What to Expect at an Engineering Interview

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024

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  • @HumbleHeartWins
    @HumbleHeartWins 7 лет назад +125

    If you answer those questions correctly does not mean you can handle the hands on and solving real technical problem on what you will working on it. The interview is set to give the interviewer how you love and know your major. IF you failed, it does not mean you are not an engineer, just tell the interviewer that you can prove it on real technical problem by hands on and math solving. Don't lose hope my engineer friend! peace

  • @geordirendum583
    @geordirendum583 7 лет назад +164

    You are so underrated ... The quality of your videos ... Dont give up ! You will become big !

    • @zachstar
      @zachstar  7 лет назад +12

      Thanks Geordi! Really appreciate the comment.

    • @austindrapen8959
      @austindrapen8959 7 лет назад +1

      MajorPrep but seriously, your videos are fantastic, and I went 3 videos before realizing that your subs we're not in the hundreds of thousands.

    • @briggstondade4986
      @briggstondade4986 6 лет назад

      RUclips is ruining itself inside out

    • @briggstondade4986
      @briggstondade4986 6 лет назад

      All because ad money....

    • @carles0460
      @carles0460 4 года назад

      The guy is so smart tho

  • @braceyourselvesfortruth2492
    @braceyourselvesfortruth2492 3 года назад +61

    Had a couple interviews with component makers like Texas Instruments (I'm also an EE major). They actually get impatient when you think out loud and don't just spit out the answer. It feels more like a hazing session than an interview to see if someone will be a good investment as an employee. I'm kind of losing hope in the job search.

    • @hanibaydoun9423
      @hanibaydoun9423 2 года назад +4

      Any Update?

    • @braceyourselvesfortruth2492
      @braceyourselvesfortruth2492 2 года назад +34

      @@hanibaydoun9423 I got a job with a small product safety certification company, and I love it. No high pressure to squeeze out project finishes, good pay, good benefits. Hardly any extra work beyond the normal 9-5 grind.

    • @anwaaraslam723
      @anwaaraslam723 2 года назад +6

      @@braceyourselvesfortruth2492 congratulations!!!!

    • @braceyourselvesfortruth2492
      @braceyourselvesfortruth2492 2 года назад +6

      @@anwaaraslam723 thanks, life is going good, just trying to learn all the ropes

    • @ngkean9743
      @ngkean9743 2 года назад +1

      bro...can ask for internship advise? I think the interview I going to have in following Friday is the same company.

  • @ayushagarwal8720
    @ayushagarwal8720 6 лет назад +21

    Sir,
    Your videos are extremely helpful for engineering aspirants like me.You always provide us with quality content.I am glad to subscribe to a channel like yours.
    Please keep making content like this. We are always looking forward to you!
    Best Wishes.

  • @mfk12340
    @mfk12340 7 лет назад +20

    In some mechanical interviews they tell you to take about a device and I identify the sensors and why they are included on this device. This was at iRobot. Haven't heard back yet.

  • @malou5290
    @malou5290 7 лет назад +9

    doing electrical engineering and this helped so much. still in my second year and this will help alot next year.

    • @jeancarlosrosario6990
      @jeancarlosrosario6990 6 лет назад

      How are you doing? And do you have free time or do you have to be doing a lot of research all the time?

    • @dontlikemycommet
      @dontlikemycommet 3 года назад

      How was it first interview I am in my last year of electronic engineering technology

  • @JakeVoorhees
    @JakeVoorhees 7 лет назад +21

    Nice!!! Great video, been waiting for your release of this one, as you mentioned it weeks ago. There is a ton of great advice here guys! And wow thank you so much for linking my channel in the description man, appreciate that soooo much :) !!!

  • @peanutbutter7212
    @peanutbutter7212 7 лет назад +31

    It seems easy, until you actually get there 😂💯

  • @kingsfordakomaning2152
    @kingsfordakomaning2152 7 лет назад +27

    Please make a video on electronic and communications engineering, I'm a matured student starting in autumn and very very nervous about what to expect

    • @CM-oy2kd
      @CM-oy2kd 7 лет назад +2

      kingsford akomaning keep on pushing bruh

    • @jorgechidote
      @jorgechidote 6 лет назад +2

      kingsford akomaning I hope you see this comment, how’s your job that you got? (:

    • @taohuang6535
      @taohuang6535 4 года назад

      Same

  • @dualokfonseca18
    @dualokfonseca18 7 лет назад +5

    Thanks for sharing your experience with us

    • @JakeVoorhees
      @JakeVoorhees 6 лет назад

      100%! Are you an engineer? Let us know if you have any questions, cheers!

    • @dualokfonseca18
      @dualokfonseca18 6 лет назад

      Jake Voorhees I'm an electrical engineering student

  • @solopolo7747
    @solopolo7747 6 лет назад +2

    Very insightful and informative. Thank you!

  • @keshav007infinity
    @keshav007infinity 7 лет назад +2

    good sir I am a second year student of aeronautical engineering and i likes your videos so much every one.....I saw and i got that....very nice.....for future path as was i the pre mature journey to post mature....this helps

  • @ahmadabdel9114
    @ahmadabdel9114 3 года назад +2

    Thank you, really helped in my interview

    • @ahmadabdel9114
      @ahmadabdel9114 3 года назад

      They asked me about the bode plot and to solve a simple circuit

  • @AjayGupta-xj1cv
    @AjayGupta-xj1cv 7 лет назад +5

    You deserve a million sub

  • @joshuacharlery5826
    @joshuacharlery5826 4 года назад +1

    Zach, your channel is great!

    • @beoptimistic5853
      @beoptimistic5853 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/vFDMaHQ4kW8/видео.html 💐

  • @engineerviralvideos1032
    @engineerviralvideos1032 2 года назад

    I totaly agree and here are some helpful tips as well

  • @ggwu6302
    @ggwu6302 5 лет назад

    Great vid man thank you so much!!! Great help

  • @idkijstmadethis4no
    @idkijstmadethis4no Год назад

    This is the best thing I’ve ever seen in my life

  • @StonkeyKong
    @StonkeyKong 7 лет назад +25

    What if you’ve applied to 50+ entry-level Electrical Engineering positions and you still haven’t even gotten a phone interview...

    • @zachstar
      @zachstar  7 лет назад +34

      That honestly sounds pretty accurate to me. I got 3 interviews off probably 75-100 job applications. So nothing that insane. Look for opportunities at your school or career fairs and all that stuff.

    • @StonkeyKong
      @StonkeyKong 7 лет назад +8

      MajorPrep thank you, that makes me feel a lot less hopeless. It has only been a month or so of looking, but I was definitely getting discouraged. I also have decided to go to graduate school in 2018 to get my masters in Control Systems.
      I can’t go to job fairs at the university I graduated from because that was in NY and I have moved to AZ. I may move to CA depending on if I cannot find a job here.

    • @zachstar
      @zachstar  7 лет назад +13

      Yeah just keep trying man, I know that rejection or simply NEVER hearing back doesn't feel good, but you're not alone. Hopefully after the master's things change as well but it takes time.

    • @JakeVoorhees
      @JakeVoorhees 6 лет назад +8

      Hey Jason, I know how you feel. I applied to 60+ jobs in 2011 and still only got interviews at places where I knew people. 80% of jobs are no even publicised online, so you have to be an incredible candidate to just come in off the street. I highly encourage you to network more, as it's all about who you know. There's a wholllleeee list of things you can do to boost that :) How's everything going right now? Cheers!

    • @StonkeyKong
      @StonkeyKong 6 лет назад +9

      Jake Voorhees Thanks for the encouragement, if you can, check my comment on MajorPrep’s “Dream Employers for Engineering Students”.
      I am employed now, but I gave a little background!

  • @kurhulatiaan8278
    @kurhulatiaan8278 5 лет назад

    This is awesome thank you so much

  • @Watulatsu
    @Watulatsu 3 года назад

    Great advice

  • @HarrietShearsmith
    @HarrietShearsmith 6 лет назад

    This was really helpful, I love it!

  • @kalebtesfaye9859
    @kalebtesfaye9859 7 лет назад +4

    I am currently about to start my second year of college and I have yet to pick a major. I know I want to do something in the physical sciences but I am not sure what. I have been finding your videos very helpful. thank you

  • @arnab_d9
    @arnab_d9 7 лет назад +1

    nice... keep it going

  • @j3s0n
    @j3s0n 3 года назад +1

    Salary isn't a big thought in the UK. Graduate scheme engineering roles here typically start between 27-33k

  • @James_Moton
    @James_Moton 4 года назад +1

    On that "Salary Negotiations" part, why do some people (especially managers, CEOs, etc) put down "$1" as their salary expectation, even though they know they are most likely getting far more than that in terms of total compensation? Examples include: Mark Zuckerberg, Arnold Schwarzenegger, John F. Kennedy, Elon Musk, and more.

  • @andres199841
    @andres199841 4 года назад

    You are amazing bro, Im a colombian looking for a chance on a double degree program at sfu and I fell your videos have given me a lot of directions towards the situation in America. Now, if the opportunity comes, I will be prepared on what to expect.

  • @quincejohns7537
    @quincejohns7537 6 лет назад

    i love your videos

  • @danielacosta2590
    @danielacosta2590 Год назад +1

    I’ve been a pipefitter for almost 18 years and I’ve always been interested in becoming an engineer! I got an interview for Siemens Energy for an early entry engineer position! I don’t know what to expect and I hope my mechanical background helps me in this interview.

  • @91722854
    @91722854 7 лет назад +8

    What if someone who has never had experienced on managing other people on any projects?

    • @SamirKhan-se7kk
      @SamirKhan-se7kk 7 лет назад +1

      I really wanna know what happens with this one. I don't have any experience managing projects of any sort and I am about to start final year of my degree. Job interviews are not too far away.

    • @zachstar
      @zachstar  7 лет назад +18

      If you haven't ever managed people on projects it's okay. So if they ask you about a time when you managed people you can say something like "I haven't formally been in charge of managing a team, but I have been assigned a specific task on a large project where I was expected to....." and you can talk about how you had to kind of manage your own task on the project so that everything fit together in the end. Even if it's not engineering related, I'm sure there is something you can come up with.

    • @ajmalhussain3574
      @ajmalhussain3574 5 лет назад +1

      What about Civil Engineering, I graduated two years ago and haven't had much experience apart from my degree. Is there any tips you can give me?

  • @Valent1n0HD
    @Valent1n0HD 7 лет назад

    Can you do a video on Quantity Surveying? Nice video btw...

  • @ohozo7292
    @ohozo7292 3 года назад +3

    What do you recommend doing if you accept two job offers? I got one offer early on in a location I am not crazy about, and accepted because I was initially interested. Then a company in my city of choice offered me a job and I accepted that immediately.

    • @ohozo7292
      @ohozo7292 3 года назад +1

      Another reason I accepted the second one, the first offer I received requires security clearance, and a long road to employment. I was worried that I would not make it through and did not want to decline the other offer only to find out I didn't make the security clearance.

    • @21mejia25
      @21mejia25 2 года назад +1

      I would tell the first company that I am no longer interested. What did you end up doing?

  • @swong751
    @swong751 6 лет назад

    kewl!

  • @franc1159
    @franc1159 5 лет назад +4

    My take on Elon Musk's riddle is that i am where i started. Easy

    • @nightfreak592
      @nightfreak592 4 года назад +1

      On the surface of the earth where I stood.

  • @engineerahmed7248
    @engineerahmed7248 3 года назад

    East Wast pointed Tread mill

  • @a6-stringsand4eyes51
    @a6-stringsand4eyes51 6 лет назад +1

    thnx

    • @JakeVoorhees
      @JakeVoorhees 6 лет назад

      Let us know if you have questions, thanks!

  • @emiliohurtado8185
    @emiliohurtado8185 4 года назад

    I fucking love you

  • @ioncasu1993
    @ioncasu1993 5 лет назад

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  • @SaltyCancer
    @SaltyCancer 7 лет назад +10

    0 dislikes wow I am impressed

  • @ChillPillDyl
    @ChillPillDyl 2 года назад

    Isn’t the solution to the Musk riddle: you can be anywhere?
    Equator would be another guess of mine, but if it’s infinite, then I’d say it’s anywhere

    • @BurgoYT
      @BurgoYT 2 года назад

      No you can’t be anywhere, on earth you could only be at the North Pole, it would have to be a much smaller sphere for it to have the infinite solutions

    • @BirdTurdMemes
      @BirdTurdMemes Год назад

      @@BurgoYT
      Why would the size of the sphere change anything?

  • @eb3872
    @eb3872 2 года назад

    If I get a electronics engineering technology bachelors will I still be able to get a engineering job and not a technician job?

  • @justsomeguywithtattoos6267
    @justsomeguywithtattoos6267 3 года назад

    I actually got the Elon Musk riddle right!

  • @carles0460
    @carles0460 4 года назад

    Guy I am just laughing😂😂😂

  • @DukePegasus
    @DukePegasus 5 лет назад

    Why do u always use the same background music

  • @cameo64
    @cameo64 6 лет назад

    what does he mean by algorithms? Coding, newton-raphson, etc? What are "algorithms"?

    • @lastkaguya9751
      @lastkaguya9751 5 лет назад +1

      like data structures

    • @tsiobieman6547
      @tsiobieman6547 5 лет назад +1

      Step by step solutions to problems. Newton raphson is a numerical algorithm, what he means is that they'll present you with a problem and you'll have to write an algorithm to solve it. What are you studying?

  • @TheTariqibnziyad
    @TheTariqibnziyad 7 лет назад +3

    65K!!! damn engineers in the west are damn rich, and they deserve it, imagine here if you have 20K you are lucky and some stupid engineers boast about it.

    • @oliverstanding838
      @oliverstanding838 7 лет назад +3

      Ibnziyad Tariq not really $65k could be lower depending on the county you live In cause the money exchange rate is different everywhere

    • @opedroefeio
      @opedroefeio 5 лет назад

      * in the US, in most of the "west" they're not paid that much.

  • @jackdove4136
    @jackdove4136 4 года назад

    Your Major? Does that mean the job you are applying for?

  • @happyhagin2091
    @happyhagin2091 5 лет назад +1

    U got me at the Elon Musk's interview😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

  • @gautamsane1499
    @gautamsane1499 4 года назад +1

    Is the Elon musk answer: on the surface of the earth? Lol doesn’t say how specific the answer has to be

    • @kylegivey7368
      @kylegivey7368 4 года назад

      So I was thinking that you would make a circle with a circumference of one mile with the South Pole at the center, then you start anywhere that’s 1 mile above that.

  • @geordirendum583
    @geordirendum583 7 лет назад

    do they care about my summer job ? lets say I work there for 3-4 years

    • @zachstar
      @zachstar  7 лет назад +3

      If your summer job has nothing to do with engineering you could still include it and maybe talk about managerial experience or something. But no they won't look over it too much unless it relates to the company you're applying for.

    • @geordirendum583
      @geordirendum583 7 лет назад

      good thank you ! :)

  • @mnada72
    @mnada72 3 года назад

    What is UAV ?

    • @TonyDaExpert
      @TonyDaExpert Год назад

      Unmanned aircraft vehicle or something similar

  • @gwrx1884
    @gwrx1884 6 лет назад +1

    Will i be able to find an engineer job with 1-3 misdemeanors? I live in California and im starting to question to further my BS in the STEM field

    • @Davidjune1970
      @Davidjune1970 5 лет назад

      Where I live, working for large industrial companies a criminal background check is almost a given.

  • @jezanko50
    @jezanko50 7 лет назад +1

    I saw my professor at Bukit bingtang what should i do?

    • @austindrapen8959
      @austindrapen8959 7 лет назад

      Jezan Ko take them out for a nice lunch and seduce them.

    • @jezanko50
      @jezanko50 7 лет назад

      Austin Drapen she is asian.

    • @austindrapen8959
      @austindrapen8959 7 лет назад

      Jezan Ko obviously lunch will not do. Have you tried using math to seduce them?

  • @abieyuwaokuoimose600
    @abieyuwaokuoimose600 4 года назад

    Cough* sorry 🤧jk

  • @malcolmgta2221
    @malcolmgta2221 4 года назад +1

    Did anyone else not figure out the Elon musk riddle? No just me?