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Automotive Emission Systems Engineer Mock Interview

To help you prepare for your Automotive Emission Systems Engineer interview, here are 30 interview questions and answer examples.

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It says here on your resume that you are familiar with Matlab. That is an important tool that we use in engine management systems work at ABC Corporation. In your view, what's the best thing about Matlab?

Everybody knows that the best thing about Matlab is the random answers you get when you type 'why' into the command space window. If the interviewer wanted a completely serious answer, they would have phrased the question differently. You would not be blamed for a completely serious answer, but given the phrasing, you are being invited to show that you really ARE familiar with Matlab - and that you have a sense of humor. A sense of humor is not a requirement for being a good engineer, but an interviewer is entitled to consider what kind of personality you bring to a group. When you've dispensed with the humor in the question, you can round out your answer with a more serious description of what you see as Matlab's good points.

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30 Automotive Emission Systems Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

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  • Behavioral

    1. It says here on your resume that you are familiar with Matlab. That is an important tool that we use in engine management systems work at ABC Corporation. In your view, what's the best thing about Matlab?

  • Behavioral

    2. When you have a choice between walking over to a colleague's desk, phoning, emailing or instant messaging to communicate with them, which would you choose and why?

  • Behavioral

    3. If you were interviewing someone for this job, what one question would you be sure to ask them?

  • Behavioral

    4. Earlier, I asked you to describe how an oxygen sensor works. Your answer was not correct. How would you go about remedying this lack of knowledge?

  • Behavioral

    5. What do you need from your boss in a work setting, and what do you expect from your peers?

  • Behavioral

    6. I see from your resume that you were part of the on-board diagnostics team at XYZ Corporation. What method of diagnosing a stuck-closed charcoal canister did you provide to our mutual customer, ABC Corporation?

  • Common

    7. What experience do you have working with international suppliers?

  • Common

    8. I see here that you graduated 10 years ago with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, and that you have been employed at one company since then. What has been your approach to staying current on technical developments in your field?

  • Common

    9. You speak English very well. I just hear a slight accent. Where are your parents from?

  • Common

    10. Tell me about any experience you have with on-board diagnostics.

  • Common

    11. Are you more interested in hands-on work like calibration and testing, or more software-related work such as creating controls algorithms and software?

  • Common

    12. Are you able to travel when needed? As the job description says, up to ten percent of your time may involve travel, and it may be for several weeks at a time in remote areas. Would that work for you?

  • Common

    13. What experience do you have writing requirements for hardware or software components? How do you approach it?

  • Common

    14. What part of your previous job did you like best?

  • Common

    15. Are you more interested in theoretical research or applied research?

  • Common

    16. What made you decide to leave ABC Corporation?

  • Scenario

    17. A friend of yours loves old cars and race cars. He tells you that he has read some articles that say that when you consider every part of the lifecycle of the electric vehicle, it worse than an internal combustion engine vehicle. What do you say to him?

  • Scenario

    18. What formal problem-solving and process improvement methods do you use?

  • Scenario

    19. A customer is complaining about an engine stalling problem. Two engine management system solutions have been identified. One requires a change in your area of responsibility. The other would require a change in another subsystem. What should you do?

  • Scenario

    20. You are testing some new engine control software on a vehicle. You are ten miles from anywhere and the car quits running. Now what?

  • Scenario

    21. Your customer has asked for a specific software change that you do not believe will solve the very real problem that they are experiencing. What do you do?

  • Scenario

    22. Tell me about a time when you did a car or home repair. What was it, how did you proceed, and how did it turn out?

  • Technical

    23. What would be some of the considerations an engineer would need to take into account in managing fuel and emissions control for CNG as a fuel instead of gasoline?

  • Technical

    24. Talk to me about EGR.

  • Technical

    25. Tell me your understanding of how an oxygen sensor works and its function in an emissions control system.

  • Technical

    26. Describe what engine or vehicle calibration work you have done, and what you found to be the biggest challenges.

  • Technical

    27. Describe generally your understanding of the main components of a gasoline vehicle engine emissions control system.

  • Technical

    28. Draw an octane molecule for me. Here's pen and paper.

  • Technical

    29. Tell me what vehicle data acquisition methods you are familiar with.

  • Technical

    30. Can you describe for me what happens in a full cycle of a four-stroke internal combustion engine?