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Engineer Interview Questions

Engineers are responsible for designing and building products. In an interview context, expect to be quizzed on your technical skills, and also evaluated for your ability to work as a part of a team to get things built. The specific questions you are asked will depend on what type of engineering position you are looking for such as a specific engineering discipline like software engineer, electrical engineer, or mechanical engineer.

Top Engineer Interview Questions & How to Answer

Question 1

Question #1: What is the most challenging engineering project you've dealt with, and how did you ensure it was successful?

How to answer
How to answer: This question requires you to give a specific example. Ideally, you're able to choose a project that mirrors the type of work you'd do in the role you're interviewing for. Even if it's not your most challenging project, make sure you describe your obstacle(s) and the successful outcome clearly and enthusiastically.
Question 2

Question #2: In your current role, what steps do you take to avoid making mistakes?

How to answer
How to answer: Whether you have a formal process or not, list any specific measures you employ (i.e., digital tools, consulting with colleagues, etc.). Make sure your answer demonstrates a commitment to quality control, efficiency, and safety.
Question 3

Question #3: Describe a time you dealt with a difficult client or stakeholder.

How to answer
How to answer: This one also requires a specific example that demonstrates patience and good judgment. An employer is looking for evidence that you're able to confidently and calmly stand by your decisions. Share an example with a positive outcome.

841,079 engineer interview questions shared by candidates

The written exam was of 1 hour and included the following questions: (1) Write a function that will receive a string as an input and will return the string in reverse order. (2) Write a function that will print the following series of numbers using only one loop: "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1" (3) Write a function that will print all the multiples of 3 between 1-200 ( in reverse order ) There were other programming questions as well but of the same difficulty level. Along with the coding questions there were some analytical and QA questions as well. And for me the best part of this exam was there's no language specification. You can answer all the coding questions in whichever programming language you are comfortable with. So, after giving the exam I was impressed to know that they basically want to see how much problem solving skills do you have rather than evaluating you by the number of languages and frameworks you know.
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Software Engineer

Interviewed at Enosis Solutions (Bangladesh)

4.3
Oct 29, 2017

The written exam was of 1 hour and included the following questions: (1) Write a function that will receive a string as an input and will return the string in reverse order. (2) Write a function that will print the following series of numbers using only one loop: "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1" (3) Write a function that will print all the multiples of 3 between 1-200 ( in reverse order ) There were other programming questions as well but of the same difficulty level. Along with the coding questions there were some analytical and QA questions as well. And for me the best part of this exam was there's no language specification. You can answer all the coding questions in whichever programming language you are comfortable with. So, after giving the exam I was impressed to know that they basically want to see how much problem solving skills do you have rather than evaluating you by the number of languages and frameworks you know.

Given a TV remote, write a script that would give directions to input some letters. Starting from the upper left-hand corner. If the buttons were in 3 columns, and you wanted to type "feed", you would want the output of the program to say "right, right, down, PRESS, left, PRESS, PRESS, left, PRESS"
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Software Engineer Intern

Interviewed at Google

4.4
Jan 23, 2014

Given a TV remote, write a script that would give directions to input some letters. Starting from the upper left-hand corner. If the buttons were in 3 columns, and you wanted to type "feed", you would want the output of the program to say "right, right, down, PRESS, left, PRESS, PRESS, left, PRESS"

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