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s?opendocument1.Tellmeaboutthemostchallengingengineeringp
rojectthatyouhavebeeninvolvedwithduringpastyear.2.Descr
ibethemostsignificantwrittentechnicalreportorpresentation
thatyouhadtocomplete.3.Inyourlastengineeringposition,w
hatweresomeofthethingsthatyouspentthemosttimeon,and
howmuchtimedidyouspendoneach?4.Whatdoyouenjoymost/lea
staboutengineering?5.Whatnewengineeringspecialtyskillshav
eyoudevelopedduringthepastyear?6.Doyouhaveanypatents?
Ifso,tellmeaboutthem.Ifnot,isitsomethingyouseeyourse
lfpursuingandwhyorwhynot?7.Thinkofaspecificengineering
projectwhenyouanswerthisquestion.Whatcouldyouhavedone
tobemoresuccessfulinachievingyourgoal(s)?8.Describeatim
ewhenyouconfrontedaproblemthatreallytestedyourengineeri
ngknow-how.9.Whatisyouroverallcareerobjective?Doyousee
yourselfworkinginengineeringtenyearsfromnow?Ifnot,what
doyouthinkyouwillbedoing?10.Givemeanexampleofatimei
nwhichyouwereeffectiveindoingawaywiththe“constantemerg
encies”and“surprises”thatengineersoftenface.11.Describea
timewhenasamemberoftheengineeringdepartment,youwereins
trumentalinbuildingagoodlong-termrelationshipwithanother
departmentwithinthecompany.12.Tellmeaboutyourgreatestsuc
cessinusingtheprinciplesoflogictosolveanengineeringpro
bleminyourlastjob.13.Givemeanexampleofatimewhenyoua
ppliedyourabilitytouseanalyticaltechniquestodefineproble
msordesignsolutions.14.Towhatextenthasyourengineeringba
ckgroundrequiredyoutobeskilledintheanalysisoftechnical
reportsorinformation?15.Describeatimewhenyouusedyoureng
ineeringknowledgetosolveaproblemforwhichthereappearedto
benoanswer.16.Tellmeaboutatimewhenyoubecameawareofa
hazardousworkplacecondition.Howdidyouhandleit?17.Tellme
aboutyourexperienceindealingwithroutineengineeringwork.
Howdoyoukeepfromgettingbored?18.Iexpecttheengineerthat
Ihireforthispositiontobeprecise–detailedorientedinev
erythingheorshedoes.Whatchecksandbalancesdoyouusetom
akesurethatyoudon’tmakemistakes?19.Givemeanexampleofa
timewhenyouhadtoteachaskilltootherengineers.20.Someo
fthebest-engineeredideasarebornoutofanindividual’sabili
tytochallenge,others’waysofthinking.Tellmeaboutatimew
henyouweresuccessfulindothis.21.Onyourlastprojectassig
nment,whatproblemsdidyouidentifythathadbeenpreviouslyov
erlooked?22.Howhasyourpresentorlastengineeringjobchanged
whileyou’veheldit?23.IfIofferyouapositionasanenginee
rwithus,howdoyouplantogetofftoajackrabbitstart?24.G
ivemeanexampleofsomethingthatyouhavelearnedfromamista
kethatyoumadeonajobataclientsite.25.Tellmeaboutati
mewhenaprojectteameffortthatyouwereinvolvedinfailed.2
6.Forwhatadviceorassistancedofellowengineersturntoyou?
27.Tellmeaboutthemostchallengingtechnicalproposalyou’ve
everwritten.28.Whatfactorswouldyouconsiderinbuildingane
ngineeringdepartmentfromscratch?29.Howdoyoucommunicatepri
orityprojectswithateamofotherengineerswithoutmakingthem
feeloverwhelmed?30.Describeaspecificengineeringprojecttha
tyouwereresponsibleforthatrequiredalotofinteractionwit
havarietyofpeopleoveralongperiodoftime.31.Whatdoyou
getoutofengineeringthatyoucouldn’tgetfromanyotherkind
ofwork?32.Describeatypicaldayoutinthefieldinyourlast
orpresentjob.33.Whatmediacontactsdoyouhavethatwouldhel
pusmarketourtechnicalproducts/services?34.Whatstep-by-step
criteriadoyouusetomakedifficultdecisionsthatinvolveoth
erengineers?35.Towhomdidyouturnforhelpthelasttimethat
youranintoamajortechnicalproblem,andwhydidyouchooset
hatperson?36.Givemetwoexamplesoftechnicaldecisionsthaty
ouhadtomakeonyourlastjob.37.Tellmeaboutatimewhenyou
hadtomakeadifficultdecisionthataffectedtheentireengine
eringdepartment.38.Inthefieldofengineering,prioritiesofte
nchangequickly.Givemeanexampleofatimewhenthathappened
.Howdidyouhandleit?39.Howcanyoubestuseyourengineering
educationandpriorworkexperiencetohelpourcompanygrow?40.
Howlonghaveyoubeenlookingforanengineeringspot?Haveyou
hadanyjoboffersyet?Ifso,whyareyoustilllooking?41.Tel
lmeaboutatimewhenyouhadtotakedisciplinaryactionwitha
nengineerwhoreportedtoyou.42.Tellmeaboutthelasttimeyo
ulostyourtemperinthefield.43.Whatpersonalcharacteristics
doyoufeelarenecessarytobeasuccessfulengineer?44.Whats
ingletechnicalskillorabilityisyourbestasset?45.Whatkind
ofhoursdidyoutypicallyworkinyourmostrecentengineering
job?46.Whatkindsofinformationwouldyourequestorrequirebe
foreyoufeltyoucoulddojusticetoaprojectassignment?47.De
scribetwospecifictechnicalcontributionsyouwouldexpecttom
akeduringthefirstsixmonthsonthejobifyoujoinedourcompany.48.Tellmeaboutatimewhenyousurpassedallexpectationsbygoing“aboveandbeyond”foraclient.49.Whathaveyouspecificallydonetomaketheworkoftheengineerswhoreporttoyoueasier?50.Howdoyoufeelabouttheworkloadintheengineeringdepartmentonyourpresentorpreviousjob? |
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