Job Interview With Schneider

I'm scheduled to interview tomorrow. Anything special I need to ask. All Schneider drivers: how hard is it to get the Schneider bonus? I don't remember, but seems Schneider has a very short time with trainers.

Do you mean a phone interview with the recruiter? All I can do is tell you my experience, yours may be different. Anyway, I prepared by thinking about how I'd answer questions about my job history, why I wanted to work for Schneider, etc, but it turned out that they didn't ask me anything. The recruiter pretty much went over stuff like the pay, how orientation and training works, etc, then scheduled me for a drug test and training. I think they might have been a little desperate for drivers at that point, so I'm not sure if it's always that easy, I also worried about making it through training, but I think I would have had to actually have an accident to fail. I think only 2 people from my class of about 30 didn't make it through. One never succeeded at the "45 degree backing" (backing between two trailers with a 45 degree setup, which they teach you), and the other came in as an experience driver, got sent home, then talked them into letting her come back to the beginner class, and got sent home from that as well. Again, not sure if that's a typical training class. Probably it isn't.

I didn't get a first quarter bonus because I had a minor backing accident, and that disqualifies you. I'm supposed to be getting the 2nd quarter bonus, but i haven't seen it yet. I work for Van Truckload, NE regional , so if you're applying to a different business yours might be different, but really I don't think it's that difficult. There's a scorecard with % days worked, accidents, mpg, fueling compliance, and etas. Fueling compliance is getting fuel where they tell you to, and eta is making it to your delivery within the window you set when you pick up the load. That last one's the hardest, but it's not too hard once you get used to it. Don't know if that helps. I hear that a lot of drivers don't even bother trying to get the bonus, I think because they like to fuel at places to get free parking, like at TA.

You're right, you're only out with a trainer for 1 week, and no team driving. The first week is classes and driving instruction/evaluation, the second week you go out with a trainer, then you come back the 3rd week for more classroom, and final testing. And if you make it through, the 4th week you go out solo. So if you go with Schneider, make sure you have things taken care of before you go to training, because it might be a while before you get any time off (Well, I guess that's probably true everywhere).

Thanks Kurt, great info. I'm seeking a Midwest regional. Promising out five then home for 34 reset. I should learn a lot from the phone intreview. General freight and lots of drop & hook.