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Metallurgical Engineering Mock Interview

To help you prepare for your Metallurgical Engineering interview, here are 30 interview questions and answer examples.

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Tell me about a time when you failed at an assignment.

This question is an invitation to display your emotional and professional maturity. Whether you choose to highlight an error in judgment or a technical error that you made, avoid recounting trivial mistakes. It should be something that was significant enough to have an impact on a project. You will want to explain how the error happened (without making excuses), how it came to light, how the error was corrected (if it was), and what you learned from the experience that will help you to avoid making this mistake - and maybe others - in the future.

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30 Metallurgical Engineering Interview Questions & Answers

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  • Behavioral

    1. Tell me about a time when you failed at an assignment.

  • Behavioral

    2. You witness someone sexually harassing one of his employees. What do you do?

  • Behavioral

    3. Tell me about a time when there was friction between you and a co-worker. What happened in the end?

  • Behavioral

    4. Do you prefer working on your own or as part of a team?

  • Behavioral

    5. The shop calls to say that the large test booth you designed is ready. You wheel a cart out to there to pick it up, but you don't see it anywhere. You ask the modelmaker, and he points to a tiny cube that looks like it belongs in a doll house. Now what?

  • Behavioral

    6. Are you comfortable making decisions independently?

  • Behavioral

    7. What one thing could be taken away from you that would profoundly damage the quality of your life? Assume that the health and welfare of your family and friends are not at issue here.

  • Common

    8. I see here that you graduated 10 years ago with a Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering, and that you have been employed at one company since then. What has been your approach to staying current on technical developments in your field?

  • Common

    9. You say in your statement of purpose that you are passionate about the environment. Tell me more about that.

  • Common

    10. Please describe your role in this item on your resume that says, "ËœDeveloped jet turbine engine.'

  • Common

    11. Are you more interested in pursuing a technical track or a managerial track in your career?

  • Common

    12. Where do you see yourself in 5 or 10 years?

  • Common

    13. Tell me about your summer job at ABC Corporation.

  • Common

    14. What was your favorite college class? Why?

  • Common

    15. (To a woman) It looks like you've got a baby on the way. It will be such a big change for you having both a new baby and a new career at the same time. What are your plans for childcare once the baby comes?

  • Common

    16. Do you have any questions for me?

  • Common

    17. Why do you want to work for XYZ Steel Company?

  • Scenario

    18. You discover that a product that your company is about to release has a defect that could cause a spontaneous fire. Your boss won a company award for this "Ëœinnovation.' What do you do?

  • Scenario

    19. Tell me about a time when you were troubleshooting a production process. How did you go about investigating and solving the problem?

  • Scenario

    20. Suppose you are assigned to recommend a material for the exhaust manifold on a new internal combustion that is under development. What are the key steps that you would take to approach this assignment?

  • Scenario

    21. Your boss just handed you a material specification for an alloy that your company has been trying to develop for some time. It is marked 'XYZ Corporation Confidential.' He tells you to make up a batch of the alloy for testing. What is your next move?

  • Scenario

    22. You are responsible for customer support at ABC Corp. They recently set back a box of parts that they claim are all "Ëœbad.' But on re-testing, they pass all in-house tests and are deemed "Ëœgood.' Now what do you do?

  • Scenario

    23. What sources do you use for metallurgical data to use in your work projects? For example, you may be looking for mechanical and physical properties, or heat treatment properties.

  • Technical

    24. What are three ways that the yield strength of a metal can be increased, with a few details about the upsides and downsides of each?

  • Technical

    25. Give me a brief overview of the electrical conductivity of metals compared to semiconductors, and a couple of the major effects on conductivity in each.

  • Technical

    26. Give me the two-minute explainer on copper-based alloys, as if I'm your boss and you need to make me understand whether brass or bronze would be better for an application that we are discussing.

  • Technical

    27. What laboratory skills do you have?

  • Technical

    28. Explain the difference between high-cycle and low-cycle fatigue, and generally, what factors are important for avoiding each one.

  • Technical

    29. Explain the development of residual stresses in a carburized part.

  • Technical

    30. What are the main differences between ferritic and austenitic stainless steels?