Welcoming questions
- Can you tell us about your warehouse experience and the equipment you have operated?
- What do you like about forklift work, and what kind of facility have you enjoyed most?
Role-specific / technical competencies
- Which truck types are you certified on, and how many hours do you estimate on each?
- Walk us through your pre-shift inspection. What would make you refuse to operate a truck?
- How do you judge whether a load is safe to lift, and what do you check before stacking at height?
- How do you handle driving in areas shared with pedestrians and other equipment?
- What is your experience with RF scanners or warehouse management systems for put-away and picking?
Behavioural & culture fit
- Tell us about a near miss or incident you were involved in or witnessed. What changed afterward?
- Describe a time a supervisor pushed you to move faster than you thought was safe. What did you do?
- How do you stay focused and accurate during a long shift of repetitive moves?
Problem-solving / case
- You clip a racking upright while placing a pallet. No one saw it and nothing fell. What do you do?
- A trailer arrives with pallets loaded unevenly and leaning. How do you unload it safely?
- The scanner shows a location as empty, but there is a pallet in it. How do you resolve the discrepancy?
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