What is your biggest pet peeve on a job site?

Focus on a pet peeve the interviewer can identify with. For example, the interviewer can understand if your biggest pet peeve is tardiness by crew members, a messy job site, or crew members not taking care of the company's tools. When the interviewer can identify with your pet peeve, they will feel a kinship with you and place you high on the ideal candidate list.

Avoid giving an answer that is not an essential part of your job as a Construction Superintendent. If you say that your biggest pet peeve is communicating with clients or having them show up on the job site, the interviewer will think you do not have the customer service skills they are looking for in a Construction Superintendent.

"My biggest pet peeve on a job site is when the crew does not take care of the company's tools. I have seen crew members place tools in the sand when working on the beach or misuse a tool, causing it to be damaged. I explain to my crew how I like the tools to be used and handled, and it irritates me when they do not treat tools as if they are their own."