Tell me about a time when you had to work long hours to reach a project deadline. How did you handle it?

Overtime will be required at some point in your engineering career, and the interviewer wants to know how you handled a situation where more than 40 hours was expected of you. Explain to the interviewer that going above and beyond to complete a project on time is not something that scares you. Engineers who do not shy away from putting in the extra effort to hit a deadline or keep a project on schedule are invaluable to a company.