How do you solve problems beyond your capabilities?
Show the interviewer that you are willing to learn and that you have a method to figure things out which you don't already know. Show that you are willing to figure something out on your own and ask your supervisor questions after you've already thought about possible answers. Avoid giving the impression that you can't think for yourself.
"While it depends on what the problem is, I try to figure it out on my own before asking my supervisor. If I'm working on a design problem, I can ask a coworker or my supervisor if there is an older, similar project which I could compare my project to and see if there are any similarities. If I'm having trouble with AutoCAD or Solidworks, oftentimes there are tricks on YouTube or AutoCAD help that I can use to figure something out. Once I feel like I've got a handle on the problem, I usually talk to another coworker or my supervisor to see what they think."
