Transportation Inspector Interview Questions

31 Name a time when your creativity or alternative thinking solved a problem in your workplace.
32 Share your effective approach to evaluate new methods of packaging, testing, shipping, or transporting hazardous materials to ensure adequate public safety protection.
33 Would you consider analyzing data or information a strength? How so?
34 What is the key to success when communicating with the public.
35 Tell me about the last time you performed routine maintenance on equipment. How did you determine when and what type of work was needed?
36 Share an experience in which personal connections to coworkers or others helped you to be successful in your work. (Make sure candidate works well with others.)
37 What kind of experience do you have performing low-pressure fuel evaluative tests (LPFET) to test for harmful emissions from vehicles without onboard diagnostics (OBD) equipment?
38 What have you found to be the best way to monitor or review output from systems, such as Thermal Imaging Units (TIU) or roadside imaging tools, to identify high risk commercial motor vehicles for follow-up inspections?
39 Walk me through how you identify emissions testing procedures and standards appropriate for the age and technology of vehicles.
40 Name a time when you conducted remote inspections of motor vehicles, using handheld controllers and remotely directed vehicle inspection devices.
41 Describe methods you have found effective to compare emissions findings with applicable emissions standards.
42 Tell me how you would attach onboard diagnostics (OBD) scanner cables to vehicles to conduct emissions inspections.
43 Tell me about your last experience doing repair work. How did you determine what tools you needed?
44 How would you rate your writing skills? (Ask for an example that demonstrates great writing skills.)
45 Give me an example of when you thought outside of the box. How did it help your employer?

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