25Instrument Technician Interview Questions & Answers
1.Tell me a little about your educational background.
2.Thinking back to your last few jobs (if any), briefly tell me about your major duties and responsibilities.
3.Thinking about your last (or current) job, what do you like the best and what do you like the least?
4.Why do you feel you would be successful at our company?
5.Describe the type(s) of calibration equipment you have experience with.
6.What types of transmitters have you worked on?
7.What types of control valves have you worked on?
8.Describe your experience with manlifts.
9.Describe your experience with solenoids.
10.What types of things do you do to be safe on the job and at home?
11.Have you ever had the opportunity to train someone in relation to safety? How did you go about explaining it to them?
12.Tell us about a time you took a shortcut and why you felt it was necessary.
13.What do you consider to be the hardest piece of work you've ever tackled, and what made it so difficult?
14.Have you ever been in a situation where you weren't sure you were able to do a job?
15.Describe a job-related experience that involved a lot of repetition. How did you handle this?
16.What do you do when you have more tasks to complete than you have time for?
17.At work, have you ever had to choose between doing something quickly and doing something well? What did you do?
18.Describe a time when you spoke up about something that you felt wasn’t right.
19.What do you do when something about your work doesn't make sense to you?
What specifically did you do?
20.Have you ever made a decision when no policy existed to cover it? What was the situation and why was there no policy?
21.In general, do you think policies and procedures help our work or make it harder?
22.What type of work situations upset you the most and why?
23.Describe a time when you felt you were being treated unfairly at work. What was the situation and how did you respond?
24.We all have things that upset us. How do you handle anger at work?
25.Tell us about a time when it was difficult to talk to someone because of noise, distance, or obstructed vision. How did you adapt to the situation?
