17.What is the worst thing you had to do as a plumber?
18.What do you enjoy most about being a plumber?
19.What would have to change about your current job, for you to stay where you are?
20.We run a credit report and background check are you ok with that?
21.How does your family feel about you being on call?
22.Do you prefer your water mains be pvc or copper?
23.What advantages are there for PVC water mains?
24.Have you ever installed PEX plumbing in a concrete floor?
25.What are the advantages for installing steel plumbing underneath a sink? In what cases would you do it?
26.Who taught you mostly what you know in plumbing?
27.If I were to ask a previous supervisor about your performance, what would they say?
28.What experience do you have with snaking clogged up pipes?
