15 Mining Engineer Interview Questions

1. 1.

   Why did you choose a career in mining?

2. 2.

   Do you have experience preparing any type of technical reports?

3. 3.

   Tell me about a time when you increased productivity from a mine. How did you do it?

4. 4.

   What do you enjoy most about mining?

5. 5.

   As a mining engineer, what do you believe your best skill or asset is, that you have to offer our organization?

6. 6.

   Tell me about a challenging mining operation you had to design. How was the end result?

7. 7.

   Have you ever had a problem working with geologists?

8. 8.

   Tell me about a successful solution you proposed and was implemented.

9. 9.

   What do you dislike the most about mining?

10. 10.

    What metal do we mainly mine at our operation here?

11. 11.

    Do you enjoy traveling?

12. 12.

    What area of mining engineering do you find most challenging?

13. 13.

    What type of team environment do you work best in?

14. 14.

    What was the most difficult period in your life, and how did you deal with it?

15. 15.

    At your current mine, in what ways did you keep pollution to a minimum?