I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at King County Department of Transportation
Interview
Easy interview, asked a few "give us an example of" situations but overall it was obvious they wanted me to succeed. Very friendly and informative about the job itself. In my opinion once you get to the interview stage they will hire anyone who meets the criteria.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give us an example of a time when you demonstrated excellent customer service in a previous position?
I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at King County Department of Transportation (Tukwila, WA) in Feb 2016
Interview
The process took about 4 months until finally you go into training. From completing the application it took about almost a month for an email that you been selected to take assessment survey, you will recieve email the following day if you are selected to proceed which is the interview dated 2 1/2 weeks away. Following the interview youll recieve email if you've been extended a conditional offer, by this point you should already studying the CDL book because youll need to have the permit before you enter training. The rest of the time was waiting for HR to call your references and getting medical certified before training.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Lets say you are driving your bus, you have traffic in front, you have coordinator calling you through the radio phone and you have a passenger asking directions, how would you handle this situation?
King County Department of Transportation interviews FAQs
Transit Operator applicants have rated the interview process at King County Department of Transportation with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 85.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Transit Operator roles take an average of 74 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at King County Department of Transportation overall takes an average of 64 days.
Common stages of the interview process at King County Department of Transportation as a Transit Operator according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Personality test: 17%
Drug test: 17%
Group panel interview: 17%
Background check: 17%
Skills test: 8%
Other: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Presentation: 8%
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