Design Engineer Mechanical Engineer Interview Questions

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Cantilever beam. What are the reactionary forces and moments with a load on the end? What's the optimal design shape for the beam? In an I-beam, being held up by 2 bolts on the top, what are the shear forces acting on them? etc.
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Mechanical Design Engineer

Interviewed at ASML

4.1
Dec 4, 2017

Cantilever beam. What are the reactionary forces and moments with a load on the end? What's the optimal design shape for the beam? In an I-beam, being held up by 2 bolts on the top, what are the shear forces acting on them? etc.

How would you secure a glass cube to an aluminum plate? If this cube now had to be carefully placed, how would you do that cheaply? If the cube was sitting attached for months in a storage area, then bolted to a housing, and then 30 mins later it was detached, what do you think went wrong?
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Mechanical Design Engineer

Interviewed at ASML

4.1
Jul 10, 2021

How would you secure a glass cube to an aluminum plate? If this cube now had to be carefully placed, how would you do that cheaply? If the cube was sitting attached for months in a storage area, then bolted to a housing, and then 30 mins later it was detached, what do you think went wrong?

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