Profile For Eric S.

So, I snagged and interview with Northern Refrigerated on Monday. I've browsed this site and can't find anything about preparing for a trucking interview. I have no idea what to expect or how to be ready. Any suggestions?

Hey - thanks everyone for all of the great information. There's a lot of terminology I'm still working on learning so I don't make a mistake when talking to recruiters and going for interviews.

I really want to find a company that offers a good training program for new CDL grads. I've been reading about Old Dominion and they sound great. It's just difficult to find where these companies have terminals. I'm in North Orange County in Southern California. Does anybody know if OD is anywhere near me?

I'm thinking of doing regional since they don't seem to be out for weeks at a time, and quite a few of them offer no-touch freight. Hope I'm clear on this. Doing P & D sounds like a really tough and physical type of trucking, and I'd rather just stay away from it - at least until I'm comfortable maneuvering in city traffic.

I can't say how happy I am to have found this forum. Most everyone on here offers great advice.

Thanks again.

Hi,

Thanks for this forum and the great information.

I just graduated from CDL school in Southern California and got my CDL last week - ready to find a company with good training!

Something I don't remember learning about is "forced dispatch" which I saw in the review of Roelh Transport on this site. I was considering applying to Roehl but see they are a forced-dispatch company. Can some of you explain exactly what this is? It doesn't sound appealing from the Google description.

Also, any recommendations of trucking companies with good driving training programs for recent graduates would really be appreciated. I'd really like to eventually end up working regional out of Southern California - at least that seems to sound the best pay-wise and home-time wise.

Thanks!