Advice for toyota warehouse interview?
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im not the best talker or best with words. i had the phone interview and completely thought I bombed it felt like I rambled and some answers i gave had nothing to even do with the questions.. but got
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im not the best talker or best with words. i had the phone interview and completely thought I bombed it felt like I rambled and some answers i gave had nothing to even do with the questions.. but got a call for the 2nd interview with 3 people 😱. I went to work outta high school and was at my previous job for 11 years so don't have a lot of experience with interviews. iv been looking lots up questions and answers. but my previous job was just factory work standing on a line nothing special nothing rewarding. stuff like oh name accomplishments or something your proud of... like I worked on a line putting parts in. its nothing to be proud of.. I do currently work at toyota now just under contract this is for a full time position. I don't wanna go into it totally just winging it or a rambling mess like the phone interview. I was told in the email that this 2nd interview would have behavioral and situational questions again im not the best speaker Im very much more hands on and let my work do the talking I show up everyday put my head down and do my job im a good teammate and dont complain. but that doesn't come across in a interviews answering questions.
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This is a candidate experience report from a other interview for a swe role during the phone screen round reported in 2026.
It covers the following topics: Oop, Behavioral .
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