Engineering Interviews Be Like

I never even had an internship in College and landed my first Electrical Engineering job at my first interview.

holy shit, I'm losing the interview tomorrow

🤯 omg plz dont tell me this is anything like environmental engineering interviews

one question I have is that while being unemployed looking for job, how should I keep my engineering skills relevant?

Similar interview faced recently, not 100% accurate though.... no one knows the outcome until work is done. Its just design thinking pattern for the problems.

I think that’s why there’s roles that keep hiring for the same position like 6 months straight.

are you sure that aluminum less corrosive than iron?

Are you looking for work opportunities? The company I work at is looking to hire a manufacturing engineer

Samsung with 6 interviews and an exam 😂

@Tamer Shaheen
Can you actually google during an interview? I know you can't spend forever doing it. But more like getting the general spec of a material, is that possible to do?

I watched this right before my first ever internship interview and knowing that I could ask for a few seconds to think helped me immensely

I’m gonna be doing my first interview for a mechanical design internship next week. I’m a sophomore in college, but should I still expect to get faced with some technical questions?

From the HR's view, is that ok for the candidates to use google or other tools during the interviews?

I’m going to my second year of Uni as a Mechanical Engineer and Icl, Watching this video scares me… Ain’t easy man 😅

Please give me the answer of this question:-
How do you optimise your design and project

I remember this one question which baffled me the most, so the question was if there is one fake coin in a vault full coins that look exactly the same as the fake, how would you figure out which ones the fake one with the least number of attempts! I remember saying maybe flooding the vault to see which one floats based on their density? To this day I don't if that was the right answer!

Outro song?

4th sem student here and luckily i got all the ans correct :D LOL

Looks like mech interviews are difficult than s/w engineer interview 🥵🥵

Accurate 100%. I hate interviews so much. Feels like you take 10 exams at once and then you find out that you have to take them again 2-3 time more. In real life, no one would expect you to respond to questions or solve 10 problems in one hour. When you work on a project, you have weeks or months. It would be better if the first interview would be just getting to know you and for the second they would just invite you over to their place and let you work there for a day. They can see what you're like, better that way.

What is the importance of doing projects or working on case studies and how it is important for placement ?

Fuck me, I just realised one of the questions on this video is the exact technical question I was asked on my interview and I fucked it up and failed. The rest of my interview and group tasks were perfect too. I should've paid more attention cause I remember watching this video ages ago.

All job interviews are annoying, that’s why I started my own business lol! I didn’t like the fakeness it was turned on 100%, like seriously, I get it, you as the employer are “enthusiast” about working at your company, but let’s be real, you and I know it’s not that great.

you didn't mention the marathon that is presentation + consecutive panel interviews lol

Do you really be googling questions during the interviews?

Thanks this was an incredibly amazing video.

A second Interview got me laughing.

hahahahaha

Wow! This comment section is full of people telling me this is quite accurate! My first interview is on Monday and this video terrified me!!! :D

hit me in the interview is fine they want you young fresh and ready to get hit

For the rod down a ramp, I used the density formula. Because the volume is constant, we can use on the direct relationship between mass and density. The one with a smaller density will reach the ground first. I.E. the smallest mass.

At the end. It happens all the time.

I recently had an interview - to be a cashier - at my local grocery store.

The funniest part about this video - is the grocer was just as serious about putting bottles on shelves - as an engineer designing a 100ft tall "glass table top", that can hold 10,000 pounds, and hovers over a concrete parking lot, filled with pedestrians.

Just as serious.

I just paused this video to say that EDU-FRIGGIN-CATION (Education) is of the utmost importance. Stop worrying about the rappers and entertainers. This guy knows his stuff and will be if not already a millionaire. CHUCH. Preach!!

lower mass doesn't automatically reach first. The solid one has a lower sum of r, thus also potentionally being faster, depending on how high the mass difference, no? In this situation I would ask for more information.

I think some of his answers aren't fully correct

Cylinders w/ same mass: The hollow cylinder would most likely reach last, since it would have to have a larger bounding volume to have the same mass, meaning the drag force would be greater.

Cylinders w/ same volume: The hollow cylinder in turn has lower mass, but a higher moment of Inertia. I=m(ro^2 + ri^2), vs. I=mro^2. So, you'd need to know how 'hollow' the cylinder is.

Duuuude. I don’t think imma be able to get a job. Imma year 2 electrical and computer engineer student

Biggest fear interview

May be it's time for me to switch progression 😌🤣

This video got me the job I have now, Cheers to you man!!

I am also a mechanical Engineer. you Nailed it bro ...@)

The "nooo not yet I can't see.. oh oh I got it"
It happened to me today 🤣🤣🤣
Literally everytime
Dude you killed it 🤣

Mechanical Design Engineer here.
I did 3 interviews (2019). 267 applicants, 20 went to phone interview (just voice), 10 went to 1st in person interview with prospective manager and 2 other engineer managers, 5 went to final interview with the director, future manager, and 1 other lead engineer. I beat them all 😎. The director and other engineer were gauging my personality and ability to work cross discipline and culture fit. This time my future manager gave me technical questions like this video, I used a white board to initially problem solve for 5-10min before presenting a final answer. THEY DON'T CARE IF YOU GET THE RIGHT ANSWER. They want to see how you THINK how you PROBLEM SOLVE. That's what an engineer is, a problem solver.

Beat all 267 applicants, out of college starting at $84k (Sacramento, CA). His reactions to feeling like he killed a question and then being surprised by another is SPOT ON.

Side note: if asked a technical question requiring a formula you haven't memorized, be honest and ask for the formula they WILL give it to you.

Also, always have ready "So what questions do you have?" questions. I go for "What's your favorite part of working for XXXX?" Or "What fundamentals of engineering do you most commonly finding yourself looking up during a design phase?" Or "What's the most difficult engineering problem you've faced workjng for XXXX?".

I find these questions throw off the interviewer in a good way. It makes them think the way they made you think and is the cherry on top to making a memorable impression.

Go out there and GET PAID.

The second Interview took me by surprise too the funny party was that I had a final one after the second one!!!

Very accurate! I just did an interview with Shell here in Canada. Was two hours long, one hour being technical questions and one hour behaviour based. Extremely key to prepare on what concepts that are outlined in the posting, especially for the technical portion! Luckily I was successful and got the job !

I’m kind of thinking of entering ME - these videos both stress me out and inspire me :) I understand and enjoy the content, it is only the effort that I’d have to put in that makes me apprehensive. i know that as long as I fine tune my skills and put in the effort, I will do great. Maybe lol. I want to do great.

Hi, I love your channel, very useful stuff. On this video I believe though, both answers of the rolling cylinders are wrong. It depends on how the mass is distributed away from the axis. There is an amazing lecture from Walter Lewin at MIT on this matter.

That single good after asking how your day was killed me 😂😂😭😭

I have had dozens of engineering interviews and I have never been asked any of those kinds of generic questions. I don't know if this is specific to the industry I am in or maybe geographically specific, but every question I have been asked was very focused on the type of product I would have been dealing with. Most of the interviews I have had were in aerospace engineering, more specifically for mechanical design positions, repair analysis positions and manufacturing analysis positions. The typical question would be to receive drawings and determine the type of manufacturing, the function of parts, to find features on a drawing and describe them, etc. There is also a general emphasis on projects done (this is the moment to shine with extracurricular activities boys and girls). Depending on the industry, there may be generic questions about the fundamentals of the products too. For instance, a typical question from a turbine engine manufacturer would be to describe the engine cycle or to determine what type of turbine engine you are looking at (given a drawing of some sort).

Long story short, be prepared for the specific details of what you are applying for. Also come prepared with decent past projects to showcase your skills, they can make or break an interview a solid 90% of the time.