Help! I applied for an amazing job and have been invited to an interview. My skills and previous experience are a great match for everything they asked for - except for one thing... The advert mentioned they wanted someone with a driving licence and the skills to drive in a big city.
I do have a driving licence, but not the actual ability to drive - I was always pretty bad at it, finally passed my test on the 3rd attempt aged 19, had a minor accident early on and just gave up as I never enjoyed it. Then I moved to a big city, and then another big city, and didn't need to drive anyway. Fast forward 20+ years and I have never driving since.
The application form simply asked yes/no to having a driving licence so I said yes because technically it's true, and because I didn't want to be immediately ruled out for this reason if all my other skills are a great fit. I've spent years studying and working to get the experience and skills I have.
The thing is, the role is not in any way related to driving or deliveries or anything like that, and I'm not even sure why they have asked for this. It is really mainly an office job with occasional travel/visits to other locations. Any of the possible scenarios I can imagine that would involve driving I could do just as easily using public transport or even an occasional taxi at my own expense if really needed (for example if I had to transport something large/heavy from A to B, although I'm not sure why/how I would need to do that). It is based in London so there is no shortage of options really and I imagine it's often quicker to hop on the tube anyway!
I'm not sure if I should bring it up in the interview if the interviewers don't mention it? I was hoping to explain truthfully that I do have a licence but have never enjoyed driving, and propose public transport and taxis as an alternative - I could even say that if it was really necessary, I could take some driving lessons and brush up on my skills? Basically to show I really want this job, have lots of the skills they want, and so would somehow deal with the driving part. I was also going to be honest and say I feel the lack of driving skills is something I could work around relatively easily if they felt I was otherwise the right fit for the role. I don't want to give away too much as it's quite an unique role, but I have a feeling they won't have received dozens of applications just because the specific mix of skills, including something quite rare in the context... Does it look really bad that I almost lied on the application though? I would never lie about anything that isn't easily worked around - I wouldn't say I speak Spanish when I don't, for example, but this feels different.