February 19th, 2018

Chauffeur Interview Questions

When candidates are invited for an interview, they try to prepare themselves for it as thoroughly as possible.

​First of all, they try to find useful tips on the Internet like what kind of questions to expect and how to answer properly.

But the thing is that a professional recruiter will always have an individual approach to each interview because all the interviews as well as candidates and their experiences are different, each position (especially in a private household sector) is different.

In this article we would like to provide some information on how normally Morgan & Mallet International conducts interviews with candidates, what information we pay attention to and how we decide if the interview is successful.

Morgan & Mallet International’s main goals are to find a suitable candidate, to save the time of our clients while looking for household staff, and to make the recruitment process carefree for them, that is why our interviews normally last for one hour in order to understand if the candidate will be suitable for a particular position.

In the example of a Chauffeur's vacancy, we will try to explain the logic of our interviews and what we expect to hear from a candidate. Our consultants pay special attention to candidate’s skills during the interview.

• Interviewing chauffeurs, we will check if they are able to estimate the approximate travel time. This skill is important because any busy client would not like to be late for a meeting or to come too early for an appointment and waste time in a car or reception area waiting for the arranged time. 

 

• Some clients that have just moved to a new city or are just visiting may ask to recommend luxury restaurants or clubs in the central part of the city. That is why our consultants always ask to name several good restaurants and their location in order to see how familiar with the area the candidate is.  

 

• All our clients have luxury cars or supercars in their fleet. That is why we will definitely ask a chauffeur how they normally take care of luxury cars for example if they will be willing to wash the car by themselves. For some clients such a thing is important in terms of safety, as they do not want anyone to have access to their private car.

 

• Recruiting for a family with children, we will check if a candidate is child-friendly, what normally they need to have in a car while driving children and what rules should be followed.

 

• Our consultants also check the knowledge of parking rules as a good chauffeur will always plan the route so they are parked on the right side of a pavement and it is convenient for the client to get out of the car.

 

• We will also provide imaginary stressful situations in order to check how the candidate will act, and a lot more.

After the candidate has passed this part of the interview successfully, we will discuss their experience working for private families or clients.
Our consultants will ask the reasons why the candidate left the previous positions and in what environment he/she worked. This part of the interview will help to understand if the candidate will be able to stay in a particular position long.

The consultants of Morgan & Mallet International always have an individual approach to each request that we receive from our clients.
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In case you are looking for household personnel and want to make sure that you will not waste your time reviewing dozens of resumes of unsuitable candidates, please feel free to contact our agency.
​We will be happy to do that job for you. 

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