"I have not had the opportunity to work in a formal setting where Lean principles were implemented, but I am familiar with Lean manufacturing and would really look forward to working under the philosophy here at Boeing. Throughout my career, I've always been a proponent of eliminating wasteful work and processes and have always worked to make processes transparent and easy to remember. In this role with Boeing, I see these elements of Lean being very important."

"My knowledge of Lean principles is limited to the concepts we reviewed in several of my classes at Georgia Tech as well as research I have done on my own. For example, I know the five principles involve the identification of value, mapping the value stream, flow, pull, and perfection. However, I have not yet had the opportunity to see the concepts applied in a live manufacturing setting. I would love to work with the principles and understand them at a deeper level if offered the role of entry-level manufacturing engineer here at Boeing."

"I have worked in Lean organizations for over 15 years. I am also a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt. I am comfortable leading change through the application of Lean principles, and I have experience working with resources that are experts in Lean as well as those who have very limited knowledge of it."

"I am familiar with the basics of Lean. I was scheduled to begin my Green Belt certification courses this year, but my current employer recently put a freeze on all non-essential training. I am eager to learn more, and I look forward to continuing my education in this area if selected for the business analyst position here at Boeing."

"I have been a project manager for five years and the cross-functional teams I work on follow an agile methodology. I know that some of the concepts within Lean manufacturing are directly applicable to product engineering projects and I wanted to know more. Last year I signed up for a Lean Management Principles course on Udemy. I enjoyed it and I walked away with several ideas for process improvement for my teams. I would love the opportunity to explore Lean further here at Boeing."

"The projects I currently work on follow Scrum methodology. We are constantly focused on iterative process improvement, incremental quality improvement, and the delivery of user value. While I am not an expert on Lean, I see overlap between agile methodology and Lean principles, and I think I would be able to quickly get up to speed on the application of Lean principles my project teams might use here at Boeing. I would also welcome the opportunity to continue my education in this area."

At a high-level, you should at least be comfortable talking about how Lean production focuses on eliminating waste at all levels of an organization. Additionally, you will want to be able to describe how this could apply to the job you are interviewing for at Boeing.

If you have direct experience or training in Lean principles, be sure to talk about that and how you will be able to apply what you know with Boeing. If you don't have direct experience or training in Lean, try to do your homework ahead of your interview. As well, don't be afraid to point out your inexperience in Lean principles while showing you are excited to learn and thrive in using them.

Need more? The following resources from the American Society for Quality provide basic information that may help you answer questions like these in your upcoming interview at Boeing:
a href"https://asq.org/quality-resources/lean"What is Lean/a
a href"https://asq.org/quality-resources/six-sigma"What is Six Sigma/a