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Plumber Mock Interview

To help you prepare for your Plumber interview, here are 28 interview questions and answer examples.

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What license do you have as a plumber?

When answering this question, you can talk about the level of education or licensing that you do have but you can also talk a bit about any continued education that you'd like to gain.

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28 Plumber Interview Questions & Answers

Below is a list of our Plumber interview questions. Click on any interview question to view our answer advice and answer examples. You may view six answer examples before our paywall loads. Afterwards, you'll be asked to upgrade to view the rest of our answers.

  • 1. What license do you have as a plumber?

  • 2. What experience do you have with snaking clogged up pipes?

  • 3. If I were to ask a previous supervisor about your performance, what would they say?

  • 4. Who taught you mostly what you know in plumbing?

  • 5. What are the advantages for installing steel plumbing underneath a sink? In what cases would you do it?

  • 6. Have you ever installed PEX plumbing in a concrete floor?

  • 7. What advantages are there for PVC water mains?

  • 8. Do you prefer your water mains be pvc or copper?

  • 9. How does your family feel about you being on call?

  • 10. We run a credit report and background check are you ok with that?

  • 11. What would have to change about your current job, for you to stay where you are?

  • 12. What do you enjoy most about being a plumber?

  • 13. What is the worst thing you had to do as a plumber?

  • 14. Is there any other trades you are looking to learn?

  • 15. How many years experience do you have plumbing?

  • 16. Do you want to own your own plumbing business in the future?

  • 17. How long do you want to be a plumber?

  • 18. What training do you have in plumbing?

  • 19. If you installed a copper pipe next to the shower head, and realized you ran out of fasteners, knowing this will create a problem ten years down the road, what do you do?

  • 20. If a customer needs a new toilet installed, you remove the old one and find the floor to be rotting all around the toilet, what do you do?

  • 21. If a customer complains their house has too little water pressure, what steps would you take to fix this problem?

  • 22. Have you ever installed a shower with multiple shower heads? How did you keep water pressure high?

  • 23. Do you have any experience installing water based heating systems?

  • 24. Have you ever plumbed an office building?

  • 25. How many houses have you plumbed before?

  • 26. Do you have your own plumbing equipment?

  • 27. How long has it been since you've had a leak with copper piping?

  • 28. Have you ever changed a toilet before?