Many industrial engineers find jobs at the CDC, the FDA, and other health sectors. Can you imagine not enjoying documentation and working at an organization that is extensively bureaucratic like they are, though? In short, it would be torture. Although writing documents are in some industrial engineer's repertoire, for many, math and statistics are their strong suits. When it comes to writing documents, not so much.

You can expect an interview for a position that relies heavily on documentation to be heavy in both statistics and standardized documentation processes such as Stand Operation Procedures (SOPs). Of course, any write-up makes sense if you know how to interpret the information. Knowing how to interpret statistical information from data output such as confidence intervals and statistical sample output from charts and calculations is paramount.

Be a documentation devotee if you want to ace this type of interview and thrive in this type of work environment. So, the answer here if you enjoy documentation is basically, 'I love it, and the more the merrier' Knowing how to make killer graphs go hand in hand with good documentation skills, so be proficient in that regard, too.

No doubt, a more lengthy answer is going to be required by the interviewer so an example of a more in-depth answer would be, 'When I worked as a senior industrial engineer at a medical device company, I wrote many SOPs and quality documents that were key to company devices getting FDA approval. We used tools such as confidence intervals, detailed graphs, and infographics within the documents to support the approval process.'