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It shouldn’t matter, especially with your experience, all things being equal you would probably have more success in a newer “more reliable” vehicle than on older beater with the majority of the population. How once you get the job I’d 1000% daily the beater.
 
I've hired plenty of folks...other than the blatantly obvious tweaker ride I've never batted an eye.


Those blatant rides were driven by blatant tweakers fwiw
 
I say dress up in your finest tux. Shoes polished like a mirror...and drive the car.

Throw em for a loop.


Come awn, really. Are you interviewing with a car guy or some khaki pants blue shirt shlub who can't even check his own oil?



On second thought, drive the truck cause Kyle won't know.
 
Oldguy78 said:
Are they going to even notice what you drive?
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I have hired drivers to drive $250k propane bobtails, and $175k crane trucks. Same with Solar and Roofing employees.

So yes a car in shit condition matters because for my whole career that’s how they treat their company-assigned vehicles. Every fucking time.

I have always watched what they drive up in. Last kid I hired assured me he could drive in snow and get to work in “Grandpa’s Truck.” Fucker called in even when it rained due to “bald tires.”
 
I wouldn’t say I wouldn’t hire someone, but I do look at the vehicle. I really don’t care what you drive, but I want to know they have something reliable to get to work.
 
After you walk the receiving dock where they offload the rendering trucks you’ll be hoping you drove whatever gets you out of there the fastest.
 
Way back in the day, at an interview for one of my first decent paying jobs, I borrowed my dad's truck cause it was 90+ degrees that day and it had AC. At the end of the interview the boss walked me to the door and while leaving asked me what I drove. I said drove that truck over there, (he didn't ask if I owned it :laughing:) "oh very good, that's a nice truck."

Got hired. First day of work I showed up in my rusted out '96 dodge, which decided at that exact day to have a pinhole rust through the oil pan, and drain 3 quarts of oil onto the ground... Day 2 I showed up in an even worse '84 toyota. Parked that shit right out front. :grinpimp:
 
Corey Young said:
Off topic....I recently tested/interviewed a Navy guy fresh off a boat. No experience or skills in our field. He basically scored zero on the test. Boss is retired Navy and hired him :lmao:.
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This right here. I've been hired just because manager was prior military and so was I. It's a nice club to belong too.
 
Stats don't work out in my expirenece for how nice of a car you have.

Our EVS department is nearly 95% crap cars. Last time I helped jump a ladies car that battery was held down by blue shop towels stuff next to the battery to keep it from moving and a dish towel tying it down. Along with a super crusty home splice power lead, oil over everything. Rust holes in every panel, may have lived in it. No tires the same size or type and 3 bald. 75% of them show up everyday no matter the weather.

The ones that call in are all the engineers with the new vehicle as "School is canceled or roads are too bad". So no nice car isn't an indication of anything in my experience.
 
I’ve seen multiple people not make it past the probation period because they couldn’t park. It wasn’t the only reason but it was certainly a contributing factor. When you cause multiple site wide emails to go out looking for the person hanging so far out in the lane people can’t get past, it gets noticed. :shaking:
 
KarlVP said:
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I see:
No car payments
can keep a machine running
and peer pressure has zero affect on your decision making


But I drive a shitbox too, I also make it a point to park our of view, they don't need to see me arrive or depart.
 
I daily a 30 year old XJ with sunburnt paint, I think it shows that I'm fiscally responsible and capable of actually fixing things and that I know a good thing when I drive it, but I also know that most people are shallow and stupid, so I drive one of my "nicer" cars on interview day.

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Wash it and clean the interior before the interview. I've had one interview that would've involved a company vehicle where they walked me all the way to my car and scoped it out after the interview was over. We talked about the Saabaru for a bit and I got the job offer. I'm positive if my car was dirty they wouldn't have offered. I turned down the job though. :flipoff2:

Also if you want a WSDOT job pm me. :smokin:
 
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