The biggest problem that I have experienced in hiring a quality maintenance person is that those tasked with the job, are clueless. They have not done the maintenance job, they cannot do the maintenance job, and if interviewed by a competent supervisor would not be hired for the maintenance job. Craziness if you ask me, but, perhaps there is a work around for these maintenance-challenged supervisors.
Ask the interview-ee to bring in the bag of tools that they normally carry to a work order.
This isn't a fool proof method but the bag should contain….
A battery powered VSR drill with a #2 screwdriver bit.
A 4 in-hand screwdriver.
A basin wrench.
A Multi-meter (any kind is good enough)
2 adjustable Crescent type wrenches (large and small)
A utility knife
A flashlight
a combination square
Maybe a set of channel-locks….
If these tools are in his bag the interview-ee probably knows what he/she is doing.
My main bag (the one that I carry around all day) weighs about thirty five pounds and has all sorts of junk in it but these are the tools I seem to need most. Please feel free to expand upon or detract from the list. It should be noted that I have two other bags, one for electrical and one for plumbing, then there are the drywall tools that don’t even have a bag…. And all the wood working stuff… and….