Interview with Local 5 - Electrician Talk - Professional Electrical Contractors Forum

manannini · 04-26-2012, 05:53 AM

I passed my aptitude test for local 5 and have an interview next week. I was wondering what to expect in this interview. What kind of questions will be asked? Just trying to be prepared as well as I can for this. Any do's and don'ts? I asked the receptionist if there is anything I need to bring and she said I may want to bring my resume.

HARRY304E · 04-26-2012, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by manannini

I passed my aptitude test for local 5 and have an interview next week. I was wondering what to expect in this interview. What kind of questions will be asked? Just trying to be prepared as well as I can for this. Any do's and don'ts? I asked the receptionist if there is anything I need to bring and she said I may want to bring my resume.

Congratulations on the test.....

Just be confident and don't get nervous about it if you passed the test you should be able to have a good interview as well,,,Good luck..

wildleg · 04-26-2012, 11:13 AM

you missed the boat. when the receptionist says "you might want to bring your resume", that is the secret code for "take me out for drinks and have sex with me and I might put in a good word for you".

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chris856 · 04-26-2012, 11:01 PM

Google "IBEW apprenticeship interview" and click on the first link and start reading. It will take you to a thread on this site from a few years ago. I read through most of it and I nailed the interview.

manannini · 04-30-2012, 09:51 AM

Well, had the interview today. I really couldn't tell how it went to be honest. It was QUICK!! 10 minutes. Sat in front of a panel of 4 guys. Only 2 of them had questions for me. The other 2 had none. They said I will hear from them by mail in approximately 2 weeks and I would probably have about 4 weeks to clean things up with my present employer if accepted. So that part sounded positive.

Been trying a long time to get into the union. Took the test 2 times prior to this about 16-17 years ago. Nothing ever came of it so I moved on. Regretting my decision, took it again this year and passed. Also wondering if my age is a factor. (41)

slovak044 · 04-30-2012, 10:05 AM

What did they ask you?

manannini · 04-30-2012, 10:11 AM

One question that I can remember. "Why do I want to be an electrician?" The rest was personal info from my application.

slovak044 · 04-30-2012, 09:11 PM

good luck to you i had my interview today as well and from what you wrote looks like they asked and said the same things to me let me know what you hear in two weeks

manannini · 04-30-2012, 09:16 PM

Will do. I probably seen you in the waiting room. I was the first one in at 9am. Good luck to you!

slovak044 · 04-30-2012, 09:18 PM

nope i was still sleeping at 9 mine was at 2

T.J. · 05-01-2012, 02:23 PM

Good luck to both of you guys. I had mine back on April 19th with Local 26 here in the D.C. area. I hope it works out for all.

manannini · 05-01-2012, 04:03 PM

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Good luck to both of you guys. I had mine back on April 19th with Local 26 here in the D.C. area. I hope it works out for all.

Thanks! Did you find out if you were accepted yet? If so, how long did it take for you to get your notice?
If you haven't, good luck to you as well!

T.J. · 05-01-2012, 08:20 PM

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Thanks! Did you find out if you were accepted yet? If so, how long did it take for you to get your notice?
If you haven't, good luck to you as well!

No, I still haven't heard anything back yet. Around here the panel makes the majority of decisions in late July. From what I understand the letter (here) usually gives you a couple of weeks heads up to start, if that gives you a rough time-frame of what to expect. I don't know about your local though.

If you go to your local J.A.T.C. website you should find some useful information in the "forum" section if you have one at your locals' site. That or you could post another thread here I suppose and see who bites from your area with more knowledge.

Thanks for the well wishes.

slovak044 · 05-01-2012, 08:40 PM

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No, I still haven't heard anything back yet. Around here the panel makes the majority of decisions in late July. From what I understand the letter (here) usually gives you a couple of weeks heads up to start, if that gives you a rough time-frame of what to expect. I don't know about your local though.

If you go to your local J.A.T.C. website you should find some useful information in the "forum" section if you have one at your locals' site. That or you could post another thread here I suppose and see who bites from you area with more knowledge.

Thanks for the well wishes.

they told us we will get a letter in two weeks if accepted be working in 5 weeks

T.J. · 05-01-2012, 10:39 PM

Alright, there ya go. Good luck guys.

manannini · 05-10-2012, 05:02 PM

Got my letter from the union today. I was NOT chosen. I really can't think of a reason why. I actually got my associate degree in electric and I passed their test(the 3rd time!). Only reason I can think would be my age. (41) I know one thing, I'm DONE applying with there. Good luck to the rest of you guys! I really hope you make it because it's a great opportunity!

brian john · 05-10-2012, 06:14 PM

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Got my letter from the union today. I was NOT chosen. I really can't think of a reason why. I actually got my associate degree in electric and I passed their test(the 3rd time!). Only reason I can think would be my age. (41) I know one thing, I'm DONE applying with there. Good luck to the rest of you guys! I really hope you make it because it's a great opportunity!

By law they cannot disqualify you for age, behind closed doors, eh who knows. Who's your daddy, uncle, brother?

So get a job open shop.