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Why do you want a career as a structural engineer?

Interviewers use questions like this to try and break the ice and get to know you. It's important for them to feel like they have an understanding of what motivates you as an engineer. Give an impassioned answer and show that you are excited about your work as a structural engineer. Offer personal anecdotes to strengthen your answer.

"I have always been fascinated by the buildings that humans have been able to build. It blows my mind that the Great Pyramids and Roman aqueducts and the Coliseum are still standing. These monuments to structural engineering brilliance might stand longer than anything modern humans are able to design."

Community answers are written by other candidates practicing this set. Reading how others frame the same question is one of the fastest ways to sharpen your own.

Anonymous Answer

I have always been fascinated by the way humans develop structures and building shapes based on inspirations drawn from nature and their surroundings. I have found it as the best expression of one's imagination. I find it immensely gratifying that as a Structural engineer, I might be able to transform at least a few such ideas into structures.

Marcie's Feedback

This is a wonderful answer! It comes across as sincere which will help it to resonate with the interviewer. Nice job!

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