hello there my name is Richard McMunn
from the interview training company past
my interview comm and in this video
tutorial I'm going to teach you how to
pass an engineering interview and in
particular I'm gonna give you sample
interview questions with unique answers
to help you prepare so if you have any
kind of engineering interview coming up
and a guarantee this tutorial is going
to help you pass now before I get into
the questions and answers a very warm
welcome to this tutorial as I say it my
name is Richard McMunn that's me there
on the right hand side I am a former
fire officer and I'm now an interview
expert who helps people like you to
successfully pass their interviews and
in this video we're going to focus on
the engineering interview and I am gonna
give you unique answers to the questions
during your interview so please stick
around from beginning to end because I
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let's get straight into it so pretty
much the first question during your
engineering interview will be tell me
about yourself but what I'm gonna do is
I'm gonna make this slightly tougher so
it's gonna be tell me about itself and
why you would make a good engineer
within this particular roles these two
different elements to this question now
with all of the interview questions that
I'm going to cover during this
engineering tutorial I'm gonna give you
two tips
ok so I'll give you a couple of really
strong tips to help you structure your
answer correctly and then I'll give you
my suggested response number one focus
your answer on your work related
abilities as opposed to your home life
now in a lot of these kind of interviews
people will sit there and go well this
is what I do at home and this is about
my family and at the interview panel are
not interested they are interested in
your work related abilities so my advice
is to focus purely on those so a passion
for engineering a desire to continually
develop and improve and also an
analytical mind an innovative way of
approaching problems are all positive
attributes of an engineer so my advice
is to utilize those in your response now
make sure you show the interview
you are someone who is a match for what
they are looking for from a competent
engineer and here's how to do this
within your answer to these questions so
just to recap the interview questions
tell me about yourself and why you would
make a good engineer within this
particular role here we go I am someone
who is extremely passionate about
engineering and I have a thorough
understanding of the requirements of the
role having studied the job description
and the person specification in detail
I am confident I have the necessary
experience and attributes to carry out
this engineering role to the standards
necessary whilst operating with safety
at the forefront of my mind at all times
I am a solid problem solver a great
communicator and someone who will work
tirelessly to solve difficult and
complex problems quickly and efficiently
I understand you need someone with in
this role who can be trusted to carry
out the required practical and technical
engineering work if you hire me for this
engineering role I'm confident you'll be
more than satisfied with my strong work
ethics my technical knowledge and my
practical abilities so that's that
that's a clear logical and in-depth
response to that question and if you
utilize that at the beginning of your
engineering interview then in my opinion
you are getting off on the right foot
and that will also give you the
confidence to move on and answer the
rest of the questions which I'm going to
work through right now now if you would
like a copy of these interview questions
and the answers stick around because
I'll tell you where you can download
them and you can get access to them
within a couple of minutes time
okay next engineering interview question
is what qualities do you need to become
a competent engineer so they are
basically assessing whether you
understand the kind of qualities and
attributes that are good engineer needs
so again two important tips to help you
structure a great answer to this
question my advice is to grab a copy of
the engineering job description and
person specification for the particular
role that you are being interviewed for
now for the majority of engineering
roles they will put a job advert out and
a job description with a person
specification you need to get a copy of
this get a copy of those documents once
you have them highlight the key
qualities required to carry out the role
and utilize them within your answer so
as you read through that document it
will tell you the qualities that you
need to perform the role competently
number two engineering requires many
qualities and attributes for more than
the majority of jobs engineering takes a
a particular skill set and different
attributes so we need to cover them all
in this answer so my advice is to list
all of them within your response and
then explain why they are important and
here's how to do this within a suggested
answer so what qualities do you need to
become a competent engineer here we go
the qualities needed are many and varied
however for me the nine most important
qualities an engineer will need in this
particular role are being able to
operate safely at all times whilst
following rules and procedures an
analytical approach to working an
ability to remain calm under pressure
and also an ability to evaluate complex
problems on a small medium or large
scale
you also need great communication skills
because most people you communicate with
will not understand technical
information or jargon you need a
willingness to take responsibility for
your actions an ability to plan ahead
and organize tasks efficiently and also
a desire to continually evaluate and
improve systems to make them more
efficient finally you need a personal
desire to keep up to date with industry
developments and to also develop
yourself professionally as your time
within the engineering role progresses
so another solid response to the
engineering interview question what
qualities do you need to become a
competent engineer let's take a look at
another one as our engineer you will be
faced with problems to solve on a
regular basis talk me through the basic
steps of problem-solving two tips to
this question make sure you have a
predetermined basic plan for solving
problems if you have a plan already to
disclose then you're going to come
across as someone who is organized and
thorough in your approach to solving
engineering problems so make sure you
have a predetermined basic plan number
two at the end of your answer to
this engineering interview question make
sure you discuss your desire to prevent
the problem from happening again if
possible through training and
development so I'll just reiterate what
I mean by that at the end of the answer
make sure you discuss that you have a
desire to prevent the same problem from
happening again and this can be done
through training and development of
staff here's a nice suggested answer to
the question so there's our engineer
you'll be faced with problems to solve
on a regular basis talk me through the
basic steps of problem solving I always
use the same fundamental steps when
solving any form of engineering problem
these are defining the problem and
gaining clarity of the issue confirming
the exact problem by utilizing all
relevant facts and information available
then diagnosing the problem and then
rectifying the cause and then finally
the testing stage now depending on the
circumstances or the situation I would
also consider the training stage now
training may have to be carried out by
the user if they need to be guided in
the correct operation of the tool the
resource or the system that encountered
the initial problem in the first place
now that response puts you across as
somebody who is organized they know what
they're talking about and they have the
right technical ability to solve the
problem but more importantly you you
care about it not happening again ok
next question of our engineer and
interview what safeguards do you put in
place to ensure the work you do is both
safe and compliant so obviously safety
is really really important to tips
safety is the most important aspect of
engineering and it should be a prominent
feature in some of your answers to the
interview questions if not all of them
there is no room for cutting corners
within the engineering industry so show
the panel that you are a competent and
safe engineer tell the interview panel
you already have a system in place for
ensuring every task you undertake is
both safe and compliant because if they
are sure this question and you're like
well I'm not really sure you so well
sometimes I do this or sometimes I do
that that doesn't show that you've
already considered the safeguards but if
you go yes I already have something in
place you will score far higher so here
would be
my answer to the question what
safeguards do you put in place to ensure
the work you do is both safe and
compliant here we go I basically do two
things at the end of every engineering
task I work on firstly I utilize my
error free check sheet this is something
one of my first tutors at University
University shared with the class one day
and it's a vital resource for ensuring
everything is safe
correct and compliant secondly I get a
second pair of experienced eyes to look
over my work as this not only provides a
reassuring confirmation that my work is
safe but having another engineer analyze
my work might find a better more
efficient way of achieving the desired
results the bottom line is I take safety
and compliance extremely seriously and I
would always utilize my double check
method for ensuring all work I do is
both safe and compliant okay now before
I come on to the last question I've got
one more engineering interview question
and answer to share with you and I'll
put a card up here in the top right hand
corner if you click that link at any
time you can access my website and
download all 20 engineering interview
questions and answers so the ones that
I'm covering right now on top of another
15 okay next question
during the last engineering project what
problems did you encounter and how did
you overcome them so this is this
requires a specific answer of an
experience that you've been in to tips
as an engineer you will need a resilient
and determine mindset in order to
overcome the many and varied problems
and challenges you will face so what you
need to do is demonstrate to the
interview panel through a specific
previous experience you are capable of
overcoming challenges so here's my
suggested answer to the interview
question during the last engineering
project what problems did you encounter
and how did you overcome them here we go
during my last engineering project we
encountered problems with a client who
continually asked for changes to the
specification at reduced cost now the
client was becoming increasingly
demanding and although we had made a
couple of changes to the specification
already he kept asking for more now it
got to the point where I felt the
project was in danger of becoming on
if we made further changes and so I
arranged a conference call to explain to
him my concerns now during the call I
remained calm and politely explained the
consequences of cutting corners from a
safety perspective and also the
potential ramifications if things went
wrong I also explained how it could
possibly impact negatively on his
organization if anything dangerous
happened and this would obviously cause
issues from a negative news situation as
soon as I mentioned the potential
problems he totally changed his tone and
he agreed to stop requesting
unreasonable demands from my perspective
it is really important to be upfront and
honest when dealing with clients during
any project and safety must always come
first no matter what
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engineering interview questions by
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