What was the most challenging engineering project you've worked on, and how did you overcome the difficulties it presented?
Answers
When you give your answer to the interviewer, start by setting the stage. Provide context around the situation or challenge you were facing. Also, make sure to provide relevant details. When the interviewer asks you questions about challenging situations or projects you have worked on, ensure that you provide all the details necessary for them to understand what you were up against.
2. Task
After you describe the situation, talk about your specific responsibilities and what your role was. It’s important that the interviewer gets an understanding of your task during that specific situation.
3. Action
Then, talk about the actions you took to resolve the challenges you were facing while under stress. Provide the interviewer with a step by step description of what actions you took.
4. Result
Finally, talk about the outcomes of your actions. Make sure to take credit for your behavior that led to the result. Here you answer questions such as What happened? And What results did you get? Also, provide the interviewer with information about what you learned from the situation. Make sure to focus on positive results and positive learning experiences.
Choosing the right example situation
When you’re preparing your answers that include example situations, try to create a list of situations that relate to the job that you’re applying for. Providing examples that are relevant to the responsibilities of the job are more likely to give the interviewer the impression that you’re suitable for the position.
Also, if possible, select projects that you worked on recently. When you’re providing the interviewer with an example situation of 10 years ago, he or she will not be that impressed and might wonder what happened in all those years after. You don’t want to give the interviewer the impression that the last challenging project you worked on happened a decade ago.
Furthermore, give the interviewer an example of a project that was successful, unless you’re specifically asked for an unsuccessful project. Explain what your role was clearly because the interviewer is not only interested in what you did, but also based on what you made your decisions.
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