Metallurgical Engineering Mock Interview
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Please describe your role in this item on your resume that says, ‘Developed jet turbine engine.’
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Carilee Moran is a retired automotive engineer with 30 years of experience writing and editing technical reports.
Oh, you mean your summer job was actually to run the creep rupture tests on several candidate alloys that were developed by someone else and designed by someone else?
Don't inflate the importance of what you, yourself, did beyond the boundaries of your actions. There is hardly anything more embarrassing than being pinned to the interview table like a bug in an insect collection by someone who knows what goes into the design of a complex metal part. You can show that you understand how your role fit into the whole project, but don't pretend that you did all the work.
Carilee Moran is a retired automotive engineer with 30 years of experience writing and editing technical reports.
"While working for XYZ Corporation, I led a project to develop the turbine engine for the new F-999 jet fighter. I had teams working on alloy development, modeling, mechanical design improvements, manufacturing processes for the selected alloys, prototype hardware builds and in-situ testing. I managed 400 people and we brought this project in on time and only 5% over the original budget, while meeting all of the customer requirements."
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